Ambiente Tapas Leeds Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was absolutely amazing."
• "All the dishes were of a very good quality."
• "The food was fresh, delicious and varying in flavour with many delicious hidden surprises, totally unexpected."
• "The food was so fresh and delicious and cooked to perfection."
• "Utterly delicious food, cooked perfectly and served quickly."
• "The food was delicious just the right amount of tapas dishes to go around the group and a paella to share between us."
• "The food was excellent, a great mixture of standard classics and novel interring dishes."

Cons:

• "We were served gone off fish."
• "Shocking food. Went this Sunday and spent £60 of food that was double fried, definitely not fresh."
• "The other tapas were poor especially the steak my wife had which was cold and tough."
• "Most dishes were deep fried and very greasy, off putting."
• "Everything was bland and tasteless."
• "The only let down was the tuna which had a great relish but the fish itself was slightly overcooked for our liking."
• "The Mac and cheese was COMPLETELY BURNT."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were friendly and helpful, all wearing masks."
• "Service is excellent and we are well-informed of every step."
• "Brilliant service as well."
• "The staff were so friendly and extremely helpful, willing to answer any questions we had and ensure our experience was the best it could be."
• "Staff were really great; it was my mum and her twin's birthday and they're all deaf as posts. Appreciate their patience."
• "Staff were excellent. Quick service wasn't waiting long for food or drinks."
• "The service was excellent and their online ordering approach / app is the best I've seen since the start of Covid."

Cons:

• "After very slow service we finally got a drink then came our food, nothing near to expectations."
• "The level of service was shocking, we were left waiting to order, never asked if we wanted more drinks, food missing and no apologies."
• "Young female brunette was to point of annoying after starting to clear plates that still had food on WITHOUT asking first if they were finished with."
• "The waitress was rude when we mentioned it and didn’t seem to care."
• "We felt very forgotten about and mostly ignored."
• "The waitress we had was very rude and passive aggressive with us."
• "She was obviously reciting questions that she had learnt and was delivering in a parrot type fashion."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Very nice tapas restaurant in Leeds great food good offers and near the river."
• "A cosy tapas spot by the river situated at the quieter end of the Calls."
• "The environment was lovely, by the river and has a good view."
• "Great atmosphere and lovely location overlooking the river."
• "Ambiente has a really nice ambience with low lighting and a relaxed atmosphere."
• "Inside was clean and beautifully decorated with stunning views of the canal especially from where we were sat."
• "Good atmosphere, chilled but smart."

Cons:

• "Nothing wrong with anything here, but I don't think I'd return for a meal."
• "While the exterior of the building is lovey the restaurant entrance doesn't have much kerb appeal, although inside is a different story and is really stylish and very inviting."
• "The whole place is filthy for a start, toilet seats hanging off, litter on the floor."
• "I might of been put off by the uninviting dirty door and steps."
• "The atmosphere was more pub/city bar and less tapas."
• "We were seated at a booth with no ambience or view."
• "Unfortunately although the Ambientie is in an atmospheric old warehouse there are a flight of stairs to negotiate to get in so not good if you have mobility problems."

Value

Pros:

• "Definitely a must visit when in Leeds. Extremely good value for money."
• "Price is reasonable for quantity and style of food."
• "When we asked for the bill we were pleasantly surprised by the reasonable price with a 10% gratuity included."
• "The best part is at the end: not expensive at all, taking in account the restaurant position, and the food quality."
• "For tapas the prices were really low and affordable."
• "£40 for food and 5 glasses of sherry was good value."
• "All really well priced."

Cons:

• "It is a little pricey for a tapas restaurant."
• "The food and service was excellent, if not a little pricey."
• "Paying £100 for a 4x tapas dinner with only 1x beer and 3x soft drinks looks a rip off."
• "For the money I felt really ripped off."
• "However price/qty has an awful bad balance (i e. Ham croquetas have only 3!!!)"
• "Our bill was 100 - pretty shocking prices for average food and poor service."
• "However we ordered a red wine sangria jug and it was definitely not worth the £15 we paid."