Queen of Sheba London Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Service was great, the food however wasn't that amazing."
• "The service from Mohammed was excellent and Hany, the manager, was also quite friendly and kept checking on us regularly."
• "The Staff was very friendly, thanks for the kindness especially the young cashier!"
• "Wonderful staff, extremely friendly who gave absolute top service."
• "The servers were very accommodating and polite."
• "Great customer service and friendly staff."
• "The staff is very friendly and the atmosphere is very pleasant."

Cons:

• "Had to request to be seated, had to request menus"
• "staff are not friendly. They don't even smile. Service is a bit slow"
• "Terrible service and boring food. The waiters refused to serve food at terrace and very rude."
• "Awful place... The waitresses were so rude, would slam things on the table, give attitude and roll their eyes."
• "Very bad customer service. The staff were very unprofessional and rude."
• "the service was very bad and they were very rude cause I asked to split the payment"
• "Service was shocking. Food was partially served an hour after ordering."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Tremendous establishment with delicious food."
• "This place has to have some of the best food ever, everything I ordered was amazing."
• "The food is delicious"
• "We sat outside and ordered the home-made mint lemonade - it was delicious (made fresh)."
• "Everyone know that the lamb mandi is to die for"
• "The food: delicious! It makes me travel back to those days where we enjoy home cooking meals by our grandmas."
• "The food in Queen of Sheba was the best and absolutely delicious."

Cons:

• "The Mandi is not what would you expect it, the meat is cooked as if you cook it yourself at home."
• "food was ok but not worth £30 for two people at lunch time"
• "I honestly think the stew was the better deal as the Lamb and rice was fairly dry."
• "it’s not even close to the Arabic food"
• "The food which was horrible; does not taste like Yemeni food at all."
• "food is not good and it's not even taste like HANETH or MANDI"
• "Food was below average. It did not taste of fresh authentic Yemeni food."

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "Queen of Sheba, on a quiet street near Paddington Station, is a 17-year-old Yemeni restaurant with an intriguing atmosphere."
• "The ambiance: traditional! Yemeni restaurants are not fancy, but those are the best!"
• "The place is quietly tuck into the corner on Paddington… they have the smoothest hummus and the bread with it was divine."
• "A hidden gem just off Edgeware Road, perfect for our catch up with the fellow hajis."
• "A very cosy restaurant. Giving you the Yemeny atmosphere through the menu and food options."
• "Service was efficient and friendly, décor and atmosphere all relaxed."
• "The whole atmosphere reminded me of Yemen / Southern part of Saudi Arabia."

Cons:

• "Let’s just say I wouldn’t really go back there. Was a very busy restaurant so I guess people like the food but I just found that the meat had a strong meat smell which is just off putting personally."
• "The worst restaurant I've ever been in whole my life"
• "Sadly, unreliable opening times"
• "The issue I guess was mainly that the food turned cold really quick."
• "They make you go to the cash machine which is a bit of a walk."
• "They treated us like we were not in the restaurant, takes them ages to bring us simple orders."
• "Be careful when you pay the bill, they add more amount of money than you have actually had"

Value

Pros:

• "Pricing structure for food and drinks was very reasonable."
• "Tasted very good and reasonably priced."
• "For just less than 11£ you get half a chicken and Basmati rice."
• "Also very good value for money."
• "The menu has a wide range of Arabic dishes all at very reasonable prices."
• "Very friendly staff....they suggested us a sharing platter which was great and price was good!"
• "Decided to try something different so thought let's go for Yemeni and must say the food was very good, had good taste and the quality was amazing especially for the price."

Cons:

• "not worth £30 for two people at lunch time"
• "They charged 20 pound per head and menu had about four items in buffet."
• "Restaurant is good but the food is very expensive and they give less quantity on purpose."
• "But the prices were through the roof."
• "The food was ok. We had 2 meals and some salad and halloumi cheese, they charged us £75."
• "With that prices at the menu your customers it well so less so you need to reconsider the prices."
• "Very disappointed with mendi as what we got wasn't mendi at all."

Cleanliness

Pros:

• "The toilets are extremely clean and amazingly well decorated."
• "Toilets clean and tidy and overall a very pleasing experience."
• "Nice staff and welcoming, very clean place"

Cons:

• "Unhygienic, slow, tasteless food and an absolute disappointment."
• "Toilet need to be clean proper."
• "They tasted old and were very dry."