Othello — Restaurant in Great Yarmouth

Never seen so many people packed into a restaurant, people packed into every inch with some tables sticking out like a sore thumb - to the clear dismay of the couple sat on one.

The owner was very attentive and helpful but runs around the place like there’s no tomorrow when busy.

The menu and food offering is a bit chaotic, offering a mix of Greek, Mediterranean and British/Pub food.

The weights of the steaks are not listed on the menu, instead you can choose between "medium" and "large". When asked, the server said "the chef just cuts it". This seems open to variation and interpretation to me. Never seen steak on a menu like this before… the owner later clarified they ‘buy meat on the bone fresh and de-bone and cut as they go’. Still, this does not seem a fair way to ensure portion to portion consistency from customer to customer or indeed visit to visit. The owner then went onto say ‘they do not buy meat frozen or vacuum packed unlike other restaurants so steaks will always vary in size’. Well, offering a ‘medium’ or ‘large’ steak on the menu without a defined weight is clearly not an industry norm nor how any other reputable steakhouse business offer their food. Customers need to know what they are getting. The owner finished off by saying ‘you get what you pay for’, to which you will find my thoughts further below, and even went as far as to insinuate that we could not afford the food. It seems like those who do indeed know good quality food are not particularly welcomed - I wonder why that is?!

I had steak and prawns at a cost of £32. It was certainly not a £32 plate of food (I can get the same meal at most steakhouses in the middle of Cambridge for less). The steak was cooked fairly well but unfortunately had little to no seasoning. Hence, even with supposed good quality meat, the chef did not do it too much justice. The prawns were quite nice and meaty albeit completely saturated in garlic butter.

We hoped for more given this being a higher rated eatery in Yarmouth. It is average at best and in my opinion, overpriced given location and all other things considered.

If you’d like a steak in Great Yarmouth, I would recommend going a couple of doors down to Charcoal Grill who offer fairer prices, better quality meat and seemingly increased...

AMAZING FOOD SERVICE & STAFF AND ATMOSPHERE!!! I can’t believe that I’ve only just discovered this absolutely gem of a restaurant last night. I’ve been going to Great Yarmouth now for about 20 years and we only ended up finding Othello when having to search for another steak house after were disappointed to find out that our usual restaurant was closed for the evening, however, the disappointment was forgotten within 2 minutes of walking into Othello. We received a warm welcome by the owner Michael and shown to the bar area whilst a table was prepared for us, where I was introduced and offered to try their locally brewed draft lager (LRG) as I hadn’t heard of it before, turns out that is delicious, to me it was somewhere in between beer and lager and went down a treat, so I would also highly recommend that you try it.

Whilst waiting we were given menus and plenty of time to decide what to choose, although it was an easy decision for me when I saw the Fillet Steak and Kings Prawn, I’ll be honest, it wasn’t cheap at £42 but as the saying goes “you get what you pay for” and I can honestly say that without question that it was the best meal I’ve ever had!!! I can’t really afford to eat out at this amazing level these days, buy it was a bit of a treat and I’ll certainly be saving up my pennies so I can visit here again next year..

A massive thank you to Michael and his brilliant lovely team and not just because of the food, but also for creating the environment for a genuinely fantastic overall experience. If there was an option to give you 10 stars I’d have given it.

I wish you every success that your restaurant truly deserves, and we very much look forward to coming back in the future.

PS Lilly said that the spaghetti bolognaise was the best she has ever had and that it was so much better than what I make. Gotta love the honestly you get from kids. lol

Kind regards

Neil, Rob and Lilly...

Where to start. Firstly I can’t believe this is rated with as many stars as it has. The staff seemed nice, but they could be oblivious to their shortfalls because of the rating on here. The floor was sticky as were the tables where we were sitting. The cutlery that was laid out had food on it and because the table was sticky it gave the cutlery a slight tack. I ordered a gourmet burger.(picture attached). I started it but couldn’t finish it.Burger tasted and looked frozen had no burger sauce or anything.. it was all burnt underneath as you’d expect from a frozen patty and the cheap cheese slice that was all congealed on top and terrible bun made it feel like it was from a burger van outside a building site and had probably been sitting for about 10mins before being served. Waiter didn’t seem to accept my dislike for the burger.Only saying it’s not frozen..It was definitely not gourmet so you should stop calling it that..they obviously don’t take criticism on board to help them learn and improve. All in all not very nice, and totally overpriced.. It just felt dirty in there to me. Staff seemed nice people though, but please sort the burger out because it was...