The Seahorse Restaurant Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Waiting on staff are always pleasant and helpful."
• "Service was very friendly too."
• "The service was polite and efficient and there was plenty of time between courses."
• "First the staff were first class, the best service we have had for a long time in any restaurant, very attentive, friendly and polite."
• "Service was very good by the young staff."
• "Great service...the chief/owner ever comes over to see if everything was to your satisfaction."
• "The service? Amazing! They seem genuinely happy to see you, and manage to make you feel right at home."

Cons:

• "Also the staff had no idea, but they were all teenagers."
• "I asked to speak to the manager but no one came."
• "Never known an owner to write ‘what a load of bull’ or ‘get to McDonald’s’ or ‘you’re barred’ or ‘you’re a keyboard warrior mate’ to customers."
• "Took 15 mins for someone to take our desert order."
• "Also we asked for glasses of wine to suit each course and the staff seemed clueless and completely thrown by the question."
• "Service was only adequate -- (annoying that you could constantly hear the young girl waitresses chatting about their social life when huddled together near kitchen / 'pass' area)."
• "The obviously inexperienced waitress didn't really know what to do and even asked if we had finished when we were still clearly eating."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "All the food was excellent."
• "It’s the best restaurant for fresh seafood."
• "Fillet steak was perfect sea bass beautiful and fish cakes outrageously good."
• "The food and service was excellent."
• "The grilled king prawns were amazing, the crayfish and chorizo risotto was out of this world!"
• "The food was outstanding."
• "The seafood was fresh and beautifully prepared and presented."

Cons:

• "The muscles for my main, which were so gritty I had to leave the majority of them."
• "The Lobsters were overcooked and way too chewy."
• "No fresh lobster no fresh prawns very high prices all bought from bookers cash and carry."
• "The Thai fish cakes were way too heavy on the chilli."
• "The monkfish in my wife's spaghetti which was also overcooked and thus had a woolly texture."
• "Extremely greasy vegetarian, drenched in an oily coating."
• "The sword fish, tuna and monk fish were all seriously over cooked."

Ambience

Pros:

• "The space a cosy and relaxed ambience."
• "Nice ambience. Cosy rooms."
• "Nice atmosphere."
• "The environment was lovely and I enjoyed the background music."
• "Lovely cosy friendly atmosphere and staff."
• "A great atmosphere."
• "The interior was the original thick stone walls."

Cons:

• "Decor dated, carpet littered and dirty, dado rails splashed in food."
• "Had to climb several flights of stairs to get to a small soulless little room with a couple of tables."
• "The restaurant lacked any ambience and the room we were in, looked like it was set up for a wedding."
• "The place doesn’t look good too! The carpet was soooo dirty! 🤢 full of stains!"
• "However the room was cold."
• "The tables are so close together you have no choice but to talk to the people at the next table which negates the romantic atmosphere."
• "One last point, I was sat upstairs beside a door... three sets of people came into the room via the door beside me which wasn't great, and then they had to be ushered outside again! Kind of ruined the peace."

Value

Pros:

• "Very reasonably priced too."
• "Good portions at a very acceptable price, wine was also reasonable."
• "Overall reasonably priced for a high quality meal."
• "We thought it was very good value at under £100 for two for a three course meal, and a bottle of wine especially for the standard of food and service we received."
• "Bill came to £97 for the two of us which, given the quality of the food and drink I thought was very reasonable."
• "The price was fair, and given the price to quality ratio, I'd consider it to be a very good deal."
• "Pricing is a different concept but works out to be great value for such high quality cuisine, portion sizes are good."

Cons:

• "A 2 course meal for 2, came to over £75."
• "So while what we had tasted quite fine it was totally overpriced."
• "Very expensive for what we have got."
• "Overpriced by miles, for bland, mediocre food."
• "The portion sizes are very small and for you get it is very expensive."
• "The price of the food was extortionate for the service."
• "Overpriced food and drinks that isn’t good value for money."