Harvester Quayside Mediacityuk Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The best chain restaurant by far anywhere in the area."
• "Wonderful family meal, food was lovely fresh and tasty."
• "Lovely place, been many times, always amazing food."
• "The food was very tasty and cooked perfectly by Natasha and Rubi."
• "Desserts cater for the sweet lovers and chocolate lovers from the indulgent Chocolate Fudge Cake to an offering of a mini dessert with a hot drink."
• "The food was very good and the portions filled the plate."
• "The Southern Fried Chicken Burger was tasty and moist."

Cons:

• "Eggs benedict, muffins no attempt to toast/lightly grill, bacon very very salty, sauce was tasteless and egg was boiled (had been microwaved as scorching hot)."
• "Food came cold, my burger was cold, my chips were cold."
• "The dirty burger was dry and lacked flavour to the point of leaving most of it."
• "Food weren't cooked and test less, beer was not cold at all and no ice in Diet Coke."
• "The food itself is a bit plain. The salmon could have done with a bit more seasoning."
• "A lot of the items on the menu and salad bar weren't available but food was good."
• "The fish was greasy and undercooked."

Service

Pros:

• "Elaine and Lucy looked after us wonderfully!"
• "Shout out to Jaz and Ali for their great service."
• "Katie was very polite and always had a smile on when serving us - thank you for the lovely service 😀"
• "Jamie was a friendly and helpful server, he was very attentive and couldn't do enough for us."
• "Great fast service, Sarah served us and was very attentive."
• "We were served by the most wonderful Megan... Full attention and service given..absolutely a lovely person."
• "Excellent service from Ali who was very polite and helpful from the outset."

Cons:

• "Service really let it down. Whilst everyone was friendly, I had to get someone's attention to order, ask for extras and no one cleared the table."
• "Waited what seemed a long time for someone to take our order."
• "Service was really slow due to grill issues but continually seating new people."
• "Not the best, really nice food but absolutely terrible service."
• "As soon as I ordered, I remembered why I didn't come for a while, the service was extremely slow."
• "More floor staff is needed, food was mediocre, by far the worst harvester we have had as a family."
• "Everything took ages. Drinks etc we had to remind server."

Ambiance and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "It was a very family atmosphere, so good if you have children with you, but can be a bit noisy at times."
• "Nice and clean place, visited on a busy Sunday, got seated in few mins."
• "The restaurant looked really festive and welcoming."
• "The place is in a really nice location in media city(Google localisation is wrong btw)."
• "Really affordable and nice outside area."
• "Absolutely brilliant, it was my birthday and they put balloons on my table."
• "Appreciated the individual toilets and the cleanliness was decent."

Cons:

• "The whole place seemed disorganised."
• "No servers to seat us on entering so we went to find a table and were told it was reserved (no signs to say so) and moved to another section."
• "Sat down - table was extremely sticky!"
• "The place needs and I mean desperately needs updating. A bit of a dive."
• "There isn't a lot of atmosphere tables are too close together was like eating with two other families."
• "Disabled toilet had ‘used’ toilet paper on the floor which I found disgusting."
• "The salad bar had 4 empty dishes that hadn't been refilled."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Food was good value for money."
• "Good value overall."
• "Good value overall, especially after comparing this visit to a certain 'Friday's' based restaurant where we paid a lot more for less food."
• "Pretty good value even though prices are on the up."
• "Great food at a great price point, generous portions and loved the salad bar."
• "The dessert was a treat and excellent value."
• "Prices highly competitive."

Cons:

• "Food not great and not good value for money."
• "The coffees at £3 a cup were very expensive and average in taste."
• "Expected much better after spending £58.89 for just 3 main meals plus tea and coffees."
• "3 large ish pasta shells with butternut squash, sauce and two slivers of garlic bread at 13.95 it was most definitely not worth the money."
• "Cups of tea, only half cup of tea for £2.99, £5.98 for 2 teas?"
• "Food is adequate, definitely not worth the money they charge."
• "My only one small issue was a can of brew dog was £5 which I think is very expensive considering you can buy 10 cans for £12."