"The curry 'sauce' was mostly hot oil with dried curry powders which had turned bitter, and not a true curry sauce at all."
"The food looked great but was lacking in the flavour sensation we experienced previously."
Service
Pros:
"A nice spot to visit, great selection of sea food and the staff were able to offer great suggestions coupled with an in-depth knowledge on where the food was sourced from."
"Excellent lunch today. Really good reasonably priced wine, delicious food, friendly attentive service, with a really good knowledge about the food they are serving."
"The staff are super friendly and helpful."
"The staff were fantastic & thoughtful."
"The waitresses provided good recommendations for both the food and the accompanying wine."
"Very attentive, friendly, competent staff."
"Lovely, friendly staff, and dogs are welcomed which is great!"
Cons:
"The very young waitress was rude and had no idea how to serve food."
"Unfriendly and uninterested Staff."
"Service was friendly but might not be consistent."
"The service was very very slow and to top it off we had to move table to finish our meal."
"Overall staff seemed annoyed by takeaway customers!"
"Serve was slow to of the waitress seamed more interested in talking to each other rather them paying customers attention."
"Service poor in a quiet restaurant had to ask for our drinks order to be taken 20 minutes after being seated."
Value
Pros:
"The Mussel Box offered in my opinion the same quality tasting food as Paul and Ricks restaurants at a fraction of the price."
"Very reasonably priced and quite a large dish!"
"Exceptional quality food, great staff and cost friendly environment."
"To be fair, it’s also cheaper than many of the other places in Padstow."
"Thoroughly recommend, total bill £65 (exc tip) for two, good value."
"Really good food that isn't cheap but decent value for money."
"Despite its central, and prestigious location the Basement avoided the temptation to charge a premium simply for being where it is."
Cons:
"For a table of 3 to take 2.5 hours and be asked to move is not the service I expect when spending 170 quid."
"The mains did not come with rice/chips etc, these were additionally priced."
"Over priced for the portions, booked in advance to be told that three items had been changed or taken off the menus with no replacement."
"At £25 was actually very expensive for what you got."
"Very small portions for the prices and the tastiness was not wow enough to justify the prices for the portion sizes."
"Very expensive all things considered, feels like a cafe trying to be to be a restaurant."
"Expensive but worth it due to the quality of the food."
Ambiance
Pros:
"Really lovely food in a chilled environment."
"The setting looking out onto Padstow Harbour is stunning."
"Came for part of our honeymoon as the meal that was 'decadent and rustic'. Not only that but so so classy and the view is insane."
"What makes it for us is the view you get of the harbour."
"You can sit in the large glass walled gazebo overlooking the harbour where there's a good selection of food, all well prepared and good service to boot."
"Relaxed atmosphere and beautiful quayside scenery."
"Gorgeous glasshouse overlooking the harbour."
Cons:
"Kids completely took over the place - they were stood on the furniture in their wet shoes, running up and down the narrow walkway."
"Strange restaurant in the middle of Padstow. A bit like sitting in a converted caravan - atmosphere quiet once most people left and dark outside."
"The outside glass dining space was freezing."
"We then returned for breakfast on a wet morning and it was absolute carnage - it was clearly understaffed."
"Dining room is a covered long gazebo sort of thing with views down to the harbour from one end."
"It was a bit wet and damp because of the weather but this was unavoidable and the dog wasn't very impressed at sitting on a hard wet floor."
"The attitude was pretty stinking, the food bland and service bad."