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The Crystal Palace Market

The Crystal Palace Market

3-7 Church Road London, SE19 2TF, N9 7SA, United Kingdom

French • British • Seafood • European


"My partner and I had been looking forward to a revisit to The Crystal Palace Market. This was our fourth visit and previously we have enjoyed excellent service and incredible food. The food, as per usual, was excellent... however on this occasion the service really let us down. It was clear that there were some new staff on that night. We had a very lovely new waitress who served us wine, she was honest about it being her 1/2nd shift, but she was very friendly, polite and pleasant. The food came and we got stuck into our meals, great tasting and nicely presented. During the meal though a waiter was taking orders from the table behind, but he was so close to me that I couldn’t even move my elbow to use my fork. I tried to say excuse me but he wouldn’t listen, he took the whole tables orders from that position, I had to lean to my right and put my cutlery down. (He was clearly not a new waiter, as we’ve seen him before) I finished my plate before my partner, who still had a sizeable portion of her meal left. Another different new waitress then approached the table and asked me if I had finished, I replied yes, but before I could say anything more she cleared my plate and was about to clear my partners. We had to stop her, but by that point she’d already taken my plate and the rest of our side order off the table, so we had to ask her to put the side back on the table. She apologised but it slightly tainted the end of the course. We then decided to have a post meal cocktail instead of dessert. Another 3rd clearly new waiter took our order, nervous, but polite enough. Our cocktails came, but it was clear that mine had been made without the crucial ingredient (the alcohol) I ordered an old fashioned, but all that was in the glass was sugar syrup and bitters. I used to work at a cocktail bar during my early 20s and an old fashioned is one of my preferred choices, so I knew for a fact that it had been missed. I caught the eye of the waiter who’d previously leant over me and explained the situation. He immediately tried to argue rather than apologise, sniffing it before shrugging his shoulders. I again said that I was sure there was no alcohol in the drink and if I could get a new one. Begrudgingly he took the drink back. It took a while for the replacement to be brought back, but again instead of apologising, he just said ‘I’ve smelt it this time, there’s some in this one’. A tainted experience unfortunately, we probably won’t be returning soon. When you pay £60 a head you expect much better service. There was no option given to exclude the tip either."

Jin Sushi

Jin Sushi

55 The Burroughs Hendon London, NW4 4AX, United Kingdom

Sushi • Asian • Fusion • Japanese


"**** experience here. If you have the same, make sure you get a refund in store. I was contacted below by 5 guys who asked me to fill a form in to address the issue. They never responded. Review: One star. Felt like having some fries at the weekend, a quick pitstop in Five Guys Brighton. £3.45 but I had good memories of their fries until I ate some at this branch. They were overdone, some burned. I complained and they gave me another portion, but they were similar if not worse. The staff insisted they were not burnt, and one said it had something to do with ‘different type of potato’ they started using. All the fries looked like this coming out the fryer, so before you order, go and look at what’s coming out. Five Guys: (re)train your staff about cooking temperature and/or time? The fries here were bad. You get a star for still serving the free peanuts. I thought to ask for my money back but the dude seemed really stressed and I didn’t feel like having an argument on my weekend about some bad chips. ‘They’re NOT burned mate.’ If you say so. Can you tell from the photos which portion of fries was the one they accepted was burned and then replaced, and which was the replacement portion they insisted was not burned? Update: it's been almost a year, I contacted the company as requested but never received a response, and still avoiding 5 Guys in Brighton! Save yourself the disappointment and spend your money somewhere that serves decent chips."

L'Amorosa

L'Amorosa

278 King Street Ravenscourt Park London, W6 0SP, United Kingdom

Pasta • Italian • British • Vegetarian


"my first visit to l’Amorosa was so early that they had the old lola and simon sign above the door. the restaurant is now officially opened a few weeks and it gradually adopts its new identity. ex zafferano chef Koch andy needham works with only one kitchen assistant, cooking a somewhat simpler version of the Italian dishes he prepares for so many years in belgravia. <br/ <br/ the room is a two flat, seating up to 40 people in all, with another eight outside in good weather. the decoration is simple but tasteful with wooden floors and white walls, the lighting in the evening very low in the did standards. As a nice touch there are free wlan with a respectable 10 mbps download speed. ikea, a quintessential quintessential quintessential quintessential quintessential quintessential quintessential quintessential quintessential quintessential quintessential quintessential quintessential quintessential this was a comforting dish, which in turn precise, the sage a useful supplement (14/20). a mixed leaf salad on the side had a balanced dressur, fresh leaves and good quality kirsch tomaten. <br/ <br/ dessert dessert desserts desserts desserts desserts desserts desserts desserts desserts desserts desserts desserts desserts desserts desserts desserts desserts desserts desserts desserts desserts dessertserts dess des orange cakes was warm served and was nicely moist, with orangens, orangenate, oranges, with orangenés, oranges, oranges, oranges, oranges, oranges, served with oranges with oranges, oranges, oranges, served with oranges, oranges, beautifully moist, oranges with oranges, oranges, oranges, oranges, oranges, oranges, oranges, oranges, oranges, served with oranges, oranges, oranges and oranges, with oranges and oranges and oranges. coffee was a brand called climpson estate and was excellent, rich and avoidance of bitterness.<br/ <br/ the bill for lunch for a person, with only water came only £22. in the evening, with a bottle of wine to share, a more realistic bill would be perhaps £55 a head, still very good value for cooking on this level."