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1. LB

   LornaB

   Hertfordshire

   2 reviews

   4.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on January 29, 2023

   overall4food5service5ambience4

   We had the Robert Burns Menu and the food was very good was not disappointed at all. The bar was very quiet maybe turn the music down a little bit.

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   mags

   Perthshire

   8 reviews

   3.0

   8 reviews

   Dined on January 28, 2023

   overall3food2service4ambience4

   staff were all very nice and the place itself is good. however food is a hit or miss. the carbonara was tasteless, tempura not very crispy and steak pie was watery.

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3. EH

   EleanorH

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on January 20, 2023

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Food and service were great. This was early evening and it was quiet.

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   AlistairM

   Edinburgh

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on January 7, 2023

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   Absolutely lovely..both food and service great! Deffo be back

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5. CS

   ClaireS

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on January 7, 2023

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   Excellent selection of dishes. The meals were delicious and service prompt.

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6. JH

   JHen

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on January 7, 2023

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   Dont mess with a classical! We both ordered steak pie with hand cut chips and seasonal vegetables. What we received was more like a soup. The meals were, bizarrely, served in a large bowl. This resulted in the food being completely drowned in a watery, tasteless gravy that half filled the large bowl. The steak pieces were tough and the fries (the bought in, frozen variety rather than hand cut as advertised) were saturated in so much gravy I couldn't eat them. On the plus side, I did enjoy the carrots that were having a swim in the steak soup. The waiter did ask if the meals were OK after noticing a lot had been left and did say he would pass on our comments to to the chef but i have my doubts that changes to the presentation will be made. Having recently moved to the area I was looking forward to trying The Urbanist. Based on this experience we will keep looking for a decent lunch venue.

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   CarolC

   Ayrshire

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on January 3, 2023

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   Easy to book online, friendly and professional welcome from staff! We choose from Christmas menu and the Christmas dinner and Christmas burger were both excellent! Great service, great food, lovely setting x

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   SDLMC

   Glasgow

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on January 2, 2023

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   As always when we visit the Urbanist it’s a very pleasant time, filled with good food, great service and a nice atmosphere. The ambience & service is always 10/10. Drinks are made and served in a timely manner. Good selection of cocktails to choose from and I really enjoy that they have different specials on each time I visit. Food is always a great selection and served piping hot. Portions are more than enough & I do believe even though it is one of the pricier places in town that it is value for money & worth every penny. I’ve visited the Urbanist with friends for cocktails, with family for a meal and on date nights and each time it’s exceeded my expectations.

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   Killie

   Ayrshire

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on December 25, 2022

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Meal was good and plenty of staff on hand to help with any query.

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10. DF

    DavidF

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 17, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    First time at the Urbanist and it was excellent food was perfection staff were very friendly and helpful for our party of 8 for a Birthday looking forward to coming back.

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    KrisB

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 17, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience4

    Good food , fast and excellent service was server's were very attentive and drinks never empty for long

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12. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    Ayrshire

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on December 10, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    We arrived at The Urbanist and were warmly greeted. My friend and I were presented with the menu and our drinks order taken. A short time later our drinks were served and our food order taken. The man who served us was so polite and friendly and made us feel so welcome. Our food arrived really quickly and it was delicious. My friend ordered Pate followed by Firecracker Chicken, I on the other hand ordered Chicken Tempura followed by Mac and Cheese. Both meals were delicious and the girls who served them were lovely. The interior is very well decorated and the seating very comfortable a nice warm ambiance in fact. My friend and I are looking forward to a return visit and trying other items on the very varied menu. Well worth a visit.

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    Atehere

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 10, 2022

    overall2food2service2ambience3

    Christmas dinner was crap, also got a beef burger instead of a chicken burger but was that was nice, just a bit awkward. Wouldn't recommend ordering the Christmas dinner. I think staff know it's crap hence why they don't ask when clearing if everything was ok. So again awkward.

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    JeanY

    Ayrshire

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on December 8, 2022

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    Very attentive staff and excellent food. Pre-theatre meal and was served promptly and efficiently.

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    ShirleyR

    Ayrshire

    6 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on December 4, 2022

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    Couldn't fault anything. The food was lovely & well presented & the pudding was a large portion. Staff were all very nice & helpful

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16. KA

    KayleighA

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 19, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Food was amazing. Table of 9 of us and everything was handled perfectly. Polite staff. Definitely will be back. Asked for halal chicken in advance and they ordered it in for us which suited perfectly as 2 members of the group could only eat halal. Definitely will be back. DJ set up about 8 and was great music playing, very chill vibes.

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17. SG

    ShonaG

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 19, 2022

    overall4food4service5ambience4

    Great service, very pleasant and good food. Will return soon

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    mags

    Perthshire

    9 reviews

    4.0

    9 reviews

    Dined on November 18, 2022

    overall4food4service4ambience4

    big improvement from our last visit. the food was very good and the staff were attentive and friendly

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    cnic

    Glasgow

    2 reviews

    1.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on November 12, 2022

    overall1food2service3ambience1

    We have eaten here several times before and decided to visit on my wife's birthday. Menu completed changed. Poor vegan / veggie options. Service variable. Asked what we would like to drink before we had removed our coats, and then again before we had the wine list. Then had to wait fifteen minutes to order drinks after we had the wine list. My wife asked for the vegan menu and was told that they had to reduce vegan options when the last chef left. Food was ok, but nothing inspiring. Very much doubt if we will return

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20. G

    Glasgow

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 8, 2022

    overall3food3service2ambience2

    Not very impressed. Had to request separate menus for drinks and desert. These weren't offered to us. After ordering my drink someone came around to say they don't the particular glamour I wanted and had brought a bottle of alcohol for me to smell and see I will like. NO! Ordered something different which was OK. Main courses were alright, however chips were cooked from frozen and the homemade chicken nuggets from the kids menu were shop bought, as well. Kids dessert was churros and they were just under cooked. Sticky toffee pudding wasn't great either. Service was rather erratic, the place was literally empty and we were rushes as if they had 20 tables waiting. A shame as it has a really nice atmosphere otherwise.

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21. JB

    JohnB

    Glasgow

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 29, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience4

    Might be an idea to offer a gratuity option when paying by card I am sure I am not alone in not carrying cash anymore for a tip.

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22. NR

    NicolaR

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 14, 2022

    overall2food2service4ambience2

    We arrived at 8pm. We were rushed through our meal and asked to see dessert menu at 8:50 to be told the kitchen had closed. Would have been good to know that in advance. Steak was served with oven chips, curry was served with shop bought chutney and poppadom. Disappointing visit. Wouldn't go back. Lacked atmosphere although not surprised only 3 tables filled on a Friday night!

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    Willow

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 5, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    First visit to the Urbanist. Staff were very friendly and courteous. Beautiful design inside. Food was delicious. Would definetely be back.

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    Rachael

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 1, 2022

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    I'm really sad to be leaving a bad review, but after booking a table for my birthday dinner I'm just so disappointed in the whole evening. From the start we were placed away from the main restaurant, from what we can assume was overbooking. The area was literally right next to the full screen tv playing rugby and the pool table which was being used by a group. I did ask if we could move tables but was told the restaurant was fully booked and I felt the manager was angry at me for even asking - after another request from another member of our group a divider was pulled out between the dining table and the pool table. When more of our table arrived they felt the reception was positive until they mentioned the table name and just told "upstairs" - in a dismissive tone. Two main courses of firecracker chicken were sent back as we just couldn't eat them due to the taste ( the waitress informed us that a lot of people had told her this) - yet no apology was offered. The service was pretty bad, multiple people asking us the same question over and over. The lights kept going off throughout the meal as someone obviously tried to adjust the brightness elsewhere. My friend ordered a steak and could only eat half due to it being so fatty. When it came to the bill we were initially charged for the two mains which were sent back, before we again spoke to the manager and they were removed. The waitress then tried to charge the table next to us for our bill and then made the mistake again and tried to charge us for a complete other table ! I think the restaurant obviously tried to make the best of a situation by sitting us upstairs but it was very much a bad decision to sit a formal dinner table next to the pool table for a start and it went quickly downhill from there. I'm especially upset as I've had really good experiences in the past and don't want this to ruin going again in the future. I felt I had to apologise to my friends for having reccomended the place.

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    EmmaK

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on September 27, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience4

    Lovely family meal, great menu and plenty of selection for my nearly 2yo. Staff were great too

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    AlanA

    Ayrshire

    10 reviews

    3.0

    10 reviews

    Dined on September 25, 2022

    overall3food4service3ambience3

    Well the portion sizes for the roast dinner were very small two wee bits of meat. My sweet came which was sticky toffee pudding came and it was cold. My mothers Eton mess came in a glass instead of a bowl . The staff need training on how to serve plates of food you don’t pass the food over the table you go round to where the people are sitting. Also cutlery always goes on the left not the right hand side. The staff were very friendly. You need to up your game.

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    JamesB

    London

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on September 24, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Went for lunch, originally booked a table out side as had my shih tzu dog 🐶 with us, as unaware dog was allowed in the bar area with the dog which was great, definitely would book again due to this. Great service and food had a lovely afternoon here very well priced too for lunch, lovely surroundings and decor Would highly recommended this place to all. ☺️

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    Ttttt

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on September 23, 2022

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    Mussels and scallops were really nice starters. Partner had delicious chicken burger for main and I had fire cracker chicken, it was nice but just a bit over powering with teryiaki sauce. Cocktails really good. Only issue we felt was servers not giving us a moment to look at the menu, when seated we were asked what drinks and I asked for cocktail menu and the waitress stood and waited, I said I would need a couple of minutes to decide, she still waited at the table so felt a bit pressured. Then before our drinks had even arrived we were asked if we were ready to order food, we weren’t, less than two minutes later we were asked again if we were ready to order food, we still weren’t, third time we were asked I still didn’t feel ready but just ordered as again felt a bit pressured, honestly I think in less than about 5 minutes we were asked four times if we were ready to order drink/food. When food arrived twice we were asked if the food was okay, must just be miscommunication between staff as we had already been asked. The staff, and especially the waitress who served us, genuinely had lovely service and were very polite, friendly and good at their job I just felt to begin with we were really being rushed to order - it would be good to have a menu available on the website too and at least we’d have been able to have a look beforehand. Overall a good experience but just a bit rushed to order and not given much chance to read menu.

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    BarbaraT

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on September 23, 2022

    overall4food5service4ambience5

    Staff lovely,only reason Mark down slightly,we were asked if want drink before we had even seated at our table,so bit too enthusiastic. Good was superb and plentiful. Waiter who served us was attentive but not too intrusive. Would definitely go back.

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30. AG

    AngelaG

    Ayrshire

    8 reviews

    4.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on September 22, 2022

    overall4food4service5ambience4

    Sat outside in the sun for drinks and cocktails, all nice. Went inside to our table and the good service continued. Everyone enjoyed the food, starter of scallops was very good. Nice big scallops and cooked perfectly. All our waiters were very polite, friendly and attentive to our requests. Only negative was the lack of red wine choice and certain gins missing but overall we all four enjoyed our time here

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    LaurenR

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on September 19, 2022

    overall3food1service5ambience3

    I cannot fault the service, all the servers wer absolutely fantastic. It was the food that let it down. I got the steak pie and the steak was very chewy with very little gravy, chips were undercooked and hard in the middle and the pastry tasted stale. The decor in the restraint is lovely and the restaurant had a nice vibe, just the food that was quite disappointing, especially for the price.

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32. KD

    KatieD

    London

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on September 18, 2022

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    Nick was our server and was brilliant. Great atmosphere, lovely food and nothing was too much trouble.

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33. HM

    HeatherM

    Glasgow

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on September 15, 2022

    overall4food5service4ambience4

    Lovely clean venue, great food and very helpful staff. Would definitely book again.

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    KennethT

    Glasgow

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on September 10, 2022

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    Overall, really good . Was only the second time there . Thought the food was really nice , service was good as well. And it was done up really nice inside so will definitely be back

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35. CS

    CharleenS

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on September 10, 2022

    overall5food4service5ambience5

    First time here and won't be the last. All of the servers were amazing, honestly outstanding everyone of them. Food was great and reasonably priced. Excellent variety of cocktails to

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    JeanY

    Ayrshire

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on September 9, 2022

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    Lovely atmosphere and good prompt service. Delicious food and not kept waiting too long.

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    Goose

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on September 3, 2022

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    Food great, service great and overall the best place to eat and drink in Kilmarnock👏👏

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38. DB

    DebyB

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on September 3, 2022

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    Very few vegan options. No starters were labelled vegan. We had the main course nachos as a starter as they were labelled vegan. I’m unsure whether they actually were as the cheese on the nachos did not look or taste like vegan cheese but the server confirmed it was. Chips were undercooked, some were hard. Service was good but won’t be rushing back.

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    Tambo

    Glasgow

    2 reviews

    3.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on August 25, 2022

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    Would never eat in here again . Mussels were off and both sirloins were ruined by being well overcooked. Other starters were just ok. Staff were great and tried to ease the food situation we had. Great feel to the place even when it was very quiet. Seems to be the same issue since this place opened 6/7 years ago under numerous owners. Staff wanted feedback, well we won't be back.

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    Raelene

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on August 24, 2022

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    Had a lovely lunch at the Urbanist. The staff were friendly and attentive. Made our ten year wedding anniversary very special! Will definitely return. Thank you!

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