Cafe 52 — Restaurant in Aberdeen City

I m a bit sad, i used to say that it was my go-to place in aberdeen, but i feel like that the quality of the meals have droped a litle bit. However the staf and the environment is still wonderful and warm. I just wish more that more effort in the cooking side would have been involved! Being innovative is amazing, but understanding the right combination between different tastes, flavour and texture is crucial! For example there was nothing played with sourness! At all, all about sweet ans salty... Thats very poor, especially when the meals i tried weren't seasoning enough... The houmous was plained and lacked of flavour (no lemon nor cumin, even though its the base of any Houmous) and was really small (i mean look at the size of in that plate and all the bred), and lots of bred... Thats not what you expect when its written in the first row "Houmous"... And the vegies that went along with it had no purpose.. Big sliced of un seasoned salad and just Sweet pickled vegetables.... In plus i asked the waitress for a lemon and i insisted on a half lemon, and they brought me a fine slice... I didn't understand. And the mushrooms fricassée was nice, but that's funny that for a meal that had that much sauce you do not add anything to eat that sauce with, like rice or some of the bred that was over used for the Houmous..... Well, i am sure i was just unlucky this time, and i m sure it ll be better next time. But I trully have high expectations from my favourite restaurant in aberdeen.. Sorry...

Came here with the family for lunch and was so disappointed. The staff were semi friendly but our main waitress (who was blonde) was so rude and had a terrible attitude. In the end she tried to debate the optional service charge that we asked to take off and gave a negative reaction which absolutely solidified my decision to take off service charge. the overall service was also slow. There wasn’t even many tables when we arrived. The music was also so loud I felt like I was in a night club. The starters were okay, the Cullen skink was watered down though and small portioned. The mains took ages and when they arrived the beef bourgouin was so dry and sour. The Brussels sprouts veggie dish was also half charred… The dessert was pretty disappointing too. The pistachio and rose water cake was okay but was definitely microwaved so part of the cake was almost chewy and hard… and the eastern mess had hard bits of meringue. honestly I expected so much more from this place, I’m so...

✨ Cafe 52 ✨ Date night with my bestie 💚 It’s been on my wish list for years, and loved it! Heard great things from my Sister and Mum - Thank you both for the recommendation!

Loved the decor (and feeling as soon as we stepped in), the staff, the food, and that it was dog friendly…

We booked for the Tapas menu, and selected:

• Antipasto Platter - Sharing platter for 2 • Black pudding tapas dish • Side of Parsnip chips with Tate & Lyle syrup

Loved the first two, and the only wee comment if I had to find one, would be that we found the parsnips were too hard, but the thinner ones tasted delicious. When I come again I’ll be ordering them and will remember to mention as I look forward to trying them again.

Would highly recommend! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Look forward to visiting again soon 🫶✨

Heart (& belly) full 😘 Thank...