The Village Restaurant Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The service was perfect - very welcoming and homely!"
• "The food is excellent, the service amazing."
• "Great value, service was excellent."
• "The man was friendly and attentive but not pushy."
• "Very friendly and helpful staff and the seafood was of a really high standard."
• "The service was excellent."
• "The staff were great. The service was excellent."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately they didn’t employ enough staff, and getting a drink was a mission!"
• "It's such a popular place you can feel a bit rushed with the pace of ordering."
• "The waiter (Chris I think) was rude to the waitress in front of everyone the whole time we were there."
• "Starter came out at 8.35pm but still no drinks served!"
• "The main server having sneezed into his face shield and spent the time we were there walking around with bits of food and saliva covering the inside of his face shield."
• "No one asked how our food was from the moment we entered until they put the bill in front of us."
• "Service was pretty bad as well, no check backs to see how any of our food was."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was amazing and represented great value."
• "The meal we had this evening has to be the best."
• "Food was excellent and plenty of it."
• "The quality of food certainly justified that claim."
• "Excellent fresh, delicious food very reasonably priced."
• "Fish and chips with garden peas and tartar sauce was not greasy and very flavoursome."
• "The food was great and plentiful even though lunchtime menu."

Cons:

• "The fish pie was good, but again overly seasoned."
• "The fresh fish is very small, consisting of small tails."
• "Mussels perfectly cooked but let down by frozen bagets that hadn't been cooked so tasted raw."
• "There was hair found in the rice of the mushroom stroganoff which put my sister off the whole meal."
• "The Greek salad came with two tiny cubes of feta and no dressing."
• "The portion sizes were small and the food was not really anything 'special'."
• "Fish was so over cooked and had zero seasoning what so ever, chips were underdone."

Ambiance & Location

Pros:

• "A charming little restaurant."
• "The Village is in a superb location in the heart of the Barbican, the ambience is relaxing."
• "Not too expensive either which was a nice surprise given the quality of the food and the area."
• "Lovely buzz in the place."
• "Really nice vibe."
• "The restaurant is very charming."
• "Cosy seafood restaurant in the Barbican area."

Cons:

• "Sadly this was a very disappointing dining experience."
• "The tables were only a foot apart, the place was full and the waiters should have been wearing shields or masks."
• "Although the place felt slightly crammed in with regards to tables, it wasn't overly cramped."
• "It was chaos! Not relaxing or enjoyable."
• "It's dated and way too cramped as they've shoehorned the tables in."
• "The restaurant was packed, far too packed for comfort."
• "No social distancing at all, tables literally sat back to back."