Giggling Squid - Beaconsfield Reviews Summary

Category: Thai restaurant

Address: 22 London End, Beaconsfield, HP9 2JH, United Kingdom

Phone: +441494730919

Rating: 4.5
based on 163 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The Pad Thai was delicious."
  • "Food was great, especially the Thai red curry which bursted with flavour."
  • "Delicious food and was presented beautifully."
  • "Fantastic cocktails too."
  • "Superbly done decor makes the experience here make you feel like your having a dining experience."
  • "The food and the attendance from the manager/senior waitress were lovely."
  • "A nice place to have Thai food - we loved the food and the ambience."
  • "NEW Vegan menu. My Wife and I are both plant based and excited to try the new dedicated Vegan menu."
  • "Incredible vegan meal and lovely staff!"
  • "From the minute we walked in, everyone we met was friendly and accommodating."
  • "Best Thai food we have had."
  • "Best salt and pepper squid I've ever experienced, and the duck spring rolls we're divine."
  • "The food is spot on, very flavoursome. Very good options for vegetarians!"
  • "Excellent food and service. We have eaten here three times since it opened and have enjoyed all, every time."
  • "Great food, with good selection for vegetarians and vegans."
  • "The food was absolutely delicious and the service was great!"

Cons:

  • "The hake was nice and fresh but not bursting with flavour."
  • "Some of the food was served cold."
  • "Food is very Tasty and the ingredients are all high standard. Food is light and perfectly spiced as you can taste all the dishes."
  • "The currys were brilliant, flavoursome although they were definitely re-heated."
  • "The soufle was mostly dry as it had been over cooked and the mango cake was bland and appeared warmed up."
  • "The squid was deep fried in way too much batter."
  • "The waiting staff really went out of their way to make us feel welcome."
  • "The pork belly starter was rubbery and soft, in a brown sauce. Very unappealing."
  • "The salmon nests: salmon was over cooked and dry. The rest was tasty."
  • "The food was overly rich in its flavours, far too salty and/or sweet."
  • "The chicken wings starter was divine. The sauce was just right, not too hot, and succulent."
  • "I wouldn’t go here again! I was really looking forward to eating here as I heard really great things about this place but I was disappointed."
  • "The thing that let it down for us was the hit & miss food."
  • "Squid with chilli & salt starter was excellent. Crying beef main dish. Sauce etc was good - but the beef was overcooked."
  • "The curries where very bland no real flavour."

Service Quality

Pros:

  • "Service is impeccable."
  • "The service was excellent, very friendly staff."
  • "Really attentive and friendly waiter (Joel)."
  • "Friendly management, made us feel very welcome."
  • "They had a separate vegan menu and the wine list also stated if the drinks were vegan."
  • "Our waitress was helpful and patient, especially with our questions and the many changes we made."
  • "Staff very friendly, tasty food and lovely decor."
  • "Excellent restaurant with super-helpful staff."
  • "We had a problem with part of our order but the staff were great and sorted it out."

Cons:

  • "The service was extremely poor, we were left waiting 20 mins before someone even approached us to take our order."
  • "Not offered desserts, staff not trained well enough."
  • "The service was painfully slow. It took over 45 minutes to receive drinks."
  • "Staff were forgetful and we had 5 different people ask the same thing for us to reply 'still waiting'."
  • "Despite arriving early (5.45pm) and seeing plenty of staff, the service was painfully slow."
  • "The staff all seemed to be school children and acted like the teachers weren't around."
  • "Poor customer service from one staff really ruined the experience."
  • "Waited 2 hours for a take away. Food good but let people waiting in crowds in front of restaurants in this times is very bad."
  • "Over an hour waiting in the freezing cold for the order and the food once home was awful."

Ambience and Decor

Pros:

  • "We loved the food and the atmosphere and shared the joy of the restaurants unique name."
  • "Fantastic service, really good atmosphere."
  • "Superbly done decor makes the experience here make you feel like your having a dining experience."
  • "Very spacious restaurant."
  • "Ambience and decor is nice too!! Price is reasonable."
  • "Decor and ambience were f the restaurant is nice."
  • "The decor is super cute!"
  • "Relaxed and covid secure."
  • "The ambiance, the beauty, the food and service all fabulous."
  • "This is an excellent brand of restaurant and I have visited them many times. This was my first visit to the Beaconsfield one and I was not disappointed."
  • "The place itself is very nice & staff friendly."

Cons:

  • "One star less for atmosphere as it is very noisy."
  • "The only downside is that it is very noisy, but they can't do anything about that."
  • "The thing that let it down for us was the hit & miss food."
  • "It was busy but we had a good meal with wine for £25/head."
  • "I had a mosquito and it had a real kick in it as described. Chicken wings fell off the bone, some of the best I’ve ever had."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "Superbly done decor makes the experience here make you feel like your having a dining experience. But at a perfectly fair cost."
  • "The price of the food and the amount you pay are very good."
  • "Was amazing value as well."
  • "Ambience and decor is nice too!! Price is reasonable."
  • "Absolutely fabulous meal out. It's not cheap (especially the wine at nearly £30 per bottle) but it's beautifully presented and tastes fantastic."
  • "The food was absolutely delicious and the service was great!"

Cons:

  • "Prices - Food is priced very high, I believe."
  • "Very overpriced for a small lunch."
  • "Another chain restaurant ripping customers off since they have a bit of a name 👎"
  • "GS is expensive but usually feel we receive good value for money but on this occasion we felt like their only priority was to get people in and out as quickly as possible."
  • "Very nice food, not overly priced, portion sizes perhaps a tad small, but I could do with losing weight anyway!"
  • "Parking spaces are limited at weekends."
  • "Toilets are on 1st floor (not sure if there are facilities on ground floor for those who are less mobile)."

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