Mariners Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The Beef Wellington and Beef Brisket mains were perfectly cooked and delicious."
• "Food was best fish I had in a very long time."
• "Food excellently prepared and absolutely delicious."
• "The food was excellent, and nicely presented."
• "The food was absolutely exceptional by far some of the best food I have tasted."
• "Food is fresh great quality and tastes delicious."
• "The food was divine."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately the food was cold, vegetables a la dente style and not my cup of tea."
• "The steak was lackluster."
• "The scallops for starters were not 100% fresh."
• "The roast beef.. the worst roast I've ever had.. the beef was supposed to be medium rare..it was light brown/beige."
• "The steak was completely cold."
• "The mains were nothing to shout about, in fact the beef brisket was poor, dry and not of the standard that you would expect from such a restaurant."
• "The bao bun was inedible but the rest of the meal was ok."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff couldn't be more helpful."
• "Service was attentive without being oppressive."
• "Really good service, very well looked after and they did everything they could."
• "Service very good."
• "Staff are some of friendliest and accommodating I’ve met."
• "The service was friendly and without fault."
• "Both the food and service were outstanding."

Cons:

• "Due to finding a hair in my main meal, and the fact the manager didn't even come over to our table to apologise, I won't be eating in this establishment again."
• "Service a bit hit and miss and slow at times."
• "The service was very slow, somewhat inneffectual and it took an hour to get our starters alone."
• "No one came to check if we were happy with our meal."
• "But service was slow an inattentive."
• "The staff were not attentive and we struggled to call them over throughout the meal."
• "Usual negotiations over lactose avoidance, which they seem to have missed the early warning about and failed to offer choice suitable dessert, claiming falsely they hadn't been warned."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Wonderful ambience, great service and great food and a good price."
• "A really excellent experience all round. Great food from a menu that included fascinating choices, very good service and an incredibly atmospheric setting."
• "Great ambience eating on an old gunboat."
• "The ambience of being in a boat is wonderful too."
• "Wonderful location, great feel in the restaurant and the food was simply stunning."
• "Nice and warm and happy atmosphere."
• "The waterfront setting is amazing."

Cons:

• "It does get a bit noisy if there is a large group on the centre table."
• "The boat itself need a damn good scrub on the outside."
• "The quay was very very still like a mill pond and this only seemed to stop all the rubbish being washed away from around the quayside of the boat and jetty."
• "We had to wait 1:45h for a table on Tuesday night as they were fully booked, however when we arrived the restaurant was already almost empty which caused the star drop in atmosphere."
• "The restaurant was empty and the table that was provided was directly under the bar."
• "Also it was freezing in the boat. Some heating would have been ideal."
• "Music in this restaurant is all over the show."

Value

Pros:

• "At around £50 per head, including wine and drinks, it was really good value too."
• "The starters are excellent value at only £3!!!!!"
• "2 courses for £14.95 and had the Camembert to start and steak for main! Highly recommend!!"
• "Incredible food!! Set menu amazing value, and drinks very reasonably priced."
• "3 courses for £21.95 for Sunday lunch was brilliant value for money."
• "Stunning food at great value. 3 courses for only £24."
• "Very reasonably priced."

Cons:

• "The beef Wellington is expensive for a main, but so worth the treat."
• "£11 for a glass of mediocre valpolicelle wine is rather a lot."
• "Unfortunately not worth £24 and £28 respectively."
• "Quite expensive but for a special outing acceptable."
• "It's a bit pricey though - £40 each for main plus drinks."
• "However prices are towards the upper end of pricing levels for Ipswich restaurants."
• "The food seems a bit steep for the money."

Accessibility

Pros:

• "Staff are very friendly. Couldn't wish for more."

Cons:

• "This barge based restaurant might have issues with disabled clients."