The Mermaid Kitchen & Bar in Coleraine

Starter and dessert were nice. Main course was average. Service was terribly slow. Milk was curdled and sour with our coffee. Got a replacement milk for coffee and was assured it was fresh milk this time. Same thing happened again, curdled clumps of milk in our coffee. Definitely not fresh. Got them removed from our bill, but still a very slow dissapointing experience.

Very good food, one could see the touch of a chef who cares, fresh ingredients, great location, will definitely be back.

Did not enjoy are food here at all. The menu was not to are liking tbh. Food an drink very overpriced, £8.95 for a desert is the must expensive we've experienced. Staff were great though or would have given 1 star i would avoid here an not be back, the window view was the only positive part of the evening.

Extremely overpriced. Have been here before once quite a while ago and remember thinking at the time “I probably won’t be back here” but through lack of other options we ended up back there this evening and the food is just so expensive for what you get. I’m all for fine dining and happy to pay high prices for inventive, creative, perfectly cooked dishes, but this is just really small portions of pretty average food. The desserts are £8.95 for no more than a bit of basic cheesecake or pie on a plate with a scoop of ice cream on the side.The service wasn’t great tonight either but I don’t typically like to comment on service after only one negative experience as places can have off-nights, but we waited a really long time for both food and drinks despite arriving before it was busy and a few tables around us did complain.Prices need cut by about 30% and management needs to shake up the staff and it could be great.

On Sunday I Took my family out as a treat for birthday and our meal was very disappointing, our starters were very good but when it came to main course, firstly they didn’t have a great vegetarian option, one of my daughters took a beetroot burger, which was disgusting, like rubber definitely not made in house, her meal came minus the cauliflowers cheese which we had to ask for, it was very mushy and discoloured, I didn’t know what it was when I first looked at it and couldn’t eat it. On the plus side I had salmon and it was cooked perfectly. we had no cutlery on table so I I had to take some from another table, as the staff just set our starters down and walked off. We have been to this restaurant a few times and had good food and service but don’t think we’ll be back

We ordered the shredded chilli chicken sharing starter between two people which was really tasty and very filling - probably the highlight of our meal. Followed by chilli beef penne and peppered chicken, both very nice as well.They were working at a reduced menu due to covid. You ordered through a QR menu, which meant the service wasn’t just as great as waiters rarely came near us. We also found our table to be uncomfortably close to another couple next to us.

Disappointed. Only we were in good company and didnt want to complain thats about it. Bad service, doors slamming, waiters not knowing what they were doing or what tables to leave the food. Sweet came before main. Veg came long before steak, total chaos. Wont be back. Far nicer restaurants around at better prices and service

The best Sea Bass I have ever had. Book a table it is really popular. But worth the travel for a meal. Staff is out of this world helpful. Prices are not over the top. Definitely a 5-star experience

This was the best dinner we had in all of Ireland! Wow, where to even begin. I had the Basque-style cod, which might have been the best fish I've ever eaten, which came with roasted veggies. I also had to get a side of triple cooked chips, because they are the pinnacle of fried potato culinary advancement across all of human history. You know a restaurant means business when they have triple cooked chips. My table also had baked cod and some mussels, which were thoroughly enjoyed, and one of us had a cocktail and she thought it was creative and delicious. We even had dessert, which was excellent. The staff was friendly and the manager visited our table to check in. Very nice place.

Very good quality, tapas was quite tasty, tacos look good as well. Good choice on menu was quite difficult to choose. Ended up going for pasta which was nicely presented but was a little rich. On another occasion I had steak which was of high quality. Overall would recommend and maintains the high quality of service in the overall chain.