Chicama Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is super tasty here, and the service was excellent."
• "Honest prices, and super good food."
• "Every dish was both exciting and delicious."
• "The food is excellent, everything we ate was delicious."
• "The fresh fish, aubergine and cooked fish were just amazing."
• "Fresh and flavour packed Peruvian inspired food with the grilled fish dishes cooked to perfection!"
• "The food was really delicious. The tuna, sea bass ceviche and honey glazed aubergine were my favourite."

Cons:

• "for the price expected better."
• "The broth in the Salmon Ceviche was extremely sour and tasted like pure lemon juice, just absolutely vile."
• "The prawn and skate wing dishes lacked seasoning."
• "The ceviches came too loaded with onion and those dishes were too spicy and unbalanced."
• "The only negative was the Blackened Octopus which arrived a tad bit over seasoned but was otherwise still tasty."
• "The seafood platter a bit too overpriced compared to other restaurants."
• "The food was nice but could have been a lot better if the cook knew what he was doing."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were attentive and very friendly. Overall great experience, highly recommended."
• "Service was great. Very friendly and attentive, and orders arrived quickly."
• "Fabulous restaurant. Excellent service."
• "Very friendly, knowledgeable and tending staff."
• "The service was fantastic and the waiters were able to ask all our questions."
• "Service was friendly and attentive."
• "Service was excellent, with wonderfully friendly staff, quick to attend."

Cons:

• "However the waiter was not as attentive to our table as we would have expected."
• "Really bad service from the hostess, not helpful at all and liar."
• "Right from the start the staff were not very friendly."
• "The staff seemed so uninterested and at times, rude."
• "However the service was poor - booked a table and had to wait to be seated."
• "It took forever to order food and drinks, the staff was very unprofessional when it comes to taking payment as well."
• "The service was painfully slow, which is understandable since the restaurant was very busy."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Cozy restaurant with a nice open kitchen."
• "Lovely outside terrace and cosy decor inside with open kitchen."
• "The restaurant looked very well managed with very welcoming staff!"
• "What a wonderful pearl at the end of Kings Road 👌🏼 Absolutely loved the food and the amazing staff."
• "The atmosphere is lovely as well - bright but ambient lighting, nice decor with an open kitchen view."
• "The place has a nice buzz and is warmly decorated."
• "The atmosphere was so good we felt we were in Miami."

Cons:

• "Each time people opened the door it was freezing cold, their curtain system they have wasn’t really used nor useful."
• "The reason why I've dropped one star is mostly to do with the atmosphere in itself."
• "If you're able to get past the blatant classism, then unfortunately you'll still find the food overpriced and the atmosphere lacking."
• "You definitely need to book in advance though and inside can feel a bit crowded and loud on weekend evenings."
• "The smoking patrons seated outside was also obnoxious as we are non-smokers."
• "We felt very crammed in- especially keeping in mind social distancing parameters."
• "It is incredibly loud and the open kitchen doesn't help to contain some of the odour."

Value

Pros:

• "Bill was £170 for 4 adults and a child.. v reasonable in London."
• "The price was OK."
• "As many people mentioned before it is quite pricey, but for me it was absolutely worth it."
• "The tasting menu was an excellent way to sample all of the various offerings of the menu, and at £60 per head, is well, well worth it."
• "Value for money - 👍🏻"
• "The pricing was very standard for London, but the food is worth much more."
• "Excellent amount of food for the price point."

Cons:

• "We ordered 3 tasting menu that we found out it was a sharing tasting menu so that's mean that you pay 45 and you have to share 1 portion of each plate... Not recommended."
• "It is pricy but this was expected."
• "All dishes tiny and you will still be hungry after spending over £100 for 2 people."
• "Too pricy !!! The food was good but not amazing, I don't think it justified the prices and the plates are extremely small."
• "This felt a bit pricey."
• "The 200ml Diet Cokes were overpriced at 3 pounds."
• "I think £10 for one scoop of ice cream is a ridiculous price to charge but it is Chelsea."