Mimosa Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was fantastic, the oysters were the best we ever had, loved the desserts."
• "The food was good, had taste which is important."
• "Really yummy food. Good selection, especially for meat eaters."
• "Absolutely fantastic food. Excellent quality steak with a great drinks selection to match."
• "The food is really good and the steaks are on another level."
• "The starters and mains were absolutely delicious."
• "The food was perfectly cooked My mum and I had the lamb which was tender and delicious."

Cons:

• "The burger I ordered was black two times in a row."
• "The steak was very tough to cut through and the fries portions were very small."
• "The vegetables under the lamb was cold."
• "The food was terrible."
• "I ended up opting for the shepherd's pie which was bland and dry."
• "Rib-eye steak was awful, overcooked on one end and undercooked on the other."
• "Fish was quite raw and greasy and poisoned by it!"

Service

Pros:

• "Reception from staff very good."
• "Was greeted by a very attentive manager."
• "Great service, quickly moved us from one table to the other when we requested."
• "The staff always friendly and helpful."
• "The staff were friendly. Especially Sergio!"
• "Staff really polite and helpful throughout."
• "The service was excellent and friendly."

Cons:

• "Service could have been a bit quicker."
• "Not so good service, several errors."
• "The service was slow and unaccommodating."
• "The service seemed to be quite unorganised."
• "Service was horrible."
• "Service was poor all evening, even though we were the only table in there most of the night."
• "Service was extremely slow and our food wasn't hot when it finally arrived at the table."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Beautifully decorated interior and exterior."
• "Lovely place."
• "Visually the restaurant is beautiful."
• "Beautiful restaurant and garden."
• "It’s a beautiful restaurant, very clean and has a lovely outdoor space."
• "Great atmosphere, high level of style."
• "The layout and design is lovely."

Cons:

• "The lighting was too dark and made the meal unenjoyable."
• "Music was too loud to talk comfortably."
• "Every now and then we would get a waft of cigarette smoke because the doors were open to the outside which kind of ruined my food a little."
• "No back ground music meant it felt very strange especially as we were there for a birthday."
• "The whole restaurant was smokey and we left smelling like a steak pan."
• "It was very dark. We couldn't see the menu or the food very well."
• "The 'vegetarian' sausages were cooked using the same pan the other sausages were cooked in as I recognised the taste of pork right away."

Price

Pros:

• "I actually think the food is fairly priced for what you are getting, no complaints on quality and technical 'cheffery' here with decent portions too."
• "Beers are standard price."
• "Very reasonably priced breakfast menu and nice choice."
• "The food is delicious and well-priced."
• "Oysters to start these were lovely, priced averagely."

Cons:

• "It was not worth the price at all."
• "Very small portion sizing, similar pricing to visit Rick Steins but a third of the portion size."
• "Also felt the food was slightly overpriced."
• "Drinks are extremely over priced."
• "Food is over priced for what you get."
• "Expect the average two course meal with drinks to be £60+ minimum."
• "Pub grub at premium prices."

Management

Pros:

• "Was greeted by a very attentive manager."
• "We were greeted by Gareth, a waiter, who was extremely helpful and friendly."

Cons:

• "The manager had a serious attitude problem and I would suggest she should go on a management role course and get some manners."
• "The restaurant manager was incompetent, had no explanation nor apology and was hapless."
• "Manager was uninterested unfriendly and unhelpful."
• "The manger did seem to care at all and seemed to have the attitude of 'why are you bothering me'."
• "The manager at the time ignored my calls so i decided to go in at ask for my pay."
• "Genuinely awful service and food, gone really downhill after being one of our favourite places in the past."