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Bistro Este

Bistro Este

221 Upper Newtownards Road, BT4 3, Belfast, United Kingdom

Soup • Fish • Meat • Bistro


"Been going here since it opened and always felt it well priced, imaginative food and good ingredients. Last night it could only claim to be one of the three. The flavour of the scallops in my starter was killed stone dead by the spicyness of...the XO sauce which was good in itself, but the scallops belonged nowhere near it. My main of fish cakes and prawns was a disaster due to the poor quality of the ingredients. My hake a grey colour and mushy, not the firm white glistening piece of fish I would expect for a dish. The prawns also soft and mushy, clearly not fresh. The fish cakes were in fact potato croquettes fish in these was nonexistent. My dining partners dish of lamb was dry and as a slo cooked piece of meat one would expect the opposite. I suspect not freshly made for it to eventually dry out like that. His gnocchi hard from being re heated and fried, the element of mint was there but fading. Service was average as our table piled up with empty glasses and an empty water bottle I had to pile them to the side to make it obvious. White and rose wines are chilled to death. Its a rather annoying trait that they swirl ice in each glass to make it cold then pour refrigerated wine into it. A Viognier I ordered was barely recognisable. The rose I suspect oxidised by living a long lonely life in the fridge. It was drinkable though. Trip advisor need to update prices here. Starters are and mains start at for chicken and for veggie option but most with fish and chips Gone is the early bird menu."

The Kitchen

The Kitchen

93 Market Street, BL5 3AA, Bolton, United Kingdom

Greek • Vegan • Vegetarian • Gluten Free


"a few years ago I spent all the time in Greece. it came over a year and during my many visits I have eaten in many restaurants and taverns. I had some great traditional meals from the humble cuisines in small villages to the upper end 'city' restaurants. I love Greek eating. the kitchen is not like that. there is no Greek music and no sign of zorba. there is not moussaka. there is a fresh, young and lively attitude to Greek eating and I love it! all the aromen to crumb the Greek cooks into these traditional dishes are raised in modern contemporary dishes, which I believe the new approach to the Greek cuisine. my wife and I had 4 appetizers (how can they choose only 1? and two netzens who were excellent. the lamb Baklava-Starter was a taste of the heavens and an outstanding court under a very high quality field and it was closely followed by the black man who was so rich but well balanced with the accompanying granatapfelsalat. my wife had the excellent chickensuppaki who would have fed us both! the service was as good as eating. we had to remember that our meal times were coming together with a big football game, but we were back assured that it was a sport-free zone and that was it. the ambiente was very good, although the circumstance of football made the dinge somewhat calmer than normal, but nevertheless the feeling in the restaurant is a happiness. everyone smiled and was very pleasant and ready to answer the many who we had about the restaurant. we have a guided tour and saw the recently opened "garden" area with its rustic crash, which pushes on trend with the best places in Greece. I would like to thank all the staff of the kitchen for a wonderful experience and thank the management for their vision and commitment at the opening and the success of this beautiful juicy food. epharisto poli! we will return sooner than later."