Embers Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Absolutely wonderful food and even better service from Fin!"
• "Incredible, delicious, locally sourced and perfectly cooked food that is phenomenally well priced - we ate an enormous amount and came away at under £50 per person."
• "The food is masterfully executed. Mind blowing flavours."
• "The lamb ribs are delicious we always have a portion each and I sometimes take a portion home with me!"
• "The food was cooked from fresh in front of you. It tasted fab."
• "Food cooked in front of you on wood fired grills, with an elegant look about the food."
• "A really wonderful evening of locally sourced and perfectly cooked food."

Cons:

• "The potatoes were cold and the wagu was luke warm."
• "Prawns were ok, one was under cooked and our cheese on toast dish was stone cold so we had to get another one."
• "The main thing we didn’t like was being so close to the kitchen which meant that we could see the chef preparing the food... touching raw meat and then cooked meat without washing their hands concerned me."
• "Some of the dishes (the lamb) are not worth the money."
• "The food is over described but underwhelming."
• "The cabbage was soggy, leeks were hard. The lamb (£17!!!) was cold, tough and fatty."
• "The food was good but the price for the portion size is very expensive."

Service

Pros:

• "The service was impeccable and genuine."
• "Service was out of this world….our waitress was such a friendly and familiar girl."
• "Wonderful restaurant with relaxed ambience and attentive staff."
• "The front of house team were great."
• "Service was thoughtful and attentive and even on a cold mid November Friday evening the place was buzzing."
• "The service was perfectly pitched and delivered with a sense of humour and a smile."
• "The staff were really attentive and knowledgeable too."

Cons:

• "Had a bit of a customer service nightmare."
• "We ended up having an awkward conversation with the confused waiter."
• "This unfortunately resulted in us getting totally frozen out by the waiter."
• "Personally, I won’t go back. I’d rather take my money somewhere else where the service is less hostile."
• "We waited just over an hour to be given any food and you’re only given an hour and a half seat time."
• "I reserved a table space, not a bar space, but I was made to sit at the bar anyway."
• "For me, I wouldn’t visit again."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Definitely a destination restaurant in Brighton."
• "Everything about this place is 5 star and makes the perfect excuse for me to travel to Brighton."
• "Good value, and all in all one of the best eat out experiences we`ve had in a while."
• "The atmosphere is always good and everyone seems to be enjoying themselves."
• "A really nice, intimate-feeling restaurant with gorgeous food and a great atmosphere."
• "The restaurant was cosy and buzzing, but in an intimate, exciting way."
• "The atmosphere in Embers was arresting."

Cons:

• "Considering it’s a new restaurant, I was disappointed with the overall decor as it all looked quite cheap."
• "A lot of sheet metal used as decoration contributing to the cacophony."
• "The acoustics in the space are also very bad - everything is very loud and chaotic."
• "It was dry, arrived at the wrong part of the meal, and seemingly endless."
• "The real problems were how they advertised the food, and how it was served."
• "The prices are sky high…4 small plates each (recommended) soon racks up."
• "Very expensive for the food we had."

Drinks

Pros:

• "The bartender was extremely impressive and made me a delicious cocktail."
• "Also of note were the mocktails, as they have a full bar with a dedicated cocktail guy who did an amazing job."
• "Drinks - 10/10 (Alex the FOH is an incredible Sommelier both his red and white recommendations were superb)."
• "Cocktails were perfectly balanced and the service was the best that Brighton has to offer with a funky spin."
• "The bottle of Corvina was incredibly tasty and their cocktails are beautiful and tasty."
• "Cocktails were delicious and expertly made too."
• "The cocktails are delicious. Queen Mary was a 10 out of 10, as was the Lychee martini."

Cons:

• "Had already had cocktails so we passed on that (shame, will remember next time)."
• "3 rounds of cocktails. Which were all bang on."
• "Cocktails were also delicious and really good value considering you’d definitely pay a lot more for the same thing elsewhere in Brighton."
• "Cocktails have really been thought through. They match the dishes really well."
• "We spend around 150 pound and still we did not feel full."
• "The rum cocktails were delightful."
• "I got an off menu cocktail from Liden the mixologist who also makes some of the boozes there himself."