Reviews in Liverpool and Merseyside

Since moving house we started using Ambuja as our local Indian. After the first visit, as good as our previous restaurant is, (and is still within a couple of miles), we have never looked back and continued to use Ambuja as our No.1 takeaway. For quality and price for that quality it is second to none. Staff are friendly and always helpful and it is always a pleasure to order from them. Never had a bad meal and it doesn't matter if we're after something plain or something more adventurous it is still always fab. Even our 2 year old has now started eating curry as a result!

I recently had a meal at the Maharajah in Liverpool with a large group of friends to celebrate my birthday. The meal was excellent and Ali and the rest of the staff really looked after us well. It was good to have the banquet and to be able to sample the wonderful variety of food that they have on their menu. As they claim on their website, their food is very different from most Indian restaurants in the UK, featuring seafood and duck dishes as well as the usual chicken and lamb. Their vegetarian dishes and side dishes are also delicious as well as their range of breads and rice. Try the dhosas! I would also recommend their seafood soup and their ‘rice pudding’. Just writing this makes me want to go back for more!

The service at the cafe was brilliant the food out of this world reminds me of nans cooking in her heyday

Went to the Devon doorway recently and found food and staff excellent. Food was definitely up market and is worth paying a bit more for. Service was excellent

Great little italian cafe the food is out of this world. I had a lovely carbonara prepared by the good looking dark haired chef a must try

Went to Marantos and was quite disappointed really. Wasn't too impressed by the service, didn't really feel welcomed - was just like being a sausage going through a machine. The food was fairly average as well, my lamb was not great quality, the sauce was very thin and watery and my wifes risotto didn't sit well with her. To be fair that may or may not be down to Maranto's but it's a little bit of a coincidence. All in all I think the food was average, menu unexciting and service uninspiring. Won't be going back....

We booked a table for 9.15 Saturday night after reading rave reviews, what a disappointment, firstly it was like walking into a creche kids running around everywhere prams etc(plus screaming)....... handed a menu asked what drinks we would like, then when taking our order asked if we had booked a table, we sat down had our starter and main and my partner just put his knife and fork down and his plate was pulled away, food mediocre at best seemed more like a jar of sauce had been put on my chicken, so in at 9.15 out by 9.50 a world record, oh yes and the kids were still running around when we left........

The best ever Indian food we have ever tasted we have became regulars since it first opened excellent service and food we go once twice a week and never disappointed Tues and sun 3 course meal deal of 9.99 fantastic not to be missed,Helen & Ian.

very good value for food, staff were friendly and pleasant very good side meal ... partner was so happy to have a curry as i don't like them but i enjoyed my meal so much i would go there again might even try a curry :)

Just passed by and decided to try it our for lunch.Great place,great atmosphere and great service. The food was fab and the puds to due for especially the Amaretto pud yummy....will defo go again.

My wife and I have eaten at this restaurant on several occasions and cannot fault it, price service and most of food are all quality..

i have visited many Indian restaurants all over the country, the crown is one of the best there is. food is superb, service second to none. how lucky we are to have this little gem on our doorstep.

We booked a table for 9pm on a thursday evening at San Carlo on Castle Street. We Arrived at about 8:50pm and straight away informed them that we were there, we got directed to the bar which although very nice to look at, is very small and with people sitting around it, very hard to get served!! We waited about 15 mins to order a drink, with me in the end having to wave my arms in front of one of the few bar staff face. The restaurant was very busy with 35+ yrs old business types and had quite a upty vibe! We waited until half 9, with no one approaching us to explain when we were going to be seated, instead we had to keep addressing the receptionist who didn't seem to care customers were unhappy. 'It will be about 5 mins', wateva, at 5 to 10pm we decided to walk out as we were so disappointed we didn't want to spend our money there. The food may be great but we'll never know because we'll never gpo back. Awful service!!! After we walked out a waiter followed us and explained that our table was now ready... quite surprised they even noticed we left!! Think the restaurant has got too big for its own boots and needs to remember its roots!!!

Mostly in agreement about the food, but not about all the front-of-house staff. The two youngsters waiter and waitress were good. But the female maitre d' was haughty and condescending. The young waiter was superb, his counterpart tried hard. It seems to specialise in banquets but the barbecue sauce was insipid.

fab food been going to the seconder from when they first opened recommended lots of people never had a bad meal ever tandoori chicken to die for

I've been to Greece a number of times, and love Greek food. I was looking forward to eating at Retsina, having seen some good reviews on this site. But I was very disappointed at the quality of the food - cheap ingredients, overcooked and underspiced. Service was adequate, atmosphere good. But I really wouldn't recommend here if you want decent Greek food - and it's not cheap and cheerful, either, you can get better value elsewhere locally.

nice atmosphere, will go and visit again.

excellent food, staff very attentive, have been on quite a few occasions, and never been disappointed would recommend to all my friends and family, this is what Crosby has been missing for years! Adele Crosby