Sixbynico Anmeldelser 

Had a lovely meal for our anniversary. We had the New Orleans menu and thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. Food was amazing and the service impeccable. The pace was just right and we felt very relaxed and welcome. Thank you to the team at the Cardiff restaurant. We will be back and will recommend.

Was looking forward to a relaxing dining experience but it was more like a busy American diner.. very rushed and noisy, we were in the middle of the restaurant with a tiny table and place was packed. Food was good though but I wouldn’t go again unless they made it more relaxing

We had a reservation for 5pm. We arrived 4.50pm only to find a queue which was ling enough to leave us outside the building. It took untill 5 30 to be seated,.
This would have been ok, if we didnt have to stand in the doorway
This review would have been zero stars, the food however was fantastic. The staff were were good during service. At the end one waitress asked us if we required tea or coffee, which we ordered. Before it arrived another waiter brought us the bill and stated the table was required for the next sitting.
The staff were apologetic and explained there had been an issue on the previous sitting, this caused a backlog.
Having read other reviews, this isn't the first time this has happened.
Sixbynicos, i don't mind a queue for a take on a Saturday night.
Reputation is everything. Value it more than the customers you leave in the doorway.

Selling Vouchers on Black Friday and then refusing to Honour it!!

Hyped up over priced rubbish say no more

I really wanted to love this experience, our friends in Edinburgh regularly go to the restaurant there and rave about it. We were excited to try the experience in Bristol. The food and wine was good, our waitress was friendly and the puzzle was fun.

However, we felt so rushed through the whole experience I am left feeling disappointed.

We chose this experience especially for our anniversary. We splashed out on wine pairing and a number of extras.

We arrived on time for our table, we got a warm welcome and were seated a few mins later around 19.35. We were told, unprompted, that we were the last section of the night and not to rush our puzzles etc.

The issues started when the wine pairings started with the second course. After the first pairing the waitress cleared our table and commented that we were going to be one of those tables with 'double parked' drinks. We laughed this off but she wasn't kidding. The food kept coming so quickly that we were having to practically glup down our wine to keep up. The courses were dropped off hastily and the other server who was explaining our food seemed rushed and bored. This added to the feeling that we needed to be out quick.

The wine was absolutely delicious and it felt like a real waste to have to rush it like that. My partner and I were even having to keep an eye on each others glasses to make sure we were drinking it fast enough.

Bearing in mind we were seated around 19
35 and maybe had 10 or so minutes more to decide on drinks and extra snacks, we were finished at 9pm. We opted for the cheese course too, making it 7 courses total. This gave us just over 10 mins per course to eat our food, drink our wine, answer the puzzle and have the next course turn up.

We were rushed to finish a full 30 mins before the end of our 2 hour booking. We did politely feed this back to our waitress when she asked us how everything was at the end of our meal and when we explained we felt a bit rushed she explained they were all under extraordinary pressure to get people out as quickly as possible.

Our bill came to over £200 and the experience just didn't seem to match that price point (or compare well to other restaurants of a similar cost). This was a real disappointment for our anniversary and we would not be able to recommend Six by Nico based on our experience.

04 may 25 10 course taster menu table booked for 5pm turned up at 4 30 told to come back as table not ready nowhere to wait I'll except that returned at 5 and was shown to table no explanation of the how the menu would work waitress just dumped a cold soup and skewers and a chorizo dish when we hadn't even had a chance to look at or order from the drinks menu there were four of us we had no side plates to eat our starters from they were on one plate two of our party ate 2 of the chorizo starters leaving 2 on the plate we asked a waitress who was very helpful for side plates she came back with them and also brought 2 more of the chorizo starters we did not ask for them when the front of house manager came with wine eventually and said to us you are very cheeky having another 2 chorizo starters we did not ask for them and by this time still nothing had been explained to us the Mackrell dish the pieces of fish were tiny the size didn't matter it was just the fact there was so many bones after which time they tried to rush the rest of the courses through and we were asked to vacate the table as the next customers were waiting for the table we did not get chance to finish the courses and the wine which wasn't cheap there wasn't even an area where we could sit to finish the wine it was an unpleasant dining experience

Disappointed with the Voucher Experience Despite Great Food & Service

We’ve always loved Six by Nico and were excited to purchase a Black Friday gift voucher for a meal for two with wine pairing – a perfect treat. Unfortunately, the experience turned into a big disappointment.

The voucher, purchased just before Christmas, was only valid for three months. Given how popular the restaurant is, we tried multiple times to book but couldn’t get a reservation before it expired. We contacted the restaurant, and they kindly offered to extend the voucher by one month. We were finally able to book for the 29th of April.

We ordered the tasting menu for two with wine pairing, as per the original voucher, but were shocked to be handed a bill for £105 at the end. The staff explained that since the voucher had technically expired, they were only honouring the monetary value of the voucher (£100), not the package deal that was originally purchased (meal + wine pairing for two).

This felt very unfair. The whole point of buying a deal is to receive that specific offer – not just a general credit. It’s not our fault that the restaurant was fully booked throughout the entire voucher period. If it’s that difficult to secure a table within the valid timeframe, the policy needs to be more flexible.

To be clear: the food and service were excellent, as always. But the handling of the voucher felt like a rip-off. If you can’t guarantee the deal will be redeemable, then don’t sell it.

Be warned if you’re thinking of buying a gift voucher – it might not be the value you think it is.

Third visit. Three wonderful experiences.
Yes: busy but runs well: courses & drinks all arrived at the right times.
Staff are a delight: friendly, efficient and well informed.

Absolutely atrocious experience this evening in Cardiff. My husband and I visited in Feb and had a great night. I raved about it to friends from out of town. They visited this week and we were ‘treating’ them to your new menu. Arrived at 7:50 for an 8pm table, told to come back at 8:10. Came back after spending £30 at the bar next door while we waited, only to find a huge queue. 30 minutes later still no table, still a huge queue. No apology. No snacks. No drinks. Unbelievably bad. We gave up at 8:45 and had a shit dinner as our friends were starving. This was so poor, I am so embarrassed taking my friends out to have such a terrible experience. Shame.

Fitzrovia Restaurant - Six Course with Paired Wines

I can barely find any fault with the food, I swapped out the fish course for the vegetarian option and the stuffed courgette flower had no flavour at all. Everything else in terms of food flavour was excellent.

Sadly, the whole experience was very very rushed - it said to allow 2 hours for the experience but we were in and out in less than 1.30 hours. The room was dark, busy and extremely loud which made it impossible to hear what the waiters were saying about any of the wines. Also, with the intense turnover of food, even with the small measures of wine (100ml) we still ended up with more than one wine still on the table - you didn't get time to savour any of it before it was hurried away and replaced by another dish and therefore another wine. Also, the portion sizes are tiny - I do not have a huge appetite and tend to struggle to finish full dinners but I left "still peckish" which should never happen!

I feel that for a £220+ bill, I would definitely want more of a special experience, to not feel as rushed and to feel that I was looked after. Although the waiters were lovely, even they seemed rushed so the whole experience felt impersonal.

For these reasons, I can't recommend Sixbynico and will not be returning. We have spent similar amounts of money in other finer dining place and walked away eulogising, feeling like we were given the best possible experience and therefore receiving good value for money. This however, is fast food for the rich.

Not worth the hype at all

Oxford: We were looking forward to our experience, and booked in good time giving notice of dietary needs (one vegetarian & one lactose intolerant). The vegetarian in the party was really well catered for, but the lactose intolerant faired really poorly. The meals came out well identified as to the dietary needs (so a plus there) however there were some really odd platings. The lamb course came without lamb, apparently not able to be prepared without lactose (even with 7 weeks notice). That course also arrived cold, this was flagged to waiting staff who did nothing about this. The final dish was a ricotta with cherry sorbet. - for the lactose intolerant, they received a dish of sliced oranges, some still with skins, and no sorbet!! It was a very different dish to what was expected. We also ordered some liqueurs - shortly after these were delivered to the table we were presented with the bill, and told to pay as they needed the table back. At no point had we delayed service, and I wish we had been told they needed the table back before we ordered more drinks as we then essentially needed to down them as shots. We pointed out we’d ordered 125ml of wine, but had been charged for 250ml. They took the service charge off, rather than adjust the error. Just very poor and not one we’d be in a hurry to repeat.

Gift vouchers have a three month validity period, can’t be extended and can’t be used on Saturday nights. Total waste of money.

From the moment we arrived, we were met with an overwhelming sewage smell and a very unwelcoming, grumpy-looking maitre d’. We were shown to our table where the smell lingered. When we mentioned it to a staff member, it was brushed off with a bizarre comment from the waiter that he had no sense of smell—no acknowledgment at all.

The ambiance was crowded and noisy, and unfortunately, the food didn’t make up for it. Everything we tried was fairly bland and forgettable. Service was slow, and the staff came across as disinterested and unenthusiastic, which really took away from the experience.

Overall, a very underwhelming visit. I wouldn’t recommend it.

Manchester branch.
Taster menu and wine tasting was a gift for Xmas from my daughter and we visited together on Friday 28th March ,,,The food was delicious and very well presented ,,,yes the portions were small but isnt that the idea of a taster menu?
The staff who served the food and wines were so lovely, friendly and knowledgeable.
Unfortunately our experience was spoiled by the young lady who greeted us on arrival- she was incredibly rude and certainly lacking in customer service skills...I was quite shocked at her rudeness and I would not recommend this restaurant bacause of this

Be aware that the strict 15 minute table hold policy is rigidly upheld when booking a table. I had a reservation with my elderly parents at Six by Nico in Glasgow Merchant City. Due to terrible, unforeseen traffic conditions we were running late for our reservation. I contacted the restaurant by phone and left a message informing them we were running late as instructed. The restaurant maitre d called back and I told him we were likely to be slightly over the 15 minute hold window. We arrived very stressed, in total 25 minutes late for the booking. When we arrived we were told we could not be seated that day as we were too late to be served all six courses and they were fully booked the rest of the day. I do appreciate we were late but we had kept in contact with the restaurant and hadn't been informed when we spoke that if we arrived beyond the 15 minute window we would not be seated. I did find this somewhat inflexible as it means that the sittings must be so tightly scheduled that no delays can be managed. I couldn't see on my reservation any reference to a strict time slot of when tables had to be returned so I was puzzled by this stance. I do appreciate that tables are turned, often several times during a sitting but had the restaurant explained to me when I spoke to them that the 15 minute hold policy was to ensure the restaurants ability to fulfil all their sittings and our party could not be seated I would have saved myself a disappointing journey.

Received £150 voucher as a gift but noticed a month after it had expired that it was only valid for six months. Most gift vouchers are valid for a year and so giving this as a gift is maybe not a good idea.

Great food experience. Staff were fantastic especially Matilda. Atmosphere was great. Thank you all for a lovely afternoon. Will definitely come again.

Very disappointing. Read previous reviews and watched all the promotional videos but was not at all what I expected.
As previous reviews I have read, service was very rushed. Lots of covers which meant I could not hear the description of the wine and how it was matched to the food.
Would not have heard the description of the food had I not known the menu beforehand.
Toilets were blocked with paper and offer of still water was charged at £4.50 with a service charge of £37.
Have bought the same experience for my son as an 18th birthday present and am worried he will be coerced into paying for extras due to his naivety.