Busaba Covent Garden Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Service was great with a reasonable price."
• "Service was attentive and helpful, even though very busy at the time, very good."
• "Great service, no ridiculous wait times, the recommendations are spot on."
• "The staff is friendly."
• "I love the service as all the members of the stuff were really kind and helpful."
• "The team was giving extraordinary service."
• "Staff was really friendly, made us very comfortable."

Cons:

• "We had to walk around the restaurant to find a manner of staff to get a plate from."
• "Service could have been better as we did wait about 10 minutes to pay."
• "Service was pretty slow from the staff, and while the food itself arrived in good time."
• "This is my first time in London, met such bad waiters."
• "Staff not welcoming when we came in."
• "The Service was dire, we waited an age to get a waitress over."
• "However, the serving staff are not as attentive as I would have liked."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was delicious, and the service really fast."
• "The food was cooked to a very high standard and good size portions."
• "Food was tasty buy food over priced."
• "All the vegetarian dishes we ordered were spot on: freshly cooked, delicious, great value and arrived quickly."
• "Calmari, black pepper beef, ginger beef, lamb shank dishes were all extremely tasty, with bold and fresh flavours."
• "Had a lovely vegan/vegetarian meal, good selection and wonderful flavours."
• "The food is fantastic, loved the variety and everything we tried was very tasty."

Cons:

• "The food seemed to be warmed up by microwave, the plates where chipped and the restaurant was very cold."
• "The food was really bland or covered in spices."
• "The only thing that would be good is a spice guide as I had some noodles and they were just a tad too spicy which made it less enjoyable!"
• "The food was cold when it arrived and really lacked flavour."
• "Both were bland, tasteless and lukewarm."
• "The calamari was thick, oily and chewy."
• "The chicken was tough and chewy."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The place is very nice inside."
• "Like the fancy atmosphere and big tables for large groups."
• "The atmosphere is much better with the small tables and the waiting area."
• "Very elegant, clean and quiet atmosphere."
• "Soft atmosphere, lovely ambient light and good food whilst being not too expensive."
• "Nice and calm atmosphere, all wooden interior very comfortable and feeling like in Bangkok 😊"
• "Beautiful calm almost zen-like restaurant in the middle of Soho."

Cons:

• "The seats are also not too comfortable, and the portions are not very generous."
• "The place is very small, mainly because of the huge square tables."
• "The seating was a bit unusual with large tables that would sit up to 12 people."
• "The seating arrangements aren't very good."
• "Very noisy and the tables are large and rather awkward with different parties all seated together."
• "Bright lights, standard tables, and loud British music all throughout your meal."
• "The restaurant was very loud as well so difficult to even hear myself think while I am trying to eat."

Value

Pros:

• "Good prices 2 for £16 4-7pm seemed like a good deal."
• "A place in Central London that won't break the bank, and will also fill you up - win-win!"
• "Delicious food, that makes you want to try the whole menu, and very affordable (under 20 quid a head)."
• "Value is great for your money, perfect for a quick delicious bit."
• "For the prices it was really great value and I would happily recommend for lovers of Asian food."
• "Their early evening special of two courses for £11.90 is particularly good value, leaving us full and satisfied."
• "Id say pretty reasonably priced considering portion size, restaurant design and location."

Cons:

• "Food was tasty buy food over priced."
• "For the price I should be full (main, rice and side) but ill up getting junk food on way home."
• "The portions have reduce size and increase prices .... not sure it’s a favourite any longer."
• "Then it got worse by the portion sizes. The taste was nice however for the price you pay the portions were despicable!!"
• "Food is ok but portions are small and pricey."
• "The price are absolutely unjustifiable."
• "The food is completely overpriced for what is served as the food is just dry and tasteless."