The Magic Mushroom Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was superb. Starters of King scallop and pigeon. Great taste and presentation."
• "The food was exceptional, good size plates of delicious food and tasty drinks, including a good vegan menu."
• "The food was delicious, the staff were friendly and fun."
• "The food was amazing and very good portions."
• "The food is absolutely delicious."
• "The food was unreal, there was 7 of us and I don't think we left a crumb between us and we all had 3 courses!"
• "The food was served hot and timely and was simply delicious."

Cons:

• "The meringue smelled like egg whites with no flavour."
• "The roast was terrible. Watery cauliflower cheese and the potatoes were not crispy at all."
• "The roast beef was a little disappointing, tough in places and rather fatty."
• "Our mains herd crusted cod was on crushed new potatoes which were burnt an inedible."
• "The beef cheek was disappointing and lacked any flavour."
• "The food was bland but presented nicely."
• "Chicken was tasteless and the dauphinous potatoes were tepid and dried out."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were great, just the right amount of attention, my mum had some random questions about vegan wine, which they answered quickly, clearly knew about wines!"
• "Nick, our barman was brilliant and made the evening go so smoothly."
• "Service is the epitome of friendly excellence, they know how to handle kids."
• "Staff very attentive."
• "Service was charming & attentive."
• "The service was excellent, friendly and attentive."
• "Service was impeccable."

Cons:

• "We had to ask to be sat down upon arrival."
• "We then had to request the dessert menu a good 30 mins after our mains."
• "No one checked if the starters or mains were okay, until the end."
• "After 15mins of waiting our order hadn't been taken so we had to decline."
• "We were then ignored by staff for a good 45 mins."
• "Service was really slow had to keep asking if we can get some more drinks and order our desserts."
• "Very slow and poor service."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Also loved the way the place has been refurbished, very tasteful."
• "Subtle and tasteful decor."
• "The music and ambience of the venue was second to none."
• "The decor and atmosphere of this restaurant is so romantic for a lovely dinner date."
• "A beautiful contemporary British menu served in a chic rural location made the experience all the more enjoyable."
• "The restaurant had a lovely atmosphere."
• "Fantastic Restaurant, great food, Beautiful decor."

Cons:

• "But unfortunately as we were starting our starters a table of 13-15 people were put next to us."
• "They were obviously celebrating something and were in high spirits and very noisy as they were all talking at once."
• "Honestly, it was a little too loud and the monotonous medley of cheap dinner jazz music was testing."
• "Zero atmosphere....felt like a glorified cafe."
• "Second, you can smell cigarette smoke from smokers sitting outside."
• "Service started well but quickly went downhill."
• "The service OMG!!!ABSOLUTELY AWFUL!!!!!"

Value

Pros:

• "We had the set menu which is very reasonably priced."
• "Excellent value."
• "You get what you pay for and this was top notch!"
• "Price wasn’t just reasonable, it was cheap for the quality."
• "Very good value for money considering other restaurants that offer a similar service locally."
• "On the more expensive side but as always you get what you pay for!"
• "It isnt cheap, it is quite high-end food but it is good value for money."