Buoy and Oyster: Restaurant & Seafood bar Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Ate an amazing amount of food at the bar area - seafood platter, and mussels were to die for."
• "Gorgeous view, food was delicious."
• "Great food, very fishy as you'd expect, and why we love it."
• "The oysters were extremely fresh, and the battered pickles were delicious."
• "Buoy and Oyster consistently serves some of the best seafood in Margate."
• "This place has an extensive seafood menu with something for everyone, and the food was fresh and tasty."
• "The oysters We’re up there with the best I’ve had, and the rest of the food was delicious."

Cons:

• "It’s a very disappointing experience."
• "Very expensive for what was served."
• "No good! Amazing venue, terrible food! No allergies checked or attention to it."
• "The piece of Fish was tiny and very, very overcooked and dried out."
• "The only thing that is edible is bread and pork-belly, and oysters (which is overpriced £4) you can have same quality oyster for £1.5 just in any food stand by the sea."
• "The food was extremely expensive for what it was (£49)."
• "The food was undercooked and burnt."

Service

Pros:

• "Our server Lauren was attentive and friendly and knew all about the menu items being served when asked."
• "Staff really friendly and helpful."
• "The service we received from john was excellent they were so accommodating."
• "Service was so friendly, helpful and spot on, even a little treat for my birthday."
• "The staff were amazing, the female greeter/maitre d' was really friendly, helpful and knowledgeable."
• "The welcome from the hostess was lovely and the service throughout the evening professional yet warm and friendly."
• "The staff are super friendly and welcoming too."

Cons:

• "Service could have been more attentive but appreciate a lot of places struggling right now."
• "Fairly good service struggle a bit when busy."
• "The service was reluctant and miserable the staff didn't want us."
• "Service isn’t hugely attentive but they are friendly, welcoming and knowledgeable."
• "Service was ok, we had a lady behind us complaining about the crayfish was off in her main course."
• "Service was friendly although a bit difficult to pay the bill."
• "Our waitress was sullen and really couldn’t have cared any less."

Value

Pros:

• "It was £60 for oysters, prawns, mussels, olives, bread, cocktails and a desert which is just brilliant value."
• "The best sea food in the city! Especially fresh oysters are so tasty. Prices worth every penny for the amazing food."
• "Good value too."
• "Kids meals are £7 which is great value, the chips with those are plentiful and good."
• "We ordered 6 oysters, 2 starters and the mixed hot platter, plus 2 alcoholic drinks and the total cost was £123. Very reasonable for good quality seafood."
• "You could actually eat and drink here for a very reasonable price."
• "Prices were reasonable for fresh seafood."

Cons:

• "Very expensive for what was served."
• "The food was extremely expensive for what it was (£49)."
• "Now I eat in a lot of restaurants around Europe and I just can't help feeling the food and drinks are not only overpriced for Margate and Thanet but generally it's just overpriced."
• "The £19 ridiculous bloody Mary is fantastic. The £3.50 half slice of bread is lovely but a complete p*&&take."
• "Surprised at how poor value for money this was. We had two starters (fine) and two mains plus a bottle of wine. Bill was £96."
• "Prices extortionate and you get very little for the money."
• "The freshness was just NOT THERE!! Not to mention that all this come at a cost of £100+ Avoid this place!!"

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The atmosphere and layout of the restaurant was very good and the service was excellent."
• "It’s a beautiful restaurant on the top of Margate cliff coastline, with a wonderful view looking towards the Bay."
• "Managed to get a table on the Terrace. Absolutely stunning sunset views."
• "Beautiful restaurant with gorgeous sea views."
• "The large room looks out over the main beach in Margate: a great setting."
• "The atmosphere is beautiful and very well decorated beautiful view over margate sands and sundown."
• "The settings, atmosphere and ambiance was really good."

Cons:

• "The atmosphere was OK. a nice view of the harbour, but very loud and noisy interior."
• "Had requested for an outdoor table but was sat inside, where there is a pretty sad tourist vibe."
• "A through draft as the doors were open, it was cold in there."
• "The outside terrace looked beautiful but was closed on the evening of our visit due to adverse weather conditions."
• "The restaurant was very busy and noisy."
• "Unfortunately the experience was ruined by a loud hen party."
• "Does get quite noisy."