Selale Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is always fantastic, options for every diet."
• "We had an amazing meal here. Delicious food."
• "The grilled options were a standout, with perfectly cooked meats that were tender and flavorful."
• "The food was fresh, and all the meat was cooked excellently. Very juicy and tender."
• "The food was fantastic and the service was impeccable."
• "The food is delicious- always fresh and always served with love."
• "The food was absolutely amazing. The flavors were rich and authentic, truly capturing the essence of Turkish cuisine."

Cons:

• "No flavour, no herb only blunt vegetarian platter."
• "Mixed grill was 50 with some donner some meat 2 wings rice and 2 ribs and food was dry needed loads of drinks after that."
• "Portions were small and food was pricey."
• "I found hair on my plate."
• "Ordered cop shish it's been served like you giving food to dogs."
• "The hot mezze starter was fantastic, but my main (chicken shish) was mediocre."
• "The meat on the platter was cooked perfectly however the chicken was under cooked."

Service

Pros:

• "Great ambiance! The hostess was great!!"
• "The staff were quick and polite and the food was well cooked and enjoyed."
• "Staff super professional, friendly, helpful and exceptionally welcoming, accommodating to everyone's needs."
• "Food is consistently delicious and affordable, their staff are incredibly attentive of customer’s needs."
• "Waitress Derya and waiter Ahmet were very professional and well presented, looking after our needs."
• "Excellent customer service, special thanks to 'Nuri' for the warm hospitality."
• "The service was fast and the portions are very generous you have service included with bread and salad."

Cons:

• "Shame they don't give complimentary baklavas anymore after the meal."
• "We had to ask for our lahmachun twice as staff seemed to forget it was part of the order."
• "The staff was asking us if we finished and started clearing the table while this was obviously happening and creating again a rushed, chaotic and non-relaxed situation."
• "Several times my mains arrived while I’m eating my starters?"
• "Today my starters came before my drinks, until I mentioned it to a waitress they forgot?"
• "Every time I order drinks it come late, it’s forgotten about and it arrives too late spoiling the mood not good service with all that staff."
• "You have so much staff on the floor but they all gossip and flirt with each other rather than focus on customers."

Value

Pros:

• "Prices and portions are much more generous than Gokyozu or other Turkish restaurants in the local area!"
• "If you want tasty food, gentle service, great portions in a reasonable money value this is your spot."
• "One of the best Turkish restaurants we have visited. We got the platter for 2 and for that price it was so worth it."
• "The prices are decent."
• "very good -reasonable prices and decent size portions."
• "The house wine is really good and in great price (restaurant value)."
• "Food was very tasty and good prices."

Cons:

• "It is very overpriced compared to the flavourful food you can next door."
• "Expect to leave with around 40 pounds down if u want a meal and a drink."
• "It’s pretty underwhelming and overly expensive for what you get."
• "We chose Selale's Special 2. It was £55.90. It was quite pricey."
• "Its now actually quite expensive, similar pricing to some city restaurants which have the glitz factor in style, plus are in town."
• "Warning - House Special 2 £89.90 only contains 1 skewer of Kofte kebab - this is supposed to feed 4 - 5 people! Please explain???"
• "Heavily overpriced"

Ambiance

Pros:

• "The atmosphere were great."
• "The ambience of the restaurant was very good."
• "Beautiful decoration. Nice atmosphere."
• "Great decor and atmosphere."
• "Quiet atmosphere and great service."
• "Brilliant venue for my sister's birthday. Great atmosphere and ambience."
• "There is always a great atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Although the place was 3/4 empty, they sat us at probably the worst table in the restaurant."
• "Honestly felt not welcome, as if they couldn’t have cared less and were ready for the next guests."
• "Although the staff took long to bring out the salad and bread with the sauces at the start (1hour) and they delayed in taking the orders."
• "The halloumi pide was very sad."
• "A pretty restaurant overall not bad but not great."
• "That's a joke, prices over the moon."
• "The steak was ok something was missing was a touch bland and didn't have that smoky taste to it."