The Ginger Pig - Restaurant & Rooms Reviews Summary

Price

Pros:

• "High quality food that would cost considerably more elsewhere."
• "For the standard of the food provided, is really very reasonable."
• "You get a high quality meal at a very reasonable price."
• "Incredible value esp for Brighton."
• "I would highly recommend going for the 3 course lunch menu as the quality for the price can't be beaten."

Cons:

• "Prices are mental but then I'm from the North so everything down south shocks me."
• "The food bill was close to £50 just for one person (without dessert)."
• "Overpriced, unexciting pub food."
• "The portions are very small, not worth £18."
• "It is a very expensive restaurant for what you get."
• "Food and drinks very over priced."
• "I thought that it was very expensive for what it was."

Service

Pros:

• "Excellent service."
• "All the staff was polite and nice and served all our requests very satisfactorily."
• "The staff were super friendly and helpful."
• "The waiters were knowledgeable and friendly and we're happy to talk us through the menu."
• "Staff are really attentive and friendly."
• "The staff and the service they offered was exceptional."
• "Staff attentive and polite."

Cons:

• "As the restaurant filled we noticed other tables getting their main courses so after waiting 45mins we asked and were told the food went out in the order in which the orders were received, obviously not the case."
• "The service was poor and very slow."
• "Service was friendly, but slightly on the slower side."
• "The waitress less so and not overly interested in us."
• "Didn't find the staff very helpful, not all of the items on the menu were available."
• "We waited over half an hour for the meal."
• "The waitress kept asking if I want another drink all the time, before I had a chance to get halfway through the drink I ordered."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food and drinks were great, particularly the cocktails."
• "Food was excellent. Really excellent fresh Oysters."
• "The roast beef was as tender as butter and the food is always at a consistently high standard whenever we have been."
• "Every dish was a delight to eat and perfectly seasoned."
• "The food here is absolutely lovely and I absolutely loved having a Christmas meal here!"
• "The food was so good, best roast I’ve had out in ages!"
• "The food once we had made our choices was presented in such a beautiful way."

Cons:

• "An extraordinarily bland and disappointing meal that was expensive."
• "I asked for a blue steak but it was so over cooked that there was no blood."
• "The small fillet of fish (I suspect wasn't even halibut) was totally dry, over cooked and tasteless."
• "The potatoes tasted like they were cooked the day before then reheated."
• "The pork was super fatty, the beef was super bland."
• "The sharing steak which you'll get better for £12 at Flat Iron was really unexciting, flavourless and not the best cut of meat and cost £88."
• "The roast potatoes were a bit dry and lacked seasoning."

Ambiance & Decor

Pros:

• "The restaurant was clean and tastefully decorated."
• "The overall atmosphere of the restaurant was very pleasant."
• "The rooms were exquisite. They were simple yet refined, every detail being accounted for."
• "The venue is also stunning and intimate love the dim lighting too."
• "Very beautiful and elegant inside with a cosy and comfortable atmosphere."
• "The ambience is very chic with art deco/industrial underpinning."
• "The place had a brilliant buzz about it."

Cons:

• "The décor is perhaps a bit dull – it still has a bit of a pub feel about it - so the general ambiance could be better."
• "The restaurant was perhaps a bit too bright for a 'date'."
• "The only down side is the acoustics it's very difficult to hear the people you are with but can hear everybody else in the room."
• "Very disappointing for the price, outside looked like it needed painting and a bit of maintenance."
• "Some louder than polite guests made it less than relaxing."
• "I was a little disappointed by the atmosphere, which was a little flat."
• "Service was good but the food was very uninspiring."

Location & Accommodation

Pros:

• "The room was immaculate, cosy, and well supplied with everything you need and only a stone's throw from the beach."
• "This is the best room we’ve had in Europe."
• "I have stayed above the restaurant in their boutique rooms and it was a very nice location and the room it was spacious, with all the amenities."
• "Will definitely return as it’s also a perfect location for a relaxing beach walk afterwards."
• "The rooms were very cute, clean and roomy. The bathroom and shower was amazing!"
• "The rooms were a good size with an en-suite."
• "The room was amazing - comfy bed, large double shower, and freestanding bath with a view of the ocean."

Cons:

• "The rooms don't have air conditioning and it was really hot on the top floor."
• "We arrived back to the room about 2 hours later to find that the power was cut only in their building."
• "More than one night and you're struggling for a few essentials like storage, or a comfy chair, the blackout blinds only work when they cover the whole window and sadly the sea air is replaced by kitchen extraction."
• "The room window faces the road so it can be a bit noisy sometimes."
• "We were moved to another room for our second night which had the same problem."
• "Location is ok if you plan to go just to the beach but far from the city center, over half hour walk."
• "We had been drinking and were not able to drive home, so we had to pay more for an alternative room in Brighton last minute."