Midday Sun - Carte

The Little Coffee Shop

➤ 107 Sanderstead Road, CR2 0PJ, Croydon, United Kingdom

Carte • Cakes • Coffee • Ice Cream • Chocolate

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"My best friend lives nearby to this lovely little coffee shop and I thought it would be nice for Christmas to get her a selection of Christmas treats from here as I know she uses it regularly and I have popped in here with her for milkshakes and cakes, when I have been to visit her and her lovely girls. The customer service from this small business was incredible, she knew my friend by name and even knew that she had already ordered a Christmas cake from here and kindly recommended switching the Christmas cake in the order for one of her favourite Guinness cakes. Seeing as she had been so accommodating and friendly I asked as a special request if she could put English muffins in as they were a fond shared childhood memory of ours and Corene replied straight away and said she could, no problem. Such a lovely touch that you would probably never get from a large corporate company. I already felt great that I had supported a small business and their customer service really made it a very pleasant experience. I know this year they have extended their range due to covid to provide fresh eggs, milk, lockdown essentials for lots of the locals to have somewhere easy to get these things in a difficult time and just wanted to spread the word of how wonderful they are!"

Zero Quattro

➤ 4 Tudor Court Russell Hill RoadSurrey CR8 2LA, Purley, United Kingdom

Carte • Kebab • Pizza • Seafood • European

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"I planned a surprise dinner for my sister to celebrate a very big event and I was extremely disappointed with the service we received on November 11th. I wish I had gotten our servers name because he was extremely unprofessional. To describe him he is an older (I believe possibly Italian due to his accent) man. Upon entering the restaurant with my sister, her friends were already waiting inside and said surprise to her as we entered. There were a few other patrons in the restaurant at this point, none of whom looked irritated by the situation, in fact many of them were smiling at our celebrations. We sat down at our assigned table and began excitedly chatting and saying hello to our guests. As it was a surprise dinner my sister was especially excited as she was not expecting to see her friends there. After sitting down for no more than 5 minutes the server in question (who we soon realised was unfortunately going to be our server for the night) loudly told us to be quiet as we were “disrupting the restaurant” our level of noise was no more than what you would expect for a party of 7 and it felt like we were being intentionally targeted by him. Nevertheless we lowered our conversation down to be respectful and continued on with our night. He returned shortly after and hurriedly requested us to order our food, we obliged and ordered our respective meals. After some time of receiving and finishing our starters one of my guests asked about the approximate timing of our mains to which she was told that “it will be here when it’s ready”. To finish off the night of awful service when it came time to pay the bill, everyone had diligently calculated their individual totals (including shared drinks service charge) and when he approached our table with the card machine he loudly asked “who is in charge here?” We explained to him three times that nobody is in charge and we all have calculated our individual amounts and will pay individually. After he had collected payment from every single person on the table he said (again very loudly with no respect for our privacy or other customers) that we had not paid our complete bill and owed him money still. Everyone still had their receipts and endured their receipts matched up with the amounts they had calculated. Despite this, he still made the decision to cause a huge scene by bringing a calculator with all his copies of the receipts and sitting down at a table next to us continuously shouting across to us that he was short changed. I was extremely upset and unimpressed by the service we received that night especially in the context of it being a very important celebration dinner fort sister. The only reason why I’m even giving 2 stars is because the food was very delicious however the service was horrendous."

Pizza Express

➤ 127 Brighton Road, Croydon, United Kingdom, CR5 2FH

Carte • Pizza • Vegan • Pasta • Italian

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"We recently had a fantastic pizza-making party for our daughter’s 6th birthday at the Coulsdon branch. A special thanks to Izzy our party-host who was lively, friendly and patient with the kids early on a Saturday morning! It was so nice to have the place to ourselves. Received lots of compliments from other parents on the concept of the pizza-making party! The two suggestions I would make are: please make it clear on the party description if you would prefer majority of parents to leave the store (but thank you again for accommodating us nonetheless) and background music! I did ask the chef but it never got played. The music during the games was fun though. A kids party was that really good value for money, thanks again! Service: Dine in Meal type: Other Price per person: £10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 4 Recommended dishes: Pepperoni Pizza, Dough Balls"

Bonanza

➤ 14 Ross Parade, Sutton, United Kingdom

Carte • Vegan • Asian • Vegetarian • Gluten Free

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"I had a great meal at this restaurant and decided to make a return visit. However, when I arrived with a booking, I was informed that there was no reservation and it was actually scheduled for the following day. I had specifically requested a table for three for that night over the phone, so I was confused by the mix-up. The food was delicious during my previous visit, except for the steak which tasted burnt due to a singed leaf on the hot plate. I informed the waitress about this, but the charge for the steak was still included on the bill. It was disappointing to leave with a negative experience, especially since the waitress and food were both excellent. I had hoped to make this my new go-to spot for dining, but now I am reconsidering."

Singapore Orchid

➤ 17 Chipstead Valley Road, Croydon I-CR5 2RB, United Kingdom

Carte • Asian • Chinese • Vegetarian • Singaporean

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"This was our first experience eating in a few weeks ago and I couldn’t feel more uncomfortable when we entered. A very rude and disrespectful woman, short blondish hair), she looked like the owner. She looked at me up and down and failed to say hello- a look of why we were there. When I told her I had a reservation- she was stunned and was very dismissive and after I said we made a reservation she was rather perplexed. We were sat to the table and given one menu to start with. they had a large group dining too- so took up all the menus). There was a nice gentleman who I believe took our booking who was friendly- that’s your lot! Upon ordering, I had forgotten to order a small portion of egg fried rice and when I asked to place an order, the waitress who took our order snapped and said it will take a “long time”. It was for my 3 year old- rice is a staple dish, which does not involve extensive cooking also pre cooked) I found this pretty unreasonable, how could you deny a child food- they didn’t want us there. The food in general was good- however the staff and ambience was abysmal. As an owner, you should be welcoming and friendly- the woman who greeted us- was far from this. She did not want our business as she was seen to pander to the large group of customers she had in the restaurant. A real shame, given this could have been our new local. Note the owner: don’t dismiss people who are coming to your restaurant, we are the people who keep your restaurant going. I would really score this no stars for service or ambience. Food: 3 Service: 1 Atmosphere: 1"