The Botanist Sunderland

The atmosphere was lovely and it was so aesthetic even from the outside. The table was with 10 people and the seating was still very spacious for us all. I ordered a coke and it was £3.75. The starter came out with reasonable time. I ordered a ‘pil pil’, seasoned fries and Korean chicken. The pil pil was lovely however the sourdough bread was burnt and had a small piece of tissue on it. I let my waitress know and she immediately rectified the situation. She got me new fresh hot bread and apologised for the accident. However my Korean chicken didn’t arrive on time but when I told Grace about the situation she quickly brought out a fresh plate of Korean chicken. She was so attentive to the needs of our big table. She made sure we had jugs of cold ice water and she ensure we had enough condiments for our food. I didn’t order a main as my 2 starters and seasoned fries was very much more than enough. I was stuffed by the end of my food. (Thank God for stretchy trousers). My food came up to £23.25 and for the amount of food and the great service it was worth it. I would recommend this to anyone as they had many different options for everyone. Examples being noodles, katsu chicken curry, burgers and small plates. On average each person spent between £20-£30. Special shout-out to our waitress Grace for the great customer service. Easy to locate and get to as it was a about a 10 minute walk from the Sunderland metro station.

Amazing cocktails here though they are expensive. Food here is delicious aswell and there’s quite a few different options. The hanging kebabs are very flavourful and very aesthetically pleasing aswell. I recommend the camembert as it goes great with the bread and jam in the cheese.

Booked and seated quickly, great atmosphere as it was buzzing, although there was tables free even at 7pm on a Friday night. The decor is very chic, with a large tree in the middle of one area and a partition with metal rebar floor to ceiling with plant pots nestled in between. The order was taken relatively quickly and food served relatively quickly also. The Korean Chicken starter was a very good portion and extremely tasty, then we had the Chicken Hanging Kebabs. Every bit of my chicken had an unchewable bit like gristle but my wife's were fine, so maybe I got unlucky, so knocked a star off for this. We were charged for food individually instead of the 2 course for £22.50 but they rectified it for us. As we're were finishing up live music started which is a pleasant surprise. All in all definitely would visit again when visiting Subderland Empire Theatre.