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Positano

Positano

124 High Street, Guildford, United Kingdom

Pizza • Sushi • Mexican • European


"Lovely historic building, not overly large so space limited and would recommend booking during busy periods. Very friendly and attentive staff who also had a good knowledge of the building history which was nice to hear. Went for a late lunch and took advantage of their fixed price two course menu, a couple of cocktails and some bread and olives. Very large bowl of olives which was nice, they were pitted and we do prefer non pitted as tend to be more flavourful, however these were still enjoyable and a good sized portion. Bread was reasonable but nothing outstanding. Bruschetta nice, sweet tomatoes and fresh, street pizza found a little sloppy and a bit bland personally. Mains an Arrabiata sauce they kindly changed penne to spaghetti for my partner, pasta nicely cooked, sauce could have used a little more chilli, simple but tasty overall. I had the Carbonara which tasted creamy but as I had a little bit of a cold I'm not sure if it actually had a touch of cream but it certainly wasn't a full cream base which was good. I did find it although rich slightly bland in both the pancetta and the cheese, again I had a slight cold but expected the flavours to be a bit more punchy. Couldn't manage a dessert but we did both go for a liqueur coffee, myself a Scottish and my partner an Italian, both were pleasant and well made. The two cocktails as well had a decent measure of alcohol, quite well balanced flavour wise and whilst I've had much better they were certainly enjoyable. Definitely would give it a try again, sniffle free to give a fair shot. The staff and the very reasonable price for lunch would make a visit attractive, but would also like to go for an evening meal and a more relaxed experience."

De Nada

De Nada

12a Market Street, Guildford, United Kingdom

Fish • Meat • Tapas • European


"I 'll be completely honest, we went to this restaurant following glowing reviews and we were a little disappointed. I felt that the service we received wasn 't amazing and I wasn 't overly impressed with the food either. When we arrived, the waiter wasn 't very welcoming and told us to choose where we wanted to sit, he brought us menus and told us where to find the specials and then didn 't return for a while, when he did we ordered food and drink as we waited long enough that we had already decided our food order. For our whole stay we were not given table water like every other table and the waiter who served us wasn 't very polite. It was difficult to get his attention and honestly, he wasnt very approachable, we felt like he wasn 't in a very good mood! The food was ok and it did come out very quickly, which was great, but the scallops were cold and the battered squid was a little burnt. Once we had finished eating, the waiter took our plates away, we said we hadn 't received a dish to which he responded rudely and abruptly 'oh really, well that 's why I said are you done? '... surely they would know!! The kitchen confirmed our dishes were all sent, but when he came back over to confirm the dishes we ordered, there was one that definitely didn 't come out, so he organised that. This dish then of course came much later then all our others, but at least he apologised. It wasn 't removed from the bill or anything as a good will gesture, which to be honest is something I probably would have done. At this point we also asked if we could order another drink, given we had no water and hadn 't been offered another, we thought we would take this opportunity! When the waiter returned with a new drink, he took away my partner 's drink which was still a quarter full! Again, we didn 't quibble due to how the waiter was being. They offered us a dessert menu and when we decided not to have a dessert they looked annoyed... strange. We didn 't even get a thank you and goodbye when we left! I won 't be recommending this restaurant with the glowing reviews we had received about it and honestly very unlikely to go back."

Kinghams

Kinghams

Gomshall Ln, Guildford GU5 9HE, United Kingdom

Steak • Cheese • British • European


"Very good service and definitely worth a visit. Celeriac We started with the celeriac labneh and dukkah which was very nice. Very earthy and deep powerful flavours in the dukkah complimenting the celeriac. The labneh was silky and fresh. Squid The broth from...the squid was very nice, lite and a full depth of flavour. Our next dishes… Pigeon Kiev the pigeon breast was cooked well, soft and flavoursome. There was a hint of black garlic coming through but not over powering. The crumb let it down as it was just over done and had a strong flavour of oil coming through which overpowered the dish. Scallops the scallops were scallops. However they were over done and the oil they were in was too much. We could not make out what the dish was as it lacked flavour and for us it just did not work. Fillet of beef beautifully cooked and a very good cut. Exactly how fillet should be. The croquette was powerful, the jus silky and powerful also. A good dish however we were both looking forward to the venison which was not on the restaurant menu but on the online menu. Dessert the apple and blackberry crumble was nice but really just a simple crumble (not tart). Sweet and silky fruits with a crumble topping sprinkled on top. The cheese board was as you would expect. The portions were about right if you were to have each course as the menu is designed to offer. For us the food just did not wow, and was rather average. At the prices charged (high end close to Michelin) I expected more. There was not a single dish that wowed us. We were seated in the gazebo area of the restaurant. It was hot and cold as they had a blast heater which was timed to occasionally blast heat into the room which made it rather hot and then the room quickly cooled down however this did not really bother us. Unfortunately the room we were sat in lacked ambiance and left us feeling a little uncomfortable at times with the two other tables in there. Our table was also rather small. The service was very good. Well done! Balanced and timings very good. We felt looked after. I would suggest you DO try this restaurant but for us, we now have and probably would not return based on the value for money and comparing to other restaurants with a similar price point and offering."