Mavi Restaurant — Restaurant in Scotland

A locals opinion. We had been meaning to try here since it opened and everytime we pass home from work it looks busy!We visited tonight for dinner as Their Sunday menu is great value for money. I ordered the chicken chili jam bites for starter. The sauce was delicious! It would be much better if the chicken was chicken breast and not thigh meat. I wouldn't order for again for this reason. If I had known it was chicken thigh bites I wouldn't have ordered so this is purely to my preference. The salad that comes with it was however lovely! And my partner ate the chicken. The grilled halaumi salad starter was also lovely. For main my partner ordered a sirloin steak and I ordered a ribeye. The sirloin was cooked exactly to order (a bit more supermarket quality steak which is a shame for a steak house) but the sides were delicious! And the veg cooked to perfection! I ordered a ribeye and a side of Mac & cheese. The macaroni was served considerably later than the main meal and I was more than halfway through my main but it was delicious and piping hot! 🤤 The ribeye was a little more well done than medium well but was a great cut and tasted delicious! Again sides were very complimentary! For pudding he had the sticky toffee which he said was 10/10. Lovely soft sponge and just the right amount!👍 I had the honey comb cheesecake which was ok. It tasted like frozen cheesecake that had been defrosted the day before. It would be amazing to see a home made cheesecake replace this like other local competitors but again that's just to my preference and taste. Drinks served with ice and Lemmon/straw, not needing to be asked for and lime with certain beers. Again is great to see this and that they don't have to be asked for. Chef who served one of our courses was lovely and very polite with a high standard of service. Gentleman who served us drinks was again great. Our main server a younger female was however a little less engaging but was still however apologetic for the late macaroni and served us promptly and efficiently. Overall we would return here but maybe just for a steak and not a 3 course dinner. The fillet steak ordered by other tables looked delicious and would be what I'd like to...

First visit to Mavi after reading some amazing reviews. But sadly I was disappointed. On arrival there was a confusion over what the table was booked under, eventually got seated at a lovely table near window(so we thought) there was a stag do in the other room who were extremely noisey it was hard to hear anything being said, probably why the waitress repeatedly had to come over and ask what drinks we had ordered. They had brought wine over with four glasses to which we said we didn't need two of the glasses however we would like 2 extra water glasses and a bigger jug of water as they only supplied us with enough for two people. Took ages for two of us to even get drinks. Eventually our food order was taken. Stag party still shouting over everyone and now it seemed the youths of leven were attracted to the restaurant and antagonising other customers and constantly hanging about outside. Also everytime someone went out the door it seemed to slam behind us which we felt in our seats! The other sides of the restaurant didn't seem much better, one side a noisey stag do, the other side a view of the toilets due to the door to the toilets getting stuck open. Not sure where I'd prefer to sit if I'm honest. Eventually got our food even after a table who arrived after us got theirs first. It was okay, nothing special, tasted fine. In fairness to the staff, one guy did apologise for the noise, but had everything else been great then it wouldn't have been an issue and I would of put it down to just a one off being that noisey. Still no sign of other water glasses either. It's safe to say I won't be...

We were there for a family birthday it was a Monday so we expected it to be quiet, which it was. First time here, nice menu. The Waitress needed prompted to take drinks order as party was a little late. Ordered drinks and a bread board to share as nibbles until the rest of the table arrived. All very nice but a little small for a shared board though. Starters were lovely , however my daughter had the prawn cocktail and mentioned it would have been nicer to have softer salad leaves or lettuce instead of cabbage mix.

We had a child with a milk allergy she was catered for and the chef was made aware of this which was reassuring. Most of the adults had steaks all cooked to perfection they could not fault it, this is rare!

Peppercorn sauce was not nice though, too watery it should be rich and creamy and peppered.

The burger was great, coleslaw. Excellent.

I had the sea bass which was well over cooked it came with lobster sauce which I thought strange as no lobster on the menu! It's a major allergen ! I tried the lobster sauce in a separate jug . It needs to go! The Fish would be so much nicer with a fresh citrus or herb butter. The Herb potato and diced veg could have had more flavour I genuinely did not get any herb flavour from it. Overall fish dish was a real disappointment.

Didn't try desserts as our grand-daughter has a milk allergy and there was no vegan or dairy free options on the menu. If the child can't eat dessert, we wouldn't either there was no vegan options...