Izmir Bar and Grill Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The takeaway meal was excellent - full of flavour with a good spicy relish."
• "I have had a lot of kebabs but this was gourmet. The flavour was amazing and with NO GREASE!!!!!"
• "Food is fantastic and tastes very fresh, best restaurant in Horsham town."
• "The meats were all well cooked and seasoned and the rice + salads were all fresh and tasty."
• "The food was delicious, fresh and so tasty!"
• "The food was amazing 🤩, service was great and the staff were really friendly."
• "The food is always excellent, portion size is perfect and the chicken & lamb shish is cooked to perfection."

Cons:

• "For a Turkish restaurant I find the food tasteless. Blind."
• "However, the cocktails are the worst I've ever tasted."
• "Worst restaurant in 37 years....!!!!!"
• "Food was a bit strange i had a chefs special which was a sort of chicken pieces in sauce on a base of bread which didn't really work in my opinion."
• "Although the mixed kebab was excellent this couldn't compensate for a very over-priced meal with burnt, dry, tasteless mousska."
• "Much of the food is from a freezer bag.....not good."
• "The starter Yaprak was far below medium."

Service

Pros:

• "The service is impeccable and they handled having 19 of us really well with food and drinks being served without much of a wait."
• "Amazing food and fantastic service. The food came quickly and was truly delicious but the service made our experience top notch thanks to our waitress Chloe!!!"
• "Staff are friendly, attentive and provide a good service."
• "Excellent customer service."
• "The service was very efficient and they were so friendly and accommodating."
• "Skilled, attentive waiters- charming & friendly."
• "The staff were really nice and attentive, thanks Izmir ☺️"

Cons:

• "It was quite loud as it was very busy made it a little bit hard to hear staff or even friends across the table."
• "I asked to speak to the Manager and a very smiley but arrogant young man came to me."
• "As soon as the restaurant is starting to fill in the staff are doing nothing else beside wondering around. Long time to wait to pay and to have the table cleared out."
• "Never again. We go out for a celebration and was unfortunately very disappointed. We ordered drinks and they got mixed up, the rude waiter that stood out the front basically had a go at me."
• "Service very slow even though only 3 other people there."
• "Once we had finished we were left a little too long without food or drinks before getting someone's attention for the bill."
• "So disappointed with this restaurant and service."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Open, airy setting, with views of the busy kitchen."
• "The atmosphere is nice and feels very modern towards the younger market."
• "As always amazing food and great atmosphere."
• "The cocktails are great, service is great, atmosphere is really nice."
• "The decor is really nice creating a soothing atmosphere."
• "The restaurant is very spacious, clean with a brilliant atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere post pandemic is still vibrant."

Cons:

• "It was the music. It was too loud for me and my friends."
• "Went there on Saturday to celebrate my mother's birthday, so our group were a mixture of ages, food and service were excellent and couldn't fault it; however it was the extremely loud club music that spoilt the whole experience for all of us old and new customers."
• "Restaurant or night club - make your mind up! Deafening and awful music started just after we'd ordered."
• "What I didn’t realise is that it turns into a cocktail bar in the evenings and plays awful ear splitting music at deafening volume SO BEWARE!!!"
• "The music volume was too loud upstairs, meaning customers needed to shout to be heard, which ruined the ambiance."
• "Visited with family for birthday celebration. However we found the music too loud and distracting."
• "Dreadful lunchtime experience of pure unacceptable uncontrolled family orientated noise."

Value

Pros:

• "Great food. Good price."
• "Good quality reasonable priced Turkish food."
• "Lunchtime Wednesday. 2course meal for £10.90- a bargain."
• "£10.95 for starter and main good sized portions great venue what's not to love!"
• "Prices reasonable."
• "For the quality of the food it is also good value."
• "Great tasting food that is reasonably priced."

Cons:

• "However, the cocktails are the worst I've ever tasted... So, bad experience with cocktails but the food is good, although expensive as well."
• "It’s so unprofessional how they preparing order and delivering you food to you like this, and it’s not worth to your money at all I didn’t expect anything like this to be honest."
• "Portions are also super small, feel I have been ripped off and stayed hungry!"
• "The food is quite nice but ridiculously overpriced. Portions are really small."
• "Food is delicious but did have to giggle with my friends about the fact our calamari starter that cost around £7 came with three rings on a massive plate."
• "The cocktails were bad. Also not cheap."
• "Over price £7.00 for 3 rings of calamari witch I suppose is frozen. Not a good deal for me maybe for the owner is probably the price he paid for the bag."