Gidi Grill, Dundee Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was some of the best food I've eaten in aaaages!!!!"
• "Consistently when I’ve been here, the thing that stands out the most is how well seasoned and moist the meat is."
• "The Caesar salad and the Mac and cheese were very delicious."
• "Never had such tasty mocktail in my life and the food deserves a couple of Michelin stars."
• "The burgers are probably the best in dundee and taste amazing."
• "Delicious food. I had a prawn and hake dish with jollof rice."
• "The food was excellent we couldn't fault it everything was very tasty."
• "This restaurant serves Caribbean African food I ordered tacos and it was really really delicious."

Cons:

• "Parts of the chicken were dry and the jerk sauce was not to my liking."
• "The food was awful. Rubbery shrimp, rubbery calamari, and flavorless hake."
• "The food that took nothing like the great comments that I had read one of the dishes was hamburger was too compact."
• "The food was excellent but the speed and attention from the waiters was a little lacking."
• "The pork chop and sausage in my opinion were bland, and the sausage especially to me was not a 'jerk' sausage."
• "The burgers were lovely and fresh. Even the chilli brownie was great!"
• "The steak was thin and overcooked (I had requested medium rare) but had good flavor and cut easily."
• "The Rumpsteak was definitly a piece of flank or brisket, means trashy. Absolutely a NoGo."

Service Quality

Pros:

• "The staff were very efficient and the food was some of the best food I've eaten."
• "Our server was a very friendly chatty young man."
• "Service is always excellent and I've never had food that wasn't outstanding."
• "The service is very prompt with their carefully planned menu meaning food is very quick coming out."
• "Very welcoming atmosphere, nicely designed on the inside, with a light and airy feel. Service excellent."
• "Staff so friendly and the food is 10/10 awesome thanks guys 😀"
• "Staff were excellent and friendly. The perfect place to nip into before a show."
• "Absolutely outstanding food, service and ambience!"

Cons:

• "So me and my work colleague attended here this evening served by Jaimi lea, served extremely quickly and we felt very welcomed."
• "I love this restaurant. But today I came to buy a voucher and had poor service."
• "Been few times was there today 13/4/23 had Coke drinks and water with starter prawn skewer as usual but instead of usual 3 prawns only 2 with small salad found great dish but pricey for 2 prawns."
• "I’ve been a lot of times to Gidi Grill since it opened and it’s one of my favourite restaurants. The service can be quite slow during busy periods."
• "It served good food. But the speed and attention from the waiters was a little lacking."
• "What can I say. It was incredibly busy but they got us a table without the usual sighs and have you booked look."
• "The service for us was not there we were booked for 8 and had to wait until 8.20 to be seated then again waited another 20 when I went to the bar and asked to be served drinks."
• "Very loud. Sticky tables. Disappointing - chain type food in an independent restaurant."

Atmosphere and Decor

Pros:

• "Very nice atmosphere and decor, staff were very efficient."
• "We stumbled upon this restaurant while having a coffee in the place next door and what a great, vibrant and cool place it is."
• "Loved the atmosphere, music playing in the background, great food and cocktails served very quickly by experienced staff."
• "Delicious food (literally the best one that we had in Dundee); super nice service and great casual atmosphere."
• "Nigeria/African setting in the heart of Dundee🥰🥰🥰🥰."
• "First time visiting and was not disappointed. The staff are very welcoming and accommodating."
• "The food was excellent we couldn't fault it everything was very tasty, nice relaxing atmosphere and we did not feel rushed at any time."
• "This place is one of the best places to eat in Dundee so full of culture."

Cons:

• "Very loud. Sticky tables. Disappointing - chain type food in an independent restaurant."
• "The only issue we had was that we asked a member of staff for menus to pick out a desert but did not get the menus when requested."
• "Food was ok-ish, £25 steak with fries (nothing else comes with it without adding 4 quid a go sides) served cold."
• "We had to wait an hour after our booking to be sat down, then had to wait two hours after our original booking time before we even saw any food on the table."
• "The service for us was not there we were booked for 8 and had to wait until 8.20 to be seated then again waited another 20 when I went to the bar and asked to be served drinks."
• "It was a bit noisy though not unbearable."
• "Utterly horrible service. We went to this restaurant for a birthday celebration and they made us wait 2 HOURS to get any food."
• "I know you can’t expect 100% service every time. Before I start a rant - amazing food but this was my 3rd time to the Gidi Grill."