Bankside (SE1)

Worst restuarant ever - DO NOT GO THERE!!!

See recent reviews re sewage - accurate and unacceptable.
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Chris
Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Friday, December 21, 2007

I WILL NEVER, I repeat NEVER go again, "I've been so you don't have to", there are enough restaurants in London to avoid this. ......I went to this place for a relaxed team Christmas lunch with 12 colleagues. Frankly this group could have fun in a library, so its not the people!!! It stank from the moment we arrived and by the time we departed it was waterlogged and made a bridge from cardboard to get us out. Now everyone has a bad day, I know! but the toilets had been blocked since 11am and my table were seated at 3pm so they could have warned us, right? wrong! The manager wouldn't discuss it, they told us to pee at the pub down the road, they didn't offer us a bottle of house wine, we ordered and paid for Rioja but the gave us Tinto (apparently its the same!??) they wouldn't offer any cash or % off the bill, the dim waiters delivered every course twice to our table, they expected us to pay full service!! the crackers were crap.....However at the coat check we met another office party who had been informed before they arrived and got 50% off their bill, they were the infamous Southwark council and a happy new year to you too Sir!!!
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Wardy
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Food 1 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Booked an xmas party lunch here. Arrived to sit and wait for 30 mins for the table to be prepared, to then notice that water was halfway out into the bar area from the overflowing toilets......funny no one mentioned there would be no toilet facilities for the duration of the meal. Food was pretty average and halfway through the meal a distinctive smell of sewage started wafting over to the table. By the time we left 3 hours later the water had flooded from the toilets out to the entrance. When we demanded a discount on the meal we were told flatly no by the rudest restaurant manager/owner I've ever met, who quite frankly has no concept of customer service!!!. Luckily though when we left the drainage truck pulled up to unblock the toilets. My recomendation is if you want bland food, bad service eat here otherwise book elsewhere it was probably one of the worst restaurant bars I have ever been.
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Dan Carter
Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 1
Monday, December 17, 2007

This has to be the overall worst restaurant in London. This afternoon I paid £34 for the Christmas menu. The food appeared and tasted like it came from a discount frozen food store. Thankfully portions were small. There was no bathroom or toilet facilities and an aroma of sewage engulfed the eating area. The staff were surly too. AVOID!
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Newington Causeway
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Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Friday, December 14, 2007

Great space but amazingly rude staff behind the desk! Our booking wasnt on their system and I endured a 5 minute grilling to see if I REALLY had booked the table. All in a partially deserted restaurant. Food was just plain bland and actually quite nasty. I had the pork chop and the gravy was inky sticky and vile. It appeared to be topped with a doughnut which on closer inspection revealed itself to be a apple fritter. I would really avoid this place like the plague.
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Lee Blackwell
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Food 2 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 2
Tuesday, February 27, 2007

I came here with my sister and girlfriend for a meal and I thought that the food was really good - with plenty of choice, decent-sized portions and it was all pretty good value-for-money. The service wasn't the best I've experienced, with the waitresses being fairly inattentive / slow but at least they weren't rude. Overall I'll probably come back, but perhaps not around opening as they seem to take a while to get going.
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Ian
Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 8
Saturday, December 02, 2006