Eastbrook Cafe - Piatti

Jakes Hamburgers

➤ 631 High Road, Ilford I-IG3 8RA, United Kingdom, ILFORD

Piatti • Vegan • Lunch • Cheese • Burgers

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"Paid for 16 oz of beef patty, received 12 oz (365 grams) a big discrepancy and when you consider that 16 oz vs 12 oz costs £4 more you would expect to receive exactly that. When I contacted the owner, he advised that all weights advertised are pre-cooking, and so a 16 oz burger is in fact 12 oz, a 8 oz 4 oz and so on. If I were the owner and valued the integrity of my business, I would add extra meat to account for the shrinkage, or add a disclaimer on delivery sites to inform customers of the same otherwise you are misrepresenting an item. Another piece of advice to the owner is not to dismiss a customers concerns by using the premise ‘I’ve got a reputable business and don’t receive complaints of this nature’ thus trivialising their concern. Treat each concern individually and with a helpful attitude. As for the burger, the patties contained too much flour (which is typically used as a binding agent, just less) making them very rubbery and without flavour, which left much to be desired."

Cristina's

➤ 8-10 north street Barking, Essex IG11 8AW, United Kingdom

Piatti • Asiatic • Mexican • Seafood • Fast Food

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"The new lunch menu isn 't great, I loved the old one where you could get a smashed cheeseburger and fries for £7/8. I ordered recently, had the chicken thigh burger, which there were several issues with unfortunately. The menu states that your meals will come with fries, they don 't, everything comes with croquette potatoes/tater tots. Whatever you want to call them, they are not fries, and Christina 's fries were one of the best things about the place before! Also, half of mine were cold and slightly stale after obviously being kept in the new warmers they have out front. Your new style of service is very strange, where the person is out front and all the food is pre-cooked and kept in pots. The fact I was there for nearly 40 mins and saw the server never change his gloves and touch multiple meats and containers was strange too, especially when he 's also preparing vegetarian options alongside the meat. Unfortunately, my chicken was dry in places and although the flavours were good, it wasn 't hot. The burger was also drowned in coleslaw, which although I like it, doesn 't have to be heaped on the burger so much. Also, sorry but at £11 £4 higher than the previous lunch deal) I think I would go elsewhere. I don 't mind paying that much if I feel I am getting fresh, hot food and good value, but with food that isn 't hot and isn 't as described, I wouldn 't pay that much. It 's a shame, as Christina 's has been somewhere I have enjoyed going to in the past. Seen the reply below, sorry I should have been more explicit, the food was mostly terrible and mostly cold. Why would I give it another go when you couldn 't even get the basics right, like ensuring food is hot? The server didn 't change his gloves, but agree that he wasn 't preparing the vegetarian dishes out front, so I was wrong about that. However, £11 isn 't competitive at all, when I can literally go to Ripple road for a sit in Turkish grill for £7... ‍"

Shri Bheemas Indian

➤ 33 Woodford Avenue, Redbridge, United Kingdom, IG2 6UF

Piatti • Cafés • Asian • Indian • Seafood

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"What an amazing restaurant. My sister and I visited on a trip from Devon as a birthday treat. The menu was extensive but we were given plenty of time to choose. All our food was really delicious. We were asked how spicy we liked our food and both our dishes were perfect. All the staff were friendly and polite and the whole place was spotless. We sat near a family who told us they were regulars as the food is so good and they treated us to a delicious paper dosa to try as we’d not had them before. It was a really enjoyable evening and I’d highly recommend this lovely restaurant."

Chan's

➤ 321 High Street North, Newham, United Kingdom, E12 6PQ

Piatti • Asian • Seafood • Asiatic • Chinese

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"This family-owned Chinese restaurant is the best for miles. I have been ordering from them for years and have never been disappointed with the food. The option to get the curry hotter adds a lovely kick to the already delicious flavors. The honey ribs are amazing and I highly recommend the fish in black bean sauce. The chunky and generous portion of chips are also a hit. Although prices have increased since lockdown, the food still offers great value for money. The restaurant itself is small and intimate, with super friendly staff. I haven't dined in for a while, but I always enjoy my meals from this place."

The Boathouse Cafe And

➤ The Granary 80 Abbey Road, IG11 7BT, Barking and Dagenham, United Kingdom

Piatti • Wine • Cafés • Seafood • European

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"very nice, fairly large, covered area outside, with huge sunshades to protect against the summer sun or more likely the English rain. and there are sometimes delicious bbq (boiled with beautiful veggie options separately on film) on Saturday and Sunday afternoon early evening. check them beforehand. great views at sunset over the roding where you can see the wrecks or the old barges and try to cross the river with the two small bridges that you can see in the far away. frequent changing cocktails and mocktails, filled and now beer and stout, weine and beautiful fruity apple wines to preserve their interest. Veggie-friendly and one or two vegan dishes, overflow on the top. Fabulous, humid, German cheesecake with mandarin orange and other fruits or maybe even on a Dutch apple pie or one of their other great cakes. pandemic, which may be on bank holiday on Friday and Saturday evenings you can enjoy your effortlessly cool djs on the decks or hear some great musicians. entry is always free and with the DJs bands playing on the right band, they can enjoy the music and still chat without screaming. other paintings, owners music lovers derrick, plays a tasteful, eclectic choice of classic soul, radio, rare nut, ratpack jazz thru a top of the series in-house bose sound system. and finally there are the cocktails. oh, these cocktails! will we risk a mojito or tonight with another whisky sour to keep together? derrick, the chef, learned his trade with cocktails in some of the most swiss cocktailbars of copenhagen. now it is in sunny barking. it is the only bar/café in the city that really makes effort to impress and host the diners and drinks preferences of their mozens."