Zinc — Restaurant in Northern Ireland

Went to zinc for my birthday dinner. Looked forward to a good Sunday roast. This wasn't that 😕. No roast beef left so thought you can't go wrong with a roast chicken dinner but it was a let down. Don't think you're going to get proper sliced roast chicken, it was 2 thin slices of a chicken fillet, done in a frying pan, overdone on 1 side pale on the other, couldn't chew it so gave up. Mash and roasties were nice, 1 little bit or roast carrot + 4 bits of parsnip were OK apart from the sprinkle of rosemary that made it taste floral which I don't like, big chunk of cauliflower + big chunk of broccoli with melted cheese over, its maybe just me but cheese has no place on a Sunday roast dinner. The stuffing was really nice but they'd also ran out of Yorkshire puddings. Pudding was bits of meringue tossed on a plate with cream ( Pavlova) meringue was overdone, hard and bitter. The atmosphere was frantic, if you put your fork down for too long they tried to take your plate, ( twice ) ! Waitress rushed by, whacked my chair, didn't even acknowledge it, just glad I didn't have my fork in my mouth at the time ! Couldn't relax and enjoy it even if the food had of been good. Won't be...

Called into Zinc on Tuesday past with me wife and daughter. We had originally planned to meet friends in Portstewart but they unfortunately had to rain-check so we decided to stay closer to home, handier for drinking and not driving. Our meal in Zinc was exceptionally good. We had Tequila Cod Tacos and Chicken and Chorizo Spring Rolls for starters which were genuinely excellent. Our mains of Steak, Salmon and Mixed Grill were fantastic in flavour, plentiful and cooked really well with absolutely no complaints. The two staff working on Tuesday (sorry didn’t get names) were attentive and welcoming and made for a really pleasant evening. I have said this before and I am more than happy to say this again Zinc is one of my favourite restaurants in our area and the really nice thing is that it isn’t hyped up like the eateries in the two Ports which quite frankly in the main are mostly overrated and over priced. Well done Zinc for keeping it simple and real. We will definitely being seeing...

I have been eating in Zinc since it first opened & have had lovely meals & great friendly service. Tonight though was a different experience when it came to paying the bill. I was told the price, I asked for a receipt which I was then given, I paid the bill by Contactless & the waitress said thank you & goodbye with her back to myself & my husband. Sadly we could sense the bad vibes that she gave off & we left somewhat deflated & wishing we hadn't left a tip. The name on our receipt was Naomi (whether this was the waitress whom we paid I don't know). All said & done we will come back but staff should be trained that the customer is entitled to receive & check the bill...