Reviews in Liverpool and Merseyside

06/07/2011 Went to Surfers last night for a meal with my sister and her boyfriend. Service was excellent as usual. We all opted for the fillet steak rossini....... fabulous! Steaks just melted in the mouth. Well done Surfers. Keep it up!! Amazes me how so many people still haven't discovered this jewel in the crown of Wirral's restaurants. Don't miss out!!

Daughter had wedding their this year. Food wasn't as good as the taster session in fact it was a let down. They didn't put out the favours as requested and mixed them up with the wedding cake. Squashed the rest of the wedding cake in inappropriate boxes though I provided the right boxes. Not professional. No one taking control. though staff can speak English it was limited. They didn't follow any of our instructions. Would not recommend it for your big day, but it might be OK for a small event where there is less chance of problems. very stressful for parents. not very organised.

The best Turkish restaurant in the north west by far. The food is incredible. The ambience is relaxed and the staff are really friendly - all in all a tremendous dining experience. You feel like you're in Turkey when in the restaurant ! I would recommend Elif to anyone !

Went for a meal here tonight with 5 friends. Have to say it was the best meal I have had in a long time (and I eat out A LOT!). We all chose different things to try, I had the peppered seared beef to start = amazing (and a large portion too)/ I then had linguine with king prawns, chilli and garlic with olive oil which was also equally amazing. Each one of us were surprised at the size of the meals and how gorgeous they were. HIGHLY recommend here. Many thanks to the chef - you are fab. Will be back soon,

Went with family (2 young children inc) friendly staff couldn't be faulted for service,food great ,beer cold perfect night

"great place to eat and meet friends" Great value and the best chips in the north give it a try you will not be disappointed.

Rude service. Obnoxious. Unappreciative. Food was cold. Avoid eating here

Tony and Jayne are great hosts. The food is superb and their wit and banter never fails to raise our spirits. Tony cooks some of the best steaks I've eaten. His duck and plaice are to die for. His Italian menu is authentic and delicious! The service makes you feel very special and Jayne always does her best to meet your every requirement. We just love going to this traditional Italian restaurant to get a great atmosphere and food cooked by a real Italian.

The best Indian takeaway we have had. Very highly recommended. Got it right from the outset with polite delivery, courteous letter of thanks in the bag. Food that followed was excellent - not your bog standard Indian. Food that looks as good as it tastes. Will certainly be ordering again. A+++

spent afternoon there in feb great place and company,

highly recommend best homemade pate ever and the steaks well try for yourself you wont be disappointed

I've been to tony's hundreds of times,over the years tony and Jayne have always made us welcome. friendly atmosphere,and the BEST steak ever,and the home made desserts are to die for,highly recommend,for value,and great food.

look, I know a thing or two about curries,after all I originated from Bradford, We called at Maharaja on 28/06/11. ordered a sheek kabab for myself, we actually shared it.by heck it was rather nice.infact it was succulent and wonderful.not deep fried as some restaurant do.the curries,a beef and chicken, well, hefty portions for a start. tasted delightful,meat well cooked and fell apart in your mouth,nans all fresh.must try the chili nan..its good..now the hygiene, excellent..,everything and everywhere especially clean and tidy, staff could not do enough to make the dinning experience a welcoming change,well worth what we paid for the meal.the beer was good as well. .enjoy..we will visit it again the next time were in L/Pool.(living in Harrogate now)

Steve & Riverhill staff, thank you for all your hard work and faultless co-ordination of our wedding day held at your hotel, it was all very much appreciated bu us both and all the people who attended as they genuinely had a memorable time Steph + Stephen

all the staff at the riverhill hotel and restaurant we would like to thank you for making Bob & Norma a wedding a day to remember ,the whole two days was enjoyed by all and the help and assistance provided by all the staff made this possible dave the best man

Visited on it's opening week when we would accept teething problems but we were pleasantly surprised by the standard of the food and service and furthermore the price. We would highly recommend it to anyone!

When this place first opened it was a great addition to the lark lane community, I'm sorry to say since then we have been sadly disappointed by the general service and running of the place. The food is good for the price but not good enough to ignore the service by the more mature waiting on staff, thumbs up to the youngsters whose apologies stop you getting up and leaving!

Absolutely awful. So disappointed. I took my boyfriend here for a birthday celebration, I was told when I booked it was a meal and entertainment in a cosy relaxed environment. I was disgusted with the place. Masking tape all over the place covered holes in the floor, tacky, cold unwelcoming decor. Wobbly tables, unfriendly staff. And it gets worse...... We arrived and we're greeted by staff who were too busy (or just couldnt be bothered) to make any conversation, we were ushered to the bar and told to order a drink and wait to be seated. We were then taken to our (old, wobbly) table 2 mins later which was behind a large bright red painted pillar blocking our view of the so-called 'stage'. A few mins later a waitress dumped a menu on our table and rather carlessly told us the soup was tomato. Another waitress then took our order. The starter came no more than 3 mins later (so was obviously not freshly prepared) My partner had the soup which he described as 'watered down heinz'. It was a pitiful amount too. As we were eating the staff we're standing aroung giggling and texting, making for a very unpleasant atmosphere. During this time the bar was gradually filling up with streams of women dressed in tutu's, devils horns, cowboy outfits.....obviously the tackiness of the venue draws plenty of hen nights. We were starting to understand why we had been rushed through - it was clearly going to be a busy night for hens. No more than 5 mins after our starter was whipped away our meals turned up. This was where it took a serious downturn. Very undercooked veg, cold plates, poor presentation, awful food. My partner had 'cajun chicken' which was basically poached chicken swimming in a watery tomato sauce. There was nothing 'cajun' about it, and was very dry and tasteless. His meal was accompanied by 'roast potatoes' - one potato, cut in half and by the look of it's wrinkly appearance had been roasted the day before and hastily reheated. My lamb was ok, but as a amateur cook at home I genuinely could have cooked a better meal myself. And I'm no Nigella. We were then asked if we wanted more drinks, as I was deliberating on what to have the waitress interruped and abruptly said 'same again?' This seemed like more of an instruction than a question as before I could look at my partner to see if he was happy with this she had left! My glass of wine then arrived......in a half pint tumbler. Yes. I know. I couldn't believe it either. It just seemed that it couldnt get any worse. But then my partner went to the toilet. You don't expect to find urine and wet paper towels all over the floor in a restaurant, especially when you are one of the very few males in the building, it should have been gleaming. It was disgusting. Expected perhaps at 3am in a nightclub, but in a restaurant? He then popped outside for a quick smoke only to find a member of staff pulling up with a carload full of 'Bargain Booze' carrier bags! And to think we were being charged £3.30 for a pint of lager and £4.70 for a glass of wine served in a tumbler!!!!! Wishing I had kept my original booking in Puschka on Rodney Street, we then ordered 2 banoffi pies from a 'desert' menu! Just another sign of the management failures. (We were tempted to ask them to go easy on the sand.) By the end of this we still hadn't seen/heard any entertainment and the paprty poppers, screeching women and flying balloons were beginning to irritate. I do feel that when I booked our table the week before asking for a table for 2 the woman I spoke to should have had the decency to let us know we would be sat in the middle of what turned out to be 4 separate hen partys. But then I guess the £35 a head was just too tempting for them, I can only imagine that they don't get many repeat customers and probably need every customer they can rip off to keep them going. £87 for the sub standard food and 2 drinks each was just ludicrous. The only conclusion I can draw from them still being open is that the majority of their customers being on some sort of binge drinking celebration helps them diguise the fact the food is terrible, the venue is old, tacky and run down and the staff just don't care. As for the entertainment, well, I can't comment as we didn't stay long enough to find out. We just wanted out as soon as possible. So I politely explained our disappointment to the manager who instantly refused to do anything for us, as apparently we knew what we were getting into when we booked! Yes, this is what she told me! So it was MY fault I hadn't booked a decent restaurant! Not a mistake I will make again. And I will be making sure friends, family, acquaintances, work collegues and possibly strangers I pass in the street all know to steer well clear of this place.