Babalou

I was really disappointed with this restaurant when I attend in August '11. To be honest if I hadn't already paid by purchasing a Groupon Voucher I would have refused to pay.

The meal was awful! The fact that there was only 6 people in the restuarant, at the time, the service was very slow. Granted it looked like it was just the one guy waitering. The food was saturated with salt! I could not eat more than two spoonfuls of my main,a curried chicken dish and my nan was so dry.

My friend who ordered a prawn noodle dish had to hunt amongst the sticky noodle for a prawn, think she eventually found about 4/5 before she gave up as it was tasteless. The terrible lighting, which changed from neon lime to orange, made the meal even more unappetizing as couldn't really see what you were eating plus the lighting made it look unattractive.

I found it odd that you had to pay extra for condiments like the usual mango chutney and yohurt dips which normally comes complimentary in most restarants. I notice the couple behind us were also complaining about the service and food.

I would not recommend this place they really need to make improvements certainly wasn't value for money even though paid less with voucher, muchless the full price! The salt in the food was just unforgiveable as we just left most of the meal.
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Paulette
1 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 0
Saturday, September 03, 2011

If you are planning to have a party there, don't do it!

I organised a party there last week and was truly disappointed. I spoke to the manager a couple of weeks before so they knew I was coming with a bunch of people around 8.30pm. As we were going to be a large group turning up early, the Manager agreed we did not have to pay and I informed accordingly to all my guests. When I arrived there at 8pm I was in shock to see that nothing was done. The place was a mess, tables and chairs were all over the place, there was no barman (so we could not have a drink), there was no music and the toilets were dirty. It was a total chaos. Three of my guests already had turned up. We waited for about 30 minutes for the barman to show up (so we could not have a drink until then) and there was no music. Music started at about 9.40pm. Shocking!. When all my guests arrived, I ordered a couple of platters. As soon as I ordered the food I saw another pair of platters coming out. There was another party there, so it was obvious that it was for them and not for us. The barman and the cook goot really confused (do not know why) and left the two platters to get cold by the bar. 15 minutes later, the barman wanted me to take them to my guests and I refused. When we started to enjoy the night (music was playing, food was out, the lighting was nice) I got told that we all had to pay £5 if we wanted to stay. If not, we had to leave. I was so angry! I got promised we didn't have to pay by the Manager, and now, after all the mess, we were asked to pay! We decided to leave. I just couldn't take it any more.
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Lala
1 Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 1
Monday, February 28, 2011