Cafe Ole — Restaurant in London

Worst food I ate in the UK on this visit. Over cooked food and covered in oil. Felt a bit sick and couldn't finish my food.

Update (reply to owner) : I have written over one hundred reviews all over the world and try to be fair whenever I write. One star may seem extreme but sadly I found the food very displeasing. Not the worst food in the UK but certainly my worst meal during my one week stay. I will explain further to attempt to give more constructive criticism.

It was a busy morning 18/07/19. We waited at least 40 minutes for our food to be cooked and had paid in advance. I didn't have time to complain directly to your staff about it because we were already late. Whether the busy time was the reason for the food quality I don't know but we were very disappointed anyway. It would have helped if your staff had made us aware that there would be a long wait.

Personally I ordered the vegetarian breakfast. It seemed to me like the vegetarian sausages were deep fried vegetables, which I didn't enjoy. Usually vegetarian sausage means something more dense like soya, seitan or tofu. Something with a reasonable ratio of protein to fat content. The egg and hashbrown I had were cooked in too much oil. The fried egg was overcooked with the sides being crispy and burnt. My partner had the non-vegetarian version of my meal and was equally dissatisfied with it.

The toast and beans you served were fine. As was the coffee. However due to the rest of the meal this wasn't really a consolation.

I am a very health conscious person. While I didn't imagine that ordering this meal would be clean and healthy, I didn't expect the fat content of the meals to be so high. I have eaten vegetarian english breakfasts in the past and haven't encountered one with such a high fat content as yours. I use the word fat content loosely. I could certainly see too much oil was used in the cooking of the meal and the vegetable sausages appearing to be deep fried didn't help either.

Perhaps our experience was an unfortunate coincidence, however it doesn't change our dissatisfaction. If you can take anything from this review, it would be to use less oil, pay attention to prevent overcooking and change the vegetarian sausages you're using. If you do that, your food will be far better for...

I recently visited here for the second time, hoping to give them another chance after my first experience. Unfortunately, it turned out to be even worse than the last. On my first visit, I ordered the English breakfast, and to my dismay, the sausages and rashers were dry as hell. I thought perhaps it was just a one-off issue, so I decided to return and try something different. This time, I opted for the lasagne, thinking it would be a safe bet. To say I was disappointed is an understatement. When I cut into the lasagne, I was shocked to discover that it had absolutely NO meat whatsoever. I’m not exaggerating when I say it felt like I was slicing through a mountain of pasta layers with nothing inside. I could probably count the bits of mince on one hand, and even that might be generous! As I continued to cut into it, I found myself questioning why I was even bothering. The taste was just as bad as the texture—bland and unappetizing. I genuinely don’t know why I didn’t mention my dissatisfaction right away. By the time I finished, I felt frustrated and regretted my decision to order the lasagne. At the end of my meal, I decided to bring it up with the staff, hoping they would at least acknowledge my concerns. The guy I spoke to looked lost. I couldn’t help but laugh despite my disappointment. I honestly can’t believe I paid for that meal. Overall, my experiences here have been incredibly underwhelming. I wouldn’t recommend the lasagne to anyone, and I’m not sure I’ll be returning again. If you’re looking for a satisfying meal, I suggest you...

I START SAYING I PUT 1* ONLY BECOUSE I CAN NOT GIVE NONE!!! Me and my husband went in to eat an inglish breakfast,we ask to the waitress after waiting 15mins if the bacon and the rest was normal INGLISH BREAKFAST!she responded YES!we toke the order and we wait another 20 mins for the food to arrive,once it arrives we look at the bacon and the sausages and we see it wasn't PORK,my husband tested bit of becon and bit of sausage and the sausage was like rancid, so i didn't even tasted!we ask the bill without touching anything else on ours plates because we don't like the teste of halal meat..she said the bill was £30 for just drink half glass of orange juice only(because like I said we didn't touch anything on ours plate)in the end she let us pay £25only because my husband complain was too high to pay that amount considering it was them fault for DON'T SPECIFYING was HALAL MEAT when we ask!in the end she said we did have to look outside the window because was wrote it was halal cafe-on our way out we look at the window and the only thing was wrote was only half of A- because all the HALAL name was completely gone so we did can't not read anyway!!!AVOID FOOD NOT GOOD AT ALL,STAFF SAME!! PS:THE CAFE WAS EMPTY and they still toke longggggggg time to get orders and get food ready(if we can call that food) AVOID IS A WASTE OF MONEY...