Golden Chefs Cafe — Restaurant in London

I was not expecting much when I saw the restaurant was empty - definitely a case of looks can be deceiving.

Firstly we order lentil soup as a staretr - simple I hear you say.. Nope! This soup was AMAZING! Had a very turkish/Mediterranean rich tone to it, meaty but it wasn't - flavours were on point squeezed a bit of lemon on top and everything was banging.

Moving onto the burgers, the gourmet burgers were freshly minced, hand made patties and very well seasoned - none of this ready made plastic burgers you get out of teh packs these days!

The burgers were grilled and oozing with dripping from the meat and cheeze - with the salad combo and chips - this was AWESOME!

You would think looking at this from outside that this cafe was left back in the 80's with its old school decor. Wish a little bit of money could be used to modernize the furniture - albeit - it was very clean.

However what is lacks in decor - it packs a punch in great tasting food.

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This has now got to be the most miserable cafe in Croydon. My wife and I swore we wouldn’t come in here again 6/7 years ago when they were putting cheap brown sauce into HP bottles. This morning, our 4 year old daughter insistent with breakfast out with Daddy and this god forsaken place was the only one open at 9am. The HP bottles have gone, but it’s a cheap sauce turnout. Bacon is gone, now it’s truly miserable Turkey bacon. My daughter wanted scrambled egg, the guy couldn’t even whisk the eggs, so it was a horrible mash of egg white and yolk solids. Horrible. Sausage quality woeful. The guy who has run the place for so many years tries his best, but is clearly lacking any kind of happiness in there. My God it’s a terrible cafe now. I will never, ever subject myself or anyone I love to this place again, wait an hour and go to the Surrey Street Cafe. It’s also quite expensive Vs Adam’s & Surrey St, which just nails it. Avoid...

I am posting this reluctantly, as I have always had great service in this cafe. However today it proved to be different! I ordered at the counter, and usually I am asked if I want to take my drink with me while I wait for my cooked order. This didn't happen. And when I received my food, it looked as if it had been prepared in a hurry. It wasn't Instagram-ready for sure! Nevertheless, it was pleasant enough. I went to pay, and we had a bill discrepancy of 25p. Now considering I usually dine here at least once a week, and have done for as long as I can remember, I was somewhat taken aback that the manager was arguing with me over such a princely sum. His parting words as he gave me the change was, "Spend it wisely". I am seriously considering boycotting the place due to...