We came in for to Sushi Samba to have my friends leaving lunch but there was a lot to say.

I will start with the food and drinks. The food was great we had lovely sushi the sushi samba signature one and California, and for the started we both had tuna ceviche. As you can see no photo because we just ate them as they were really good. The desserts were amazing, the designs and the taste was epic. The drinks were incredible, we had the lychee cooler let me tell you that stuff is addictive, we had their sake that was incredible. At the end we had 2 rolls of sushi, 2 desserts and 6-8 drinks.

The service… This is where it all went down the drain. As soon as we got to sit down, the server approached us and started taking our order. When we ordered the two starters, two rolls, two desserts and drinks, she said “This is not going to be enough for you” and “You should order a main too”. My jaw just dropped, I asked her why would you say so its 12noon early lunch on a Friday. To what she answered “It won’t be enough, you need to order more”. We both kindly declined her “recommendation”.

Whilst our food was coming to us, she would constantly moan that we need to order more. On the opposite side of us she had a couple that was sat not next to the window and a different table that had a group business lunch. This server tried to rush us so much, let alone we was there not even 30minutes. The server was running around that group table and when we wanted to get her attention to refill our water jug she didn’t care.

We finished our lunch and wanted to pay. Here we ask her 3 times maybe more to get our bill to which she said “I have to prioritize this group and get their bill”. Fine, no problem. The server gave their bill and the group left, this lady, she opens the little book that they give with a receipt and looks at it and there’s no tip, she storms off. This is where I believe that sometimes if people look to you that they will tip you £££ but they don’t this was you get for disrespecting the other tables. We got our bill from a difference server and still tipped her additionally to the service charge.

After this visit to Sushi Samba, will I go there to eat? No. Will I go there for drinks? Yes! But I am okay to stay in their bar section. Also, after such experience I have told my clients, friends and family and their reaction was everything “Why did you tip such a horrendous service?”

I hope that Sushi Samba, will give their servers a educational training on “clients looks”. As their servers are not great at being kind and professional.