Atina Kitchen — Restaurant in England

Atina used to be my favourite cafe in Chester, up until a year or 2 ago. The food and service went downhill so I stopped coming and found a much better cafe a few doors down. But the other cafe has now closed, so last week I thought id give Atina another try, only to regret it within the first 10 minutes of being there. I'm not sure if all staff members are told to be as miserable as possible? But both young girls were so moody they made the place feel so uninviting. It's surely not that hard to smile and be polite... I even witnessed one staff member speak to an older lady like she was something on the bottom of her shoe, all because she asked her where could she sit. The food was a 4 out of 10. I do have a picture of my hard boiled egg on my very sad looking breakfast but there is no option to post a photo! Safe to say I will never be visiting Atina again. And from reading your recent reviews I am not the only one to have this opinion. Edited... Reply to Chloe from Atina.. Firstly it would be great if you could get my name correct considering it is written at the top of this review. And secondly this is a true reflection of your service because my latest visit was last week and reading the most recent reviews other people have rated you low. So instead of pointlessly replying to reviews, why not take the time to train your staff...

We called here after a busy day shopping in chester and we were greated buy a lovely, quaint and well organised restaurant. It is full of lovely historic features but very well dressed up to feel modern. Its bursting with character and all thats just the building. As for the staff there was one waiter who was looking after the terrace where we were sat he spent alot of time making us feel like welcome and his attention to detail was impeccable. He was also very knowledgeable about the food that was being served. I had the gnocchi to start and lamb for main both were lovely to look at and also to eat we got sweet potato fries but they werent needed altough lovely. The cocktails that we drank were absolutly spot on and fairly priced for the standards we were served. Although it was a busy race day in chester once we entered it was like we had entered another world where all the worries of life could be forgot. The only fault iv got is we were charged for spicey mayo which i though should have been free but that didnt stop me giving a £10 tip which is the first time in my life i have ever done that..... thats the first time iv been that impressed by service and attention to detail. Thanks waiter sorry we never asked your name we were the couple that have just got...

Lovely little restaurant with friendly staff, great service and good food. We went for dinner as part of a little pre Christmas trip to Chester.

The small plates were delightful. We had the focaccia, meatball and fried lasagna. Every item was lovely… and I’ve definitely been inspired to deep fry my lasagna in future!

We had the onglet, bhaji burger and broccoli tagliatelle for mains. The onglet was delightful, but I didn’t regret my choice (the tagliatelle). The mango ketchup that came with the bhaji burger was too sweet for us, but I’m sure it would have suit those who have a sweeter palate. If we had extra stomach space, I would have loved to try the lasagna (because the fried version was so nice!)

Nothing wrong with the dessert per se, but they were the weakest course… which was a little odd. The chocolate crème brûlée was fine but nothing to write home about … while the sticky toffee pudding was not the right texture for me. The coffees were delightful though!!

Overall, this was a good find! I’d love to go back during the day and try their brunch - the Malaysian in me is intrigued by the chai tow kway & paratha (the description is that for chai tow kway so not sure where the paratha comes in, but I...