Cedars Lebanese Mediterranean Restaurant & Take Away — Restaurant in England

I was looking forward to having this dinner with a group of friends but what a disappointment. The mixed starter was great, the mixed chicken shawarma was too salty. Both dishes arrived after a long time and the fries were slightly cold. Unfortunately the worst part was that when the bill came and I told the restaurant manager that the price shown on the menu for the starter was lower we had an argument and he eventually said that if I didn't pay the higher price someone else in my group would have to. I find that disrespectful considering that the error was on their menu (the price for the starter was not amended on the menu I got and even when I showed that to the manager the argument continued). Assuming I'm not going bankrupt for £5 extra charge and neither is the restaurant, a good customer service would have made a good impression on me and others. For this reason, the slow service and salt complaints within our group I won't recommend the place. There are other Lebanese restaurants nearby with fresh, tasty dishes and...

Having read some of the terrible reviews about Cedars on google, I was worried about eating there this evening. We were a party of 25-30, eating a set menu. The starter was a very generous selection of mezze: falafel, stuffed vine leaves, BBQ chicken, houmous, lamb filo parcels, tabouleh and bread, all of it lovely. Quite a few people said they'd be happy if that was the main, myself included! Main course for meat eaters was mixed grill, consisting of chicken, lamb, kebab, served with chips. Vegetarians had a choice of 3 dishes; I had an aubergine and chickpea dish which was okay but nothing special. The carnivores said the meat was delicious! We had tea and coffee to finish, and the whole lot was £16 each. Drinks were extra and we paid for them as we got them, which made the bill at the end a lot easier to sort out. Service was quick, efficient, and friendly enough. I would say to give Cedars the benefit of the doubt and a second chance, as our experience was nothing like the...

BEWARE Every dish served here is a ready-made item found at Yours Supermarket. The Hummus, Kebbeh, Falafel, Labneh, Sabousek, Moutabal are all frozen/cold ready made food that the chef reheats.

The chef further insults his customers by serving CANNED FOOD (sells them for £4-5). We were served CANNED vine leaves, they were disgusting, he didn't even bother to remove the fat surrounding them, he just cracked a can and placed it on a dish. The chef's "Foul Medames" is also canned.. you can go buy it now.. it's called ""California Garden Fava Beans Lebanese Recipe"".. costs 89p a can.

Even the Kebabs are frozen! You can find them at yours Supermarket now.

How is this guy still allowed to sell food I don't know.. but what I know is.. Cedars is a microwaving service for ready meals bought from Yours Supermarket, which they sell you for x10 of the retail price. This restaurant and its chef is an insult to middle eastern food.

0 Stars, you ought to be ashamed...