Harbour Garden Cafe Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Service was friendly and quick."
• "Very good service, and good food."
• "The other staff were friendly and attentive."
• "Great atmosphere friendly service."
• "Staff were friendly and accommodating."
• "Service was excellent and the lobster roll was an absolute must."
• "Excellent friendly efficient service."

Cons:

• "The temporary toilets were disgusting and obviously not maintained throughout the day never mind the evening."
• "Lots of nice friendly staff although had to wait 10 minutes to be even offered a drink."
• "We’ve waited over 30 minutes for our drinks (2 children and 2 adults) food were far over an hour…."
• "Took a long time to be served, and very expensive for style and situation."
• "Service was extremely slow."
• "Staff hygiene levels were disgusting, I witnessed a waitress wipe here nose with the back of her hand and went straight to a table to serve."
• "Terrible service, all in all waited 1 hour and half to be served any food, 30 minutes just for a drink."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Everything was so delicious and beautifully cooked."
• "All the food was spot on - tasty and lovely presentation."
• "The best fish and chips I've had in years!"
• "It may seem pricey but the quality of the food is totally worth it."
• "Called on for a drink and returned after a walk with the dogs for a late lunch. Seafood platter to share was lovely and the fish and chips to follow were amazing."
• "The mussels were just perfect."
• "You get what you pay for and the quality of ingredients shines through."

Cons:

• "Very expensive - £10 for bread and olives - 2 adults and 2 kids came to £90 - extremely average food."
• "Potted crab is more like very runny crab spread with lots of cream in it and barely any crab for 13 is simply a joke."
• "I had the creamy stew, which was everything but creamy alongside an overload of swimming peas in water."
• "Monotonous menu. Everything is prepared in batter and french fries."
• "Really shockingly poor today... the cod was swimming in oil."
• "The fish was very fat (so much oil), seafood presented good on the plate but without taste."
• "The food was honestly so underwhelming!"

Price

Pros:

• "And very reasonably priced."
• "Food is served from 12 noon and closes at 6pm. I have had lunch there and the food, with a strong seafood emphasis, has been very good and prices are in keeping with the location."
• "Would go back tomorrow they are top."

Cons:

• "Very expensive - £10 for bread and olives - 2 adults and 2 kids came to £90 - extremely average food."
• "Very over priced food."
• "The most expensive fish and chips I eat in my life are £21 but on the menu is £11 but they charge us £21."
• "The portion was very small for £26 and had no sides included."
• "Shame the prices are extortionate."
• "A g&t will set you back £9.95!!! London prices and some."
• "Massively overpriced and very average food."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Lovely place to go and the fact they had a band on was awesome!"
• "Good view of the harbour and its fleet catching and landing fish!"
• "This place is right in centre of whitstable port."
• "Lovely place to relax and watch the world go by and the boats entering and leaving the harbour."
• "The locations is brilliant."
• "The atmosphere in the restaurant was so cool, music playing and the smell of food was so delicious!"
• "Lovely spot just by the water."