Reviews in Liverpool and Merseyside

I think I must have been to a different restaurant than the other reviewers!! I have to say, this is the worst restaurant I have ever been too. The service was awful, it took 20 minutes to be acknowledged, then a further 20 minuted to get 2 drinks (which were wrong) and then another half an hour to get any service. When I was served the I found the staff unfriendly, arrogant and miserable. I have noticed that many of the reviewers went for lunch, i went for dinner in the evening, so maybe it has different staff, but it was the worst place I have ever been in terms of service. The food wasn't the best either, especially if you are vegetarian, I will not be going back and I would not recommend this excuse for a restaurant to anyone.

Warning - do not be fooled by the awards and hype. Travelled from Middlesbrough to sample one of the best Italians in uk ; it aint. Been to Ramsey's restaurant in London now that's worth a trip. Had high hopes, busy ,buzzy, excellent pizza oven great atmosphere. Ate calamari (frozen-bland) spaghetti vongole(good) husband had pizza (appalling considering the £20k pizza oven) truly awful.Coffee was bad and cold oh and wrong! ordered macchiato ; came black.so sad as 100's of 1000's mus've been spent doin this place up.Bag's of potential.No wonder manager/owner was looking was looking a bit depressed last night.

Went to Maharaja on a Sunday afternoon with the OH, they had a buffet on, with essentially a Chicken curry, Veg and a Fish curry along with roti and rice and payyasum for dessert. The food was bland and totally uninspiring and service was non-existent, probably being a buffet!The masala dosa was reasonable but the sambar was again bland and tasteless. Would NEVER return there, big disappointment.

Great food, great price, great atmosphere, wine in tumblers give authentic feel, book early on phil nights.

ME AND MY HUBBY GO TO RUIS REGULAR.NEVER HAD A COMPLAINT TO GIVE THEM IN THREE YEARS. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK RUIS.FOOD IS GORGEOUS AND DESERTS ARE SCRUMMY. TRY FOR YOURSELF YOU WONT BE DISSAPOINTED. EARLY BIRD MENU IS WELL VALUE FOR MONEY.

We have visited the restaurant on several occasions and each time its never a disappointment. We always go for the vegetarian mezedes banquet for two. Each dish is a delight and always cooked and prepared to a very high standard. We love it so much it would be a sin to dine anywhere else. I believe the quality and the variety of the vegetarian dishes is undoubtedly the best in Liverpool. Would like to say to the owners a great restaurant and well done!!!

The second rudest waitress I have ever encountered - but who expected a tip.(Not forthcoming) A pizza you needed a hammer and chisel to breach, slow slow service and a request for a proper wineglass treated as if I was asking for gold plate! I'm going back to Ego! They can cook, they're efficient and the service is so nice I usually give a 15% tip.

The restaurant was at a standard which i believe it should have won awards for its outstanding service and lovely food. The owner of the business should be proud and many thanks to the owner of providing the finest Indian cuisine in Liverpool

Undoubtedly the worst restaurant in the city. Yes, it's cheap, but then people seem to put up with mass-prepared slop when it doesn't cost much. This is wrong. No matter what you pay you should expect good food and good service. Me and my Girlfriend went there, sent both our starters and main course back and left. I had a cold meat salad that looked like it had been in the fridge for several weeks, then Beef Bourginon which was the saltiest thing I had ever tasted.

A Party of twenty four went to Jalons.What a wonderful night for my 60th Birthday.The food excellent,service 100 percent attentive. Music,very entertaining. Thankyou so much for such a memorable night.Nothing too much trouble for staff. Veronica 19/04/2008

For those who know what good food is like,they will appreciate the high quality, high standard that Il Forno possesses. For the people who complain about service being too slow,i suggest you go to McDonalds if you want your meal in front of you within 3 minutes. Il Forno has no competition, it is the competition. Serving the best Italian food in Liverpool is an understatement. You don't win an award branding your restaurant as one of the Top 10 in the U.K for nothing do you?

I had never even heard of this place before last week and now i must have told 50 people about the wonderful food in there. Not only was the food well presented, but the produce i believe is sourced locally and the Chef seems to have a really good eye for quality. Perfect for people who really appreciate good food. I will certainly be back there this month.

Been there 4 times now for lunch and dinner and had excellent food each time. Business lunch is good value.

Took my family to Surfers last sunday afternoon lunch, we were all warmly welcomed to the Restaurant by Jane the owner and promptly given a large comfortable booth for us to all sit in, menu's quickly followed by an offer of drinks while we perused the menu. The menu was substantial exciting and very competitively priced,then the addition of the new exciting " Hot Rock "concept, last time i experienced this was in the states, a hot seasoned slab of black rock which i could timely cook my steak on accompanied by a side order of Chunky Chips and crisp salad, truly brilliant. fantastic idea Jane thank god something new and exciting has arrived at the table. will be back real soon armed with more family and friends, anyone reading this, this is the place to be for a great meal with top service.

we went on a table for my mums 68th birthday, last Saturday, it was great. amazing the way that they managed to serve all 22 of us at the same time! we usually go to the restaurant opposite but after this experience ill never go back there, nicolas was a million times better. the manager was only young but he was extremely good, we were well looked after and he even gave my mum a free bottle of bubbly, and the whole restaurant sang happy birthday to her.had a great night. would recommend nicolas to anyone!

One to avoid if you are veggie. Had lunch there early April. Really unimpressed. Nothing veggie on the main menu. The waitress asked the kitchen - she said it's what they usually do so don't think we just went on the wrong day - and we were told we could have a large portion of the starter salad which she described as being roast veg - turned out to be a bed of leaves, 4 very small sauted carrots and a chopped up beetroot - that's no exaggeration. Really poor and we were charged £8 for it.

One to avoid if you are veggie. Had lunch there early April. Really unimpressed. Nothing veggie on the main menu. The waitress asked the kitchen - she said it's what they usually do so don't think we just went on the wrong day - and we were told we could have a large portion of the starter salad which she described as being roast veg - turned out to be a bed of leaves, 4 very small sauted carrots and a chopped up beetroot - that's no exaggeration. Really poor and we were charged £8 for it.

We went to Maharaja on a Saturday evening having booked a table for 8.45pm. On arrival the restaurant was very full and we were asked to take a seat on the comfy sofas. 20 minutes later we were seated at the table an it then took a further 10 minutes to get our drinks order. We chose and ordered food quickly with 4 out of 5 of us having the banquet at £22.50 per head. The starters arrived about 10 minutes later and everyone enjoyed them thoroughly. It then took a further 45 minutes for main courses to arrive by which time it was 10.30pm and we were at the point of wanting to leave. The food itself was lovely and to a small extent made up for the poor service. The nail in the coffin was that they only served 2 portions of rice for 4 people (who love rice) and it took a further 10 minutes for more to arrive during which time the rest of the food was getting cold. Having finished the main courses eventually, we paid the bill and left without the desserts that were included with the banquet. At this point, the waiter realised we were unhappy and did try to rectify the situation by offering us free drinks but to be honest it was too little to late. In conclusion, delicious food but terribly slow service and poor value for money on the banquet (in comparison to the a la carte menu) which unfortunately ruined the evening! We can only conclude that Gordon Ramsey got a better standard of service than this!!