Aspendos Dover Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food at this restaurant is truly exceptional - very good, incredibly fresh and delicious."
• "Vegetarian food was exceptionally tasty, Hummus, falafel, and bread fresh and warm."
• "The food is amazing, the meat is well marinated and tender, and the sauce is amazing!"
• "The portions were huge but the food was still amazing! It tasted fresh and was seasoned to perfection."
• "Absolutely delicious, friendly attentive staff. Great value good portions."
• "Very delicious Turkish food! I had a very delightful meal to share with my friend."

Cons:

• "All the meat comes not grilled but burnt."
• "Meat bitter in taste and dry/tough then covered in chilli sauce which I didn’t ask for!"
• "The orders came out incorrectly, the falafel was inedible."
• "I had lahmacun and yaprak sarma, both of them really bad, lahmacun was too chewy."
• "Food isn't brilliant (rice very stodgy when I went) and mainly frequented by cruise ship passengers."

Service Quality

Pros:

• "The service was great, and all the staff were lovely."
• "Staff was very kind and helpful. Atmosphere and vibe lovely! Not to miss in Dover!"
• "The waiter, is also very nice, even the chef brings you with a warm smile."
• "The staff are very pleasant and provide an excellent service. Turkish cuisine at its best."
• "Friendly service, authentic food, and huge portions."
• "Great service, comfortable clean pleasant seating."

Cons:

• "The service is terrible. They gave us two wrong meals and want to charge us for it."
• "The waiters will just randomly hand you other people’s meals."
• "Waited over 40 minutes for my main to arrive when the restaurant didn't seem busy."
• "Waiters were rubbish, twice one past stuff across the table brushing one of our parties nose with his sleeve."
• "Not a place to go for service and good food. Visited the restaurant today and was served a badly grilled and burnt bream."

Ambiance and Location

Pros:

• "Great location, close to all major attractions, within view of Dover Castle."
• "Beautiful interior and attentive, kind staff! Consistently good food and a great option for vegetarians."
• "The venue is well decorated and laid out so they can accommodate small and large groups."
• "A nice family-friendly restaurant, food was fresh and cooked to our expectation."
• "Absolutely loved the food here, cooked to perfection! The staff were lovely and welcoming."

Cons:

• "Dover is such a rundown town so to come across this restaurant was lovely."
• "The décor is excellent, the food quite nice and the service pretty bad."
• "It's a shame the quality of the food does not match the quality of the decor."