The Terrace Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The curry was unbearably hot!! I mean carolina reaper level hot!"
• "We ordered a pizza, which was massive, delicious and a great value for money."
• "Food was epic, still some of the best I've had in Exeter."
• "The Linguni we ordered was incredible."
• "The food was fantastic and will certainly be back - highly recommend."
• "The food was excellent and the portions were a good size and value for money."
• "The food was delicious, and great portions too!"

Cons:

• "Burger was incredibly dry and bland."
• "The main course was unbelievably bad. I do not understand how they made a thai curry so lacking in flavour."
• "I'd avoid the prawn tacos here, other food we had was great but the Tacos were really miserable and lead to myself being sick."
• "Wings were dead. No flavour at all."
• "Ordered the beef rib burger and the battered fish of the day and very disappointed with both."
• "The seafood pasta had hardly any seafood in it, mussels mainly, which were overcooked."
• "The crab bisque tasted absolutely disgusting."

Service

Pros:

• "Great atmosphere for lunch through the week not too busy but yummy food and lovely welcoming stuff."
• "Fantastic table service, free olives and nuts due to delay on food delivery."
• "The staff were professional and friendly."
• "The young barman was amazing! Very polite and brought out a lovely complimentary brownie to help us celebrate."
• "The staff were really attentive and the food was very nice."
• "On the positive side the waitress staff were very friendly and helpful."
• "The waiting staff could not have been friendlier and more helpful and accommodating."

Cons:

• "Me and some friends went there last night and the service was so slow we waited ages for menus and then waited long time for someone to order are food."
• "I kid you not waited over 20 minutes for a drink..like mate a drink....... poor service from staff."
• "As previous customers stated, service was SHOCKING! staff were away with the fairies, an absolute joke."
• "Just some young inexperienced, uninterested staff with poor quality service."
• "The staff are nice and helpful but they just can't cope with the demand."
• "Can't rate the food as still haven't been served, or even looked at, in 40minutes."
• "Awful service, awful food... only redeeming feature which gives this place a one star is the location! WOULD NOT RECOMMEND!"

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Nice modern bars inside and roof terrace is very pleasant. However, woe betide you if you break any of the establishment's unwritten rules."
• "A wonderful relaxed and chilled atmosphere with some banging music in the background meant for a great post lockdown evening."
• "Usually have a guy playing guitar and singing. Really good atmosphere...no rabble....or men getting plastered ....and rowdy....."
• "Great music, very good atmosphere."
• "It’s a very special place with great views of the cityscape including the beautiful Cathedral."
• "Always a lovely atmosphere, beautiful flowers throughout!"
• "The atmosphere is perfect."

Cons:

• "A very loud drunk group of men were vaping and stacking glasses with vap smoke in it."
• "Overall it was quite gross inside and had a very tacky atmosphere."
• "The music was so bloody loud I couldn't hear my friend sat across the table from me."
• "Very lively restaurant/bar, some could say too noisy."
• "While the venue has a classy facade, the service is poor."
• "Music was far too loud couldn't hear ourselves speak, all agreed, had ringing in my ears when I got home."
• "Has a lively atmosphere and could be a great place!"

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Cocktails are quite pricey but worth the money as they are delicious."
• "Opted for the three course set menu @ £13.95 but all the other options were available abd sounded great too!"
• "The food and drink was good and reasonable value."
• "Food portions were large and great value for money, as were the drinks."
• "The prices (while high) are fully justified, in my opinion."
• "Cocktails were great always love a 2-4-1."
• "Great food & friendly, outgoing staff."

Cons:

• "The price paid for the booth was absolutely disgusting considering it was just about a quarter of the booth and couldn't seat all 10 of us."
• "Portion size on the chicken skewers could be bigger for the price."
• "Very over priced cocktails that are small and weak."
• "The crab was so tiny it wasn't worth the money at all."
• "My only negative is the price across the board was a little high."
• "Exorbitant prices for usual stuff."
• "£6 entry which seemed a bit steep but there we go."