Crudo Shoreditch — Restaurant in London

I went to this place with good expectations as a friend of mine mentioned that she had a good experience on her visit to the branch near Oxford Circus. Unfortunately my experience wasn't the same. As soon as me and my friend arrived, the Italian host/barman said, "kitchen will close at 9pm" so we were in a rush to order. First we asked for pisco sour, taste was "ok". We ordered a second one but we asked him politely if we could have less foam. He said "no problem". Pisco sour was the same as the first one, lot of foam and not too much of pisco. When we ordered the third one he said, "there is nothing I can do as the machine makes the foam" I said, could you please add less white egg, then he said "this is my boss's receipt and I cannot change it" He served us the drinks with no difference compared to the first and second. What me and my friend noticed is that he was making a bigger version of the drink but we will only have the bigger version of the foam while he will have a spare drink for him and the chef. I found this outrageous. We were getting the foam while they were drinking the best part of the cocktail, and they had no shame in charging us £9 per cocktail. For this reason and because the ceviche was dry and with not taste is because I won't recommend this place. Ceviche was completely dry. Also, why would you close at 9pm? Italian guy sent many customers away saying "the...

Great little spot for a quick lunch or a light dinner. We were served quickly, and both the bowls were extremely tasty and packed with lots of flavours. The restaurant is absolutely tiny, and there's some seating available outside. This results in a somewhat intimate atmosphere, not that I was opposed to that. Apart from us, all the staff and customers were speaking Spanish, which I assume means that the ceviche is very good. Price was decent and represented good value for money. If I'm in the area again I will certainly be popping...

The quality of the ingredients is definitely high. Super fresh tuna, salmon and cod. Why only 3 stars for the food?

1. Classic ceviche lacked the zingy taste it should have. Amount of fish was actually small, bowl was full with the sides.
2. Tuna was overpowered by the amount of ponzu.
3. Spicy cod was not spicy at all. So while we recognised the quality of the ingredients, the preparation let the food...