 "Inside Soap"s Sarah praised Metcalfe's performances as "love cheat Mercedes", calling them "stellar".On the character, a journalist from the "Liverpool Echo" said that "she's got herself in to some ridiculous situations in the past, but mark Mercedes' words, she will not be pushed around".A writer for the "Liverpool Daily Post" commented that "say what you like about Mercedes, but she's good at getting what she wants".