Core by Clare Smyth Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff were lovely, very down up earth and lots of them!"
• "The service was outstanding."
• "Imagine the best service possible, then times that by 10. That’s how good it was."
• "Staff were very attentive."
• "The customer service was second to none- we requested gluten free meals which were happily accommodated."
• "Of all the Michelin Star restaurants I’ve been too, the STAFF & SERVICE here where the best/stars of the show."
• "Incredibly warm and welcoming and you want for nothing, from the food, to the atmosphere to the service."
• "Managed to get in for lunch, immediately greeted by friendly staff members who showed us to our table."

Cons:

• "Although I find overpriced."
• "The service was terrible. The sole focus was to get me out of the restaurant as soon as possible to make room for the next guests."
• "We had high expectation, food was good overall but far from excellent."
• "The service was poor - the hostess was cold and not welcoming, the team was disorganized, disharmonious."
• "We had the dinner tasting menu. At times we felt services were a little bit rushed."
• "The timings were completely off and the noise in the restaurant didn't make it for a pleasant wait."
• "Unfortunately that was the only redeeming factor of the experience. The food was underwhelming."
• "CORE fell disappointingly short of what someone would expect and receive from a 3-star Michelin, fine-dining establishment."

Food Quality and Presentation

Pros:

• "The food was delicious (this is a massive understatement) and the presentation was like nothing I've seen before."
• "The food is out of this world."
• "The food was out of this world delicious, every course kept getting better and better."
• "Food was well presented and tasty, especially the first course."
• "This was my first Michelin Star experience, and I knew I was expecting good food, but this surpassed anything I could have imagined!"
• "FOOD - interesting, complicated and simply presented."
• "Every dish was well explained. Very nice presentation and execution."
• "We decided to go with the seasonal tasting menu - there is either the classic or seasonal tasting menu, or a la carte, so plenty of choices."

Cons:

• "A worthy three star restaurant that can improve on its dessert courses."
• "We really enjoyed the dishes. The two dessert course were absolute let down."
• "The cappuccino I had at the end of the meal was average."
• "The tasting menu was £225pp, so with drinks you can expect to pay £300pp+."
• "The desserts were among the most artistically presented I've ever seen."
• "I ordered the Core classic, plating was great but flavor wise very very standard something you would not expect for this level of restaurant."
• "Most importantly, I found a hair in one of the dish."
• "One critique that I may add would be that the restaurant got quite noisy at times as the noise from the dining room reached high levels."