Elysee Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is good quality and good size portion."
• "The calamari was good and the berry mocktail was nice."
• "The food was incredible. The meat was tender and the calamari was perfectly crisp."
• "Food was amazing, authentic Greek and delicious."
• "Food and wine were excellent especially the BBQ grilled King Prawns and the Malagousia wine which was chilled to perfection."
• "Amazing food, reasonable price and extremely friendly staff."
• "The food was good not great and the portions of food really good!"

Cons:

• "Food was below average & for the price I was more than disappointed overcooked meat with no seasoning and all the dishes looked the same."
• "Food is fine. Nothing special. Way overpriced."
• "The food was average and came up to £100 for 3 people."
• "The food was ok but not exceptional especially when they charged £50 per person for food alone and only gave us starters and a main (no dessert)."
• "Food was very good. Service was a bit lacking compared to other places."
• "The main was not nice at all the meat was very fatty and I was expecting more."
• "We were charged nearly £400 for a mediocre Turkish monis all the benefits."

Service

Pros:

• "The waiters were brilliant at their job."
• "The staff made us feel so special."
• "The staff are very friendly and welcoming."
• "The waiters were polite and friendly."
• "The staff & family are so lovely! Always feel so welcomed and looked after every time I visit this place."
• "The service is great. Very friendly staff and good service."
• "The staff were friendly and the drinks and food arrived fairly quickly."

Cons:

• "He didn’t even bring us the menu with drinks and food."
• "Unfriendly and untruthful staff. Got scammed by one of the staff."
• "Disappointed by the service."
• "The only good thing was the food… the service was horrible."
• "Most of staff are friendly except a senior one."
• "The waiters were full of attitude."
• "The worst service I have encountered till date."

Ambiance and Entertainment

Pros:

• "The life music, the belly dancer and the ambiance was absolutely brilliant!"
• "It was super fun, energetic and lively and I had a great time dancing and smashing plates."
• "The place and music is good I would give it a 4!"
• "I absolutely loved the vibes and entertainment."
• "The vibe is always amazing & so classy."
• "Fantastic food! Absolutely brilliant entertainment on Saturday evening! Live band, singers, belly dancers and we also got to smash some plates!"
• "Great atmosphere and very nice experience, live music is 🔝"

Cons:

• "No social distancing, tables were too close, it was impossible to get in and out."
• "Singers do their best belting out anthems, but with a shisha roof top bar the whole place now days has a confused identity."
• "They had a belly dancer who was awful to watch and the music only got better towards midnight when we were ready to leave."
• "It was a little cramped inside and we couldn’t talk until we went upstairs to the Shiah’s garden because the music was so loud."
• "Terrible ambience. Bunch of kids smoking shisha."
• "It was also too loud in there to speak to my friends."
• "There was no belly dancers or plate smashing that I thought there would be."

Pricing

Pros:

• "Their prices are reasonable and the bar staff are friendly and helpful."
• "Amazing food, reasonable price and extremely friendly staff."
• "The wine list is short but they do an excellent cab sav in the low twenty's or if you're feeling flush a Malbec at a somewhat loftier £45 but with steaks this good I think it would warrant the wallet damage."

Cons:

• "Never go this place again we just had 2 cocktails 1 bottle beer 1 shot vodka,2 shisha and one bottle of wine and starter for 4 person they charged us £540 they robbed us I don’t recommend this place at all."
• "Over expensive food & drink (cheapest house wine which was horrible was £32 a bottle) a single Gordon's gin was £12 without the mixer."
• "The set menu is 60 pounds per person and we were a group of four so 240 pounds of a not so great set menu was just forced upon us without us knowing we were going to be forced to pay 60 per person without having our own choice."
• "Our dining table was legit charged £40 for 'music' and £30 for pineapple juice."
• "The set menu is £55 for 2 courses, one of which is just mezze starters."
• "Food was ok but WAY too overpriced."
• "All of this for £80 per person. Music was £20 per person, out of the £80 charge."