DEVOUR Reviews Summary

Atmosphere and Setting

Pros:

• "Love the vibe, the food and the cocktails."
• "The setting for the restaurant is lovely with a great ambiance."
• "The ambience and setting of Devour is also really cool."
• "The surroundings are beautiful too, absolutely love the riverside dining area."
• "The restaurant itself has a beautiful interior and is set in a stunning location."
• "While dining hall was packed still offered plenty of privacy, clever use of decor elements such as plants divided room."
• "The restaurant is one of the most beautiful restaurant I've been to."
• "Great atmosphere, our guests had good meals, our was good but choice limited."

Cons:

• "The inside can be quite noisy even when it's quiet."
• "Nice spot, very well thought out, looks exclusive. Prices are on the high side, for the area."
• "Large groups were seated around us, which can be off-putting when you can't speak to each other without shouting."
• "Transported some customers there for a midweek evening meal. Didn't go in myself but it looked warm and welcoming and very pleasant."
• "The noise from the loud music and other tables shouting to make themselves heard, too, is ridiculous."
• "Straining to hear conversation with constant noise is exhausting and stressful. What a pity."
• "The loud music made conversation difficult and as the main reason for going was to catch up with friends we found this frustrating."
• "Very slow service. Below average food. Food missing items listen on the menu. Limp, dry undressed salad leaves."

Food Quality and Variety

Pros:

• "The food portions are really good and full of taste and excellently presented."
• "There is a great range of small plates that are perfect for sharing and the pasta is really well made."
• "Great food, never had a bad meal here which means it's not cheap."
• "Amazing meal and some really interesting vegetarian options."
• "The food was absolutely unbelievable!!"
• "Stunning proper Italian food, including the most interesting and imaginative veggie options."
• "Both the venue and food are outstanding."
• "The food was amazing. I had a pizza which was to die for."

Cons:

• "The meal would have rated five stars, but my sea bass was frazzled on one side."
• "Limited menu outside, but fair enough. The sharing plates were a bit disappointing."
• "Food was quite expensive for what you got as the portions were small."
• "Ordered a Parmigiana pizza. When it arrived there was no cheese on it."
• "The £12 asparagus literally consisted of three asparagus stems, a poached egg, and a béarnaise sauce."
• "The tomato-based pizza sauce was sickeningly sweet."
• "We were seated in view of the kitchen, a prime spot to watch who I presume was one of the chefs/food prep staff (largeish guy who was wearing a black shirt at the time) routinely cooking up food, dipping his bare fingers in, and helping himself to a few bites, occasionally right from the plates being served to customers."
• "I've ordered calamari, which were incredibly salty, spicy and covered in huge amount of batter."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "The staff are also very friendly and helpful."
• "From start to finish the service was amazing."
• "I have been really impressed by the service and the outstanding quality of food."
• "My partner had a great drinks recommendation from Phoebe who was excellent throughout serving us."
• "The staff was very friendly and the service was excellent."
• "Just dined here, an early evening meal outside on the Riverside. The food was amazing as was our server Olly....friendly, attentive and professional."
• "The staff is incredible helpful and discreet and the location is so nice."
• "Very, very impressive with how well we were looked after. Can’t wait to go back again."

Cons:

• "Hugely expensive and don't assume the extras the waiter offers are included in the price, they're not."
• "Lovely place, fab location and the food is wonderful but the service really let the experience down."
• "Poor service and cold food let it down."
• "Ordered food and a bottle of wine (37.00) for a bottle of white really !!! Waited well over an hour for our main course."
• "Been trying to book a table for 9 people, you can’t book for a group this size online, left 2 or maybe 3 voicemail messages and no calls picked up 4-5 times over a 4 day period!"
• "The house wine was lovely. The starters really nice. Then in the main I got a hair."
• "But the loud music made conversation difficult and as the main reason for going was to catch up with friends we found this frustrating."
• "Mixed experience... Came here on a recommendation for someone's birthday. But that doesn't excuse the faults that happened."

Price and Value

Pros:

• "In terms of cost, you get what you pay for and this was worth every penny."
• "It's well worth it for a treat or celebratory occasion."
• "The whipped goats cheese and beetroot ripple starter and mushroom gnocchi main course with crispy potato squares side dish were to die for."
• "Look this place isn’t the cheapest but what it is is value for money."
• "The food is exquisite and cooked in front of you."
• "Great food and drinks selections from pizzas, chatutery boards to full menu options."
• "Amazing restaurant, so happy it's so close to my house, I'd honestly eat there every day if I could."
• "Rarely do you find a place that so seamlessly balances such comfort and welcoming with such a high standard of both food and service."

Cons:

• "Hugely expensive and don't assume the extras the waiter offers are included in the price, they're not."
• "Nice spot, very well thought out, looks exclusive. Prices are on the high side, for the area."
• "Limited menu outside, but fair enough. The sharing plates were a bit disappointing."
• "Food was quite expensive for what you got as the portions were small."
• "Ordered a Parmigiana pizza. When it arrived there was no cheese on it."
• "The £12 asparagus literally consisted of three asparagus stems, a poached egg, and a béarnaise sauce."
• "The tomato-based pizza sauce was sickeningly sweet."
• "We were seated in view of the kitchen, a prime spot to watch who I presume was one of the chefs/food prep staff (largeish guy who was wearing a black shirt at the time) routinely cooking up food, dipping his bare fingers in, and helping himself to a few bites, occasionally right from the plates being served to customers."