Mango Thai Tapas – Above Bar Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food and drinks were delicious, and I found the prices very reasonable."
• "The ribs are probably the best I have ever had well recommended."
• "The mocktails are fabulous too."
• "Impossible to get better food than at Mango for less in the city."
• "Some of the dishes were amazing. Especially the duck rolls, squid and fishcakes."
• "The Thai tapas here is really tasty."
• "The 'weeping tiger' steak is nice and 'Tom Kha' soup is lovely with rich coconut flavour."

Cons:

• "The food, just average. The flavours, one note."
• "Nothing dry or with a gentle burn on the menu."
• "Pad Thai could’ve been a bit spicier and more peanuts would’ve been nice."
• "Other dishes were fine but lacks balance."
• "The food however was pretty good."
• "Especially true of the deepfried bacon wrapped muscles which were overly salty."
• "The tempura vegetables weren't even made with tempura batter, it was just a regular heavy batter."

Service

Pros:

• "High quality, attentive service that left me and the boyfriend very satisfied!"
• "Beautiful interior and ambience too and wonderful service!!!!"
• "Staff incredibly friendly and we loved how they crouched down to be level with the table, instantly making us feel welcome."
• "The service from both Ali and Tatiana was superb."
• "We were served by a lovely waitress who I didn't get the name of, but she was working the top floor between 8:45pm-10:30pm on Dec 4th, and she was extremely attentive and welcoming."
• "Service was fantastic, Rob was lovely and funny."
• "Staff were amazing, very approachable, knowledgeable and more importantly super engaging!"

Cons:

• "Slow service with only a couple tables occupied."
• "Staff didn’t care: when we finally got someone’s attention they didn’t apologise."
• "The service on the other hand, was pretty awful."
• "Both members of staff (1x waiter & 1x manageress) were too interested in eating/making themselves drinks behind the bar."
• "Awful service from uncaring staff."
• "The service really let them down. It was slow and both our drinks and food orders were wrong."
• "Waited 20 mins for a drink order, very slow service."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The atmosphere great. The music, the seating and the service was good."
• "Fun and funky tapas bar with an Asian twist in Southampton. Great atmosphere and friendly staff."
• "The décor was wonderful and authentic and the atmosphere although extremely busy was great."
• "Service was first class, food tasted amazing and the whole atmosphere was great too."
• "The ambience/atmosphere was lovely too."
• "Amazing food with a very pleasant ambience."
• "Great vibe, I love going in there whenever I get a chance!!"

Cons:

• "Myself and my friends were made to feel very uncomfortable."
• "Only criticism is it's very noisy in there so quite hard to have a conversation."
• "Our stayed was made uncomfortable by a cold draft of air coming from all sides, and from waiting one hour to get our food."
• "Downside is cramped spacings between some tables. Not a place for private conversation."
• "Also wheelchair accessible - the toilets require flights of stairs though."
• "The vibe of the place was nice. Music playing in the background and nice authentic decor."
• "1 Star due to terrible service, booked Friday 21st October a week in advance... the waitress started saying the table was only till 8pm and we had been told that, several times, total lies."

Value

Pros:

• "The portions were spot on and value for money."
• "Prices could be cheaper but quality of food is worth the extra pounds."
• "Pricing is modest considering the quality and freshness of the food."
• "Amazing food, but pricier than we'd normally pay, BUT it was worth every penny."

Cons:

• "2 ciders pushed the bill to £42, inc 12% service charge."
• "It also isn’t cheap, £6.60 for a pint, so I expect much better service."
• "On the negative sides, there's the impression prices are a bit too high for both food and drinks."
• "The food is deffo overpriced for the quantity and quality."
• "Very expensive drinks, food also expensive if you want to fill up."