Ali's Alcove — Restaurant in North Devon

Absolutely terrible, I cannot believe that the staff in this shop would send out the food they have to me this evening. They clearly have no standards. I have heard about places like these but guess I could consider myself lucky up til now having not ever had to experience one. I don’t write a lot of reviews unless it was particularly terrible or particularly good. I understand how much effect these reviews have on small businesses, but after their performance this evening, I just can’t keep quiet as I wouldn’t want anybody else wasting their hard earned money on what they may see as a little treat, while the cost of living is so high. How these con artists can accept money off people for the food they produce is beyond me. You couldn’t pay me to dine with Ali’s alcove again. To start, on just eat it stayed free garlic bread or bottle with orders over £18. This did not materialise. A shame but not the end of the world. The delivery driver very quickly handed me the food and scurried off abruptly, which at the time I didn’t think much of… now I know why! DO NOT ORDER THE FRIED CHICKEN!! It’s not what you’d expect… it’s not coated in eleven nor even one herb or spice… okay fair enough it didn’t state it was, but I expected a little more than just chicken thighs and a drumstick chucked into a deep fat fryer with the basket on top, so the bottom side is left to burn for half an hour at 200 degrees. In all honesty the chicken is what lead me to write this review. Dry, burnt, flavourless, greasy pucks of chicken carcass. Yum. I also ordered the large donner meat and chips. First off; it is not by a long shot a large portion. Garlic sauce was watery and very sparse. For some reason they decided to put mozzarella on the chips also… my least favourite cheese. It was gelatinous and not a welcome addition to the salty greasy kebab meat and soggy chips I was presented with for £7. My girlfriend ordered a pizza. Which she rated a 4/10 as it was greasy and bland. She did however on a lighter note say her cheesy chips were nice. So I guess there’s at least one positive nearly £30 later. Anyway… moral of the story is, don’t do it. Order from somewhere else that will value your custom and not have the audacity to send/serve you food anywhere near the standard that the staff of Ali’s alcove believe to be acceptable. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. Please don’t waste your money. I have taken pictures but not sure how to...

Best place around, you cannot beat ali's famous seasoned chips. As the saying goes "it's good but it's not quite ali's chips" nothing can compare to this immaculate miracle of culinary expertise. It is rumoured Heston Blumenthal went in search of the best chips in the world but upon tasting these he couldn't handle their magnifence and so settled for second best. There are only two times it is acceptable for a man to cry, at a funeral and if ali's alcove ever closes. Do your taste buds a favour and try these chips, although I warn you no amount of searching will ever find a delicacy to quite rival alis famous...

A disgrace to Turkish cuisine. How you can brand yourself as ‘Turkish’ is beyond me. You clearly strive for the cheapest food you can cook and easiest way to prepare. The mixed ‘kebob’ was inedible and frankly disgusting. Wouldn’t order again even if I was starving. If your target market is drunk white people at 4am then fine but don’t false...