Latest reviews for Restaurants in Highbury, London, United Kingdom

Au Lac - by ejbell

ejbell — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:04:43 +0000

Review by ejbell

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7704 9187

Tags: vietnamese, romantic, family & home feel

The Au Lac is a great local restaurant - and it delivers! Try the delicious fresh rolls, a really nice prawn starter, the chili-fried squid, prawn and green leaf soup, we've never had a bad dish from here and we've been ordering regularly for 10 years. the staff are incredibly helpful and friendly too!The Au Lac is a great local restaurant - and it delivers! Try the delicious fresh rolls, a really nice prawn starter, the chili-fried squid, prawn and green leaf soup, we've never had a bad dish from here and we've been ordering regularly for 10 years. the staff are incredibly helpful and friendly too!

Sen Nin (formerly Ah-So) - Please try harder, and charge me less! by dafinki

dafinki — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:19:57 +0000

Review by dafinki

Rating: 2.00

Tags: expensive, pretentious, japanese

Really not impressed. First of all we witnessed the most lacklustre display of teppenyaki cooking ever. Then they forgot our gyoza. Then we got the billÂ â¬Â almost Â£50 for a lunch with no alcohol. Not good value for money.

When is there going to be a decent Japanese restaurant on Upper Street?Really not impressed. First of all we witnessed the most lacklustre display of teppenyaki cooking ever. Then they forgot our gyoza. Then we got the billÂ â¬Â almost Â£50 for a lunch with no alcohol. Not good value for money.

When is there going to be a decent Japanese restaurant on Upper Street?

The Gate - Big let down by simone1

simone1 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:58:30 +0000

Review by simone1

Rating: 1.00

Phone: 020 7923 9227

Tags: garden, family & home feel, cheap eat

Myself and friends family have been using the gate for a few years now and seen it change hands and menus.
I was really dissapointed the last few visits. Three of us ordered dinner no starters,we waited 20 minutes for our food when it came the roast lamb i ordered was roast beef with 1 slice of lamb under the beef? My friend ordered sea bass which came complete with head and eyes and had not been filleted this came with a creamy sauce,served with brussel sprouts and carrots and a side salad? and was also slighty undercooked i guess this was due to the fact it had not been filleted and cooked to quickly.
After our meal we waited another 15-20 minutes for desert menu as all the staff including chef were all sitting outside smoking,they did look at us through the window and smile now and then,in the end i went to the bar and got my own desert menu,wish i had not bothered the desert was over priced and tastless.We also froze as the doors were open and no heaters it was january!!Myself and friends family have been using the gate for a few years now and seen it change hands and menus.
I was really dissapointed the last few visits. Three of us ordered dinner no starters,we waited 20 minutes for our food when it came the roast lamb i ordered was roast beef with 1 slice of lamb under the beef? My friend ordered sea bass which came complete with head and eyes and had not been filleted this came with a creamy sauce,served with brussel sprouts and carrots and a side salad? and was also slighty undercooked i guess this was due to the fact it had not been filleted and cooked to quickly.
After our meal we waited another 15-20 minutes for desert menu as all the staff including chef were all sitting outside smoking,they did look at us through the window and smile now and then,in the end i went to the bar and got my own desert menu,wish i had not bothered the desert was over priced and tastless.We also froze as the doors were open and no heaters it was january!!

Iznik - Iznik isn't all it by Jess_Hilton

Jess_Hilton — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:12:40 +0000

Review by Jess_Hilton

Rating: 2.00

Phone: 020 7354 5697

Tags: turkish, cosy, kebabs

I hate my first review to be a bad one but it had to be done.
This weekend I went to Iznik in Highbury Barn after reading a reccomendation in Time Out. So my expectations were high and when I entered the restaurant with its hanging lanterns from the ceiling, glowing lights, and pretty table cloths it looked like a good meal was about to be had.
However, althugh the menu seemed to offer tasty helpings of food what arrived was pathetic servings of tasteless meat and rice. Even the 'platter' we started with, which I was worried might be like the usual feast of a meze, was enough for one person!
So I'm afraid we were all very disappointed, the males I was with even left the restaurant still hungry.
Think I'll be heading to the green lanes next time.I hate my first review to be a bad one but it had to be done.
This weekend I went to Iznik in Highbury Barn after reading a reccomendation in Time Out. So my expectations were high and when I entered the restaurant with its hanging lanterns from the ceiling, glowing lights, and pretty table cloths it looked like a good meal was about to be had.
However, althugh the menu seemed to offer tasty helpings of food what arrived was pathetic servings of tasteless meat and rice. Even the 'platter' we started with, which I was worried might be like the usual feast of a meze, was enough for one person!
So I'm afraid we were all very disappointed, the males I was with even left the restaurant still hungry.
Think I'll be heading to the green lanes next time.