Ambrosia Restaurant & Cocktail Bar in Enfield

First time eating here and I will definitely be coming back ! The service was great, very friendly, the food was in our opinion amazing, we even overheard others comment how lovely their food was. I eat out alot in different restaurants and i have to say this is one of the nicest / tastiest places I've been to in a long time.

The starter was nice - prawns pil pil but I ordered the octopus and monkfish as the main. The octopus was lovely but the monkfish was really overdone - a complete mush. What’s worse, when I complained that it was very overbooked, the staff did nothing to address my concern. When at the end of our meal I reiterated my complaint about the fish, the waiter just nodded. I would have expected a reduction in the bill, a drink on the house or at least a reduction in the amount of service. None of this happened. Not impressed.

A great Sunday lunch, beautifully cooked and good value. Staff were really friendly and attentive. Favourite place in this part of north london

Started off really good, staff were lovely and the starters was delicious but we was disappointed with the mains, my partner really wanted lobster but it was over done and so really tough and my lamb was over done and again tough

The menu is extensive, but with unusual choices, whereas many local 'quality' restaurants here have a limited menu where you can get bored after a couple of visits. The food was beautifully presented as well as super tasty. My wife had tiger prawns with chunky chips and I had the Chef's special rack of lamb with dauphinoise potatoes and asparagus. Very thick meat, not skimpy chops and a rich sauce. We'll be going back to try the many choices of pasta dishes.

As on previous visits, the food was of very good quality. The only downside is a new large flashing light sign showing the name "Ambrosia" that has been put up on one wall. This flashes constantly in different colours and, being visible from our table, was very distracting. We were told the flashing light could not be turned off but we could move table. As there was a big party in the main room, moving table was not an option to start with. Eventually we moved when another table vacated. In addition the music was louder than usual with music more suited to a night club than a restaurant.

Love this place, always such a warm welcome. The staff maybe young but certainly do not lack in experience. Maria and her family are so customer focused, it feels like you are having a meal with family. They work extremely hard in a location where they have a lot of competition. The food is always good but their fish / shell fish it amazing. During the summer we sit outside with wine and order course after course of little fish courses. The restaurant can be as cosy as you want for a romantic meal, or as lively as you want for an event. Our daughter held her wedding reception here at the last minute and it was truly and unexpectedly memorable. We have even ordered a take out when we couldn't be bothered to cook but didn't want to go out. Be kind to them here and you will be treated as family. Highly recommended.

Where to start, decided to give this local restaurant a go.. arrived and the whole restaurant was empty. Sat down and ordered drinks - so far so good. service a little cold but we then went on to order food. The food came really quickly - within 7/8 minutes I ordered a half lobster and my partner had a rib eye steak. the food came out and we were impressed with the presentation - that was all that was impressive. The steak was incredibly fatty, infact was all fat. The lobster came as a half shell, the main body was empty with just the tail meat... when i queried this the waitress was about to just remove the lobster and take it to the kitchen - I had to tell her to take the whole plate. a few minutes later she returned with a pretend lobster on a plate and pointed out that the chef said "that meat isnt good so we remove" What the hell? A few minutes she returned with the plate of food she initially bought. I asked to speak to a manager and the same girl came to the table - the poor girl definitely wasn't the manager This probably has the makings to be a fantastic place but is really let down by the inexperienced staff and poor customer service. Our bill should have been way over £100 and id have thought on a Tuesday night this place would be grateful of the business...

I had a big 0 birthday with a lot of guests on a Saturday lunch. Ambrose did me and everyone proud. Both the food and the service were great. Thanks Maria and team for helping it make it a happy event. John

Great food mainly roast dinners for 22 of us pre Christmas family get together Food all hot nothing missing Great service nothing too much trouble

Unfortunately we had a very bad experience here. Even though we weren't the only people left in the restaurant, by 9.30 the waiting staff clearly wanted those remaining to leave. They repeatedly turned the music up and down and the waitress was very unfriendly and rude when we asked for desert at 10.15. It was a very unpleasant experience and we won't be back, unfortunately.

Nice find! Tasty starters, mains delicious and fairly priced. When offered the choice of rice or chips, go for rice as the chips were a little disappointing. Waiters were friendly and didn't mind that our little one was being his normal crazy self. Would happily come again.

3 of us had a meal, starters were great (Octopus & a goats cheese), so were mains (Salmon Ravioli, Octopus & Burger), great chips, desert - Creme Brulee, Fondant pud - also great. Lovely place, good service. Definitely coming back here.

Visited with my sisters for birthday dinner.. ordered drinks and food…starters were ok, not brilliant but ok. Then the main arrived! We’d ordered half a lobster each, one with chips and two with mac n cheese. They bought two with chips and one mac n cheese…took a while to sort out. One of the lobsters was half empty and the other two about 3/4 full. When this was pointed out to them we were told that’s how they were! We asked for the manager who more or less said the same.. that’s how they were when they got them! I tasted mine…dry and tasteless doesn’t even come close. The outcome was we insisted they take them away and to be fair they did offer to get us something else but we declined for various reasons! We said we’d pay for the drinks and starters which we did..£60 and left. Never again!

Four of us went for a meal, friends catching up, the food was delicious! I ordered the octopus and it was charcoaled on the bbq without being chewy. The portion sizes are a bit gourmet. Presentation is excellent, ambience is tasteful. It’s quite a blingy environment. Staff are attentive and polite. Definitely would return