Joxer — Restaurant in Northern Ireland

Giving two stars because the service was decent. Today was my second time having brunch at Joxer, previously I tried the Hollywood establishment - both were equally as bad.

Myself and my partner both ordered the chicken flatbread dish that came with chips, we were shocked at the huge monstrosity pile of sauce and chips that came to the table. Joxer transformed what is usually a simplistic, tasty dish into this

It didn’t come with Tzatziki as was on the menu, but instead came out smothered in their tasteless mayonnaise based sauce which added no flavour, just made the chips soggy and the dish congeal into one big mayonnaise lump. The chicken was tender but horribly spiced, it tasted like someone accidentally dumped a whole jar of oregano on it. The flatbread was store bought, truly unremarkable.

This dish cost 14.50, for that price you would expect them to put an ounce of thought into the dish composition. They must think adding a pile of deepfried things and sauce to a dish masked it good… Seriously don’t know how they managed to mess up a basic chicken...

Our experience was not good. When we arrived my wife and I were shown to a table in the bar. When we requested to sit at a table in the restaurant we were told the tables were all reserved. However by the time we left, the patrons present had all left but one. New patrons had not replaced them and the place was empty. My seat was in full view of the bars dishwasher which was running during my meal. The 3 waitress also stood right beside our table, about 2 feet away through out our time here gossiping loudly. Our drinks were also very weak. My 'Old Fashioned' was a £10 Ice cube with very little by way of anything else. The food was the most positive part of the experience, but at the price point it underperformed. A pity. The decor is nice, and the music was modern but appropriate. The restaurant was very humid and muggy during our visit (perhaps due to steam from the dish washer), as there are no ceiling fans or air conditioning it made eating there uncomfortable, so I couldn't...

Nice meal and good service, right up until the point we paid our bill which was brought to us as soon as we finished desert, without us asking for it. Not thinking anything of it I even regretfully left a tip. Once payment was taken we were asked if we had any drinks left to finish as another couple had the table booked from 20:15. This was at 20:21, making us feel like we had already over stayed our welcome. We were quite shocked to say the least and didn’t know what to say, once the waitress left I checked my email confirmation which said we had the table from 19:00 to 20:45, as had the person who phoned to confirm our booking. We booked a taxi and had to wait outside in the freezing cold for it to arrive. Really sour ending to an otherwise lovely night. Awful service, clearly so they could accommodate a walk in. Safe to say we...