Téléphone: +442085565866
Adresse: 524 Lea Bridge Road, Waltham Forest, United Kingdom
Ville: Waltham Forest
Menu Plats: 6
Avis: 687
"I am a well travelled person. Not only have I been to countless places in the world I 've eaten out more times in my life than I 've had home cooked food. So it is fair to assume I know a good restaurant from a bad one. Well, no not really. In fact my idea of a poor restaurant fell way above the standard of the Cyprus Meze Bar and Restaurant in Leyton. Maybe it should have been obvious something was wrong the moment me and my complement of friends walked into the place. The venue was deserted, apart from one table at the very back. On a Friday evening for a restaurant that seated about two hundred at full capacity this was concerning. Oddly, despite how unattended the place was, the manager had decided to hire a DJ to blare out music at nightclub levels of loudness. On top of this there were strobe repeating lights which were irritating and blinding. It absolutely killed the atmosphere. Our hosts seemed unwilling to let any sense go unaffected because the cutlery was rough and there was strong incense passing through the restaurant at intervals. The staff were slow to react to our presence. It was almost as if they were just as surprised as we were that we were actually eating there. We were told there was a preset menu which would come to £25 per person. All we needed to do was sit and wait for the courses to be brought to us, one by one. This seemed fine at the time but two hours later we hadn 't yet had something warm. When we did eventually get a warm plate which was a kofte each I was so underwhelmed by it I took a picture. The lighting was poor and it was blurry but I refused to retake the photo on the basis the kofte just wasn 't worth the effort. In fact, the picture serves as an effective metaphor. In summary I 'd say the food was bland. Taste was the only sense that was not molested during our experience. Over two hours later and my party decided we didn 't want to spend another second at the Cyprus Meze Bar. We called for the bill before our main course and explained our disappointment. The waiting staff responded by taking five pounds off our bill. So, by their own admittance, were they suggesting their cold starters of vegetables and coleslaw was worth four times as much as their main course?! Good thing we didn 't wait to find out ourselves then! Eventually the restaurant arrived at a compromise, and we spent £15 each on something we could have bought for just £5 from Tesco. In summary between the awful smells, sounds, lights and textures were bland tastes. If I wanted to replicate the experience I 'd bring a sandwich to a nightclub and save myself some dignity."
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Andrew
All of the negative reviews are accurate – steer clear of this place if you want to avoid disappointment. The staff was extremely rude, and every time they hurried past our table, the floor shook as if it were a 6.2 earthquake. Definitely avoid this place.
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Ali
The restaurant has unique decor and wall art. The staff is friendly and attentive. The live music featuring Kader Ates singing and Naci Göcen playing the violin was exceptional. Both musicians are highly regarded within the Turkish community. The Meze served was delicious and the in-between snacks were also tasty. A great place to spend a weekend night out.
Selma6
I read the previous reviews and wouldn't disagree about the quality of the food-it was poor! That's why my headline refers to it being a dinner and dance and not a typical restaurant. Your paying for the whole experience, where unfortunately the food is secondary. As someone Turkish it reminded me of an engagement or wedding party experience. I get the concept and its a good one, but your going there for the food, go elsewhere.
grahamt366
Visiting with the extended family on Saturday evening. The only good thing to say is that the entertainment and dancing we're okay. This is where the enjoyment ends. The tables are too close together making it very difficult to get out. The service was mediocre. Set menu only, Meze was poor, main course was very poor. Overall very difficult to describe this as a Turkish restaurant, best eat somewhere else, then just come for the entertainment. Voir le carte
Denski05
Couldnt ask for better front of house service, polite, quick service with a smile. If took us 10mins to get seated as it was busy and we didnt book so we was to blame but the staff managed to arrange us a table which was a great thumbs up. The food was mouth watering well seasoned and cooked to perfection, i ordered a chicken and lamb shish combi, the food come quick and piping hot, very genourous portions, couldnt fault this restaurant, it was my first experience and i will be back. Shame i we had to leave early and we missed the entertainment but Thank you cyprus meze bar.
Isaac
A meal which took almost two hours and we have yet to have the main course that never came, bear in mind the owner wanted to charge us £25 per head. The only good thing about this place was the waitress who was polite and reasonable. Apart from that, the food (both cold and hot meze) was ridiculously bland and tastless. The main course never came so we decided to ask for the bill. They demanded for £20 pp saying they gave us £5 off because we didnt have the main course and dessert well that doesn't make any sense. How can the main course and dessert cost less than the starters!?!? That's absolutely bizzare!! The manager or owner refused to talk to us and instead sent his minions to sort the...
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Being half Cypriot, I was looking forward to this place. Unfortunately, I was mistaken. If I could sum up the quality of food and experience in one word, it would be abysmal. Before I get on to the other points, I'd like to get the positives out of the way first. The waitress was polite. That is all. Onto the bad points. You have mishmash decor which looks tacky. You have lights flashing in your face as you eat so bring sunglasses. The experience continues with loud music so high, good luck trying to have a conversation with anyone more than a foot away from you. After two hours of getting a suntan from strobe lighting and losing hearing in both ears, we decided enough was enough and left th... Voir le carte
SezinS34
The starters were amazing and delicious, but it would be more hygienic to serve each customer their own plate of starters instead of having a communal platter where people could potentially put their fingers in. The food was tasty, but the plates were too small and food kept falling off. It would be better to invest in larger plates. Additionally, the heaters were not working, and it was cold inside the restaurant. Some of us couldn't even take our coats off until two hours later. We were also disappointed to see kids running around, especially since we had gone out for an evening without children present. When asked, we were informed that they were the musician's children, but we felt it wa...
BogdanP
I went to this restaurant for a christening party and thanks to the festive mood and the friends i got the occasion to spend some time with, i was able to get passed the horrible restaurant service and the awful food. In the beginning they got all sorts of starters on small plates but so many in the same time they had to build them up on top of each other transforming all in a disgusting display of food. Then they served some sort of aperitif once small piece at a time and basically it took a half an hour to get the complete aperitif on everyone 's plate complete aperitif is a very generous way to call it). The main course was the icing on the cake when they brought three bbq chicken wings a...
Andrew
I am a well travelled person. Not only have I been to countless places in the world I 've eaten out more times in my life than I 've had home cooked food. So it is fair to assume I know a good restaurant from a bad one. Well, no not really. In fact my idea of a poor restaurant fell way above the standard of the Cyprus Meze Bar and Restaurant in Leyton. Maybe it should have been obvious something was wrong the moment me and my complement of friends walked into the place. The venue was deserted, apart from one table at the very back. On a Friday evening for a restaurant that seated about two hundred at full capacity this was concerning. Oddly, despite how unattended the place was, the manager... Voir le carte
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