Mercado Lounge Reviews Summary

Category: Restaurant Market Harborough

Address: Edinburgh House, Abbey St, Market Harborough LE16 9AA, United Kingdom

Phone: +441858414811

Rating: 4.4
based on 155 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Good breakfast."
  • "Mercado Lounge is a great place to enjoy breakfast. Good portions and cooked well."
  • "Beautiful presentation of the food and a great range of drinks."
  • "Food is full of flavour and it's so different. The sweetcorn fritters are the best."
  • "The food is great, the bar is cool but the staff are cooler."
  • "Food delicious and good sized portions."
  • "By far the most delicious food in the area."

Cons:

  • "I will not be coming back and no photo as not worth the effort."
  • "Giving a two star because the two fish fingers were very nice, however my wife’s dish of pasta and mushrooms was tasteless."
  • "Tired old furniture and very overcooked food."
  • "Awful Tapas. Cold food, even the sweet potato fries were Luke warm."
  • "The food almost always comes out cold, often is not exactly what was ordered."
  • "More shabby than chic! Dry bacon, cold mushrooms, breakfast was just not that great."
  • "The chicken had been burnt and they had tried to take off the burnt bits."

Service

Pros:

  • "Service was good as well."
  • "The staff are friendly and helpful. A new favourite."
  • "Friendly service, relaxed atmosphere."
  • "Staff are also friendly and welcoming."
  • "The service was great and quick. Very friendly staff."
  • "Staff were welcoming and friendly."
  • "All staff attentive and friendly."

Cons:

  • "Staff are lovely but the service can be very slow at times, even when it's not that busy."
  • "The service is shocking and the faux artisan beer house thing they're failing to get anywhere near with their selection of Bath ales is laughable."
  • "Not enough bar staff on for a Saturday night so loss of sales due to the long queue."
  • "Plus the service is extremely slow!!"
  • "Obviously amateur staff on tonight. The food was not nice."
  • "Service was quite slow and I felt a bit forgotten about despite being sat in the middle of the restaurant on a quiet day and the staff were a little aloof."
  • "The only snag is an extremely long wait for food no good if time is limited."

Ambiance and Decor

Pros:

  • "Clearly the place to go on Sunday morning, very busy, but it is a large place and fitted our table of 4 without a booking."
  • "They also have an area for children to crayon and draw which is very nice."
  • "A nice social space with a decent seating area."
  • "Nice place, tables are spaced out, staff are friendly, clean, with good food and drinks."
  • "The ambience was incredible, the facilities were extremely clean."
  • "Really relaxed place for a drink - family friendly also."
  • "Nice atmosphere, good choice of drinks and very well priced."

Cons:

  • "From the outside the building is confusing, does not suggest a restaurant."
  • "Decor looks shabby. Tables were dirty."
  • "Too noisy; too many dogs; poor service; shabby chic furniture had coffee stains down the legs."
  • "I couldn't quite work out who the manager was."
  • "The bar urgently needs a new dishwasher though as most of the glasses are cloudy."
  • "It's a very noisy venue."
  • "Scruffier than the other Lounges I’ve visited (for example none of the three ladies’ toilet cubicles were usable at 7:30pm)."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "Good value wine and really good music."
  • "It's all reasonably priced and is always delicious."
  • "Food was okay and reasonably priced."
  • "Nice friendly relaxed atmosphere and food was nice."
  • "Always good selection of food available with Veggie, Vegan and GF."

Cons:

  • "over priced cheese and leek pie 1 carrot 1 Brussels chopped up and sliced half parsnip for 12.95 sat on a spoonful of mash."
  • "Drinks can be a hint expensive but that seems to be par the course nowadays."
  • "Not worth the money."
  • "Waited over an hour for food, when got it it was cold."
  • "The only negative for me was the noise, I found it rather noisy and difficult to hold a conversation with the family."

Special Features

Pros:

  • "Perfect place for dog friendliness, I was nervous about taking my rescue girl there on her first outing but she had a great time."
  • "Great pup/restaurant/cafe which is dog friendly."
  • "Also dog friendly!"
  • "It's great if you have kids, dogs and food allergies/intolerances."
  • "Perfect for any Coeliac, whole menu which is so similar to the normal one and all staff super clued up on the needs that come with the disease."
  • "Very relaxing and Lovely atmosphere, my partner is celiac and they have really gone out of their way to accommodate Gluten free."
  • "The selection of food and drinks is fantastic - especially for veggies and vegans."

Cons:

  • "We did have yo move tables as autistic grandson couldn't cope with a dogs barking quite near to us."
  • "Supposedly young adults being sick outside, can't get served as staff to busy talking to there friends at the bar."
  • "Take the ridiculous pictures down of old people from the windows."

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