Salamis Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "I absolutely loved the grilled kebabs and the shawarma wraps."
• "The food that I had was delicious. A lot of flavours in the shish and the sides that come with it."
• "Food is perfect, fresh and generous portions."
• "Very tasty food, excellent services, close by to eat with family or special occasions, worth going for a dinner & night out."
• "Best Turkish restaurant that I have tried around London! The quality of the meat is amazing, the size of the portions great!"
• "Food was perfectly cooked lamb, chicken were nice soft and tender, great flavour too."
• "The food came out and everything was fresh tasty and delicious ... you ate first with your eyes."

Cons:

• "I believe its a really bad attempt to imitate Turkish cuisine."
• "£5 pounds for a thin slice of EXPIRED cheese cake. it tastes like expired toothpaste."
• "The food was totally untested & dry, price is very high."
• "The food was absolutely rubbish, too expensive."
• "Donner was burnt, stale & smelt horrible."
• "The ‘large’ lamb doner was also 70% rice and 30% doner meat."
• "The food was noticibly poorer; the rice and bulgar were larger and puffier, the lamb donor is now no longer proper meat but much like a kebab shop."

Service

Pros:

• "Great food and very friendly staff."
• "Great food and service! Best turkish food I've had by far better than other turkish restaurants in the area."
• "Brilliant service...delicious food...great atmosphere."
• "Friendly staff. Excellent facilities."
• "We were greeted warmly on arrival and seated in a warm area."
• "The service was excellent."
• "Been eating here for almost 20 years. Fantastic food, great staff."

Cons:

• "Service was okay but all waiters did not seem happy at all."
• "Totally shambolic service."
• "Rubbish service that."
• "Absolutely abysmal service."
• "AWFUL experience. Placed an order online which was due at 21.00, no food at 21.30."
• "Just pathetic, poor service. Never answered the phone to talk about my order."
• "Very rude, unprofessional staff and unhygienic place."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The portions were large. had to take the rest with me for round 2 round."
• "Mains are a good size and come with bread and salad as standard."
• "the best kebab in gants hill. always hits the spot after sesh and it’s reasonably priced!"
• "Quantity was spectacular and so was quality with fair price compared to Turkish."
• "Good value for money. Really generous portions."
• "The portions are nice and well worth the money and already planning to go back."
• "£49.99 easily eat 6 pers."

Cons:

• "Soft drinks was expensive."
• "Ripped off for using my credit card and also charged for the sauces at 50p each which should have come with the meal."
• "Door was open continuously that’s why cold inside."
• "The ‘large’ lamb doner was also 70% rice and 30% doner meat."
• "It says all mains are coming with Rice, cous cous and salad in the website. For 3 mains we only got 1 salad and no rice or cous cous."
• "They initially refused, then said they could do it for an extra £6."
• "4 pieces of chops and a portion of chips, they charged almost £15."

Ambiance and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Nice spacious eating area."
• "The restaurant was spacious and service was all quick."
• "Nice evening meal with the family. Great portion size, not lacking in flavour and a nice spacious eating area."
• "The decor is very nice and is bright and modern."
• "Chefs cooking live in an open kitchen, but the eating area is well ventilated and therefore smoke from the kitchen isn’t overwhelming."
• "They dont eatch out much and they really enjoyed the calm peaceful family atmosphere."
• "The restaurant is bright, very clean and staff very polite."

Cons:

• "Firstly, when we sat down at our table there were dirty plates that had not been washed properly."
• "But for special birthday or dinner, to eat on the plastic and cup no nice."
• "The smell in the back off the sitting area is horrible smells like drainage."
• "Restaurant was layered with old rugs that where dirty, felt like a fridge as the front of the shop is completely open."
• "As others have mentioned, hygiene standards are really really bad too."
• "All the food was cold and soggy and sauce was very old and smell bed."
• "Waiters talked amongst themselves giving little to no attention to customers."