The Botanist Bar & Restaurant Leeds Reviews Summary

Food Quality and Variety

Pros:

• "The hot sharing platter was excellent."
• "Every single item we ordered from starters to main course was just superb."
• "Pate starter was nice and the cranberry took it to another level."
• "Food was amazing, we had the thai king prawn handing kebabs with sweet chilli fries which were to die for."
• "The food was super nice, starter, chicken wings, followed by chicken kebab with chips and garlic marinade, followed by sticky toffee pudding with ice cream."
• "The hanging kebabs are perfect, and we upgraded to sweet chilli fries on one of them, best fries I have had so far."
• "Great food and drinks menu, especially the cocktails!! Well known for its hanging kebabs."
• "Food was delicious and fairly priced, but service was very slow."

Cons:

• "Hot platter too much chicken."
• "Starters were really really good, however the mains were really disappointing for the price they are offered."
• "The food looked stunning! My partner had the kebabs, which whilst looked great, there wasn't much and he left hungry."
• "Food pretty average for price - even with 20% off voucher."
• "The pork crackling was also severely over cooked."
• "The food is so wrong that I cannot even describe it."
• "Very disappointed with food and service. I ordered turkey burger which come with over cooked meat and burned bread bun."
• "Very disappointing costing our table £479 for mothers day."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "They were always so helpful and attentive, can't thank them enough!"
• "Staff were fast and friendly."
• "Great staff and ambience."
• "Staff are brilliant. The live band was incredible, too."
• "Service was good 👍."
• "The service was excellent they cater to your every needs nothing to much trouble."
• "Friendly staff and fast service."

Cons:

• "Service was a bit slow at times for bringing drinks as they forgot the order."
• "We had a drink or two at the bar and the staff did not rush us at all. Then when we did sit down, they were very attentive."
• "Terrible service from servers. It felt very difficult to get anyone’s attention to get a drink."
• "Staff wasn't friendly enough. Thay accept card and cash (NO change back )."
• "Cool place and really efficient, super friendly staff, however the food was so disappointing."

Atmosphere and Decor

Pros:

• "Really nice place, great drinks selection."
• "The place is small and cosy."
• "Beautiful birthday meal, shared with my cousin for our joint birthday!"
• "A great place to meet up with friends."
• "Great cocktail bar. The outside seating area is really nice to look at."
• "The cocktails were innovative, bar service was great, live music was really good."

Cons:

• "Decoration is nice but why call a place the botanist and then decorate it with plastic plants."
• "Was it special? Place was a bit cramped and didn’t feel very Christmassy."
• "The local IPA (can't remember it's name) is amazing. And highly recommended."
• "Only 3 stars as one meal wasn't cooked. They did replace it and didn't charge for the meal and gave a discount on the rest of the meals."