I don't usually go for Turkish food but here we are, after a night at the movies we picked this cafe as they have a Tastecard offer for buy 1 get 1 free on food, which we used on our savoury food.
The counter display is quite pretty and they have ice cream, chocolate and cakes, which should delight anyone with a sweet tooth! They have chocolate samples at the counter which we took too much advantage of so when we sat down to order I couldn't bear to order any more cakes or sweet things.
I opted for the chilled Turkish coffee (with hints of chocolate) and Wendy L opted for Salep. We then ordered the beef and cheese quiche with potato and cheese borekitas. The Salep was really good with cinnamon sprinkled on top. It reminds me of Chai Tea latte from starbucks, except the consistency of the drink has been thickened with the salep flour. Turkish coffee was ok but I was not sure about the film of chocolate on the top with some sort of mousse consistency. It was not something that I would order again.
The quiche was really nice, although it was pretty obvious that it's something just reheated. The borekitas were a disaster. It was hard inside and it felt like the potato got mashed together into a solid lump so the taste was horrendous. I wanted to give up after eating half of one.
Whilst our order was delivered the waitress gave to us two macarons and before we could query whether these were complimentary, she dashed off. Later on in our meal she came back, said sorry wrong order, and promptly took them away again. I tried to scout with an eagle eye whether she put the macarons back onto the general pile of availability and it might have been....disgusting. We could have licked these...And what would they have done if I decided to eat these? Would they charge?
Service was terrible although they tried to redeem themselves at times. One of the waitress was obviously in training after looking at her tag, she had a dismissive attitude when we were not ready to order and when my friend tried to use the toilet downstairs she shouted at her not to go downstairs the toilets were being cleaned! Another waitress helpfully suggested that we use the disabled WC on this level.
We asked the waitress for a bill, got completely ignored after that for 10 minutes while we waited impatiently. I was watching the same waitress I spoke to before ignore the bill and went about cleaning tables for close of business. The gentleman at the counter eventually gave us the bill but told us to pay at the cashier.
Overall, the food is not that amazing. I liked the salep only and might come back only to drink that, takeaway if possible please. Service...
Read moreI just went there with a friend. I didn't know whether to pay the money, at the counter or on the table. The waitress sat us down and gave us menus. We ordered our coffee at the table and the waiteress put the order in for us. It was a tea and hot chocolate. Because it was at the table, I assumed the bill will come to the table, when we asked for it.
It was time to go, so I asked for separate bills. I asked her to bring the two bills at the table. She said no. I said "how would you like to do it?" She said I had to pay my order at the counter first and she will bring my friends bill to the table. It doesn't make any sense. I decided not to argue with her. It's easier to bring two bills to the table imo to adviod confusion
Anyway long story short. My friend thought I paid for her bill, which I never did. We left the restaurant and got pulled back in obviously. I also used to work in a restaurant, she should have bring the bill to the table or commuicated it better to us, maybe tell us to pay at the counter after we finish, while taking our orders. We don't know whether it's like costa, where you pay at the counter or it's like a restaurant, where we wait for the bill to arrive. The waitresses should have carefully planned it for us, like all restaurants do.
She also lied about me. I told her to bring my friends bill to the table, I think she was either being lazy because she didn't want to bring two bills to the table. She was also being lazy to communicate this information to me. Instead she said to my friend. I want to pay my half first at the counter, which is a lie. I told her to bring the TWO bills to the table to adviod confusion. Lucky my friend knows me well and doesn't...
Read moreThis place, oh my wards, what & how could I explain it? I found this branch of Cafe style & eatery if I can say that in Istanbul Turkey my very much loved & frequent visiting country, there until the flippen Covid?. It was my sanctuary in the midday heat in one of so many branches close to grand Bazar modern & utter divine Turkish coffee served there as well as to die 4 Pistachio ice cream not to mention various assortment of Chocolates. I was Hooked to this branch of Cafe & when ever visiting Istanbul must pay it visiting. love every thing about it as it also serves all sort of chocolates which I am addict to 😂🤣😅😄🤩 Well then by pure chance again, just infront of me on Biccadilly Regent St London Hi Presto? Surprise , Surprise Kahve Dunyasi I front of my eyes I, went wild & told them about my delights of the opening branch in London & here we go now I am a frequent again visitor & with all my friends meet & drink the divine Turkish Coffee, The utter delicious some traditional Turkish bourak as well as so many choices of sandwiches. The place clean,warm & oozes chocolates 🍫 😋 the service is great & I am almost know the place & who worked there the very cool, quite & eger manager & a stunning Romania top working Waitress there Loura so I would say a most visit lovely Cafe branch, enjoy Turkish coffee, delicious assortments of ice cream especially the Pistachio & relax 😀 by the way easy by bus which almost stop...
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