Frank's Cafe & Campari Bar

Victim of its own success, whilst the views remain the qualities that made this place so enjoyable in the past have gone.
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Tom
3 Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 5
Saturday, July 07, 2012

Franks Cafe is a pretty unusual place, not least because it's the only time you will be surrounded by a cool crowd who look like they came on a fleet of scooters from Hoxton, which may lead you to think it will be overpriced, but surprisingly it isn't.

Drinks are reasonably priced and the bar food is good value and good stuff. Grilled sardines, tomatoes on toast, corn on the cob - basic bbq stuff but tasty. The views are pretty amazing - with a panoramic skyline across London that is even better at sunset.

So what's not to like?

The toilets, that's what. Possibly the worst I've encountered in London, and probably worse than most festival toilets. They are really just buckets, and after a while... well I shan't go on about sewage, but it is not pretty. What really bothered me though was seeing the chefs coming out of them in their aprons, which is why I won't be going back.
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Waltshaw - View all reviews by this user
6 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 7
Tuesday, July 27, 2010