Alec's Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Excellent food especially for a lover of seafood like myself."
• "The starters was absolutely amazing and tasted fresh and the sauce was absolutely out of this world."
• "The food was absolutely delightful as was the excellent service."
• "Absolutely fantastic food and service."
• "The food was amazing. Best I've had anywhere in a long time."
• "Delicious!! The food was cooked to perfection!"
• "Everything cooked to perfection."

Cons:

• "The turbot was overcooked! The skin was soggy."
• "Most of our party's food was served cold."
• "Over priced, over hyped, more for the looks and less for the taste."
• "The main course started life as a Dover sole, it was then improperly gutted and cooked to oblivion."
• "Awful food! The starter consisted of crab, deep fried from frozen, virtually inedible."
• "Food was expensive and average. The sea bass was very tasteless."
• "The food was definitely not worth the money at all."

Service

Pros:

• "The waiting staff were very good but we felt they were a little over zealous filling our glasses."
• "Gabrielle on table 7 was excellent I started.getting hot flushes during our meal, (which was lovely) extremely good staff as always."
• "The service was excellent, with appropriate attention paid to one of us being gluten intolerant."
• "Very friendly staff and excellent service."
• "Staff are friendly, welcoming and professional."
• "The service is excellent, great staff and the food delivery was timed perfectly."
• "The service from beginning to end was perfect, attentive but not intrusive."

Cons:

• "But what really annoys me is when your paying good money and they rush your food out so quickly that your in and out."
• "All the other waiter where fine but they kept coming up to the table and taking away the plates as soon as we were finished."
• "The service was lack lustre and not befitting of a restaurant with its ambience, reputation and charm."
• "The waiter was very apologetic about the fact that one of our diners were left without their main meal while we all had ours."
• "Unpleasant lunch. I came in and one of the waiters asked if he could take my coat in a disrespectful way."
• "Whilst sat down I was bumped into on 3 separate occasions by the staff which was off putting to say the least."
• "Service was simply annoying. While having conversations we were topped up by 3 different servers about 6 times."

Ambience & Setting

Pros:

• "It's got the wow factor when you walk in."
• "The view is beautiful if you sit at the back overlooking the fields."
• "The atmosphere was great, the staff were friendly, attentive but discreet."
• "The atmosphere is stylish, elegant and beautiful."
• "The restaurant has a really nice vibe!"
• "The location is stunning too, surrounded by greenery and beautiful sunset views at rear."
• "Lovely setting and atmosphere in the restaurant."

Cons:

• "Very busy, loads of tarts about the place like you stepped into a set of the only way is Essex, and loud foul mouthed fellas."
• "The only down side is the noise in the dining area as it's quite open and loud."
• "The impression of the building and atmosphere was really good, however the hygiene is below standard."
• "Roof kept dripping water onto us and even into drinks."
• "There was bits of compost smell coming through which I guess will be worse in summer months."
• "The tables are too close to each other for my liking as it feels like you are having lunch/dinner with strangers."
• "disappointing to say the least, came here for an early birthday meal expecting it to be an exquisite meal but unfortunately it wasn't what we expected."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "They are worth every penny."
• "The food was very good and it was difficult to narrow down choices from the relatively small but varied menu."
• "The food was all very reasonably priced."
• "The prices are quite reasonable too."
• "Great sea food and good portion sizes, especially for the price."
• "You get what you pay for, some restaurants that have a similar price band that I've been to may have been able to achieve the same food quality, but lacked in service."
• "The food from the lunch menu was excellent and very good value."

Cons:

• "No especially at £60 a head for an average meal."
• "A little overpriced and the service charge a little steep."
• "Over rated and over priced rubbish!!"
• "And I feel that the restaurant is over price a little bit."
• "Food was ok but too expensive."
• "The car park is too small compared to the amount of people they ram into the restaurant."
• "Bar prices are a bit cheeky with a 330ml bottle of lager costing £5.50."