Skinny Boy
Poor Boys

Poor Boys

5 The Griffin Centre Market Place, KT1 1JT, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

Wine • Vegan • Seafood • American


"This review is the one you need: 1. The queue was 1hr 10 mins on a Saturday at 7pm, not bad in my eyes for a hyped restaurant. It was -2 outside when we queued up so glad I was wearing a fat coat. The queue runs along the river so it will get chilly so make sure you 're warm if visiting in the winter. When we got to the front, the manager moved us under the tables with the heated lamps which was lovely. The food was mostly worth the wait. All in all, not too bad. I was expecting way worse. 6/10 2. The food was mainly good. My highlight was the beef brisket doughnuts...paired with the sauce and the pickles.. omg delicious. The buttermilk prawns were also banging. We had *all* the snacks. The chicken skin was not worth it...cold and dry. Mac and cheese balls were not pulling and dry from the inside. The best snack was the jalapeño popper and calamri. We got the po boy with the buttermilk chicken and I think the chicken was really dry and not tasty. I wish we got the grilled chicken po boy as with all the fried snacks, it all started to taste the same after a while, so if you go I 'd recommend if you 're getting the snacks, get the grilled chicken/prawn option for your BYO Poor Boy . I 'd give the food on its own an 8/10. It was mainly hit, but the items that were misses, were real misses. 3. The restaurant was coooooold inside. Make sure you dress warm if you 're visiting in the winter. I had to sit with my coat over my legs as a blanket! The seats are super uncomfortable and the bathrooms were not the cleanest. 1/10 4. Service is fast and the server we had was very attentive. No fault whatsoever with that! She even swapped over some sauces for us as we had so many of the same sauces! The only thing about the service was that the server didn 't ask us about our meal at the end, but that is being really nit-picking. 10/10 Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: £50–60 Food: 4 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 3 Recommended dishes: Brisket"

Duke Of York

Duke Of York

The Duke Of YorkSouthend Road, South Green, Billericay, United Kingdom

Fish • Kebab • Coffee • British


"Firstly the waitress gave away our table to someone else, but that wasn't a problem as it wasn't very busy. Then we waited ages for the food. When it eventually arrived, the food was wrong... I had ordered haddock and chips, and meal they brought up was ham egg and chips. The waitress didn't speak very good english.... Waited ages again for the food. When it arrived the batter on the fish was very brown. Then when the bill came up, they had left ham egg and chips as one of the meals. The bill was £41.85... so as the service and food was so bad we said to the waitress to put £21 from each card. The waitress who didn't speak very good english then proceeded to walk away with the card machine and my friends credit card.... My friend went after her, then another waitress came to her assistance. The first waitress said that the card machine hadn't produced a receipt for the contactless, but she hadn't asked if we wanted to pay contact less. I then paid with my card. I filled out a feedback card before we left. I asked at the bar if the manager was in, and asked them to make sure she got the feedback form. My email address was on the form, but not heard anything from the restaurant. Wont be going back in a hurry. Shame as it used to me nice in there. I couldn't understand if the mistakes couldn't have happened due to them being really busy, but it wasn't busy at all."