Medina Reviews Summary

Food Quality and Variety

Pros:

• "Both fried and pushed were terrificly cooked, and the English tea was a bit lighter than usual."
• "The pulled chicken kebab was excellent as was the whipped goats cheese."
• "I had the Shashuka with sausage, it was beautiful. Such a lovely deep rich flavour and well balanced."
• "Not what we were expecting at all and has made us think differently about food. The salads were refreshing and tasty, everything was well cooked."
• "The crispy cockles were amazing if I can have the recipe I'll work out how to give you guys 6 stars 😅"
• "The food tastes fresh and healthy. They have a great variety of food for vegans and vegetarians as well."
• "Food is excellent with swift and polite service. Coffee is also excellent."
• "The food here is amazing. Not what we were expecting at all and has made us think differently about food."

Cons:

• "The chargrilled broccoli was super salty, lemony, garlicky with a nice charred sweetness."
• "It's a nice place and the food is usually great, but this time two of the salads were very overseasoned."
• "Food tasted freshly cooked from frozen. Salad was the only thing made fresh because they haven’t found a way to freeze it."
• "The souflaki was 14,50 pounds each. The meat was terrible. It wasn't chewable. Toughest meat we both ate."
• "Sadly not as good as it used to be. The zataar chicken had no zataar on it and was not crispy, the sweet potatoes were undercooked."
• "Not really a Middle Eastern cuisine even though the dishes on the menu sound Middle Eastern."
• "Food was OK but not impressed that vegetables and salads where at extra cost as the meal came unaccompanied."
• "The cod I ordered was the most bland and unseasoned piece of fish I’ve had."

Service and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The atmosphere was perfect, great music on not too loud, smelt fantastic and bright and airy."
• "Staff friendly and efficient and the wait wasn't too long for food."
• "The servers made us feel at home and were overall very friendly."
• "A friendly welcome by the staff starts off this wonderful experience in what feels like a mixture of art gallery, market place and contemporary restaurant."
• "Very impressed. The food was very fresh, high quality and well presented."
• "The atmosphere is cosy and chilled with nice music, candles on the tables."
• "Really outstanding restaurant. Excellent food, great wine, lovely atmosphere and no muzak so you can actually have a conversation with your party at the table."
• "Lovely, spacious and airy restaurant. My north-African style chicken was superb."

Cons:

• "Great food and been there many times. As a party of 7, with 3 children under 6 years, thought best to book a table. Told on the phone that they don't take bookings."
• "Service was a little ignorant and slow."
• "Disappointed on the staff. We were waiting to be seated but they forgot about us."
• "Service exemplary. Staff discreet but attentive and clearly enjoy engaging with customers."
• "Terrible service, took 20 minutes to get our table cleaned and a menu. Another 1 hour and a half to actually get some food once we did get a table."
• "Appalling service from start to finish, if you want service be prepared to work for it."
• "A menu that is very confusing as well as confused staff. Was left in a side room and forgotten about."
• "The claim is that this is a sexy place. Not impressed. Food was mediocre definitely could be better."