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Gunpowder

Gunpowder

➤ 11 Whites Row, London I-E1 7NF, United Kingdom

Asian • Vegan • Indian • Vegetarian


"This is a review of the new Gunpowder in the One Tower Bridge development that doesn't have it's own entry in Zomato yet. It's a handsome place but acoustics are lousy when it is crowded. The food is good but be warned that portion sizes are dainty relative to rather high prices. I love that they seem to focus on the lighter, brighter side of Indian cooking instead of the stodgy fatty things available in a typical curry house. We started with aloo chat which is a really fresh and bright dish I like. Boiled spiced potato and cauliflower, tart yoghurt, sweet tamarind sauce, fresh notes of raw coriander and raw red onion and micro herbs, garnished with a little deep fried lotus root. Well balanced and tasty. Peanut and flattened chickpea chaat was great too. Skin on peanuts, spring onion, coriander, cucumber and chickpeas that had indeed been pounded flat and roasted. Kashmiri grilled lamb chops were divine and came with a punchy coriander chutney. Very tender, served medium rare, with a flavourful spice rub. It came with some strands of pickled cabbage where the acidity was a nice foil for the fatty meat. Patara maach was fish steamed in banana leaf on the grill served with some spiced pickled cauliflower. Fish was tender and rubbed with a nice emongrassy paste. The only dish we ordered I didn't care for were the okra fries. I like bhindi when the okra's are halved lengthwise and dredged in chickpea flour before deep frying. However, these had been cut into very thin julienne slivers and then tossed in the chickpea flour. Though the frying technique was perfect (crisp, with no greasy texture) slicing the okraso finely resulted in a heavy dish. We attended the reduced price soft launch. At full price with a bottle house wine, dinner for two would have been ÂŁ70 including service. Expensive for Indian, but worth it because it was refined and elevated."

The William Foster

The William Foster

➤ Guildhall Street, LN1 1TR, Lincoln, United Kingdom

Pub • British • Fast Food • Breakfast


"I don 't typically like to leave bad reviews as I understand the impact it can have on a business, but I feel so strongly about this situation that I feel it is necessary. I visited The William Foster in Lincoln and had the most awful experience. The manager in that pub is awful for trying to accommodate simple requests. The organisation within this company is atrocious, and I have still yet to hear back from them regarding my complaint. I had emailed the pub and asked for my complaint to be passed to higher management (since the person I had a bad experience with was the responsible manager at the time) and I had a reply from said person. Granted, he apologised, but the issues on the day were just not dealt with efficiently. In short, I had booked a table for our family (13 people) on a Saturday afternoon. I had messaged prior to ask for a baby high chair as we, of course, had a baby with us. When we arrived, we were told by the manager that we were going to be seated on high stools. I explained that I had requested a high chair for a baby and hence that would not be appropriate. He then said 'well that 's where you 're sat '. I spoke to him separately after he 'd accused us of not communicating that we needed a high chair, and so I proved that I had by showing him evidence. He still didn 't accommodate. We ended up sat in the sports area, with a leaking roof, not enough stools (which we did get in the end, just planted in the middle of the floor) and a mother having to stand up to feed her baby on her dad 's knee. They couldn 't even cook a medium-rare steak right and they were all overdone. Appalling. I will never, ever be returning, nor will I ever recommend to anyone."

Fountain Cafe

Fountain Cafe

➤ 111 Grove Street, EH3 8AT, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom

Food • Cafe • Cafés • Seafood


"Saw the reviews and as the cafe was only a few minutes from where we were staying we decided to check it out for breakfast. It’s a small cafe but there is a real buzz. On our first visit they were super busy but quickly cleared a table for us that had the remains of a large party of builders breakfast on it, and while we were there lots of regulars came in which we took as a good sign. The large window table looked to be the local men’s meeting place on a Friday morning and there were some already tucking into their food who were soon joined by others who were greeted as old friends by the staff. Our order was quickly taken and individual needs accommodated with my friend asking for oat milk in her hot chocolate. Food was delicious with generous portions, I had scrambled egg on toast, and my friend the porridge which came with a dish of sliced bananas and extra warm milk if needed. Both were well cooked and presented I got to sample the porridge as my friend couldn’t eat it all). Lovely place to eat. We decided to stop again before our train home and while it was quieter on the Sunday morning it was still full, and again service was swift and friendly, they remembered my friend wanted oat milk without needing to be asked. Everyone who worked there took the time to speak to us and I would definitely visit again, if I lived in Edinburgh I’d be there every day! Prices are good and reflect the quality of the food as well as the excellent service. Treated like we were friends not just anonymous tourists. Thank you!"

McDonald's

McDonald's

➤ Gravenchon Way, Mendip, United Kingdom, BA16 0HW

Lunch • Seafood • Burgers • Fast Food


"We stopped for a McDonald’s to charge the car up,it wasn’t as good as we hoped it would be. We went into the restaurant,and sat down,we saw a sign saying no Ice cream and milkshakes are available that was annoying as they were the two main reasons we came in but that was at the very start of the experience so if they had given me exceptional service and a great slushie then I would have given 5 stars.But that unfortunately wasn’t the case,cleanliness was about 3 stars out of 5 ,it was satisfactory for the meal but I don’t think it would have got full marks in a food hygiene inspection.I also would have liked to see a cleaner mopping floors and sweeping up and also I would have liked to see some areas cleaned!The service was also pathetic,it took 30 minutes to serve up 2 slushies,a melon bag,millionaires donut and an apple pie.It wasn’t understaffed,there were plenty of them but there were too many staff in certain areas and too few in other areas.Also they weren’t ridiculously busy for a Saturday night either,I was there for well over an hour and I saw no delivery driver.Also I have proof of evidence that they could have been prepared quicker as they were pre-prepared and only needed a 3-4 minute heat up.They need to tie the knot between the manager and working staff,they also need to give training.The slushies we’re tasty but had its problems too,on one of the slushies it wasn’t filled up high enough and we took it back to the counter and asked to fill it up,when we got it back it wasn’t filled up that much.Also the large slushie isn’t that much larger than a regular so be prepared if one of you has a large and the other one of you has a regular.However my melon bag was delicious and great value for 79p.The portions were fantastic!Now onto the positive bits,the bins are not overflowing,it’s nice and warm in there and the toilets are good and faultless.The atmosphere could have done with a bit of brightening up,they just played classical music but they could put all music on there.If McDonald’s continues to be like this,they will loose their iconic brand name and will fall!And that will be terrible for the economy,hope the chain cleans up the mess before the South Ruislip branch opens"