A Taste of Sahara Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is always so wonderful and authentic."
• "Food very good and as the 5 of us had different choices it possible to see different dishes looking and tasting good and generous portions."
• "Food was amazing, so tasty and morish."
• "Loved the grilled seabass."
• "The food is truly incredible and the staff are really lovely."
• "The seabass is particularly excellent as is their great tagines! A taste of the Mediterranean!"
• "The food tasted so fresh and delicious."

Cons:

• "The only slight let down was our food did not taste as amazing as all the review put it."
• "Chicken Tagine was a poor substitute for the ordered Lamb Tagine. Chicken was breast meat which was dry and tasteless."
• "Not all the meat was great."
• "The chicken couscous was nice but couldve done with lots more sauce."
• "Atmosphere and waiter was good, kebab meat was smelly and clearly expired, rice was tasteless, poor salad."
• "The food was not good as well, The Morocco food was not tasty and only two pieces of potato and carrot."
• "Rice was dry and tasteless."

Service

Pros:

• "The owner, Sabri, and the staff provided the best customer service I've ever had in Brighton."
• "Both the food and service were top notch."
• "Visited before Christmas and another wonderful meal and service."
• "The service was absolutely fantastic."
• "Service was beyond brilliant."
• "The service was professional and the staff are welcoming, friendly and kind."
• "The service too has been amazing."

Cons:

• "It took half an hour for our food to be made and there were only 5 people in the whole restaurant."
• "When the bill arrived, my partner tried to pay and the waiter said we have no change."
• "16 percent surcharge added to the bill for poor service in an empty restaurant was the last straw."
• "Service pretty poor and rushed, however staff were friendly enough."
• "Service was extremely slow by totally unprofessional waiting staff."
• "We ordered our food, and then were told we have to pay cash."
• "When asking the waiters and owner as to where our food was, he mentioned that it hasn't been fully prepared yet....How can can you charge customers for food and service that they hadn't even cooked yet???"

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Reasonable prices for excellent food and big portions."
• "Overall good value for money."
• "Great food, you can also take your own alcohol which saves a bit of money."
• "BYO with no corkage pushes this restaurant into almost unparalleled value for money territory."
• "Really helps especially in current financial crisis that no corkage is charge on your own bottles of wine."
• "Good value for money too."
• "The portions were huge (which was great in terms of value for money)."

Cons:

• "Very expensive for what it is."
• "Very expensive service charge."
• "Despite the price was agreed from the beginning, in the end we ended up paying a really high price."
• "The price of food was expansive."
• "Considering we brought our own beers (thanks to their BYOB policy) and had no dessert, the £64 bill was a bit on the steep side."
• "Prices are too high also. Knives were very blunt."
• "Very disappointed off the prices and food quality."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "The real highlight was the owner who treated us excellently and made us feel as if we were in his own home :)"
• "The decor is simple with a strong reflection of the owners origin which is Tunisian I believe."
• "The restaurant, was, as one of my friends said 'very vibrant'."
• "Beautiful and calm atmosphere."
• "Really great warm cozy atmosphere."
• "The restaurant was beautifully decorated and had a lovely ambience."
• "Really great food, welcoming atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Tables so close to each other you might as well sit on strangers lap."
• "This restaurant is the worst one in Brighton."
• "The vegetarian and vegan option were very limited (Come on we are in Brighton) and the decor was dated."
• "Limited amount of choice on main menu which they call a la carte."
• "However no COVID 19 precautions taken that I could see. No social distancing of tables or between staff and customers."
• "Rudeness and poor management."
• "Was not in the mood to stay for the shisha doubted that was going to be any good! Disappointed after reading all the good reviews."

Management

Pros:

• "The manager was outstanding, very hospitable and eager to please us."
• "The owner is so friendly & down to earth."
• "The owner Sabri was so friendly and made me immediately want to come again."
• "Sabri was an amazing welcoming host to our group."
• "The owner and staff were attentive and warm."
• "Owners are lovely and really take care of you."
• "From the attentiveness from the manager and his staff and the gorgeous flavorful food."

Cons:

• "Absolutely appalled with this restaurant. The Manager who took our orders and 'served us' was rude and sarcastic."
• "Owner arrogant and acts like he’s doing you a favour by allowing you to eat there."
• "We were moved twice in totally empty restaurant while the owner was pretending it’s busy and people are coming."
• "We tried to discuss this matter privately, but the restaurant owner simply cut us off."
• "The MANAGER WAS SO DISRESPECTFUL! He pushed us to get the feast experience."
• "A fake overprice eastern restaurant trying to be more that what it is by lying and kicking customers away."
• "One of my friends didn't want to eat, and the manager said loudly 'even if one of you doesn't want to eat I can sell the table for another customer'."