Agora Restaurant Reviews Summary

Category: Turkish restaurant

Address: 9 Clarendon Rd, Southsea, Portsmouth, Southsea PO5 2ED, United Kingdom

Phone: +442392822617

Rating: 4.6
based on 134 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Service is attentive and the owner makes you feel at home."
  • "Biral was a superb waiter couldn't do enough for us."
  • "Outstanding restaurant. The service tonight was fantastic and prompt."
  • "Service was amazing, they helped us to decide and recommend the popular tasty dishes."
  • "Service was also fast and super friendly."
  • "Great customer service."
  • "The staff are friendly and enjoy helping recommend dishes if you are new to greek/Turkish cuisine."

Cons:

  • "Very disappointed when I heard that the tips goes to the owner rather to the waiters."
  • "Terrible customer service."
  • "Service was a little forgetful."
  • "Not exactly the friendliest place."
  • "Waitress guy not friendly, making us in a rush to leave the restaurant."
  • "He didn’t seem to care about our experience and just wanted us gone."
  • "Our overall experience was somewhat disappointing. The service was lacking."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "Amazing Middle Eastern food. Everything is cooked in the wood fire which is visible from the seating area which adds to the atmosphere."
  • "The atmosphere is great the staff make you feel very welcome."
  • "Both atmosphere and decore will attract anyone who wants to spend good time with friends and family."
  • "Lovely and cosy atmosphere."
  • "A great atmosphere."
  • "The atmosphere is great and the place feels very welcoming."
  • "Wonderful little Turkish restaurant with superb quality food and great atmosphere."

Cons:

  • "Place is freezing cold, no heating on at all."
  • "They only had 1 high chair, which they reserved for their regular customer."
  • "Also v busy and noisy so be sure to book a table."
  • "Be aware that the place can be a bit noisy sometimes."
  • "Can be a tight squeeze and tables are close together to get everyone in."
  • "I also found it very tightly packed and noisy."
  • "It's not the place if you want a quiet, romantic dinner for two."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Portions are massive but I would rather have a small portion of nice well cooked food than a massive portion of rubbish."
  • "Tasty lamb."
  • "Excellent food, perfectly cooked!"
  • "The food was very tasty, plenty of it and good value."
  • "Delicious grills and other traditional Turkish and Greek dishes."
  • "Food was superb; fresh with good portion sizes."
  • "The food is absolutely delicious and for a good price."

Cons:

  • "Food was overpriced for the small portions on offer."
  • "My wife and I went for our anniversary and the food was nothing short of terrible."
  • "Their yogurt lamb shish kebab a little too saucy."
  • "Food lacked spice a little bland."
  • "Expensive and underwhelming, We'd rather stay at home and cook."
  • "Food not fresh."
  • "The food lacks in real flavour in comparison to Istanbul or Bodrum restaurant."

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