Amanda's in Sefton

Booked a table for 11.00am. Gave our order to the waitress. Drinks arrived……. And nothing else! At 11.45 we noticed tables who arrived after us had their food. Queried where our order was…. Apparently the kitchen never received it. Still got charged for our drinks despite very poor service!!

Really lovely concept and great looking venue. Menu was a nice change to the usual unhealthy pub grub you find around here. Liked it. Had 2 items off the breakfast menu. The vibes benedict was cold and cooked with too much vinegar but, overall taste was nice once I got over the vinegar. I will go back. Really reasonable pricing and the coffee was lush.

The staff here were lovely and the place seemed clean and very welcoming for sit down diners. However, the take away I had from here last night was the worst Chinese I’ve had in a very long time. The prawn toast was ok but the spring rolls were very small. No flavour to either of them. The Char Sui pork was dry and tasteless, hardly any sauce, the egg fried rice hardly had any egg in and again just no flavour. I ordered the Barbeque ribs and they were literally the toughest thing I’ve ever eaten, it was clear they had been cooked and reheated because they were almost like plastic. I couldn’t even chew them enough to swallow. The vast majority of the food went in the bin. I really wanted to like this place as it had such good reviews and I love Chinese food, but after last night’s experience I won’t be coming again. A real waste of £40.

Popped in after a long walk down Formby beach. Staff were very warm and welcoming, great selection of ales and the place was full of well behaved dogos...had a great time! Hopefully will have the time to pop in again next time I go down to Formby 🙂

Very expensive for what you get, bacon was over cooked for my taste, tea bags in a diffuser teapot doesn't work, friendly service.