Le Bab Battersea Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was completely unexpected, perfectly balanced flavors, herby, spicy, fresh, crunch and palette pleasing."
• "The food was outstanding! Our favourite was the Dirty Bab, love love love the sauce!"
• "Dirty fries and chicken kebab... just amazing!!! The food is delicious."
• "The hummus was the best we have ever tried. Chicken kebab was delicious."
• "Everything we had - chicken shish kebab, paneer kebab, chicken tenders, hummus and pita, and fries - were cooked to perfection with lots of colour and pizzazz."
• "Woww! This place has an incredible food. Delicious, tasty, high quality and a beautiful presentation."
• "The food was delicious and the quality of the food and drinks was superb!"

Cons:

• "I had the regular pork kebab. It was mediocre. Tasted like pork bolognese (as with celery) in very sour sauce with loads of pickles."
• "We had the paneer and lamb kebabs... the flavours were nice but came out totally cold."
• "The dishes I ordered were loaded on bread as a filler, and less on the vegetables or meat."
• "The steak was inedible, but the adana was worse."
• "The food wasn't up to Lebab's standards... The chicken kebab was hard and felt it was just unfrozen and served. The Aubergine was dry and lacked Le Bab flavor."
• "The food was the worst Middle Eastern food we had."
• "The food is flavourless and bland."

Service

Pros:

• "Very impressed with the service and food here!"
• "Service was great and the decoration was very trendy."
• "Wandered in, warmly greeted which set the tone for a great meal with great service."
• "Service was really good, especially from Hassan who had only been there five days, he was very personable!"
• "The service was amazing, they kept us watered and fed."
• "Service was quick and easy. Elizabeth (our waitress) was highly attentive and very friendly too."
• "Service was friendly, knowledgeable and warm."

Cons:

• "Customer service here is poor."
• "The customer service was really poor."
• "A gentleman from the staff was very disrespectful and asked us to return the table even when the restaurant is half empty."
• "Some of the staff seemed extremely disinterested in serving us."
• "It was really disappointing to take a bite and find the lamb mince dry and lacking in flavour."
• "Staff polite but management need to organise them better! Staff spend too much time hanging around the central bar chatting."
• "The floor around our table was dirty. Customer service was ok, but the food was terrible and not worth the money paid at all."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Overall nice atmosphere and this particular location in Battersea gives a very relaxing vibe with the open space."
• "Atmosphere is warm, friendly and very welcoming."
• "The atmosphere in the restaurant was brilliant, so comfortable and calm!"
• "A fantastic place in the transformed Battersea Power Station."
• "Le Bab is a comfortable, cute and inviting place to eat when you’re feeling hungry after spending some time at the Battersea mall."
• "Service and atmosphere was lovely!"
• "The ambiance and decor is lovely in the evening."

Cons:

• "We showed up at 6.45pm on a Sunday having planned to eat here, to find the door open and staff sitting around inside on phones & laptops, but no customers."
• "Queued 15 minutes for a table and presumed it would be worth the wait however after sitting down at a dirty table that wasn’t cleaned we realised we that might have made a bad decision."
• "We couldn’t have been more disappointed by the woman who was front of house."
• "The restaurant was empty. They will pretend they’re fully booked with a huge party."
• "We were left to wait outside even though there were plenty of empty and already set tables."
• "The restaurants lack of cutlery summed up the experience."
• "The food today smelled like URINE."

Value

Pros:

• "Amazing food at affordable prices and fantastic service."
• "The food had delicious flavours we had not experienced before, the portions were generous and the value was exceptional."
• "The food is very fairly priced and super tasty!"
• "Great food with fresh flavours. Innovative ideas."
• "The food is affordable quite the selection of starter and main meals."
• "Plus the £5 happy hour is so affordable for cocktails in London!"
• "Good cocktails and atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Overall, pretty expensive for what it was."
• "£84 for 3 small kebabs, 1 plate of loaded fry’s, 2 lemonades and 3/4 of a pint of beer (£7) is taking liberties."
• "However, we ended up paying £75 for a meal that was not filling in any way."
• "You pay a high price because of the location but don't get much in return."
• "The prices are high for what is served."
• "Charging £2.95 for a tiny tab of cheese sauce is wild considering the fries are £3.95."
• "Over a £100 for small barely edible meals."