Unikat-2 Bulgarian Restaurant — Restaurant in London

I'm literally only leaving a star because I can't leave zero stars. We had long been wanting to have Bulgarian food after having been on an amazing family holiday to Bulgaria a while ago. The first restaurant we tried was fully booked, so when we called Unikat and they were able to take our booking we were pleased. However we should have been alerted to something being amiss by this and also by the fact that the person in the phone was incredibly brusque. The walk upstairs was sickening from the amount of stale cigarette smoke clinging to the walls. Arriving in the place it looks like a function room. There was a small group seated by a dance floor, celebrating a child's birthday. There was kiddie-disco music blaring out the whole time we were there and toddlers running up and down the hall. This was all actually the least terrible thing about the evening.

The waitress was rude. I had to argue to be given tap water instead of bottled water that costs a bomb. Her attitude was one of annoyance and irritation at anything we said.

The starters were ok. Just ok.

We had then ordered a sharing platter of meat for a main course and honestly it was like the lowest quality meat, with little flavour and a distinctly Eastern-Bloc feeling. Even though we were hungry, we really couldn't eat much.

We quickly paid the bill and left.

Please do yourself a favour and don't go. Perhaps unless you are Bulgarian. Honestly, even the Bulgarians weren't really filling the place and it was what I'd consider a peak time of the week for the restaurant trade!! (Saturday evening.) A few very highly dolled up people arrived around when we were ready to leave, but nothing like what you'd expect in a busy part of North London on a...

Went on a late Sunday evening for the first time, unfortunately without booking the table in advance. With some effort we tried to explain to the staff that we wanted a table for eat ( because apparently at night the place become like a disco dance) but the staff seems to have only a basic level of English language. Anyway we got the table and meanwhile we were having a look at the menu we tried to ask some info about some Bulgarian dishes, but the waiter was really unhelpful. Anyway after we have found our way, we got some generous portions of nice food, some Bulgarian typical beer. Then a lovely dessert carried with a really nice Bulgarian two glasses if spirits. All accompanied from a live folkloristic music band, and group of people that were busy to dance. As we started to see some new people arriving for the dancing night club. Honestly the only problem was trying to communicate with the staff, but the food is very nice and with many selections. The music and the dance was really good as well, so my conclusion is that we want definitely experience their atmosphere again, and definitely if you want to try something different from the usual range of restaurants in London...

It was my first time here, we were a mixed group Bulgarian, Canadian, British, Turkish, Somalian, Indian and Italian. There are a lot of staff, so you can order food and drinks quickly and easily. The staff speak Bulgarian and English. The salads and fries are really fresh and tasty, not sure what the really white cheese is, but that's good too! The rest of the food wasn't for me, but I am British, so maybe that's preference more than anything. They stay open really late and serve food into the early hours of the morning, which is a nice touch. The security is also pleasant, not intimidating and rude like most places. The Bulgarian beer was amazing! If you like to sing and dance, then this is the place for you. Lots of traditional Bulgarian music/songs performed by a live band, consisting of men and women. All of the clientele seemed happy and good people, no fights or bad incidents. I would definitely...