Southampton
Kachina

Kachina

376 Shirley Road, Shirley, Southampton, United Kingdom

Meat • Chinese • Chicken • Vegetarian


"Picked the restaurant as we'd been shopping nearby and looked like a local place to try. After looking at the menu we opted for the buffet menu. We walked into the empty restaurant and were sat next to the bar. From where i was sat...there was at least ikea candles that had seen better days dumped on the bar and bottles of cleaner within easy reach which wasn't something should be on show inches away from a customer or potential child. After ordering a few starters and a round of drinks which were clearly from the soda bottle, the starters arrived on a small platter plate. The smoked chicken was very sweet and quite dry I was concerned that I'd break a tooth! The satay prawn was ok but the chicken tasted slimy so I immediately spat it out. The seaweed tasted greasy. My biggest bugbear was the #waiter took our orders still in his coat!! Mongolia lamb was dried out and the occupying sauce was salty and overbearing taste of star anise... this was swapped and I was asked if I wanted a different sauce so suggested plum and was told that they didn't do it? So I used the sweet sour sauce instead.. I then wanted to cut our losses and go but my husband wanted to give them the benefit of doubt and even then they don't give you a fresh plate for mains whereas I was worried that the meal would repeat on me so I just ordered jasmine tea. During the wait I went to the toilet up the very narrow and sloping staircase and got to the landing dimly lit by what I can only describe as some kind of lurid uv light which possibly wouldn't have looked out of place in a brothel!! The toilet cubicle you definitely couldn't swing a rat in, let alone a cat in. I finished washing my hands and went towards the hand drier to be met by a dodgy string curtain and at least bottles of toilet cleaner just strewn on the floor with a plunger and other undesirable objects on the floor."

Marco Pierre White Steakhouse, Grill Southampton

Marco Pierre White Steakhouse, Grill Southampton

Grand Harbour Hotel Southampton, West Quay Road, United Kingdom, SO15 1AG

Tea • Steak • Grill • Cheese


"Unfortunately very disappointed with the meal we had here on Saturday2 Sept 23. Having been in the past we were really looking frwd to our treat at this hotel and a meal at the 'Marco Pierre White ' steakhouse. After placing our order for the fillet steaks we not only had to wait 50 minutes for any food to arrive (we were seated as it opened so not many other diners were there) but then the under average meal arrived. The Koffman fries were absolutely inedible. They were burnt with grease coming out of them and most were small burnt ends and looked disgusting (see photos). We mentioned this to our waiter when he came to check and he offered to bring new fries. We waited another 10 minutes for these to arrive but by then our steaks were eaten as they were getting cold. The waiter should of taken our plates away and got rid of the old fries, but instead he left them on our plates. The new fries were not alot better and we didn 't eat many due to the meal now being ruined! The waiter then bought us the bill. I just couldn 't believe we were about to pay nearly £80 for a meal that was utterly disappointing. I made an error here by paying the bill in full then thought I would go and speak to the manager. This was a big mistake. After waiting another 10 minutes to speak to someone the manager came over and said all she can offer is 20% off next time we visit. I told her this will not be happening and we won 't return. She said nothing else can be done and didn 't even offer a refund of the chips. I was disgusted and told her that if I had known this I would not of paid the bill at all until I had spoken to her, I felt dubed and angry, we even paid the service charge, added without us asking. As the restaurant manager surely she would have a small amount of discretion to offer something back to us??? I really don 't think it was to much to ask for? She just said she couldn 't offer anything else, which I don 't believe for one minute. I asked how I can escalate this further and she told me I can speak to hotel reception. We went back to our room and decided to ask for the manager when checking out in the morning. I spoke to the guest relations manager when we checked out, to be fair he did listen and take down notes and my contact details. He assured me he would look into this and come back to me. He accepted the restaurant manager was wrong in not dealing with this the previous evening. After 5 days of no contact from him I emailed to chase it up, then another 2 days (1 week had now passed) I decided to email the hotel chain direct to pass on my complaint and gave them all the details in an email. Two hours later I finally had a response from the guest relations manager. Although he apologised I was refunded just £13! From an £80 meal, absolutely unbelievable. Due to these circumstances and the way it was handled I cant recommend this hotel or steakhouse and will definitely not be returning. This is a restaurant backed by a 3 star michilin chef hence you expect good service and quality food, especially for the higher price you pay, seems like we were just paying for the name! Very disappointed"