Address: Unit 26, 29 Almondvale Ave, Livingston EH54 6QX, United Kingdom
Phone: +441506460500
Rating: 4.1
based on 296 reviews.
Authenticity and Variety
Pros:
"Finally I found a restaurant with authentic taste in Scotland."
"Good selection of food, better than I expected and what I had few years back (grill, Indian, Chinese, Mexican, pizzas, sushi and more, best ice-cream too)."
Cons:
"The buffet menu, featuring a variety of world foods, didn't live up to our expectations."
"The food quality was far from satisfactory, and I've honestly never had a worse dining experience."
Service and Atmosphere
Pros:
"Service and atmosphere were both superb."
"The staff were friendly and hard working!"
"We love dining out at Hot Flame, the staff are exceptionally lovely, the service is great."
Cons:
"Very very bad set up for the live cooking area."
"The staff couldn't have cared less, definitely need to sort out the booking system also."
"Staff quite polite hygiene of staff to be questioned as was sitting having meal and as they were closing."
Food Quality and Taste
Pros:
"Tried their all you can eat dinner for £16. Good range of starters, mains and dessert."
"The food was extremely flavorful and perfectly spiced."
"The chicken korma, chicken pakora & sushi was delicious."
Cons:
"Everything seemed to be over salted even food you would not expect to taste salt tasted unbelievably salty."
"Awful food. My man will eat anything and couldn't eat the pasta or curry as both were watery and tasted weird."
"The worse places for food, confused buffet with dry spaghetti sitting under hot lights for around 2.5 hours."
"Been many times but won't be back until they fix the chicken in their Indian curry range."
Price and Value
Pros:
"Offering a buffet meal with various kinds of foods and deserts at the price of £16.99."
"In my opinion it's much worth for that money."
Cons:
"Sadly wont be back as the price does not match the quality of food expected."
"Buffet was £14.99 per adult for lunch."
"For the price we paid £69 for 2 adults 2 children and 4 drinks the food was awful."
Cleanliness and Hygiene
Pros:
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Cons:
"One of the most concerning aspects was the cleanliness of the place, which didn't meet the standards."
"Did not go in we where waiting in the queue when I had a look around and the tables that where empty where cover in uneaten food and empty glasses."