Mildred's

To be honest, I'm really surprised about the bad reviews. I've eaten dinner here with friends and also come for take away at lunchtime a couple of times. On each occasion the food has been really good and the staff friendly and helpful. Service was a little slow at dinner, but I didn't mind that as I wasn't in a rush. Once we'd finished eating we didn't feel rushed to leave either.

I'd fully recommend it to others. It's a very good, reasonably priced veggie restaurant.
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Liv
8 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Friday, December 21, 2012

I visited Mildred's on my own on late afternoon on 30th November 2012 as I was waiting for my husband to finish work.

After ordering, I read some of the other reviews on here and my heart sank a bit! I have to say the service was fine although after receiving my menu it took a looooong time for staff to come take my order. I'd hoped that as I was alone they'd look after me a bit better, it wasn't as if I was deep in conversation with anyone!! Instead I sat there for quite a while trying to catch someone's eye. However when they did come over they were pleasant enough.

I had the grilled dumplings and they were unbelievably good, I'm a fan of dumplings and these were possibly the best I've ever tasted.

On the flip side I heard a couple of the staff talking about a customer who wanted to pay the 'discretionary but already added to the bill' 12.5% service charge. They didn't say anything TOO bad but were irritated by her... come on I don't want to overhear that!

I felt the prices seemed a little high for what seemed to be a simple menu, I'd planned on having a dessert but when I saw that everything was around £7 I just thought I'd pop somewhere else for a coffee and a cake. Its a shame because I'd made a special effort to get there as I'm veggie and want to support fellow veggie restaurants/cafes. So in summary, the dumplings were the only thing I ate but they were so delicious I was thinking about them all weekend and I'd definitely go back. Room for improvement on service but I left feeling happy.
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jeffles
4 Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 4
Monday, December 03, 2012

I went here yesterday with 3 friends (my 1st visit) after trying to make a reservation was told (rudely) they didn't take bookings....funny though, as whilst we waited the manager took a booking for a couple who he knew - short memory....

Attitude and manners aside, the food was very watery and bland - I had deep fried chinese dumplings tossed in ginger, garlic, chilli with kimchi which was ok, followed by stir fried asian vegetables which were very watery and bland and had a baby food texture.

With the attitude and arrogance of it's staff, not to mention the price, the food here would need to be of a very high quality, but unfortunately compared to the standard (and service) of vegetarian food in Toronto or Stockholm this is very poor.
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Paul Grahamson
0 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Was really excited about finding this vegetarian restaurant. Unfortunately was let down...

Service was dreadful. The manager was so rude from the moment we walked in. I definitely rang and (thought I had) booked a table. Not sure who I must have spoken to but apparently they don't take bookings so we did have a bit of a wait. He was very rude about that too!

They couldn't give us the wine we wanted as they were out but then we either had to take the house wine that wasn't that nice or pay more for another bottle. They wouldn't even let us pay the same price for the next bottle up as the one we wanted that they were out of. Other restaurants have done in the past. Plus again was very rude about it.

The food was average. Could have been a bit more creative for vegetarian only restaurant.

Lucky I had great company!
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4 Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 7
Thursday, November 08, 2012

SHOCKING ..... rude rude rude..... honestly i will not want to give them the time of day or the change from my pocket.

They have no comprehension of service or indeed basic manners.

if you fancy overpriced food with a side portion of arrogant attitude swing by to Mildred's
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1 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 1
Wednesday, September 05, 2012

I completely agree with the below review...I ate (eventually) at Mildred's on yesterday (Thursday) and was it was simply a shambolic, stressful and incredibly long process! The waiters were rude, frazzled and simply clueless and made us feel like we were begging for our food.

The tables are crammed together and the place is very noisy - definitely not idea for a catch up with friends.

The food when it did arrive was tasty and could not be faulted - tasty ingredients and generous portions - although certainly not value for money when you get the bill. Also the wait is so long that you are forced to order starters and nibbles that you ordinarily may not have.

The whole experience was completely unpleasant.
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2 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Saturday, September 01, 2012

I visited mildreds last night with some friends - we were met by a crowded front entrance of people waiting to go in so I thought this could only be a good sign. Unfortunately not! We waited a while to place our drinks order, and when we finally received drinks our waiter couldn't even tell us what the days specials were without running back and forth to the board - fair enough, but still not a great look.

Our meals were okay, I ate about a quarter of mine but my friends seemed to like theirs - it just felt like a LOT of food was put on the plates!

We were ready for the bill but ended up sitting there for about 20 minutes until someone came over to bring us the bill, despite asking quite a few times! Just as we went to ask the waitress for the card ready she interrupted us with 'what do you want?', and at this point we decided not to pay the service charge - for obvious reasons!

Once a different waiter realised we weren't paying the service charge he chucked the change from my portion of the bill onto the table and walked away to tell the rest of his colleagues what had happened. They were unbelievably rude as we left and the male waiter nearly knocked my friend over!

This is a disgrace and NO ONE should ever eat here!!!!!
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0 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Sunday, July 22, 2012

The food at Mildred's is good. Unfortunately I won't be going there again. I recently visted with some friends. We had enjoyed the meal although the wiatress was a little rude. As soon as we had paid the £150 bill we were asked by an even ruder member of staff in a very abrupt manner how long we were going to be? Could it have been because we didn't pay the 12% optional service charge added to the bill? We left immediately as it was clear we were no longer welcome which did take the edge of what would have been an enjoyable evening.
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5 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 4
Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Busy Good Friday afternoon, but still got a table straight away. Went along cause I'd hearrd about this place from a friend, and wow. Went along with an italian friend who is a bit of a foodie and he was impressed. Everything was super tasty. The mains are reasonable, but adding starter and dessert hikes the bill a little. Still well worth the treat every now and again. Wanted to try all the dishes other people around me had ordered, always a good sign!
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Jooles
9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Saturday, April 07, 2012

agree with the review, especially about the service which was stunningly bad. our nasty waiter not only ruined our experience but lost the plot and brought our food luke warm. sadly we won't be going back
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norie
4 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 4
Saturday, January 28, 2012