Free State Kitchen Reviews Summary

Category: American restaurant Liverpool

Address: 1 Maryland St, Liverpool, L1 9DE, United Kingdom

Phone: +441517085005

Rating: 4.7
based on 134 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Genuinely the best burger I've ever had!"
  • "The chef's special salad is always changing, always seasonal, always delicious!"
  • "Your Reuben sandwiches are nothing short of heavenly, every single sweet sweet mouthful melting slow but never lasting long enough."
  • "The handmade blueberry cheesecake was divine!"
  • "The food was really tasty and our guests left the restaurant very happy and full!"
  • "Great burgers fresh meat and very tasty."
  • "The food here is very much of the gourmet burger variety and it's always great."

Cons:

  • "Feel like the burger could do with a bit more seasoning."
  • "The macaroni and cheese should be renamed 'mustard and cheese'. Way too heavy on the mustard and not enough cheese flavor."
  • "I couldn’t taste the burger Pattie due to the volume of other things overpowering it which was a let down for me."
  • "Have to confess to being slightly disappointed with the chips - a bit plain and slightly stale fat taste."
  • "The chips let it down though, they have a rosemary dressing which was nice, but the chips themselves seemed the cheap thin ones."
  • "Went for a clam burger which was unfortunately a little bland."
  • "The burger was small and covered in way too much mayo and the fries were awful."

Service

Pros:

  • "Friendly staff, great service."
  • "The staff were so friendly."
  • "Staff are always great. Very safe covid measures."
  • "The staff were attentive making conversation with us and couldn't do enough for us will definitely be going back here."
  • "Staff were friendly and nothing was too much trouble would highly recommend x."
  • "Service was excellent and the food was some of the best when I compare it to places I've been in the USA."
  • "Always good service and great food, their homemade pickles are definitely worth a try."

Cons:

  • "Used to be marvellous, now seriously average. Food size and quality has gone downhill in recent months."
  • "Good food, but there will be a big hassle over the Liverpool cards."
  • "Cracker pub, always went here but sadly some of the younger staff a bit off putting."
  • "Though they did try to charge me a no-show fee on my booking, even though we attended."
  • "However, when we arrived it straight away seemed like our dog wasn’t welcome and that we were a massive inconvenience."
  • "We were given a dog bowl of water which was filthy."
  • "Service was pretty poor really! Had to try and catch the waitress eye for drinks."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

  • "This place has what must be one of the best hidden restaurant gardens in Liverpool - fantastic when the weather is good."
  • "The place itself is just a little Eden nestled in the city centre."
  • "Wonderful little beer-garden / terrace at the back, with a nice selection of beers and cocktails."
  • "With the good weather and the music playing, surrounded by plants and flowers in bloom, it's beautiful."
  • "The beer garden is stunning."
  • "Gorgeous setting with a beautiful open garden for sunny days."
  • "The outside area is absolutely stunning and feels like it could be anywhere on Earth."

Cons:

  • "Great food, but as a sunny day we ate in the garden and our food was spoiled by being smoked over."
  • "They offered outdoor seating, but overall IMO the Ambiente was kinda off for me."
  • "Would be a lot nicer if you could actually sit outside without getting smoked on."
  • "Sticky floor inside."
  • "Not sure about the inside, it seemed quite small and cramped."
  • "Bad manners from front woman when I asked for a 125ml glass of wine."
  • "Got seated into a small corner table with umbrella in one end taking away a place for the 4th person completely."

Value

Pros:

  • "Great veggie and vegan options & homemade lemonade was lovely. Plenty space inside and out really great tasty food that doesn’t cost the earth with fantastic service."
  • "The food delicious and great value."
  • "Food was amazing and the prices were extremely good for the quality."
  • "Prices are all very reasonable."
  • "Very reasonable price wise also for such nice food."
  • "Prices very reasonable for a city location."
  • "Great basic food at cheap prices."

Cons:

  • "Food was nice, wouldn't say this was particularly cheap for a Wednesday at 4.30pm."
  • "Felt the standard classic burger was overpriced for what it was though."
  • "Paid £12 for the burger, which I feel maybe it's slightly expensive as it wasn't too filling."
  • "The deluxe was also a bit on the dear side at full price."
  • "6.50 for a sundae is pushing it really."
  • "Beer garden looked nice. There are better burger places in town for the money you pay here."
  • "Just stop making people have to buy a bigger measurement."

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