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Alter

Alter

15 Leman St, Whitechapel, East London, England, E1 8EN, United Kingdom

Tea • Full • Soup • Asian


"EDIT: Initially was amazed by the restaurant and considered it one of my favourites in London. Have been there 5 times by now and sadly they changed the dishes for the worse. The last visit (early January) was particularly bad, both the laksa and the charred cabbage were swimming in oil. The laksa was literally an oil soup. I feel like the other dishes had additional sugar added to them compared to how they were made initially. I also tried the new fermented green tea leaf salad which was nice though. I really didn't enjoy my last dinner there so I'll lower the rating from 5 to 4 stars. Original review: My new favorite restaurant in London. Already itching to return as the menu has so many amazing choices and I need to try them all. Every dish was so amazingly tasty that choosing one favorite is utterly difficult, but I have to mention the charred cabbage in kolae coconut curry and khao-soi noodle laksa. They make the curry paste in house which gives the dishes a very rich flavor profile. The menu has 3 categories: snacks, starters, and mains. Snacks are mostly bite sized and are served first. The rice fermented mustard green miang laos blew our mind, Kung pao crackers were excellent. We also got an extra snack from the chef Shan-style sour rice which was very tasty. The izakaya pickles were too sweet for my taste and hence my least favourite of the the snacks. If you love South-East Asian flavors, this place is a must. It surely exceeded all my expectations. Everything was very flavorful and nicely spiced. Updated from previous review on 2022-01-08"

The Jolly Botanist

The Jolly Botanist

256-260 Morrison Street, Edinburgh I-EH3 8DT, United Kingdom

Pub • Vegan • British • Scottish


"Replacing the infamous Spiders Web pub, the Jolly Botanist has done a good job in massively changing the appearance of the premises, in the process shifty out the seedy types from the bar. The bar itself has a fine selection of lagers, and it has three ale pumps, although at the time all were from the Caledonian Brewery. They do of course have much more on offer in the spirits category especially an abundance of gin. If you are a fan of gin, which many people seem to be these days, you can easily find a gin to match your taste palate. The prices are fairly steep at £5.40 for a Caorunn gin and tonic, and their cocktail list is also a bit on the pricey side. The food menu looked good, drawing you in like a sea siren, but there was no shipwreck, instead you were offered very good food at a reasonable price. For starters I shared three items of food with another person at the table, which were the Homemade Haggis Scotch Egg, Fishcakes and a Pizza Bread. The Fishcakes were okay, but the other two were excellent and came in fairly cheap for the size of portion. The main course I plumped for was the Pork Belly with Chorizo Mash, which came in at £11. The meat itself was finely cooked, but perhaps the staff would be best served giving out a steak knife to cut through the pork crackling. The only downside was the size of the portion of the mashed potato which was laced with chorizo, it could have been slightly bigger. But on taste the food won hands down. The serving staff were also very friendly and happy to help throughout, despite the bar being suitably packed due to it being a Saturday night. So for the gin enthusiast and people who like very good food in a bar, the Jolly Botanist is a fine venue."

Amigos

Amigos

70 Abbey Road, LS5 3JG, Leeds, United Kingdom

Pizza • Tapas • Vegan • Italian


"avoid them. I went tonight for the first time with my partner and friends after dos amigos. and I will never go back!/ after the order we waited for an hour for food, which is not such a problem. only one table with the same size came after and had already eaten and left minutes before one of our food came. When the food came out, there were two separate chicken dishes frozen in the middle. not cold, but frozen! all eating was microwave (and not even as good as most was uncooked or soggy) we had confirmed by a worker what they were doing. the flesh looked extremely questionable, pigs looked more like spam and sauce, than their finger fell into the bath, was so lukewarm and salty I almost threw. We said we were sorry, but we can't even touch it, please stop it, we can't eat, we will pay for our drinks, but can't freeze them frozen microwave food. the waitress offered to get the manager when they got off the phone. who has decided that they cannot be disturbed, but to pass on the botschaft to pay only for the drinks. but the manager decided to add the price of a special dish to the bill, thought we would not notice. when we asked the waitress, she took it back. what I saw was of unbalanced look and diding was hit by the same person as they corrected it. I must point out that we are loud, rude or different. we just couldn't eat. to get such a reaction to another mistake that was nothing to do with us was a real kick in the teeth.Literal the only redeeming quality the resteraunt is the bad waitress, she was so friendly to us and very fast to try and help. it is just a shame that it is the only one that is new as she has to do her job. I hope that this review (unfortunately not exaggerated at all) helps others not meet the same bad choice we have made here."