The World Turned Upside Down — Restaurant in Reading

Don’t Walk, Run to book your children’s birthday party here!!

I am short for words to express my thanks and heartfelt gratitude to all the staff at The World Turned Upside Down in Reading.

Our son had his birthday party here yesterday and every single member of staff here worked diligently throughout a very tough three hours with lots of children with the utmost respect, care and grace.

As anxious party parents nothing felt like too much to ask and all our worries and reservations quickly went away whenever we spoke to a member of staff!

To Ellie, Emma & Ryan, You were the most incredible hosts and brought immense success to this incredibly well structured and planned pizza making party

Ellie, your hosting role and making sure all the children were following instructions and making their pizza well was absolutely wonderful. It really was a tough crowd but you managed this brilliantly!

Emma, thank you so much for organising and collaborating with us to make sure all the kids had the right toppings and there was enough plates and spaces for all and helping to keep things nice and tidy for us all. This was incredibly important and valued as it just helped things move along so well

Ryan, your just an incredible manager/leader/entertainer and you have set an example to all your staff so brilliantly that you have all gone above and beyond and not just with us but in every interaction you have whether it be staff or customer. This was truly inspiring to see. Thank-you for overseeing us all and we will be forever grateful for your extra time with the children doing magic tricks and jokes. They thoroughly enjoyed this!

Lila (Chef), A special heartfelt thank you to you for being the most wonderful, charming and welcoming head chef for the day. Your organisation and ensuring Children’s pizzas were made properly and all their sides were replenished promptly was very very much appreciated. You were ever so kind and gracious to us and put our worries to rest. The pizzas were cooked beautifully and were incredibly yummy!

Mandira: Thank-you for being such a wonderful help to Lila and us and in making sure everything was running smoothly in the kitchen! You were also very kind and re-assuring to us.

We will be forever grateful to you all for this incredible experience you have given us and our son!

We would highly recommend the The World Turned Upside Down for parties as well as general dining and we look forward to going again soon

Thank-you ever so much, we hope to see...

Good evening Happy Thursday bit wet and damp so having a relaxing evening in just thought I would share popped in to the world upside down Saturday 31st for breakfast with fishing friends once a month catch up Ryan and Ellie gave us a warm welcome and we enjoyed a good breakfast I noticed there was a charity family fun day organised by Isla with Ryan's support and supporting Dementia UK with lots of activities throughout the afternoon and evening for young and old to many to mention just a few thow various games face painting a raffle live bands in the afternoon and karaoke in the evening so popped in around 8pm to find the Pub vibrant and everyone enjoying a good evening the afternoon was also shared by Reading and Charlton fans before and after the game so anyone wondering why the pub has door staff it has to on Match days to fulfil their licensing requirements just wanted to say thank you to Isla and Ryan sometimes I don't think people appreciate the hard work effort and energy that goes in to running a Pub / restaurant but I do know Isla and Ryan both put in a 16 to 18 hr day to pull that off and a nice sum of money was raised for the charity and I'm sure a good days takeings for the pub good job to everyone involved and a spectial thsnky you Isla and Ryan for all your hard work and efforts also a big thank you to smiling Suzy who came in on her day off to give support and has allways had a big smile on her face every time I've visited the pub in the last year allwayes smiling and happy to help everyone keep smiling Suzi and to Danny who was working the Bar Saturday night along with Ryan and Maria I think her name was Maria lastly a shout out to a few of the locals who have allways made me feel welcome since I started popping in a year ago I've enjoyed many good afternoon and evening getting to know everyone who i now call my pub family so thanks to Ant James the kks Matt yum yum all the staff and everyone else who i haven't mentioned just proves the world upside down could be a great community pub with the wright balance of good food beer live sports and some entertainment every now and...

Ok so I order breakfast for delivery from these excellent folks. Let me tell you - pound for pound best breakfast in Reading.

More specifics: Bacon - cooked through properly, no squeeky rind, no. Sausages - tasty and also cooked through properly. Eggs - cooked for despatch and arrive soft, not cooked all the way n grey inside etc. Never. Also - often arrives with some cheeky black pudding also. An unexpected treat as it doesn't say its included on just eat.

Many places do something similar but I get mine to the door for a little over a tenner all-in. They do it all really well, package it nicely and, as a tall chap with a passion for a full English, these folks sort out the hunger in one go. If you're small, this breakfast could do you for the day.

They don't even come up in a search for breakfast! How many folks are missing out?

As I read this over this I'm reminded that so many takeaway places deliver a tragically poor service (badly cooked, low quality ingredients, unsuitable packaging etc etc). It has to be said that these folks are doing everything right AND in the situation where others are doing something similar but badly or for a higher price.

I make sure to thank the staff on my order notes and comments because they really do allow me to get a good start to my day for a reasonable cost that gives me that energy until lunch and keeps ME working too.

Maximum appreciation, respect and thanks. Keep up the outstanding service.

(no photos because I couldn't wait!)

Ps. Black pud like more time in oven or can be fried to get good temp penetration. Hash browns could go into the paper bag with fried slice to ensure crispness for the customer. Both minor system changes and simple to...