Giggling Squid - Guildford Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Waiting staff were working so hard and were lovely."
• "The service was excellent, friendly and not too rushed."
• "Thank you for such great service, you made part of our evening enjoyable!"
• "The service was excellent from start to finish."
• "Our waitress Noella was so smiley and attentive and definitely upped the positivity of my experience!"
• "The service from Keir was top tier."
• "The staff were so gorgeous and the food just delicious."

Cons:

• "The service let’s the place down."
• "First time here and the service was appalling as the night went on."
• "Service was extremely slow."
• "The waitress served us dirty plates three times."
• "The worst service experience, so disappointed."
• "Left waiting 1 hr after and food still not arrived so we had to chase up."
• "Service is slower than other restaurants, even with less than half capacity."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The vegetarian curry was very tasty."
• "I've just had, by far, the best take away I've had in my life."
• "Food was excellent."
• "The food was gorgeous and the service was excellent."
• "The food was really good quality."
• "The food was absolutely delicious from the starters to the main meal and the trio desserts."
• "Food was great, drinks were served promptly."

Cons:

• "The main pad Thai was very bland."
• "Their Thai style salad was one of the worse meals I have ever rejected."
• "The lamb rib was raw inside and then it was burnt."
• "Everything was ridiculously sweet, prawn pad Thai included 3 prawns (2 with gut not removed)."
• "The chicken satay was a long way away from what one imagines when ordering. It was dry, char burnt chicken with a weird colour and texture with the weakest satay sauce I've ever encountered."
• "The food is a real letdown, it’s a sort of Thai English fusion and the outcome was bland and tasteless food."
• "My starter was fish cakes which was very dry and tasteless."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "The atmosphere was amazing."
• "The environment is very cozy."
• "A lovely fun and relaxed atmosphere."
• "The restaurant has a nice atmosphere & the staff are very friendly & helpful."
• "Although a bank holiday Sunday it was fairly quiet but the ambience was lovely."
• "The atmosphere is very nice, a great place for a night out with friend(s)."
• "Very friendly and cosy atmosphere."