Yasar's Kitchen Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff are very friendly and for a family business you can see that their reputation as a community asset is both valued and deserved."
• "Many a great time had here."
• "The staff are extremely helpful and go out of their way to accommodate you."
• "You are always made to feel like family."
• "The staff gave great service and were very attentive - from the owner down to Ms Hadia."
• "The waiters and waitresses are excellent and the customer service is good."
• "The staff was really friendly and made sure a couple of times that everything was ok with my food and drink."

Cons:

• "Honestly disappointing. We had a bad experience all around."
• "The manager outright denied ever having knowledge of booking for a group of 30 of us made weeks before."
• "On many occasions I find people fighting/shouting with/at staff."
• "so I went in here after a stressful and hard day training and thought I'd treat myself to a cheat meal originally I short of cash and I could tell the two men at the counter were getting stressful so helpful stranger helped me out, upon ordering I could overhear them talking about and making fun of my disability."
• "On top of poor customer service and shouting at us customers I will never again come back here again."
• "Extremely rude unprofessional take-away service. Never felt so uncomfortable and unwelcome in my life."
• "All these new people working at the front are just ridiculous and hardly know what they're doing."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is freshly prepared and incredibly tasty, I particularly love the meze and the baklava."
• "Tasted absolutely delicious, very large portions."
• "The Chicken Halep was as good as I remember it."
• "Very tasty food, even for vegetarians, and friendly, warm service. Bit of a gem in an area of town where there's not many other places to eat out. Cheap too."
• "Proper charcoal grilled deliciousness. A+++"
• "The food was absolutely delicious and the service was outstanding."
• "The food is delicious authentic Turkish cuisine that we always enjoy eating."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately the PA system is terrible and when they crank it up to play a song for someone’s birthday it sounds like a chainsaw on metal."
• "The portion sizes have become really really disappointingly small compared to other similar Turkish restaurants."
• "Have eaten here a few times and the quality and value for money seems to get worse each time."
• "The meat was not as flavourful as I expected and could have used more salt and spices."
• "Food is mediocre at best anyway."
• "The food I would say is 4.0 because it was mediocre in flavour."
• "The quality of the donner is shocking but what was really bad was the chicken wings."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "At Yasars, for the same price, you get the one plate, decent portion of meat for one, a bit of rice and a bit of mixed salad, grilled tomato and chilly pepper."
• "The price of the meals were reasonable and we had a great time."
• "AND bill doesn’t empty your pockets."
• "It's a good resonable price."
• "Good value for what you are paying."
• "The food was lovely and very filling."
• "I had main course and wine and was also offered tea and baklava, all amounted to only £16."

Cons:

• "paid 7.50 for a chicken shish wrap. super small portion. will never come back."
• "The prices on the recently updated menu have gone up alot and everything seems really expensive now."
• "Expensive for what you get but unfortunately with not much competition around they're allowed to charge what they like, small portions."
• "Omg. The food was not so great at all. We had an over priced platter with very little food compare to what we received from other Turkish restaurants."
• "The prices are expensive and the portions they serve are tiny!"
• "Food was mediocre and not as described on menu, missing components and overpriced."
• "So disappointed with my take away. I received 4 tiny prawns in what was supposed to be the 'King Prawn' meze for £6."

Ambience and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The restaurant was really neat. The layout so simple you can sit while your order is processed."
• "Very pleasant atmosphere) Beautiful interior)"
• "The place is beautifully decorated."
• "Refurbed in recent times to have a lovely ambience and nice/comfortable/trendy furnishings."
• "The ambience was incredible i.e cosy/a touch of class/warm/inviting etc. The seating is so comfortable."
• "The atmosphere is inviting and a must for anyone visiting Walthamstow!"
• "Atmosphere is cozy."

Cons:

• "When it was packed, it was super loud. The sound bounces off the walls and I struggled to hear people at my table."
• "The rude loud interruption of customers having conversations is common."
• "The rude loud interruption of customers having conversations is common and ever seems to happen to us."
• "The staff are rude and miserable."
• "The kebabs aren't back alley donor but if you're used to living and eating in North East London then you're used to a good Turkish kebab and this isn't it I'm afraid."
• "My burger had big pieces of cucumber and tomato and the chips were stone cold (for £8).. Salad applied like it was a kebab."
• "Absolutely shocked by the service I received."