Franze & Evans Cafe Shoreditch Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The service is also excellent, the staff is well trained and always friendly making you feel welcome."
• "Staff is friendly and it’s always clean and well kept."
• "Excellent and friendly service in a beautiful setting."
• "Staff are always friendly (even during brunch service when it gets super busy!)."
• "Staff there are helpful and efficient."
• "Very friendly and welcoming staff."
• "The staff are always very friendly and charm."

Cons:

• "Service is not really good."
• "Service was very slow even though place is small and there aren’t many tables."
• "The table service is not great enough because of the many customers but still the staff are nice."
• "Service not so good."
• "The service was good - although not quick - but it was very busy."
• "I’ve never met a ruder waitress."
• "I was ignored for 5 minutes by a member of staff."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is always so good, very fresh and great coffee."
• "The food is of excellent quality for a fair price."
• "The food was excellent."
• "The food all feels very wholesome and nutritious, there are lots of great salad options and I would highly recommend the parmigiana."
• "Superb food."
• "The food is consistently excellent. Great salads, great snacks and amazing cakes."
• "The food is really awesome."

Cons:

• "The gnocchi tasted like it was out of a packet and most certainly with frozen peas."
• "Quality of hot food seems to have gone down a bit."
• "The food can improvised."
• "Overpriced with measly sized portions."
• "The food came very quickly, it was a bit too much lime for me personally on my avocado that it overpowered any other flavours."
• "Food taste is unstable."
• "The huevos rancheros had no trace of chorizo."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The atmosphere really cool!"
• "Great vibe! Nice place to hang out."
• "Modern venue with a touch of Italian humour :-))"
• "Place is nicely decorated with an edgy romantic twist with dark paint, cheque floors and chandeliers."
• "Really civilised, calm, clean, uncluttered stylish cafe."
• "The atmosphere is really chill and hip at the same time."
• "The atmosphere is always cosy which is a must on a Sunday whether hungover or with friends."

Cons:

• "Atmosphere was busy - almost felt stressful vs vibrant with mixture of screaming babies, stressed waiters and people waiting to be served."
• "Not recommended for people who are covid-concerned as tables pretty close to one another and some communal seating."
• "It can be packed and a bit chaotic but it's worth bearing with."
• "The acoustics is not the best."
• "If you don't like sharing your table this is not the place for you."
• "It's small, very busy and not cheap."
• "Never been to a cafe anywhere in london or just in the area that I felt so I unwelcome."

Price

Pros:

• "Prices are well affordable too."
• "The portions are plentiful, but the prices are surprisingly cheaper than most places like this would be in Shoreditch."
• "The portion sizes were decent, and prices were also decent. 2 items plus a coffee was £20.10!"

Cons:

• "Can’t say I loved the fennel and thought slightly overpriced at £11 (inc £8 for one slice of avocado and toast)."
• "Overpriced with measly sized portions."
• "The atmosphere and service are nice but the food is overpriced for what it really is."
• "Quality vs appearance: 0-1. We went for brunch as the food looked fantastic when looking through the window. It was all appearance."
• "Lady waitress very friendly, clean place as well. Only issue I have is it's a bit too expensive."
• "The portions were terrible and I paid £9.50 for a plain chicken sandwich."
• "I paid £12 they charge £3 for the poached eggs I personally don't think it is worth it, but given the area the pricing to be expected."