The Botanist Bar & Restaurant Marlow Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food amazing..couldn't fault it."
• "Brilliant food with so much flavour!"
• "Overall, the food was delicious, was very impressed."
• "The menu is innovative but simple and clever."
• "We both had vegan options from the menu which were delicious... really wonderful."
• "The food at The Botanist is lovely, we had a fabulous time, everything was great."
• "The food is well made and tasty."

Cons:

• "Food choice good for a vegan but not that tasty (sorry)."
• "The meal tasted ashy and damp."
• "The portion of pork for the roast pork dinner is a total joke."
• "Food was very bad, burgers were too dry and fries very oily, overfried."
• "The menu lacks full ingredient disclosure, leading to an unexpected experience."
• "The chicken was bland and didn’t taste of sweet chilli at all but I found quite unpleasant."
• "Food was so full of salt its a joke, small portions especially the hanging kebabs...left hungry and having to eat when I got home."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff are very friendly without being intrusive."
• "Staff were fantastic, so helpful when organising describing the location of the table, were happy with table decorations and bringing a cake."
• "The waitress was kind and helpful."
• "Anna, our waitress was also fantastic."
• "The lads serving us (a table of six) were extremely polite and courteous, with nothing being too much trouble."
• "Staff were attentive and very patient with us as the night went on."
• "Our lovely waitress Grace was an absolute pleasure!"

Cons:

• "Our server told us she was the only person waiting on tables and multiple other tables were making complaints during this time."
• "I reserved a table for 9.30 after dinner for the entertainment that I never got."
• "We were then told by a worker that they no longer could accommodate us as they had to close the restaurant."
• "We arrived on time for a pre booked table that I was aware we had for 1.5hours, however upon arrival we had to wait for 10mins of this allotted time to be seated."
• "The service was awful whilst our waitress that seated us Lilly was great."
• "When we arrived the staff were noticeably unprepared."
• "Service was very poor."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Fantastic evening, great atmosphere."
• "Lovely decor and atmosphere."
• "Great evening, with great food."
• "I was impressed by the decor and the amount that had obviously gone into the look and feel of the place."
• "Overall very aesthetically pleasing and has a nice warmth to it."
• "The atmosphere was perfect."
• "Really enjoyed this interesting and stylish spot in Marlow!"

Cons:

• "The evening was ruined by a very loud singer, guitarist who was so loud that you couldn’t have a conversation."
• "Restaurant was very pretty but extremely loud with the noise from all the youngsters in the bar as well as the very loud guitars and singers."
• "Not very clean. Food on the floor from previous night, cutlery still had hardened food on them."
• "We had to ask for menus to be cleaned. Very noisy."
• "The back room gets a bit noisy at peak times, so if you want a more peaceful dinner, opt to sit in the corner at the front."
• "We were sat at the table directly under the loudspeaker and it was playing very loud music."
• "Live music is a bit too loud for ease of conversation over the meal."