wagamama kingston upon thames Reviews Summary

Category: Japanese restaurant Kingston upon Thames

Address: 16-18 High St, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1EY, United Kingdom

Phone: +442085461117

Rating: 4.3
based on 177 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Staffs were super helpful and prompt on customer service and taking order."
  • "Good food and great service, the team were great and very polite, the speed of food was good as usual."
  • "Service is amazing!!"
  • "The staff are very friendly and kind, there was no waiting time."
  • "The staff were all super friendly and quick to check on us."
  • "As always we got a warm welcome at Wagamama with friendly and efficient service."
  • "Our server's name was Nico and he did an amazing job."

Cons:

  • "Been called a liar by the lady at wagamama kingston who then proceeded to lie about company policy instead of doing her job."
  • "One more worst thing is, one male staff was ignoring us, as we want to get our bills to pay, but seems was doing it intentionally even though I was calling."
  • "They was slow, messy, and I had to wait a hour and a half for my food."
  • "WORST SERVICE EVER."
  • "Unfortunately the staff were not. One actually threw a starter on the table."
  • "Food was lovely, our waitress wasn't!! She was young and rude."
  • "Staff are not particularly efficient or friendly for that manner."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Their dishes are a right balance of filling, tasty, juicy and interesting to eat."
  • "Food is quick and very fresh, good atmosphere, and I like the school bench style seating."
  • "Tasty Japanese style menu with plenty of choice, cooked well."
  • "Superb food."
  • "The food was tasty the mixed juice was freshly sqeezed and very refreshing."
  • "The food, as always at any Wagamama, was hot and delicious."
  • "The ingredients were fresh and well prepared: lots of flavour, aroma from lemon grass, spicy but light and delicate."

Cons:

  • "Chef attempted 6 times to get medium rare Beef ramen, at the end noodles where raw."
  • "The chicken in the Chicken katsu curry was dry, doing a good impression of shoe leather😱 the sirloin & shiitake salad had no shiitake mushrooms😱."
  • "Overall price is a bit steep for the lack of flavour."
  • "Very poor vegetarian Pad Thai takeaway last night. Noodles were congealed."
  • "We were hungry, ordered Ramen Noodles, it was bland, not good enough."
  • "Yuzu and lemon tart not very sharp and not enough lemon flavour."
  • "Fried prawn gyozas were starchy and hardly had any prawn."

Atmosphere & Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "The space is light and cozy, though it can get quite loud."
  • "Looking forward to a next visit soon!"
  • "Wonderful atmosphere."
  • "Nice location and doesn't feel overly crowded. The dividers are a great idea, give you that little bit of privacy but still keeping and open feel."
  • "The place is quiet and spotlessly clean."
  • "It is nice to share a table with others and make a few new friends ;0)"
  • "Store looked clean and tidy ready for the evening customers."

Cons:

  • "Came here on a Friday afternoon and found that the lunch service was really slow and staff weren't attentive enough."
  • "This place is always busy and crowded, sometimes need to wait in a line to get a table."
  • "Our last trip, we were surrounded by flies constantly, and our water glasses had lip marks on the rim and solidified green stuff (presumably old juices) stuck to the inside."
  • "Table was wet and dirty when seated."
  • "Oh my god it's so cold in there."
  • "Cold food. None of the instructions given when ordered were listened too."
  • "Really bad customer service, missed one item on my Deliveroo order and wasn’t helpful when I called to enquirer."

Value

Pros:

  • "I love the food that Wagamama offers, it has a good price-quality ratio compared to other Restaurants."
  • "Reasonably good value - green tea & water free but beer & other drinks available."
  • "The food was delicious and you truly get what you pay for."
  • "Great food and big portions for a decent price."
  • "Its like a comfort food. You know what your getting and its tasty without costing the Earth."
  • "The food was amazing with affordable prices (average prices 9.95)."
  • "Prices I think have gone up but are still pretty reasonable."

Cons:

  • "But my only problem it's the poor quality of the packaging that they use for delivery, they should expend more in a better packaging, we already need to pay 15Β£ minimum to order from home, don't be so selfish Wagamama."
  • "Everything is much smaller portions and for average Β£13.50 a main and a total bill of Β£91 its not worth it."
  • "Quite expensive for five people."
  • "Some starters are overpriced for the amount of food you get."
  • "Very busy on weekends we waited 20mins for a seat and high chair."
  • "Just not worth the money."
  • "However, it was an expensive meal to be honest, Β£50 for two. Two starters/two mains/two green drinks."

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