Next Door - Llandudno

Next Door - Llandudno reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   Gwyn

   London6 reviews

   1.0

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   Honestly don’t know and can’t understand what’s gone wrong at this establishment. What once was a place to look forward to going for a special occasion now certainly falls short. One thing for sure won’t be going back. Not a friendly greet on arrival. The restaurant was empty other than a table of three at the back. We noticed there wasn’t a table for four laid out. We asked the waiter did you receive our booking he replied yes. But you’re early! Now then that was not the best of starts, normally we would be asked if we would like a drink at the bar. If being 10 minutes early is an issue when you want to have a drink God help this business future. The waiter poured the wine as if he was just taken off the street, he certainly didn’t know how to handle a bottle of wine and pour profesionally. He spilt some wine on the table, was there any attempt to clean it up, absolutely no. Mussels were ordered, where do you think the finger bowl was put. Yes you’ve got it, over the spilt wine as if it was to hide it. Nothing more than shoddy sloppy service. As for the food, mediocre it probably lost its shine due to the service. One of us had steak, it was hard going. Very tough. Again this was mentioned to the waiter, was anything done to rectify the situation, no it wasn’t. Left to carry on as if there was no care in the world. To be honest we turned down sweets, we were made to feel if we took them we were making them stay longer at work. A lot is to be said when you arrive at an almost empty restaurant, you wonder why. You have been warned.
   

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   Wasa

   Shropshire1 review

   3.0

   Dined on April 23, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Scallops dish was awesome. Beef wasn’t taste like beef as it was covered by the sauce. Crab dish was tasty but too salty. Staff was nice and kind. Food takes around 30 minutes to serve. If you’re really hungry this place is not recommended.
   

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   David

   Warwickshire7 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on April 18, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   We arrived to an empty restaurant and didn’t receive a warm welcome. Once we were sat down all went smoothly, apart from the wine we ordered being out of stock. The food was excellent, although very slightly on the rich side. Would recommend.
   

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   Mandy

   Birmingham2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on April 16, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Lovely meal. Small plates were amazing, sea food was very fresh and perfectly cooked.
   

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   ROBERT

   Brighton1 review

   5.0

   Dined on April 16, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Amazing food, excellent service, caters for vegans and pescatarians. Great value for money. Slightly better than the cottage loaf.
   

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   Ellie

   Birmingham3 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on April 12, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Beautiful food. I recommend the black bomber cheese croquettes
   

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   Paul

   Cornwall1 review

   4.0

   Dined on April 11, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Superb food again with great ambience and service but with the menu change from the visit last year just a little blot on the evening. Overall a great visit.
   

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   Tanya

   Warwickshire2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on April 5, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Our first visit here on our long weekend break. Loved the idea of a British tapas! Food was amazing. Friendly service and lovely atmosphere. We chose from the small plates selection, 6 dishes in total, the pork and lamb was particularly delicious but overall we couldn't fault any of the dishes we chose. (Beetroot dish, salmon, black bomber and leek croquettes, confit duck leg) Followed by an Affogato dessert with amaretto instead of rum.
   

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   Lucie

   Cheshire9 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on March 30, 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 1

   Underwhelming. Unfortunately fell short of expectations. Food was tasty but let down by old fashioned presentation and service very slow and devoid of any personality, plus no pricing on the set menu felt pretentious. Atmosphere was stiff and felt unwelcoming This place could be great, my advice would be to improve the front of house experience, employ a host/wait staff who introduce themselves upon arrival, and form rapport with the customers, if there’s multiple available tables give guests the choice (we were given a terrible table by the door/service hatch when a lovely window table was available) and play some chilled music for ambience. All constructive criticism, no offence to the clearly talented chef or management intended.
   

   Next Door - LlandudnoResponded on April 4, 2025

   Thank you very much for taking the time to write and for the spirit in which the comments were made. We do take the observations and your two star review to heart and we will be discussing each and every point raised. We will try to figure out why your experience was at odds with so many others on the same day. Consistency needs to be our watchword. We do hope we'll see you again.
   

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    Liz

    Cheshire1 review

    2.0

    Dined on March 30, 2025

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 2

    Poor food not what we were expecting the roast lamb meat was fatty and over cooked ( you could not get the roast beef or lamb cooked to taste ) the vegetarian option was dry and undersea seasoned and needed a sauce .. dessert was okay but it was expensive for such a poor experience .. the service was okay
    

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