Iconic Bar & Grill Reviews Summary

Category: Gastropub

Address: 2 Royal Thoroughfare, Lowestoft, NR33 0AL, United Kingdom

Phone: +441502585642

Rating: 4.4
based on 186 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food and wine was great and well presented."
  • "Food tasty and well presented, hot as well."
  • "Food was outstanding."
  • "The starter sea food with salad was so fresh. The steak was melt in your mouth delicious."
  • "The food was something else. Tasty, large portion(which i likeπŸ˜‰)Very reasonable too."
  • "Food was delicious and nice to see homemade chips."
  • "The food was fresh and very tasty."

Cons:

  • "Visited last night to note it had gone up 25% not a problem but when our plates arrived the steak was invisible."
  • "A triumph of style & quantity over quality & properly cooked food."
  • "Menu is very limited and only has 2 vegetarian options!"
  • "Seafood sharer was basically a presentation of deep fried Iceland supermarket-esque party food."
  • "These were not crab claws but a mixture of black and grey gristly substance coated in batter."
  • "The butterfly chicken was cooked to shoe leather and totally flavourless aside from the char grilled stripes."
  • "The food was not cooked to an acceptable standard my husbands food was rotten."

Service

Pros:

  • "The atmosphere throughout was carm and proffesional but also freindly aswel."
  • "Our food was excellent and service was second to none."
  • "Exceptional service from attentive staff."
  • "Staff very friendly and helpful and get your order straight away without you having to wait ages."
  • "Service and decor were excellent."
  • "Service is warm and friendly."
  • "Staff were very polite, welcoming and food was fantastic."

Cons:

  • "Waited over half an hour and the other tables around us also commented about how slow one couple wanted nearly half an hour between starter and main."
  • "However I have been known to wait up to an hour for food to be served."
  • "Service was very slow especially the drinks."
  • "We were rushed and hovered over by the duty manager, who had booked the table out at 7pm."
  • "Had to wait for food for over an hour."
  • "Very poor service slow."
  • "The service was really bad."

Ambience and Decor

Pros:

  • "Lovely place, clean, smart."
  • "Also very tasteful ambience and decor."
  • "Great place and very modern and stylish."
  • "The interior of the restaurant is stunning - if you can I would definitely recommend dining in this restaurant."
  • "Very friendly environment with beautiful decor."
  • "Loved the modern inside with all the different lights."
  • "The setting was one of a kind, great decor and the indoor lighting only got better as the evening drew in."

Cons:

  • "The location is hard to find, you need to turn left and keep turning left until you are outside it."
  • "Would not go again - Shame as nice place, clean, reasonably priced and friendly staff but lack of food choice and the quality is a no no."
  • "No facilities for people with disabilities."
  • "Sadly there does not appear to be any toilet facilities for disabled."
  • "We were refused a table yesterday lunchtime as we had a wheelchair."
  • "Where to start. Cons: The stairs and glaringly sparkled toilets are what I imagine an acid trip is like."
  • "If you're going to the toilets, bring night vision goggles, it's like guiding yourself through mirror city."

Value

Pros:

  • "Well priced and above the price for quality food and service."
  • "I couldn’t quite believe the portion sizes and the value for money, it was almost too good to be true!"
  • "Prices are very reasonable and we even had the prices of our first drink deducted from our meals."
  • "The price was fair and right for lunch time deal."
  • "Great food and excellent service at a reasonable price."
  • "The prices and deals on food and drink are brilliant."
  • "Fantastic value for money and the food was excellent."

Cons:

  • "Visited last night to note it had gone up 25% not a problem but when our plates arrived the steak was invisible."
  • "The menu we were given had different prices to what they were that night which we weren't told about till we paid."
  • "Well disappointed, considering the bill was in excess of Β£150."
  • "With only 4 small profiteroles, for Β£4.95 I found this highly disappointing."
  • "The food is cold and atrocious but you get a lot of it for not too much money."
  • "The chef must have been an ex-crematorium worker cos my liver was blackened & burnt to the point of cremation."
  • "The cheesecake dessert was rather disappointing and clearly just a pre-bought packet one and didn't have any real taste."

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