We were leaving the Bloomsbury area of London, about to get an Uber to dinner when we stumbled upon…read morethis great little spot. It was my Husband's birthday and we wanted something cute, as far as appearances go, this was that. Or so we thought. Upon entering the staff was welcoming and the restaurant was nice and warm, since it was cold out. We were seated immediately since the restaurant was relatively empty. So I was surprised when our server asked if we had reservations?.. No, of course we did not. Our Server was bubbly, outgoing and very nice but not very good. She forgot the utensils, and our drink order but there was a second server that was on top of what she didn't do or bring and he told her what we wanted to drink. Before we ordered our meals, I explained to our server it was my Husband's bday so they could prepare something for dessert for him. We ordered a Guinness and a coke zero - served in the tiny bottle with no cup for ice. I did request a glass with ice and one with 2 ice cubes was brought out to me. We started our meal with a dozen oysters that were brought out to our table so quickly, we didn't have a chance to photograph them - they were delicous. I initially ordered the Ribeye but was told it wasn't available, so I ordered the chargrilled sirloin steak. The steak comes served with fries, salad & peppercorn sauce. I truly wish the restaurant would've had the Ribeye because the sirloin steak I ordered cooked medium, came out well done, full of fat and extremely chewy. I'm not really one to send food back, so I let them know but ate it anyway. We also ordered the Chargrilled ribeye Lobster - which is a Ribeye & half Lobster served on hot stone served with salad. The steak here was also replaced by a thin sirloin steak. When it came time for dessert, they brought out the crème brûlée we chose from the menu and we were pretty surprised how terrible that small desert was. It was sweet and had the consistency of a flan, not a crème brûlée. There was no layer of caramelized sugar on the crème brûlée and it just tasted completely wrong. Ultimately, The Shell is a seafood restaurant not a seafood and steak restaurant. They have no clue how to slice or cook steak. The place is cute and the servers are doing their best but the restaurant leaves much to be desired.

It's always useful to know the location of petrol stations in urban locations, especially as so…read moremany seem to be closing down these days. This one is tucked away in the heart of South Kensington, between South Kensington shopping centre and the tube station and the Earl's Court section of Old Brompton Road. You'd never find it unless you knew it was there, as Old Brompton Road is hardly a major thoroughfare. It's not far from the south end of Gloucester Road, which leads directly to the main A4 (Cromwell Road). The site is what you could politely call compact (ie rather small) and if there's a queue it tends to back up onto Old Brompton Road. It has one of the small Shell 'Select' shops, selling a basic range of newspapers, food and drinks as well as motoring supplies.

Combined Texaco garage and Co-operative food store next to Cally pool so I pop in here a couple of…read moretimes a week for post swim snacks and top up shopping. It's pretty small there is a larger Co-operative food store 5 minutes walk further up Caledonian Road. This is fine for grabbing milk and bread.pretty well staffed the queues move quick

Barrie and the team did an excellent job. Repaired a dent I'd put into the rear left side of my…read morecar. Beautiful respray. And Barrie offered to take me to and from the nearest train station (Penge East) to save me walking. Highly recommend Penge Auto Sprays.

Excellent service here, used this same garage for all my cars over the last 6 yearsread more

I got a car from Wahid, he's runs an amazing business. Highly recommeded, they will take good care…read moreof you.

Efficient, honest and professional!! Have been taking my…read morecar here for MOT or service for years. Thanks guys.

Excellent garage! A number of members in my family use their services and I recently had new tyres…read morefitted with them, along with an MOT. A few months later, when a problem arose with one of my wheels, they kindly fixed it free of charge. I would highly recommend this garage!

Excellent, friendly, knowledgeable & reasonably priced. Been using them for years. Highly…read morerecommended.

I have shop in Costco in both U.S and Canada. Their prices tends to be higher for food but their…read moreclothing are reasonably price. If you have a large family, this is also a good place to shop in bulk. It's a long drive for me to get to Costci, so I will give it a miss.

Since the yelping public has voted and made it quite clear that I am decidedly much funnier than I…read moream cool, I'll cut my cool losses and shoot myself in the 'ever-being-cooler-than-funny' foot with another review of the mega-chain (and the mega-awesome) Costco. Becuase even though you're judging me, you're also jealous that I was there and didn't pick *you* up 30 toilet rolls for a tenner or 3 boxes of Crunchy Nut for £7. Or that amazing Kirkland brand trail mix with the fake M&Ms. Or eleventy billion vitamins. But what I would like to add to this seeming useless, uncool review is that they've translated the £1.50 hot dog + soda deal into "English" with the ability to opt for the .50p tea + bakewell tart offer. Keepin' it classy, Costo! Raaaaather! I opted for the beef, as per usual.

The service I received from James who turned up on a motorbike, was careless and left the bodywork…read moreon my car damaged. The long brush he uses, no doubt on every single car, is absolutely dirty and worn out. I even caught him on my CCTV picking it up, facing down on the ground, and scrubbing it on my car, likely with debris in the bristles from the ground. My car now has straight-line scratches all over the paint, exactly in the direction he scrubbed. He also used this same worn-out, dirty brush on my convertible hood. I also saw on my CCTV that he used the same rag, which had black dirt from my wheel trims, to dry my car, leaving swirl marks. The same contaminated rag was used to dry my convertible hood. He missed areas entirely including near my number plate, and dirt marks were left untouched. I now have to get my car machine polished because of his negligence. He's cheap for a reason; you get what you pay for, but in this case, you end up with damaged bodywork. Be careful.,

I booked Washello and had my car cleaned by James -- absolutely brilliant service from start to…read morefinish! For just £35, he cleaned my car inside and out, and even went the extra mile by doing the wheels too. The car looks spotless and smells fresh again. James was friendly, professional, and clearly takes pride in his work. Couldn't recommend him enough -- fantastic value and top-quality results!