Indian Essence - Carte

The Orpington Café Record Store

➤ 161 High Street, London BR6 0LW, United Kingdom

Carte • Store • Coffee • British • Healthy

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"Wonderful place, the staff are attentive, professional, courteous, and caring. You will not find better cafe service, and there is a happy, easy and relaxed atmosphere even the staff give off the feeling that they are happy to be there. The music is varied and ambient enough to provide an unintrusive background. The cafe itself is stylish, clean, and sectioned carefully to cater to multiple types of customer at once without overlap. Food and drinks are of a high quality, it may be on the pricier side for some but is worth every penny."

Parkside

➤ 5-7 Chislehurst Road Orpington, Kent BR6 0DF, United Kingdom

Carte • Pizza • Sushi • European • Vegetarian

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"Great, in fact fantastic food. The restaurant had a very casual and relaxing feel to it, which I liked. The decor is a bit cheesy but that's the nature of the beast. Apart from us there were over 20 other patrons, all Chinese. Obviously you feel reassured of food quality if actual Chinese people are frequenting the restaurant and having a good time. If I had to picky, I'd say the main waiter, with the ear ring!, needs to cheer up a little. At least look like you enjoy the job mate...."

Chapter One

➤ Farnborough Common Locksbottom Kent, BR6 8NF, London, United Kingdom

Carte • Wine • British • European • Contemporary

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"We love Chapter One. We have been visiting for 20 years and they never disappoint. Andrew and his team, front of house and kitchen, are the best. Can't wait for our next visit. Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch Price per person: £40–50 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5"

Ephesus

➤ 243 Orpington High StreetOrpington, London, United Kingdom

Carte • Wine • Steak • Casual • Turkish

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"Where do I start... I 'm going to be really honest, this was my first and last time here. First off we were promised a live music which turned out to be more on the lines of mumbling some lines. The atmosphere was drab and non existent. The food was cold and tasteless. Most of my friends that went (12+ we couldn 't finish our meals as meat was uncooked and carbs (rice chips were still frozen. We paid £30pp for a belly dancer, live music and a set menu, which is fair enough. The belly dancer was outstanding as always and was entertaining. Couldn 't say the same about the service and fixtures. We asked for water a number of times and was then presented with a plastic water bottle which wasn 't very clean with tap water and was told to share this across the table. We were not impressed. The reason for this was they had run out of jugs (btw no-one had jugs or food for that matter. Timely delivery of food, didn 't exist. We got to the restaurant at 19:30, we had some drinks caught up ordered. Starters came out at 20:50. We then entertained by shouting in the kitchen and what seemed to be a disagreement between all staff, other diners at this point started walking out without eating anything as they had waited so long. Then at 21:57 we were graced with our main meal which was half hot half cold. Rice was pretty much frozen, meat was hot but as mentioned before, some was uncooked. Not too mention the smallest lime in my 'strawberry daiquiri ' which has literally no taste. We you can tell from the pictures these were not happy customers a lot of food was left... Yes a plastic container for my sweet and sour sauce instead of the promised aioli sauce. Bearing on mine the whole time we sat with our coats and scarves on as the AC was turned up so high our hands were turning blue. In conclusion, if you want to pay through the nose for cold, uncooked and unfriendly stay them please come enjoy (sarcasm ."

Joy Kitchen

➤ 318 High Street, Orpington I-BR6 0NG, United Kingdom

Carte • Thai • Kebab • Cafés • Asian

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"The restaurant itself felt a bit more like a cafe than a restaurant, more suited to a lunch or quick bite to eat. However, the food was extremely good, and very reasonably priced, and the staff were very nice even if a little unhurried"