Mem & Laz Brasserie Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food I had was delicious and reasonably priced."
• "I went for the traditional moussaka, and was not disappointed. Flavourful and a decent portion."
• "The food is fresh and amazing."
• "Food very delicious and the affordable."
• "The food was excellent and very generous portions at average London prices."
• "Both meals were very nice, nourishing and filling."
• "The food is always fresh and flavourful and their fresh chilli sauce is second to none :)"

Cons:

• "The food wasn’t as great as before."
• "Awful service, even worse food- hard overcooked deep fried cheese, all taste was bland and they really questioned why I wanted to remove service charge!!"
• "The lamb chops were too chewy and the chicken could do with some more flavour."
• "The food was good - but could definitely be better."
• "Food was nice, except I found bones in my salmon fish cakes which put me off eating them."
• "The mixed grill was overcooked and the meat wasn't great."
• "The food was over cooked, bland and very basic for the price."

Service

Pros:

• "A special mention to Noray, excellent service."
• "Service was good and the bill was reasonable."
• "The staff were superb, helpful and courteous and the food was great."
• "The staff here are friendly and welcoming and couldn't be more attentive!!!!"
• "Everyone was nice, friendly & attentive. Anything we needed was done within minutes, great staff!"
• "The service was very good always checking up on us and when ordering drink they would come quickly."
• "Efficient and friendly staff."

Cons:

• "The staff were awful we ordered drinks on arrival, waited 30 mins to get them, then waited an hour for starters, then another hour for our mains."
• "First off, you are FORCED to pay the service charge."
• "Muzo was forceful of us paying the service charge which is 12.5% and that it was the law."
• "Terrible service, overpriced and rude waiters."
• "Service was good eventually but staff took forever to take my order despite me asking if someone can take my order."
• "We waited approximately 20minutes before having to get the waiters attention to order."
• "We were rushed quite a bit and staff would keep hovering around the table waiting till someone finshes eating and clearing their plates whilst other's are still eating."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Great atmosphere, really cosy."
• "This restaurant is absolutely beautiful and that includes the toilets!!!!"
• "Mem & Laz is an excellent place to dine, with a warm and homely atmosphere."
• "Place was heaving and very busy almost buzzing with a great vibe."
• "The decor is very cosy and Mediterranean and the upstairs area is quite split up so it's not too crowded."
• "The restaurant itself was warm and cosy, and also homely."
• "The atmosphere was electric."

Cons:

• "It was freezing cold as whenever the front door was opened, a cold wind run through the whole place."
• "The ambient noise level was high, and quiet conversation was out of the question."
• "It was unbelievably cold in the restaurant."
• "The only negative I would say is there are a lot of tables upstairs and not much room to manoeuvre."
• "After sometime felt very claustrophobic as no windows on lower level had to get outside into the open air."
• "However the music was so loud that it felt like we were shouting half the time."
• "Downstairs tables squash together, not able to get up and move around freely."

Value

Pros:

• "It's honestly one of the tastiest, fairly priced restaurantes I have been to."
• "Very well priced esp for Angel. Go before 6pm and get 3 courses for 12.95."
• "Prices are great too! They have a VERY reasonable lunchtime specials menu - to be fair even the prices outside of that are reasonable!"
• "Amazing value for money too. 10/10."
• "The prices were as expected for a central London restaurant, but seemed reasonable compared to many other more expensive local restaurants."
• "All in all, good food for a decent price."
• "All reasonably priced."

Cons:

• "Drinks were weak overpriced and had to pay £7.95 for a double spirit then an additional £2.75 for a coke, cocktails £11 but could not taste the alcohol."
• "The food and drink at that price was poor value."
• "The food was really good, only complaint is that it's £4.95 for 1/2 a peroni, that's extortionate."
• "Nearly paying £300 for a bog stand turkish/mediterranean food is outrageous."
• "Highly overpriced, portion was super small."
• "There is a surcharge for some of the more expensive dishes and on weekends and bank holidays."
• "The food looks affordable but it is quite expensive."