Crustacean Reviews Summary

Ambience

Pros:

• "Tables arrangement very spacious which made a decadent change from restaurants frequent attempt to ram as many tables as possible into their space."
• "When walking in from the street the interior design makes you feel like you're no longer in Weymouth."
• "This venue looked elegant, clean and stylish with professional as well as welcoming waitering staff."
• "Love the ambiance of this restaurant and would definitely recommend."
• "Great ambience and in a lovely area."
• "Beautiful restaurant, first class service."
• "Really swish seafood place. Large inside with distanced tables and about 4 tables outside."

Cons:

• "There was not much ambiance (March Friday night -low season)."
• "The atmosphere was a bit dark and did not quite meet our expectations."
• "The place feels quite clinical."
• "But, waiting until we had ordered to then start moaning our 2 year old was moving too much, being too loud and stating that kids just break stuff is probably a tad insulting."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Very tasty and beautifully presented food in generous quantities!"
• "The food was still piping hot and it was absolutely delicious."
• "Absolutely amazing meal. Quality ingredients cooked by knowledgeable chefs."
• "Absolutely fantastic food the sauces were amazing."
• "The seafood pasta had loads of seafood and was very tasty."
• "Seafood platter enormous and tasty, fish soup fab, seabass excellent as were mussels."
• "The food was out of this world, the preparation and small details were perfect for our romantic evening together."

Cons:

• "Most of our food was fine, although we were a little bit disappointed with the chowder, which was quite watery."
• "I have been here lots of times and started with the Scallops as usual very disappointed to find they were the little frozen ones not the nice king scallops I have previously eaten in there so overpriced."
• "The tomato sauce had not been reduced and I guess was just tinned tomatoes thrown in."
• "The fish and crustacean stew had been rather overcooked and lacked enough or any garlic and oil."
• "All the seafood was overcooked and rubbery in texture inedible in fact."
• "The ravioli fillings were overcooked but cold in the centre, and there was over 1cm of pasta around the edge of the very minimal pasta fillings."
• "Something has clearly gone a miss here. Uncooked prawns and off lobster. Never again..."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff and manager were extremely supportive throughout the whole experience."
• "The service was attentive and kind."
• "Staff are attentive and friendly."
• "The waiting staff were thorough, yet non intrusive."
• "Staff were so friendly and the fish was 100% fresh!"
• "Very good service from attentive, humerous and knowledgable waiters."
• "The service was brilliant and the food was amazing."

Cons:

• "For the mains we had to wait one and a half hour!"
• "Had to wait for ages between courses."
• "No lobster no crab. Lovely staff but really disappointed that even though we had booked and changed the reservation we were not informed."
• "The service was very poor. Fixed service charge meant we could not show our displeasure by not leaving a tip."
• "The staff was notified but they ALL choose to ignore this fact."
• "The girl that served us was rude, didn’t check back as mentioned tried to charge us for chips we never even saw."
• "At some point during dinner, one of the waiter took my partner's phone by accident when taking the menu on our table."

Value

Pros:

• "Highly recommended the crustacean platter! (half lobster, half crab, oyster, tiger Prawns, mussels and scallops!) for only £35! Bargain!"
• "Quite pricey but excellent quality and well looked after."
• "Not as expensive as it looks especially if u dont have starters."
• "Amazing seafood. I had the shellfish platter and I thought it was better than Rick Stein's! Fabulous local seafood at reasonable prices."
• "Really good, reasonably priced and fresh seafood with charming Italian service."
• "Excellent value for money."
• "The food is amazing and reasonably priced for the quality of the food and level of service."

Cons:

• "Sure it may not be cheap."
• "£172 for 2 adults and 2 children having 2 courses without much alcohol is a bit steep."
• "Mains were on average quite expensive (most big mains were over 30 quid)."
• "Nice food, but seriously expensive."
• "The food was pleasant but overpriced."
• "Couldn’t try the wine before purchasing the bottle, which started the evening off a bit sour."
• "The prices are a little on the high side, but generally ok."