Amazing atmosphere... it's part of the church .. super cool .. croquettes with ham is pretty good !read more

It was so good I literally came here three times in one week. After that I felt too guilty and…read morehaven't returned, not due to not wanting to, but more that like an addict, the longer you make a break from that temptation the easier and more manageable your cravings become. Hopefully. It probably doesn't help that I pass by this beaut of a place twice daily. I first went here for a friends birthday and was very pleasantly surprised at the quality of the food, atmosphere and price. I had always thought I would hate tapas. HOWEVER I loved this. It was gorgeous. When we first walked in we thought "oh shit, how are we going to hear each other". We hadn't realised that this place was also a bar. Luckily the bar area is separate to the restaurant. It's a nice atmosphere and when in the restaurant you can't hear the bar at all. The actually venue is amazing. Dripping with atmosphere and history- it is after all in the crypt of a church, and it doesn't disappoint. We had extremely helpful staff who were able to advise us on how to order and how many plates would fill us up. We ordered after trying to decide between many brilliant sounding dishes. The dishes came out from the open kitchen when they were ready. This means you knew you were getting super fresh stuff and didn't have to wait for anything else to be ready. This meant all dishes were cooked pretty perfectly. A few which I would recommend to everyone: The chickpea salad- before this dish I was insistent I hated chickpeas. The roast lamb with potato foam stuff- this is amazingly tender and AMAZINGLY tasty Duck egg chorizo and potato thing. This tasted beautiful. One dish I was under impressed with was the pudding- churros. I had them before in Spain and not surprisingly I preferred those. I'd rather fill up entirely on tapas rather than save myself for pudding. Over all it was brilliant. The only things I would say is.. A. Book a table or you won't get to eat there B. The guy who I presume is the general manager likes to air it about it, don't let yourself get annoyed with him and let it ruin your evening. The service is great and waiters and brilliant and wonderfully friendly.

I love Wagamama generally and my first visit to the Croydon branch was pretty consistent with my…read moreprevious experiences elsewhere. For my main I had Yasai Yaki Soba - a rare vegetarian dish that didn't feature tofu (I don't like tofu). I substituted the soba noodles for the egg free udon option, and asked for no egg in the dish - leaving me with a tasty, satisfying vegan meal. On the side I had the wok greens (broccoli and bok choi). Good decision, as the garlic sauce on the vegetables was delicious! To drink I went for one of the new raw juices - the Blueberry Spice. It was ok, I wouldn't order it again. The taste wasn't bad and it had a nice ginger kick but I wasn't keen on the texture from the blueberry seeds. My companion tried another of the juices, the Positive which was much better - really refreshing and slightly tangy. Service was good and they now accept payment through the Qkr! app so no hanging around at the end!

Service was excellent! When enquiring about the food items and advising of my food allergies, the…read morewaitress went above and beyond. She brought out a binder with all the dishes and ingredients and advised which ones contained fish. She then suggested a dish. I ordered the fried squid and pad Thai. The fried squid with sweet chili sauce was excellent. The pad Thai was tasty but a little on the wet side. It was a little disappointing. Overall the restaurant was worth a try. I probably wouldn't return again.

Now, this is somewhere that shouldn't be as good as it is. Big, chain pub in the centre of…read moretown....what's to like? Surprisingly a lot! Food is more than adequate, it's really good, and good value. If you are lucky enough to have booked the back of the bar out for a party, it's better than good! Place is frequented by the older crowd (28+), so no need to worry about some teenage lout running about drunk at night. But what really makes the place for me is the staff. Just out in a Saturday? Couldn't be friendlier (maybe because they don't gave the usual idiots to worry about). Book a party, the management are excellent! Constantly checking on you, you get the entire section all night long, roped off! Great customer service and exactly what is needed. Thoroughly enjoy this place! Well done!

What a great place to meet. The food is better than good, the service is excellent and the staff…read morefriendly. Being a little fussy over food quality, i sometime can be a little picky. However Baroosh is top class and not expensive. I like to have food at lunch times as the menu is always exciting and has something different to offer. Try it and you will return.

Nice food and good service. A lot of choice with different tastes, good for family din inread more

Unfortunately this branch has gone downhill in service since I last ate here. There was a queue on…read moreentrance and I guessed it was busy as usual on a Saturday evening with families and couples. Well, it was busy, but the queue was due to unprepared tables...and several of them. Staff were unwilling to take a full order at one time which I found odd. Waiter would only take the drink order and I had to wait a while for the same waiter to come back to take the food order (how strange!). I usually order one of the specials for mains with udon instead of the usual soba noodles. On this occasion my waiter said they couldn't accomodate my request as they were too busy! Very poor showing in summary from this usually reliable quick food joint.

Yum! Came here for breakfast yesterday with the girls and found it absolutely amazing. Delicious…read morefood with huge portions, great fresh juice, good prices and fast service with smiley/friendly servers. They even drew pictures on our cappuccinos with syrup, making them tasty and pretty at once. I highly recommend this place for a Sunday brunch.

I'm surprised this place is not on Qype.. what going on Qype team? Slowing down? Anyways.. One of…read morethe best Tapas in town. Good choice of wines.. amazing staff.. give it a try, you won't disappointed..

We were looking for a quality Japanese restaurant to celebrate a birthday dinner, and when I found…read morethis one it sounded great... but they were all booked up for the evening when I tried to book a reservation. We decided to stroll over in person and see if it was a possibility anyway, and they were friendly and accommodating -- offered us a table as long as we could vacate in 1.5 hours (after which we could move to the bar area if we wished, which has open seating and full menu.) We got cocktails (the geisha one was very good) and opted for the Hana menu, a pre-set chefs menu that was just perfect. Everything on the menu was delicious, beautifully presented, and a great variety of food: sashimi, tempura prawns and vegetables, wagyu beef, eggplant, miso, a variety of sushi rolls, and dessert. Perfect amount of food and very luxurious. The only reason I dock one star is because it is pretty expensive (but any high-quality Japanese place is going to be pricey... this one is just a little more than average, with the most overpriced items being the wine, sake, and cocktails), but the service, atmosphere, and food were great.

London Restaurant Month has come back around again so myself and some friends decided to take…read moreadvantage. This years venue for us would be Sake No Hana, the little sister of Michelin starred Chinese restaurant, Hakasan. Sake No Hana is modern Japanese cuisine done very, very well. I'd had plenty of "Japanese" food in my life; sushi, chicken Katsu etc. I had never been to a proper Japanese restaurant and had high end food. This was my chance. The deal was as follows: 5 courses from a set menu and half a bottle of wine per person. All for the princely sum of £35 (excluding service). As you can see from the menu you pretty much get a choice of vegetables or fish. For my choices I had the maguro tartare to fukiyose, the fish gohan selection and kisetsu tempura moriawase. First off was the best miso soup I had ever had. On the menu it is misoshiro - white miso soup. A great, light starter to get your appetite going. With small strips of inari and seaweed. The next course was 3 small portions; a tuna tartare, fried rice ball and vegetable crisp "salad". Much like an amuse bouche, it continued the theme of getting us ready for the main course. The vegetable crisps were lovely; earthy and crunchy. It included carrots and lotus root, which I had never tried before but very much liked. The tuna tartare was fantastic. It was peppery and brilliantly seasoned. The rice balls were a little stodgy but the accompanying sauce was sweet and rich. Next was the sushi course. 6 pieces, 2 each of spicy maguro maki (spicy tuna, tobikio and cucumber), chirashi maki (salmon, white fish and shiitake) and inari maki (fried tofu and caramelised onions). As you can see it was beautifully presented and it wasn't long before they'd all been polished off! The main for me was tempura prawn and vegetables. Crispy and not at all greasy, this was the best tempura I'd ever had. I especially enjoyed the squash which was nice and sweet with that perfect crispy exterior. Both of my friends had the salmon. There's not a lot to say about it other than it was served on a large leaf and cooked absolutely perfectly. Dessert was the same for all of us. A delicate sponge cake soaked in a syrup and served with preparations of peach; raw, sharp peach, raw, soft, sweet peach and peach sorbet. I was a big fan of this. So much so that when one of my friends wasn't keen I ate his too! Sake No Hana is a wonderful, modern restaurant with fantastic food and brilliant attentive staff. My glass, wine or water, never ran dry and they were always on hand to help. In fact, I don't think I've ever been to a restaurant that had such a high customer to staff ratio! It's definitely a dining experience I would recommend even if it's not one that I would probably do again. Nothing against the restaurant at all, more that I like to explore and try new things. If you can visit Sake No Hana on a tasting menu or similar you would be silly not to give it a go! Either that or at least go to their amazing bar!

Amazing service and delicious food. I love all of the entrees we ordered, everything was unique and…read morecooked to perfection.

I'm gonna rate the Chicken Katsu curry as it's what I usually get…read more The best thing on the menu surely! I've tried the udom noodles and other rice dishes which were OK but the katsu beats them all. Just an amazing dish. A must try for anyone visiting Wagamama! The service has always been great. I would love to see a lunchtime special some time soon. The place is always packed which gives it a nice atmosphere. I used to be but not anymore a big fan of the Japanese styles 'canteen' seats but after a nice big meal all I want to do is lay back onto my chair. Overall - Great place!!

So I came across Mangetout on instagram a few months ago and was impressed with how the food…read morelooked. After reading the reviews and hearing about it some more, We decided to make a day trip if it from London to Southend-on-Sea and see if the food lived up to the hype. Oh boy, the pictures don't do the food justice. Firstly, this is one of the very few places where the food actually looks like the picture!! So my hubby ordered the rib tips for a starter, daughter had the shrimp starter and I had the brisket end starter. We were bowled over by how delicious the starters were. The shrimp was crispy and just plain gorgeous, we've never tasted better, honestly. Just he shrimp alone made the trip worth it. The rib tips and brisket ends were also amazing. So yummy. For our mains, were we glad we'd starved before coming! Hubby had the manwich, massive sandwiches, never seen bigger honestly and he said they were sooo good. Sandwiches came with chips and coleslaw and he demolished the lot to the shock of the waiter lol. My daughter had hickory smoked ribs and that came with corn on the cob, salad, coleslaw and chips. The meat off the rib just literally fell off the bone. It was so delicious and so full of flavour that even she managed to eat most of it. I had the Almighty burger...there are just no words to describe the awesomeness of this beast. It also came with chips and slaw and it was fantastic I ate it all. The portions here are HUGE and we didn't need to eat anything else all day... Apart from dessert coz honestly we'd come all the way, why not have dessert hey? The dessert was amazing, everything was amazing. We were so full at the end, thank God the restaurant is right by the sea and pier so we had a long walk site seeing to get the food down before going back home. We are certainly returning to taste all the other stuff on the menu! YUMMY!!!!!! Service was really good and the music and drinks were excellent

Ive been here twice. First time was good, but very slow service. Steak was good, not great value…read more Prawn entrée was above average. 2nd time again service was slow even though I pre-ordered. As it took so long I then asked for it to be takeaway...They then charged service...Not sure what for. Mama's ribs coating was too thick and to be honest not very nice. Perhaps they messed up the recipe? Meat itself was very good, but I struggled to remove as much of the coating as possible. Sweetcorn overcooked. Staff seemed ingenuine...Atmosphere is pretty good, but pretty poor value and food is hit and miss. The place across the road is the opposite. Humble, delicious and well priced.