Ada Mediterranean Kitchen — Restaurant in England

Staff very friendly & helpful, food was poor.

As someone who travels a lot to eat a variety of foods & based in London area, I have to say the food & quality was poor at this place here on the Isle of Wight.

I came here subjected to the good reviews seen on trip advisor & Google.

I ordered the calamari starters & they came out in little battered onion ring sized form & were not as tasty compared to many other restaurants I have been too. They were over £7.00. Would not recommend. For mains I ordered what was recommended to me which was one of the main Mediterranean dishes & I was quite disappointed. I cannot remember the unique name of this dish. The portion size was not as filling as expected & the quality & taste was average. That was just over £15.00 Ps there was 6 of us at a table & we had to wait at least another minute for one of us to get their pizza whilst all our other food was getting slightly cold, not that this was a major problem, just to mention.

I then went for a desert which was the Turkish baclava with ice cream for around £5.95 & honestly it looked like the chef had just put two pieces of pre bought baclava which I could get from the Turkish market in London with a blob of ice cream in the middle & sprinkled it with some green dressing. I noticed all these little things because I love my food & I know what quality & prices there are.

At the end of the meal the kind waiter did ask us how the meal was & I did say it was good in the moment although I’d wish I’d of given the constructive criticism to aid.

Overall I was not justified with the quality of food,I know I have seen meany good & excellent reviews. Atmosphere was great & staff very friendly & welcoming but the food was certainly not up to expectations for the price you pay for. I’m saying this as a foodie who values food...

Booked here for a family birthday celebration which I casually mentioned when booking. Unfortunately 3 of our party couldn’t make it last minute but only gave them 30 minutes notice of this. They were so obliging even at this short notice as they were throughout from booking several weeks before upto the day itself. We arrived just before our booked time and were immediately greeted with a friendly smile and shown to our tables which they had decorated with birthday banners etc. ( I didn’t request this) which was a lovely touch and very much appreciated. The waiter asked on the quiet whose birthday it was so I pointed them out. The service, food , ambience was all 1st class and I can’t praise them all enough for making it a fabulous evening. When some of us had ordered dessert they brought out a little pudding with a candle on and all the staff present and sang happy birthday along with the whole restaurant. Thank you ada and all your team. A fantastic experience which will stay with us all. Very highly...

So good we’ve been here twice in a 4 day break! We are a family of 4 including a very fussy eater. Arrived on Monday to find very few open restaurants and took a chance here as walk-ins, and we’re very glad we did. I had the burger, which was delicious. One daughter had the salmon pasta and was impressed (bearing in mind my father-in-law is Sicilian and she’s grown up with great pasta). My other daughter is a fussy eater and had the sirloin steak. Being a fussy eater, steak is her go-to and we’ve been to a lot of top-end steak restaurants in Europe and the US; she knows what she’s talking about - and she said it was the best steak she’s had for a long time. My wife had the lamb shank, which was huge, and was the only one to try something new on the second night when she had the Mousaka which was also really nice. All-in, this restaurant was a fantastic surprise and no one wanted me to write this review in case the prices go up and we can’t get a table next time we return...