Restaurants

Food was good, but Service was awful!
I had lunch today (Sunday, 15th of Feb.) at Maze to celebrate my birthday and also St. Valentine. When I’ve made a reservation, Maze was already full, so we’ve agreed to have a seat at the bar because their receptionist told me I can have same dishes and services even at the bar. When we had a seat, bar man who were not motivated to work made us really ubset. His attitude was so arrogant, the way he poured the sauce or the way he explained the dishes was so childish. When we finished first dishes, he asked us like TGI manner ‘How was it?’ and my husband answered ‘It was good’ with smile because food was really good. And he said ‘That’s it?’ with rude face. Incredible!!! That feeling was like he looked down on us. I’ve continued to concentrate on my gorgeous dishes. When our basket of bread was empty, normally in one star Michelin restaurant even normal brasserie, you should automatically ask us second bread. We’ve asked another bread as it was us who asked wine list at the beginning, (Sommelier was so busy to care other three customers and she doen't even ask about our wine.) but after a while, bar man told us they were about to bake the breads! We couldn’t help but having dishes without bread from second plate till the end. Finally, we’ve finished every courses and asked espresso. But mignardise had arrived long time after we’ve finished our coffee without any apologies with same rude manner. Moreover, we had not heard any say good bye or little glance from him nor anybody else when we left. I’ve looked around to find out Service Manager, but he were not there at that time. That feeling was like we’ve been at the Chinese Buffet Restaurant 3.50 pound for take away.
If service staff cannot sincerely serve the customers at the bar, they must not accept the customers there or service charge should be up to us!

World’s worst service in one star Michelin restaurant I’ve experienced today will be published to my next journal, ‘Cookand www.cookand.co.kr’.

Maze was one of my best ever restaurant experiences. We were a group of 4 friends and had the 7 course chef's menu. Each course was a gastronomic delight surpassing the last with each plate singing with flavour. The waitstaff were friendly and helpful without being obnoxious. Though it was a weeknight the vibe wasn't overly corporate but relaxed with an 'anything goes' atmosphere ranging from jeans & polos to those dressed up for a swanky night out. Wonderful food experience and great value for money too. HIghly recommended.

Been there last week for my birthday.
I was excited about the evening until we got the first order. We ordered from the set menu - nothing was satisfying.
The BLT sandwich was awful, the pea soup was salty, and everything was so small!!!
And the bill - nearly £400 for 2 people with 2 bottles of wine and 4 cocktails!!!
Not worth the money - and too overrated!!

I visited the restaurant on the 26th of July along with my partner.
The restaurant is pretty, the service is excellent but the food was not impressive...
The portions are just enough to get the idea of each dish and were enough for me and my partner. They are well presented, but unfortunately it seemed like the chef's need to impress took over it all.
We had the Chef's menu 7 courses option.
I had the Chilled pea veloute with goat's curd, elderflower and parmesan parfait which is pea soup with a teaspoon of goat cheese at the bottom, with a small roll of sweet parmesan ice cream. The dish was too salty and tasted like it had too much leek in it, although it was not described on the title.
For the second course I had the Marinated beetroot, Sairass cheese, pine nuts and Cabernet Sauvignon dressing - beautifully presented cheese nestled between thin layers of beetroot. I personally don't like beetroot but the combination of the cheese, roasted pine nuts and the vegetable was amazing.
For third I had the Assiete of Sandwiches BLT - awful dish! A jelly of smoked bacon which takes over all other flavours. Wrong texture and flavor.
My partner had the slow cooked quail & marinated foie gras - the texture of the foie gras wasn't right - too creamy and sickening.
The forth was the Cornish red mullet, rice in sardine and saffron stock, roasted pepper puree and paella air - the fish was good and tasted fantastic with the red peppers and black olives (not original but at that point it was very refreshing). Now the paella was something else - a Spanish person would be insulted. It is a tiny portion of rice topped with raw whisked egg whites - it was tasteless and just wrong!
For fifth I had the slow poached lamb - to me it was a bit too raw, but my partner loved it. The stock was fantastic and so as the mint hollandaise. The potato mash was creamy and rich.
Overall - a nice experience, but the food was disappointing. Seems like creativity came first, and not the whole dish as a complete experience. I would not recommend this restaurant purely because I don't think you get a good value for your money.