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222 Vegan Cuisine

222 Vegan Cuisine

222 North End Road, London, W149NU, W14 9NU, United Kingdom

Vegan • Western • Vegetarian • Gluten Free


"Apparently healthy, but ultimately unhygienic, not very clean, a supermarket of germs. There was only one person who served at the tables (takes menus that all the people touched with their hands) and who is at the cashier (handles money and cards with her hands) and who prepares drinks (handles vegetables with her hands when you take a smoothie and she centrifuges it), and does all this without using gloves and never washing her hands. You do the math. There was no waitress and the woman at the counter who prepares the smoothies and serves the tables does it all. At least when we were there. I've never seen her wash her hands or use gloves. The wait at the tables is very long (we entered at 7.45pm and left at 9.30pm, because she does everything, the lady who I think is the owner. There is only one other person in the kitchen so there were two of them, in a place where I counted 30 people and the tables were all full. Rightly, the wait is very long. As always the tactic is to bring you a drink and then if you are lucky after 45 minutes it brings you food, so in the meantime you have to order other things to drink. In the end even though the plates are nice to look at, we having taken four plates, and having spent 66, 50 pounds, on the plates you can count 10 pounds of vegetables for all 4 plates, not each. Plus 2.50 organic tofu (for all) you get at tesco Obviously, the price includes the drinks. 3 smoothie prepared by the lady, again touching the vegetables when previously she handed menus and cash with her hands and never cleaned. All four dishes were spicy and too salty in fact the two children left almost half of the food, complaining that they were too salty. If I have to come to places like this my favorite place remains the Thai buffet in Shepherd Bush (which one might call cheap and nasty, at least they cook the food in front of you and in the break time the staff eat the same things the customers eat, therefore inspire me with confidence). Then in the end she brought us a bill for 60 and after 2 minutes when she came back with the payment machine she brought another receipt for 66.50, saying she was wrong. My daughter insisted that the bill was overcharged but I didn't care, I paid and left. I want to say that I searched this place on the internet because we try to change one place a week to try new things, but obviously like all businesses when they promote their store, the photos are beautiful and they tell you well about the place There is also written on the internet that they do all you can eat, but it is not true, perhaps they say it to attract people customers."

Aquum Bar & Restaurant

Aquum Bar & Restaurant

68 Clapham High Street London, SW4 7UL, United Kingdom

Wine • Greek • Drinks • Contemporary


"Somewhat reminiscent of the very chic Restaurant L'Elephant in Ibiza, this new addition to the Clapham bar restaurant scene has left me a bit undecided. We tried it on a perfect sunny Spring day, which certainly helped give it a cool holiday vibe gorgeous sunshine pouring into the room making the all white interior and sparkly furnishings seem refreshing and different for the neighbourhood. It has a small terrace at the front with doors onto the street, which again gives it a relaxed, slightly mediterranean ish, atmosphere. The food was ok, bit bland and nothing special at all (probably done on the cheap), but pleasant enough and hit the spot. Sitting just next to the terrace on a high table in the sunshine reading the paper was a lovely way to spend a Sunday morning. However, something about the place doesn't make me want to give it any more than 3 stars. Without the sunshine it would have been a totally different experience I couldn't imagine visiting this place during the winter. It will probably only work on a sunny day to keep the holiday vibe alive and excuse the tacky decor around the edges. I can also imagine the white sofas and chairs looking grubby in about 3 weeks, and it being full of WAGS! The crowd this morning were quite relaxed, but I fear that won't last. So all in all I like what they are trying to do, especially as I love L'Elephant, but my worry is that it will become a magnet for a certain type of punter, which if you know I mean by that, it may not be your kind of place! If you can see through the fake glitz of the furniture, the mediocre food, and enjoy the perfectly reasonable latte, you'll have a nice time."