Calico Lounge Reviews Summary

Portion Sizes

Pros:

• "Portion sizes and quality was good and prices are reasonable."
• "When the menu says 'big breakfast', they actually mean it."
• "Three tapas and a glass of house wine, food was excellent."
• "Tapas is really good with great portion sizes."

Cons:

• "The first time ordering chips I got about 25 chips in a big tray."
• "Husband ordered the Nasi Goreng rice dish, very lovely and tasty but a tiny bowl of food."
• "I mentioned it to the server and made them aware that I'm paying 2.85 for chips and I don't think the portion reflects the price."
• "Really nice place with lovely atmosphere and fast service but absolutely tiny portions."

Service Quality

Pros:

• "Fantastic service, friendly and efficient."
• "The young lady who served us Abby was out of scale polite and professional."
• "Staff are really helpful and I’m all about their pancakes!"
• "Staff where all happy & friendly, changing my items on the Lounge breakfast wasn't an issue."

Cons:

• "Ordered online, a bit confusing when there are staff to hand."
• "Disappointed on this visit. Table was dirty and had to ask for it to be wiped down."
• "Walked in and the service improved. There is a great selection that accounts for a large range of dietary requirements but as I was ordering dairy free I needed to order at the bar and couldn't use the app feature."
• "We sat for ages waiting for someone to take our order before realising we had to order at the bar."

Ambience and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "A relaxed environment with friendly staff."
• "Huge menu with plenty to choose from, very pleasant way of spending an evening."
• "Plenty of space so that one has privacy."
• "Great vibe about the place as well, very pleasant way of spending an evening."

Cons:

• "Music a little loud for me."
• "We asked if we could move to another table. The waiter was really good about it and found us another table quite quickly."
• "After visiting another location in the chain, we came across Calico and did not hesitate to pop in for lunch. We did have to wait a fair bit for our meals due to a kitchen mistake."
• "The only downside is that you order on an app so I didn't know how to request hard eggs."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Great choices on menu and food was amazing."
• "The food is always fantastic, the staff are super friendly."
• "We ordered the tomato and cheese panini which was ok, the vegan Lebanese falafel flatbread which was amazing."
• "Wonderful coffee, food and service."

Cons:

• "3 breakfasts, 1 had cold bacon and waited quite a while for replacement bacon."
• "The food itself - not the best in quality. Flatbreads were rather rubbery and overdone."
• "Very disappointed buttermilk fried chicken was very overcooked and dry."
• "Visited for brunch. The pancakes were good but the accompanying bacon was very salty and dry."