Crispin Reviews Summary

Food Quality and Presentation

Pros:

• "The food was impeccable and beautifully prepared."
• "Every dish on this menu was a taste sensation without an ounce of disappointment."
• "Everything was delicious, from the gorgonzola croquette to the hake."
• "The beet and ox tongue salad was one of the best things I ate this trip."
• "The burrata with peaches is the bomb!!!"

Cons:

• "In general, everything was on the sweeter side and lacked some salt and acid."
• "The squid really didn’t suit its barely cooked red pepper partner and was frankly chewy."
• "The game ragu's meat was dry and tasteless, like crumbled cardboard."
• "The supreme was slightly dry with the borlotti beans."
• "The mussels with nduja and gremolata lacked any spicy nduja flavor."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "The staff were friendly and knowledgeable."
• "Service was brilliant, cutting the right balance of attentive and relaxed."
• "Sven was exceptional and recommended us some great dishes."
• "The service was amazing from start to finish, everyone was so attentive."
• "We were greeted by friendly and well-informed staff."

Cons:

• "Service albeit polite was super slow."
• "Experienced very unfriendly and very slow service."
• "Front of house staff did not appear to acknowledge my existence."
• "The service was nonexistent, we were completely ignored until we left."
• "Staff are seriously unprofessional on phones when working, ignoring customers."

Atmosphere and Ambiance

Pros:

• "The overall vibe of the small restaurant was perfect!"
• "Superb ambience. A welcoming place."
• "The atmosphere is chilled. Staff are always generally friendly and helpful."
• "A relaxed but elegant architectural glass structure with quiet outdoor space."
• "Amazing spacious and very clean coffee shop."

Cons:

• "Seating is cramped and you can’t help but overhear the person next to you."
• "Overall a disappointing experience in a cramped environment better suited to coffee and croissants."
• "It feels like it doesn’t really know what it wants to be, but fine dining it is not."
• "Lights turned down to the point we had to use our phone lights to read the menu."
• "Music volume too loud."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Good prices."
• "It's not overly expensive."
• "Total for 1 person £23 approx with a coffee."
• "The 'One of everything' price was very fair."
• "Food quality was very high as was the presentation."

Cons:

• "The prices are pretty high."
• "We spent over £100 and had to go to Burger King to get some more food after this dinner."
• "Overpriced for what it is."
• "The menu is overpriced and the portion is very small."
• "Expensive for what you get. Small latte is 4gbp."

Menu Variety

Pros:

• "A great selection of wines."
• "The menu changes every week and is posted on Instagram."
• "They have a changing menu."
• "The food menu changes regularly so you won't be bored."
• "The menu is small, approx 12 options from starters to dessert."

Cons:

• "Half the menu was not available."
• "Only do weekend brunch now, used to do weekday breakfast."
• "The lunch menu was shorter than the cocktail menu."
• "The Welsh rarebit was dry and mild, the burrata and artichoke lacked flavor."
• "Menu split between medium and larger dishes, more like a Tapas ‘style’ menu, I don’t understand this philosophy."