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Very disappointed with The Ivy Asia Guildford
Very disappointed with The Ivy Asia Guildford. Went there expecting a good experience but too much wrong unfortunately. Nice ambience obviously spent a lot on the decor but should have guided their expense elsewhere. Had to use iPhone torch to read the menu as quite dark where we were sitting. My starter came at the same time as the main course ??? The Crispy Duck was not very crispy or tasteful and came with cold pancakes Yes cold and they said that is what they served - a first for me ?! The extras greens were inedible as just too tough - never experienced that before and extra noodles were just a mess - cucumber was ok. The salmon dish was very good as were some ice cream deserts which my grand daughters had. The Samurai pudding was just awful supposed to be a mouse etc cannot believe it really. So all in all not what I expected and forty five pounds Service Charge ! Oh dear - I would not recommend this place actually my local Chinese restaurant doesn't have anything like the decor but the food is ten times much better all round and so much tastier and you choose if you want to tip - I do. Will I be going there again - absolutely not I think they have lost their original core values where you used to get great dishes at other Ivy restaurants I have visited but now it seems to be all about making money and you have to keep to a time slot it would have been nice to have had a coffee but we were told that we had come to the end of our time slot and we had to vacate. I wish I could have been writeing a glowing report but sadly not. Mind you the area does have some excellent restaurants so it is no hardship. John