Soba (Soho Street) review by The Disappointed Customer
Gosh, where do I begin?
Hmm, Ok, first of all, there was another Soba restaurant somewhere on Poland Street if memory serves, with much kinder people. Well, all but one, but she tried really hard to treat the customers as humans.
Anyway, that place got shut down and replaced by some cheapo, worthless sandwich bar (because we don't have enough of those in London).
Then the only SOBA left was the one on Soho Street. Well, I did manage to stuble in there once while the other Soba was open just to see the difference. I quickly concluded that there was too big a difference in atmosphere, service and the quality of food they were serving. But now, that this is the ONLY SOBA left downtown, I was forced to go there till I realized it simply wasn't worth my time, money and nerves.
First of all, their chef is by far not as good as the one they've had in the other SOBA Restaurant. This chef when ordering Japanese Curry, serves it with a ton of rice (which by the way, they only ask which kind you'd like if they feel like it). The curry sauce is scarce at best and sometimes it doesn't even taste like anything. They used to have a mushroom mix, but they don't have that anymore. They used to have cheap days, but they don't have that anymore. They used to give Prawn crackers for free when you order your dinner after 5pm, they don't do that anymore.
Where I started to get upset is the fact that they served less and less curry sauce in the Japanese curry order. I had to start asking for extra. Ok, it was ok for a little while... BUT, then they all of the sudden started to charge me £2 for extra sauce!!!!!!!!! Didn't even care to ask me if it was ok... since I always asked for it, they just assumed they could get away with it...
Now, the service is appalling... See here we have a bunch of incompetent waitresses, cooked up in a corner chatting and ignoring the customers. Then they have music playing too loud and the choice of their music drives you insane! The music changed, the service is horrible and the entire atmosphere there is just a joke. You might as well go eat a egg sandwich from Tesco.
Thanks Soba for ruining the other Soba I otherwise enjoyed. I strongly advice people to look elsewhere to have a decent dinner. After all we have China Town... Try there... anywhere but there.. it's not worth your money.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Overall rating 
Food 3 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 2
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