Randa

this place has a major design fault. The kitchen/grill is not separated from the restaurant. Thus the place is infused with the smell of grilled lamb, and the smokey grease gets in your hair, on your clothes etc. You come out of here and have to get a shower and toss yout clothes into a washing machine. Foodwise, it seems that apart from the grill,not much is actually prepared here. We knew we had made a big mistake when we saw a van pull up and a guy proceed to unload big tranparent plastic sacks holding the hummous / bread / moutabal / etc etc. Seems that all the stuff for the mezze is prepared somewhere else, delivered here, where it is put onto plates. So in spite of the long menu, not much is done here.

I think the food is much better at Noura, much fresher,and made on premises. So if you want good middle eastern food, Noura is a better choice.
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C.Elder
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Food 4 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 4
Tuesday, July 08, 2008

I ate at Randa this evening, and it was a big disappointment. The restaurant was 95% empty, and it is no wonder. The reception and service was very frosty, and continued throughout the meal. The portions were tiny and expensive. I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone. I don't recall receiving such a bad service from an establishment in years. my parents could not wait to get out.
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Food 1 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 1
Tuesday, July 01, 2008

I’d been to this restaurant last week and it was a complete let down. The food was over cooked and over priced and the service was sloppy. We ordered a Lebanese wine, it was flat, gone off, very warm so we asked for an ice bucket the waiter was surprised The service was appalling We won’t be going there again.
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james Waring
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Food 1 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 1
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

I am a regular patron at Lebanese restaurants, and have tried several different ones . Therefore I was quite excited to be invited to go to Randa, in Kensington, unfortunately this was short lived. Whilst the decor is attractive and inviting the food was really disappointing. There was nothing that seemed even remotely fresh in the cold mezza and all the hot food was reheated.

When I complained the waiters thought it was funny and commented in their language which was rude. Then when I persisted I was to my surprise given the Maroush head office number I had not realised until then that this was one of their branches otherwise I would not have dared to eat there considering previous bad experiences from other Maroush eateries. Their food is of a poor quality and over-priced, the staff unhelpful and the male staff are qute intimidating as they leer at all the women who come in. I would absolutely not recommend this or any other Maroush branch to anyone.
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Food 1 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 1
Tuesday, June 17, 2008

We went to Randa for a family celebration. We were ignored for most of the night whilst they attended to their 'high-end' clients. The staff were incredibly pretentious, and food was not up to much. Would definitely not go again.
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Food 2 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 0
Monday, April 14, 2008

Great food indeed! Falafel is my top recommendation.
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Food 7 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 7
Tuesday, October 16, 2007