Latest reviews for Cafes & Coffee Shops in Bankside, London, United Kingdom

Shipp's Tearooms - LIKE A REAL TRIP BACK IN TIME WITH YOUR NAN by LOVEANDKATE

LOVEANDKATE — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:15:05 +0000

Review by LOVEANDKATE

Rating: 3.00

Phone: 020 7407 2692

Website: http://www.shippstearooms.info/

I booked a table here for my 27th birthday on a Sunday and was really excited as it looked beautiful and is near the fabulous borough market and fantastic cheese shop.

However quaint, beautifully, sweet, dainty and authentic as it is----the food wasn't up to much. I ordered a cheese sandwich aswell as speciality teas and cakes and it was literally a hunk of cheese slapped in a bit of mighty white cut into triangles [as if your nana had made it whilst you watched corrie repeats with her].

The cakes were very sweet and definitely traditional in look aswell as taste. i had a gooseberry and custard tart with a thick sugar glaze over it. Nice but not wonderful and rather overpriced due to surroundings.

However the service was great, the tearooms itself is very sweet and has crockery hanging from the wall, tables are laid with doilies and pretty granny things that contemporary living ignores these days.

Each tea ordered came in a different granny te pot with a silver tea stained spoon and sugar lumps!!

If I was to go again I'd probably get the cream tea as this appeared to be the best value for money, taste and authenticity. The teas were also interesting and nothing beats a pot of strong assam.

This place is fab but be careful what ypou order to make the experience a treasured one- one to take your gran, mum or girlfriends as my boyfriend couldnt understand the cheese sandwich incident and wasnt bothered about the doilies!!!I booked a table here for my 27th birthday on a Sunday and was really excited as it looked beautiful and is near the fabulous borough market and fantastic cheese shop.

However quaint, beautifully, sweet, dainty and authentic as it is----the food wasn't up to much. I ordered a cheese sandwich aswell as speciality teas and cakes and it was literally a hunk of cheese slapped in a bit of mighty white cut into triangles [as if your nana had made it whilst you watched corrie repeats with her].

The cakes were very sweet and definitely traditional in look aswell as taste. i had a gooseberry and custard tart with a thick sugar glaze over it. Nice but not wonderful and rather overpriced due to surroundings.

However the service was great, the tearooms itself is very sweet and has crockery hanging from the wall, tables are laid with doilies and pretty granny things that contemporary living ignores these days.

Each tea ordered came in a different granny te pot with a silver tea stained spoon and sugar lumps!!

If I was to go again I'd probably get the cream tea as this appeared to be the best value for money, taste and authenticity. The teas were also interesting and nothing beats a pot of strong assam.

This place is fab but be careful what ypou order to make the experience a treasured one- one to take your gran, mum or girlfriends as my boyfriend couldnt understand the cheese sandwich incident and wasnt bothered about the doilies!!!

Amano Cafe - Flatbread to die for! by fillyfod

fillyfod — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:59:02 +0000

Review by fillyfod

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7234 0000

Website: http://www.amanocafe.com

Tags: italian, friendly, quick bite

This is somewhere that appeals to virtually everyone, amano serve very "fast" food and are yet very healthy with a wide choice for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The produce is always very fresh with a dazzling array of options available. The flatbreads are beautiful and made in the ovens before your very eyes. You can create your own or be inspired by the menu of classic combinations.

Amano has yet to disappoint and offers good value for money in an area which generally serves below average food at above average prices.

The only downside is there are never enough spaces in the seating area!This is somewhere that appeals to virtually everyone, amano serve very "fast" food and are yet very healthy with a wide choice for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The produce is always very fresh with a dazzling array of options available. The flatbreads are beautiful and made in the ovens before your very eyes. You can create your own or be inspired by the menu of classic combinations.

Amano has yet to disappoint and offers good value for money in an area which generally serves below average food at above average prices.

The only downside is there are never enough spaces in the seating area!

Most Cafe Bar - Down and Dirty! by Jimbo

Jimbo — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:44:28 +0000

Review by Jimbo

Rating: 2.00

Phone: 020 74036030

Tags: cosy, belgian beer, average brew

We had a quick beer in Most Cafe Bar last Friday. It's a small and neat looking cafe placed exactly underneath Tower Bridge on the south side of the river Thames. A very unique location, to say the least.

A small bottle of Belgian Duvel was Â£3.20 which was a bit too expensive. I've had pints of Duvel in central london for about the same price. I can't comment on other prices because we left after the first bottle! But I can tell you this: apart from my friend and I, there was only three American tourists inside who were there for a coffee. And that was 6pm on a Friday! You be the judge!

Oh, and in case you aren't from London, the upclose view of the river Thames is second worst, next to my neighbour's ugly oily Sphynx!!! Yuk!

We had a quick beer in Most Cafe Bar last Friday. It's a small and neat looking cafe placed exactly underneath Tower Bridge on the south side of the river Thames. A very unique location, to say the least.

A small bottle of Belgian Duvel was Â£3.20 which was a bit too expensive. I've had pints of Duvel in central london for about the same price. I can't comment on other prices because we left after the first bottle! But I can tell you this: apart from my friend and I, there was only three American tourists inside who were there for a coffee. And that was 6pm on a Friday! You be the judge!

Oh, and in case you aren't from London, the upclose view of the river Thames is second worst, next to my neighbour's ugly oily Sphynx!!! Yuk!

Frank's Cafe - by Angel_Bury

Angel_Bury — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:58:39 +0000

Review by Angel_Bury

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7928 3850

Tags: lively, quick bite, busy

TheMoth is right about them there queues! Franks is a proper good old fasioned no thrills greasy spoon/sarnie bar. Run by a family of friendly Italians who can whip up a ham salad bap faster than you can say spaghetti.
Breakfast here is the forte though, any combinations of fri-up you can imagine gets gobbled up by local builders hunched over cool formica 60's tables and benches. The toast here really is something else, freshly cut bloomer bread makes for a crispy crust and fluffy white insides, AND they have just the right touch with marmite too, not too little, not too much, masterful! All washed down with proper tea the colour of bricks, it's a joy.TheMoth is right about them there queues! Franks is a proper good old fasioned no thrills greasy spoon/sarnie bar. Run by a family of friendly Italians who can whip up a ham salad bap faster than you can say spaghetti.
Breakfast here is the forte though, any combinations of fri-up you can imagine gets gobbled up by local builders hunched over cool formica 60's tables and benches. The toast here really is something else, freshly cut bloomer bread makes for a crispy crust and fluffy white insides, AND they have just the right touch with marmite too, not too little, not too much, masterful! All washed down with proper tea the colour of bricks, it's a joy.

Menier Chocolate Factory - by chickerino

chickerino — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:25:17 +0000

Review by chickerino

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7378 1712

Tags: theatre, modern art, friendly

Excellent food, good value. Super-nice staff.Excellent food, good value. Super-nice staff.

Tas Cafe - by emmalouise99

emmalouise99 — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:23:49 +0000

Review by emmalouise99

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7403 8557

Website: http://www.tasrestaurant.com

Tags: turkish, meze, vegetarian dishes

The food there seems to be much more reliable than at the restaurant next door - so far I've not had a bad lunch there. The Meze plates are good - everything is fresh and flavourful. They also do some nice savoury pastries.

Tas Cafe is on the peripheries of the Borough Market Saturday scrum, but is just far away enough to not be overly crowded.The food there seems to be much more reliable than at the restaurant next door - so far I've not had a bad lunch there. The Meze plates are good - everything is fresh and flavourful. They also do some nice savoury pastries.

Tas Cafe is on the peripheries of the Borough Market Saturday scrum, but is just far away enough to not be overly crowded.

Rosie Tate - rosies is the best by monkey

monkey — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:10:27 +0000

Review by monkey

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7928 9100

Tags: quick bite, good brew, sandwich

great food, cheap prices, shame the staff dont smile :(great food, cheap prices, shame the staff dont smile :(