Carnicero Steakhouse Restaurant & Bar Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The steaks were delicious I had fillet my partner the t bone."
• "The food was amazing. The Large Cuts comes with 3 sides of your choice and peppercorn sauce."
• "The food was good, the steak was made to perfection."
• "High quality dishes prepared and cooked beautifully."
• "Absolutely amazing meat, had the Tomahawk special, the best I've ever had."
• "The steak was gorgeously grilled with a slight crispy char to it yet was tender enough that no steak knife was needed to cut it."
• "The food was excellent. Giant Yorkshire, roast potatoes and freshly cooked vegetables."

Cons:

• "Seafood linguine had no season and my friend had to add so much salt and pepper to get a little bit of flavour."
• "Not the best fillet steak - very chewy."
• "The ribs were dry and hard. As mains we had lamb shank and steak...very very poor taste."
• "The prawns are a little bland and maybe overcooked."
• "Steaks and burgers were over cooked. Hardly any chips or salad on plate."
• "Expensive and my steak was mostly fat."
• "Awful place the sirloin steak I had was fatty and chewy, asked for medium and it was near well done, chips were greesy."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were a delight also."
• "The staff was incredibly friendly and made us feel well served and loved."
• "Had a lovely chat to one the family who owns it."
• "Great buzzing atmosphere, cool decor and helpful, professional and attentive staff."
• "Service was perfect, friendly, speedy, helpful and efficient."
• "The staff are great, kind and attentive."
• "The staff were also really pleasant and extremely helpful."

Cons:

• "Our mains took 50 mins to arrive after our starters."
• "We also had smaller issues like the chef that came out and gave my friend seething looks or the fact that they started turning all the lights off to force us out before they were supposed to close."
• "Upon asking for it to be redone the manager or whatever he wants to call himself decided to argue with me and my friends."
• "We were asked how the food was 4 times during the meal and while not intrusive, it was definitely more than necessary."
• "Service was attentive however after receiving the bill we were surprised to have been charged for tap water, chicken livers in our starter which we didn't ask for and a large service charge."
• "Manager Chris was rude ... turned down a booking of 15 people on a quiet Thursday because i refused to pay £150 deposit."
• "Table service was poor. took 30mins for the waiter to come over and take our order."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Highly recommend for meat lovers and great atmosphere and service."
• "Great fun - very attentive and interactive staff here who make a good friendly effort with the customers."
• "The experience was very positive overall and we will definitely be going again."
• "Fantastic food, easily the best steaks we’ve had in this country outside on London."
• "Atmosphere felt homey and warm."
• "Nice ambience on my visit despite it being cold Tuesday evening."
• "The atmosphere is absolutely inviting with the Gipsy Kings song playing in the background."

Cons:

• "The place was extremely loud and noisy, I mean noisier than a normal restaurant, some people were literally shouting."
• "The only thing that let it down is we were seated near a table of four people who were very drunk, loud and swearing profusely and no-one asked them to be quiet or leave."
• "It's wasn't a good experience, there was a table next to where we were seated with books and paperwork (??office)."
• "Disgusting customer service from the minute we walked in. They were rude and unwelcoming."
• "Just a bit too noisy for us but wouldn't stop us returning."
• "Terrible dining experience, lots of flies around my table while I was eating."
• "The music was too loud and people were shouting."