Arisaig

Great Restaurant. Had a fantastic evening. Food was great and service was impeccable. Would definitely recommend.

I'm afraid I had a terrible experience in Arisaig last night and under no circumstances would I return. We were in a party of 10 and had enjoyed an average meal on a limited xmas party menu. I was poured a glass of house merlot and had a mouthful of sediment which was very unpleasant. I pointed this out to the manager who was very rude to me - bearing in mind I was only pointing it out and not asking for anything. I can, hand on heart, say I have never been treated so rudely. He sneered at me and said that it was a fine wine and I should expect sediment - it was a house red, not a fine wine! He walked away after telling me I didn't understand wine. I left it a couple of minutes and went after him to tell him I was very disappointed with the way he had handled things and that he had upset me. Only to find he was surfing the web trying to find a page that he could print off and give to me on sediment - really! I couldn't believe it! He then tells me that we were a problem table, when I asked what he was talking about he tells me that we have already sent back a dessert and two coffees. I was unaware of this but when I checked with my colleagues it turns out that one of them had to return their pofiteroles as they were still frozen in the middle and that two coffees had arrived cold and that staff were asked, very politely, if they could have them warmed up.

I'm sorry but I've never come across service like this in my life and from someone in authority, shocking. I'll never set foot in the place again and I'll ensure I let friends and family know about my experience as well.

This was the worst meal out my boyfriend and I have had yet. Very sub standard, bland and unpleasant. I left most of mine, which is a rarity. I've never written a bad review for any restaurant before, but feel I should warn people not to go as it will be a ruined evening.

My wife, 2 friends and myself visited this restaurant. I feel I must warn others of a very poor experience. Poor, yet over priced food, set in very noisy surrounding. I would certainly not recommend to others

Arisaig effortlessly manages to combine both stunningly mediocre food and meager portions, with premium prices that are completely unjustifiable for a restaurant of this quality. With numerous competitors in the close vicinity that offer not only a much improved standard of cuisine, but also often at a substantially lower cost, one wonders how such a business is able to survive.

We ate here last night and we were really disappointed. The service while friendly was very slow and nothing on the menu stood out and took our fancy.

At the end of a mediocre meal, we ordered the cheeseboard wich priced at £7.95 should have been fairly substantial but when it arrived it was 5 tiny morsels of cheese, one of which was a really old looking blue.

We were embarrassed at having chosen to take our family here and will definitely not return.

The service is terrible; there was only 5 tables in use and 4 front of house staff -
Ordered a bottle of wine - it arrived and they poured the first glass, then we had to top up the wine ourselfs even when the waitresses were passing by with nothing in there hands.
Ordered a fillet steak with kelp mash, the steak came a good 10 minutes before the kelp mash, and when the steak arrived even had to then ask for a steak knife (this was the second course)

The food was average, ordered a steak (blue) it arrived almost medium.

Would not recomend, will not be back

Would definitely NOT recommend...food was bland, surroundings noisy and crowded, and atmosphere not very welcoming. Definitely AVOID.

Elizabeth is bang on. It's a sad reflection on the low standards and general abuse of the English language in this city when "spicy" is used as shorthand for "hot". Plenty of ingredients are spicy but not hot e.g cinammon, cloves, nutmeg, mace, tumeric - need I go on??
Arisaig should immediately changes its menu to say "hot & spicy"

Not a bad place though.

Oh dear. Elizabeth from Paisley - what planet are you on. What does spicy mean if not chilli????? If you have a dietary issue then it is up to you to seek clarification from the kitchen. It is not a restaurant's responsibility to spell out each and every ingredient. If chillies are such an issue for you then you should take responsibility for yourself.
BTW i ordered a curry the other day and it did not specify that it had chilli on - should i take it back to the curry house?

Arisaig is a lovely restaurant.

In response to the previous posting, I have never, never, read anything more ridiculous than someone complaining that they ordered 'spicy' meatballs and then was genuinely surprised that they may have used chillies in order to make the dish.... 'spicy'? now that I have stopped laughing, I would say this is an excellent restaurant but I would warn you that I did order the chicken and was very surprised that when it came, it was chicken....

Do go.

Jeff

Very unsatisfactory visit for lunch. Ordered Chicken and Haggis Meatballs in Spicy Tomato sauce but didn't realise that "spicy" meant that it had chillies in it which I can't eat. Spoke to the manager and explained that in every other restaurant I have eaten in across the world if there are chillies in a dish it is normally specified so and that if I had realised there were chillies in it I wouldn't have ordered it. I said I thought I'd had the chicken and haggis meatballs before with whisky sauce and he agreed that there was a starter with those ingredients. All the more reason then that they should have stipulated the existence of chillies in the main course dish. The manager was bordering on the offensive because in his view I should have realised that spicy meant it had chillies in it. He refused to accept that he had a responsibility to his customers to state that the sauce had chillies in it. He even thought the responsibility was mine to tell him that I couldn't eat chillies !!! He offered to get me something else but stated I'd have to pay for the meal from which I had had one small bite. I told him no thank you and then had a a real struggle getting him to give me a doggy bag so that my husband, who loves chillies, could eat it later. His words "we don't do carry out" Eventually we left with the doggy bag and a very sour taste in our mouths, not to mention that I was still hungry.

Will definitely not be recommending this restaurant to anyone.