Kota Restaurant Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were very welcoming, polite and informative."
• "The staff really attentive and polite."
• "Attentive but unobtrusive service made this a special evening I'd love to repeat."
• "Really friendly service and great attention to detail when detailing the amendments to the menu to accommodate for my gluten intolerance."
• "The service is beyond the call of duty...all the staff are ever ready to spend time and chat...soooo professional..but then there's the food...beyond words."
• "Service was also excellent very attentive."
• "Staff are just the best, so friendly, attentive and warm."

Cons:

• "Service for some of the courses and the initial receiving menus/paying the bill was slow."
• "Just tried to reserve, fair enough busy BH weekend coming up. However left with the distinct impression a huuuuuuuuuge favour was being granted by the offer of a 6PM table which I must vacate by 8PM. Complacency or poor telephone training?"
• "The staff were helpful but lacked personality and friendliness."
• "Good food a bit stressful to start as they had no menus and we had to use the phone to scan the QR code and 1 phone between 4 is slow."
• "Wait time between courses where a bit longer than I'd have expected."
• "We were asked 3 times are ready to order and it felt a bit rushed."
• "The staff seemed mostly bored to be there."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Amazing food, beautifully presented and excellent service....a meal to remember."
• "The food was incredible value for how delicious and fresh everything was."
• "Some of the best food in Cornwall."
• "The food served up by Jude and his team is delicious."
• "Every mouthful was delicious."
• "The food was superb."
• "The natural oysters were beautiful, such a punch of flavour."

Cons:

• "The beetroot and nettlecurd dish felt a little out of place as it's so sweet compared to the rest."
• "The lobster ravioli was disappointing."
• "Starter snacks used fine ingredients like lobster but their taste was lost due to spices or other ingredients overshadowing them."
• "The final course had pieces of a poached pear and ice cream which was overpowered by blue cheese."
• "And my dessert was burnt the almond cake if it's not right don't serve it guy's."
• "However the already small piece of fish came with ONE new potato."
• "Really poor food choice for gluten free."

Ambience

Pros:

• "A happy, relaxing atmosphere."
• "Lovely ambience, very courteous staff and great location!"
• "Great restaurant with a lovely atmosphere."
• "A very intimate restaurant with top quality food and staff."
• "The atmosphere in the restaurant was relaxed."
• "The ambiance was great, very cosy and homely."
• "It was a fine dining in a cozy atmosphere."

Cons:

• "I think the interior is lacking some 'warm cosy' touch."
• "There wasn't an 'atmosphere', it was that cold in there I wore my jacket the whole time."
• "The restaurant is rustic but needs some attention to detail."
• "The only thing that is a bit less exciting is the interior, it doesn’t really match the level of the amazing food but still ok."
• "Restaurant lacked attention to detail."
• "On arrival and looking forward to our meal, we were given a table adjacent to the door and bar counter, which is outside the main restaurant seating area which was disappointing."
• "This seems like a weird thing to complain about, but the service was almost *too* fast."

Value

Pros:

• "Good wine list, not huge but well chosen and pricing is fair for the whole experience."
• "The staff were amazing and the whole meal was very reasonably priced."
• "We had the set menu, which was very good value."
• "It does seem pricey, but the value for money is fantastic."
• "The seven course taster menu, which was well priced at £60 per person."
• "The set menu was fantastic value for money."
• "Price wise, pretty decent to be fair, £60 per person for a 6 course taster menu, can't complain about that!"

Cons:

• "With portions that are really nice but small and expensive."
• "I have to say the portion sizes leave something to be desired especially for the price."
• "Pricing is decent considering quality of food but it isn't cheap."
• "It’s not cheap at £120 all-in for the 6 courses and paired wines, but fully worth it for an incredible food experience."
• "A little on the pricy side, but well worth the extra expense."
• "The food is great and Michelin star worthy, but there's just not enough of it."
• "We wanted a good meal to celebrate our holiday and we weren't going to get it, and if we upped and left they had my card details and I would be £30 out of pocket."