Frederick's Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was delicate, simple yet very tasty."
• "Delicious food, great wine list."
• "The food was amazing, the quality of the seafood was exceptional."
• "The food is exceptional!!really good.Taste amazing."
• "Every dish was beautifully balanced and cooked with flair."
• "The food is prepared and presented with style and care and is delicious."
• "The food is outstanding! I had the scallops for starter and the duck for main it everything was exquisite."

Cons:

• "What I had last time was quite bland and lacking in flavour, the fish was also rather dry."
• "Nice enough space, service mostly okay, but the food was just awful. Low quality ingredients, bland and tasteless, no imagination in cooking at all."
• "The food is also underwhelming and lacks creativity, which is a shame considering the prices."
• "Both our veal and lamb were tough, not enjoyable to eat."
• "Food was mediocre at best, service pretty shoddy."
• "Really average food. Under seasoned and not particularly well executed."
• "However my main (the black bass) was bland and the mushrooms were cold/raw."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff makes you feel so welcome and you might get to see and chat to the owner who is lovely."
• "Very stylish and relaxed atmosphere with incredible service."
• "Service was really friendly and attentive."
• "From the moment we sat down Alex, the head waiter looked after us so well."
• "The staff were exceptionally friendly, welcoming, polite, attentive, pleasant and efficient."
• "The service was exceptional, just loved the ‘smiley’ server who loves chocolate 😁"
• "The service was flawless and also very helpful."

Cons:

• "Had a drink spilt on me by one waiter."
• "Another waiter brought me out a half full bottle of tonic."
• "Service was fine until it came round to getting the bill, which took 20 minutes to arrive."
• "The managers had bad attitudes, particularly at the end of the night when we asked to split the bill and pay on 3 cards."
• "Had to ask for menus..forgot about my husband's drink..again having to ask twice for it."
• "The service was good, albeit a bit slow."
• "The staff was very unprofessional."

Atmosphere & Setting

Pros:

• "Relaxing, sophisticated and romantic."
• "A lovely garden I must remember when the weather is better."
• "The garden setting was amazing."
• "Lovely quiet garden setting in the middle of busy Islington."
• "The spacious dining room is like a conservatory with lots of light and vibrant colourful art is hung on the walls."
• "The terrace is a lovely setting for a summer evening, elegant and relaxing."
• "The overall atmosphere is magical."

Cons:

• "Sitting in the conservatory is noisy and our table was incorrectly accused of being extra loud and swearing!"
• "Lacking atmosphere."
• "Lovely atmosphere although quite cold in the evening, with a draft."
• "The ABBA karaoke form a party in the other room was annoying and intrusive and the whole dining experience was unpleasant."
• "Despite the kids menu, this is not a kid friendly place."
• "As all the tables were in a marquee, we were put practically a few yards from being outside in the open."
• "The interior design of the restaurant is quite uninspired, and it seems to be stuck in the early 2000s."

Value

Pros:

• "Set menu is very good value at £17 for two courses or £21 for 3."
• "Price is great too via Tastecard."
• "Wine was reasonably priced with a good selection to choose from."
• "I felt like the prices weren’t too overboard for what was on the plate."
• "Especially in terms of value for money."
• "Not particularly expensive if you go for the set menu (£15.5 for 2 courses, £19 for 3 - you can easily rack up this kind of bill at pizza express...)"
• "Exceptional value before 19:30. I've never seen a £21 set menu include a sirloin cut of such quality."

Cons:

• "The food was good but not quite good enough for what was being paid."
• "The price is a little high but well worth it."
• "It is quite pricey, perhaps slightly more than it should be."
• "Fredricks isn’t cheap, my main course was £32 - not that I mind expensive but it needs to be good for that price."
• "It’s not particularly cheap and I’d be going there for a special occasion unless you’re absolutely minted."
• "Not cheap: it worked out at £75/head for lunch."
• "Be prepared to pay £100 per head."

Special Occasions

Pros:

• "Highly recommended for wedding receptions."
• "Great wedding venue for a Sunday wedding."
• "The entire staff took great care to ensure that the event ran smoothly and to time."
• "Perfect for a special occasion or romantic date."
• "Was lucky enough to attend my son's wedding reception here recently. Absolutely everything was perfect."
• "We had our wedding reception at Fredericks in November 2017 - from the start of the journey looking around the venue, food tasting, planning...right until the final contact the team were incredible."
• "We recently had our wedding lunch for 15 people in the private dining room upstairs at Fredericks and from start to finish everything was wonderful."

Cons:

• "Sorry to say after reading reviews, experience on the day was poor."
• "Unfortunately my dessert (bottom in the photo) was a massive let-down....the other desserts for £7 and mine £6 and it was the size of an egg holder!"
• "They charged £400 just for the room and the planning. The service definitely didn’t worth the price."
• "Had my wedding here - the staff was very unprofessional."
• "This once reputable family restaurant was at it’s worst."
• "Our only comment was that knowing it was a special birthday they could have done more."
• "Unfortunately was a bit of a mess."