Mermaid Kitchen & Bar

Usually I avoid the ramore collective but Mum loves the Harbour and when they couldn't fit us in, the lady recommended the Mermaid and gave them a quick call to see if they had a seat. I have to say, Im glad we gave it a go! We were greated by friendly staff, our food arrived quickly and all six of us enjoyed our meals. The cocktails were lovely and staff efficient and friendly. The restaurant itself was a bit loud and we we were placed in a booth, which isnt comfortable and lacked any view, which is of course, a major pulling factor, but its luck of the draw I suppose. We would definitely try the Mermaid again, but hopefully avoid the booths next time.

Never had a bad meal before but today was poor all round Started off with a warm glass of white wine (had to go to the bar and get ice cubes even after asking our waiter) Salt n chilli prawns which we love were very over salted And then our mains especially the rump steak again well over salted and not the quality we are used to at the Ramore complex.... Staff not interested in getting more drinks etc.... Sorry but it will be a while before we're back 🥺

If u read some of the reviews about the Mermaid u would not go However with some trepidation we booked. The greeting was great, view across port from table super and we had a menu and drinks on the way within a couple of mins, all in all good start. After order the food was delivered quickly. Without going into detail all of the food had a high standard of presentation and quality was good. Highlight was fish and chips. Cod was clearly fresh and lightly battered cooked to perfection. I could not finish all mine. Just too much. Rrstaurant was packed with not a spare table. All in all impressive for high season. I would definately go again.

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.