London Restaurants

Chiquitos in Hatfield

Advantages: Half decent food
Disadvantages: The Service

The well known Mexican Bar/Grill restaurant franchise “Chiquitos” has a quite newly opened branch in the Galleria shopping centre in Hatfield. Having been open now for about 6 months, and after a few dining experiences there, I will review this specific branch. Where is it? ---------------- Located just off Junction 3 of the A1M the Galleria shopping centre has 2 sides, one that leads straight into the retail side of the centre and another that ...
...you past the cinema end of the centre. From this side with the 2 entrances, Chiquitos is located directly in front of you whichever side you enter from, on the ground floor. Layout / Design -- In keeping with the same branding as all other Chiquitos I have been in. The Restaurant has a warm feeling in it, with soft but warm lighting and lots of red, yellows and browns in its colour schemes to keep with the “Mexican” feel and also to make the place ...

chugglebunny 23.06.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of Chiquitos, London

Zizzi Leeds - delicious food but poor service

Advantages: Food was delicious and the pudding was heavenly
Disadvantages: Waiters not interested in customers

...friend and I went to Zizzi on Sunday 1st March at 5.45pm for a pre-gig meal. Even though the restaurant was nearly empty, we weren't shown to a table for 5 minutes. We ordered main courses and they were delicious, not huge portions but very tasty. Then we attempted to order pudding. After 15 minutes we still hadn't been able to catch eye of one of the 3 waiters. When one eventually deigned to take our order, he said that there was no coffee, as the ...
...only wanted one pudding (my friend had wanted a coffee instead). The pudding also took ages to arrive but it was heavenly by the way. Then we tried to get the bill - again no one seemed interested in us. We were sitting near the door so we actually discussed getting up and walking out to see if they took any notice of us. When the waiter did eventually bring the bill, I was roused for the first time I can remember into NOT leaving a tip (I was a ...

miriamosner 04.03.2009 · Read Full Review
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Its Got A Big Green Sign, You Can't Miss It.

Advantages: Food & Beer in the centre of London at a reasonable price
Disadvantages: Its about 100miles from where i live

Last week on the 27th of July i was in London visiting friends and we'd found ourselves in the middle of Leicester Square, having gone there for a bite to eat, i.e. KFC. But we fancied something a little stronger to drink than coke and fortunately we'd spotted "The Brewmaster" at Leicester Sq. tube station. And when i mean at the tube station its situated next door to one of the entrances and part of it actually covers the entrance. So you cant really ...
...we visited the pub it was just for a drink, and they do have the usual wide-ish selection of drinks including lagers, bitter and Real Ale. To be honest with you I only drank Stella and can't remember what other taps they had but it was your usual eight or so taps. With Fosters, Adnams that sort of thing. They also have a good selection of wines and spirits, soft drinks and a small collection of Alchopops including Smirnoff Ice. So your usual pub/bar. ...

hackedoff 04.08.2004 · Read Full Review
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Review of The Brewmaster (London)

Who wants to go back to sKool?!

Advantages: Great music
Disadvantages: It's a bit of a rip off

...if people liked you. School was a tough time for a lot of people, but apparently there are thousands every week who want to go back and relive it at SchoolDisco.com at Po Na Na nightclub in Hammersmith (Aka, Hammersmith Palais). --------How much?--------- I personally loved school. It was a great time for me. However I did not enjoy School Disco nearly as much as I had hoped. For months we had been planning to go there but it was always called off ...
...and it is mandatory at School Disco to wear school uniform, PE kit or dress as another school character (dinner lady, teacher etc). If you aren't dressed up you don't get in. So we girls spent several hours dressing up in our shortest skirts, funky black tights/over the knee socks, white shirts and school ties and put our hair in all manner or different plaits and bunches. We all decided to wear trainers as we knew it would be a long night with lots ...

pepper8823 19.11.2004 · Read Full Review
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Review of School Disco (London)

Cheesestringfellows

Advantages: Dont knock it til you try it !
Disadvantages: Once you try it you will most definitely knock it!!!!

...myself. Upon arrival at Stringfellows I was looked up and down by the bouncers - sorry, "doormen". I dont think they liked the look of me much. I could tell by the way my coat and shoes caused their lips to curl away from their teeth. At the vital moment (thats the moment before i got thrown about twenty feet closer to Shaftesbury Avenue) out came my girl, Bubbly Jo, and saved my tush from certain beats. The staff could not contain their dislike ...
...all very nice decor inside Stringfellows - i mean its a kind of luxurious feeling, red velvety place, with thick carpets and opulent drapes and curtains hanging everywhere. Pretty barmaids and barmen serve you, Good looking waiting staff bring the food. There are upstairs and a downstairs sections, as i mentioned earlier . The upstairs is the restaurant mainly, bar and dancing girls. Then theres the downstairs, which is more of a nightclub. Dj playing ...

bergmcberg 29.03.2005 · Read Full Review
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Review of Stringfellows (London)