Fora Restaurant — Restaurant in London

Wouldnt say was the worst restaurant I've been to but was def nothing special - in terms of food and service. Live music was a bonus - not too loud so you cant hear your colleagues. If i could give the restaurant owner some advise :

1. When your restaurant is 30% full ie mainly empty, please tell your waiters to WAIT by the guests before diving into the table to take the plates. Just because they say 'excuse me sir/madam' it does not make it polite. If you stand patiently next to us we WILL notice you and move our body to allow you to take our plate. This happened throughout the night by all the waiters in a near empty restaurant!
2. If you call yourself a Turkish restaurant and you cannot give complimentary Turkish tea then please state the price of the tea on your menu. We paid £2.10 for each Turkish tea I couldn't believe it and on the bill it came up as English breakfast. The tea is complimentary in every Turkish restaurant I've been to!
3. The food was ok. Ie portion sizes were good but the quality I was not impressed much. The presentation of the food was ok but salad for example should come with each meal - not just a lil bit of red cabbage?
4. Last but not least, the deposit before hand. There was a group of 10 of us and I understand alot of restaurants ask for this during xmas time or other mega busy restaurants to ensure you come.and they don't lose bussiness by turning people away saying that table.is reserved. However, Fora is not a busy restaurant. I didn't want to think this way but it is possible that they buy extra food/ingredients for group bookings which really makes me.doubt the quality of the food. If a restaurant is quiet they usually take shortcuts and you can taste it in the food - bland. I still hope this was not the case and that they just had a quiet night because of the weather etc. Please don't ask customers to give card details on the phone or come into the store to pay a deposit for such a mediocre dinner and restaurant. I was expecting the restaurant to be swarming when I received the email asking for a deposit but it was quite the opposite.

I am not here to slate you, only giving you feedback on how to improve. The location is perfect and could be mega successful with a few minor improvements. For example the waiters coming to top up glasses with the beer bottles on the table is a nice touch, but tap water for example should be available and preferably on the tables already (how many people actually order bottled water nowadays anyways?). The food does need improving. If the owner wants inspiration or doesn't understand or accept the food is not mouth watering - go to Diyarbakir, Hala, Gokyuzu or Devran in Harringay and order something similar from their menus. If you can make the changes then you can bring up the price of your city menu to £18 easily by increasing the variety of main courses available. Maybe even cut down your menu and just have a few meat specialties, 2 fish dishes and a few veggie options. Sometimes less is more esp when the quality of the food is...

Visited during a team lunch. Very nice, openly spaced restaurant and friendly staff. For starters had their falafel and hummus. Their falafel was okay - a tad grainy for me - but their hummus was delicious especially with the provided bread. Also had a taste of their fried whitebait and spinach feta borek which were both pretty nice too. For mains I shared their grill platter which came with lamb shish, lamb cutlets, Adana kebabs, chicken shish and chicken wings atop rice and flatbreads. This was £29.50 pp and I believe was great value. Every single meat was absolutely delicious. Particularly, the kebab and two lamb cuts were just sublime. Even their wings, which I initially thought was odd to include, were succulent and just fell off the bone. This came with a lot of food too. Another group of 5 at our table ordered this and could not finish it but they kindly let us take the rest home. Definitely one to order and maybe share amongst more people than you would think. For desserts I had their Kazandibi milk pudding and chocolate pyramids. These were pretty good - not too sweet either. Also had some of their Turkish coffee which was delightful. Overall, great mains with superb meats and pretty good starters and desserts too....

It was one of the only restaurants open on Saturday that had a good rating. I would’ve never gone for Turkish before but there was nothing else to try. I would certainly go for Turkish again. The free dip at the start was incredible with the bread. I’ve never tasted anything like it. For some reason I ordered a main (haloumi kebab) and a side salad (feta). I thought quantities would be small in a fancy central London restaurant but the opposite was true. My friend had moussaka and really enjoyed it. The staff were very attentive (I guess we were the only ones there at first). I also enjoyed the music. I guess I could give one small negative: I’m not a huge fan of parsley and there was a bit much on the feta salad - I suppose most people love it though. I hope to return again if I’m...