COSMO All You Can Eat World Buffet Restaurant | Edinburgh Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Staff attentive and friendly."
• "The staff were attentive and quickly cleared old plates from the table and when we had a question they were able to answer it professionally."
• "Very friendly staff, quick service too."
• "Service was good and attentive, plates were cleared from our table quite quick."
• "The staff are very polite and quick to clean your table once you are done."
• "The staff were very attentive, ready to help you and ready to clear up so you can have a new plate."
• "Staff were friendly and kept the tables clear of plates and took drink orders without issue."

Cons:

• "It was at peak time when visiting so staff were quite rushed and stressed."
• "Did bring it to there attention but they weren’t really that bothered, sad really definitely will not use again."
• "We were rushed to eat, and everyone was quite rude, especially the manager."
• "The manager who was at the door checking the bookings today was utterly disrespectful."
• "The girl at the reception was very aggressive speaking with the customers."
• "The staff were not at all nice and we had to chase up our drinks 4 times over the span of 25 minutes."
• "Staff shouted at us when we went to pay."

Food Quality and Variety

Pros:

• "There were amazing selections of food from asian, british and american dishes."
• "The quality of food is good and it's all hot and kept refilled."
• "Japanese section scallops were freshly cooked to perfection."
• "The pizza is really good, I was a little surprised at how good it was actually."
• "There is a great selection of foods and most we're really good."
• "The selection of dishes are great, the quality of the food is also good considering the price."
• "Food was gorgeous (my favourites were the sausage,pizza and chips)."

Cons:

• "The whole restaurant was filthy."
• "Food mediocre at best."
• "The standard of the food has become so bad. It is tasteless and not as much variety as before."
• "Worst Cosmo restaurant I've ever been to."
• "Very poor food in your restaurant the temperatures of the hot food were all cold."
• "Food cold and hard."
• "The food was mediocre at best."

Atmosphere and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "People were having a good time, good atmosphere."
• "Lovely relaxed atmosphere too."
• "Overwhelmed with the ambience of the restaurant."
• "Very positive atmosphere."
• "Nice ambience, and waiters were so welcoming and friendly!"
• "Absolutely tip top love this place I've been here a few times before good good good decor and even despite the thronging crowd there's a nice feel to the place."
• "The interior is really very nice and actually looks quite fancy so you feel like it’s a real treat coming here!"

Cons:

• "Dirty plates not removed from table so had to stack them up, still there when we left."
• "The toilet was not very clean."
• "Toilets could do with a bit of TLC now tho, wallpaper was hanging off in cubicles."
• "The restaurant was very dark and uninviting."
• "Feels like a big tacky cafeteria, smelling of dirty fryer oil."
• "The restaurant is dirty, every hot dish handle are so greasy that it dirty your hand so much u became part of the buffet itself.."
• "Used plates were not removed from the table for a long time."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Worth the money."
• "Very good value for money."
• "Good value for money."
• "Pricing is quite economical and the location is just around the city center."
• "Service and atmosphere was good as well and price was very reasonable!"
• "The price is decent as well, exactly what you’d expect to pay for an all you can eat buffet!"
• "For the price its such good value."

Cons:

• "For what you are paying and what you are getting, best to go to other buffet restaurants in Edinburgh."
• "Not worth the money. If you're vegetarian or have dietary restrictions - there's very few options available."
• "The buffet price is 17.99 whereas the items are minimal especially who are vegetarian."
• "It's not particularly cheap (~£65-70 for 3 adults, not drinking alcohol)."
• "Overcharged us."
• "But we all paid £20 each for food only. Paid extra for drinks. Very disappointing experience."
• "We paid £120 for 4 people so the price is not cheap but what we received was terrible!"