Giggling Squid - Berkhamsted Reviews Summary

Food Quality and Taste

Pros:

• "The food is amazing! My eyes, tastes buds and tummy are all happy :)"
• "Super fresh tastes with Thai basil."
• "The food here is absolutely wonderful."
• "The flavours were fantastic. Just what I'd missed going vegan."
• "The food is delicious, there are plenty of dishes available."
• "The sticky chicken was bland, and soggy - though admittedly, it was sticky."
• "The pork belly (which on our last visit was exquisite), was a tasteless bowl of mediocrity."
• "The red curry was not authentic and had a powdery texture to the sauce which made it inedible."

Cons:

• "Food was tasty and refreshing. Price point is definitely higher for the portion size."
• "The food was ok prawns were raw and cold"
• "Portion sizes were on the small side. For the relatively expensive price tag I thought the food was disappointing."
• "Tonight’s vegetable Curry had stale, past-use-by-date vegetables."
• "The squid - wow! Sticky Chicken - so much taste and juice."
• "Sticky chicken was salty and the texture was different -not sticky but soft and pasty."
• "The sauce of the Thai red curry was thin and lacked flavour and heat."
• "The food was simply 'meh'. Bland and inoffensive, without even the slightest tickle of delight on the tastebuds."

Service

Pros:

• "Top service with a welcoming smile started us off well."
• "The service was excellent with attentive wait staff."
• "We were seated and looked after attentively & warmly by Reed & the rest of the serving team."
• "Friendly, helpful staff and delicious, fresh food will keep me coming back."
• "Excellent food and our waitress Reed was fantastic."
• "Service was friendly and accommodating (we asked to move tables around and they were more than happy to rearrange things for us)."
• "Great service and nice, generously portioned food."
• "The staff were very friendly and polite - if a little slow."

Cons:

• "Had to walk out the restaurant, worst service ever."
• "Very attentive staff except when wanting to pay the bill. This seems to be a theme amongst many of the giggling squids."
• "The staff weren't particularly attentive, but the food was great."
• "Waited fifteen minutes before going to ask if someone could come and take our drinks order."
• "Good food, but slow service for how busy it was (i.e., a bank holiday Monday.)"
• "The staff were not rude, just indifferent, not welcoming or friendly at all."
• "Service was fairly disorganised when we managed to get any."
• "The staff rushed us with our starter and main and then decided to remind us at 8.15 that we had to leave at 8.30."