Beach Blanket Babylon (Shoreditch)

This is possibly the worst restaurant I have been to. It was a catastrophe from the moment me and my friends entered. I brought in a birthday cake; to only be informed it would cost £30 for them to bring it to our table after the meal. After making the same enquiry to another waiter they stated they would bring the cake out free of charge. We were then given the wrong menus to choose our food from and were only informed once we were ready to place our orders. When I finally placed my order I requested to have chips instead of potatoes; to which I was told that amendments could not be made to the menu. However, when my food had been served to me the change was made and my food was served with chips (clear miscommunication between staff). Just when we thought it couldn’t get worse after paying the bill the waitress gave us change which included American coins. Having informed the manager of all these problems not once did I get an apology, instead the only response I received from him was that he could not see how the whole situation had been an inconvenience to us. This restaurant has severely changed since my previous visit a few years back. After having such a horrible experience myself and friends will never eat from this disorganized restaurant again.
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Lindsay Walker
1 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 0
Monday, December 05, 2011

The food is rubbish! My friend and I ordered the Pan fried stone bass with fondant potatoes and fried oyster. The fish was bland and I only got 2 small potatoes and one tiny oyster. My two other friends ordered the seafood Linguini. It was poor quality, I don't think my dog would have eaten that dish if it was given to him. The apple crumble was the worst I have ever tasted, lots of apple and a tiny bit of custard. My meal came to about £35-£40 and wasn't worth the money. Food is massively overpriced and we were all left hungry, extremely dissatisfied and angry. I had to make pot noodles when I got home.

I would not go back and I do not recommend this place - spend your money elsewhere.
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Samantha
2 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 1
Saturday, March 12, 2011

The worst experience I've had for a long time. A 40 minute wait at the bar for a £7.50, plus 12.5% service, glass of Ernst & Julio Gallo wine (£26 for a bottle). No glasses or plates were cleared from our tables the entire night so by the end we were so deep in plates and glasses there was nowhere to put a drink down. And only 4 loos in the ladies to serve both the restaurant and bar. Beyond abysmal, I've never seen anything like it. The 9 star reviews on here look suspiciously like inhouse propaganda to me.
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Leigh
0 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Sunday, October 17, 2010