Hot Flame World Banquet Reviews Summary

Category: Buffet restaurant

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:

  • -

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."

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