Pophams - London Fields Reviews Summary

Venue & Ambience

Pros:

• "The venue was lovely inside."
• "A stylish combination of industrial and scandi design inside, the atmosphere is welcoming."
• "Ambience fantastic- buzzing on a Friday night but tables properly spaced out to allow conversations to flow."
• "The setting is lovely and the staff go above and beyond."
• "This place has a great ambience where one can enjoy their freshly baked pastry and coffee."
• "The atmosphere is welcoming, if a little loud due to poor acoustics."
• "The space is big and really nice decorated but can be very busy on weekends."

Cons:

• "The venue was lovely inside but it was cold - we had to wear our coats."
• "The bathroom is located in an odd part of the building, and isn’t clean, which is a bit of a let down for the whole experience."
• "This place is extremely popular so expect for a long queue."
• "The place was just next to a car wash so super noisy."
• "This restaurant is also right under a bridge passage and next to a car wash so not really a prime location."
• "Sadly one thing put a damper on our experience, both metaphorically and literally: we got sprayed with mist from the car wash next door, not great."
• "The place was also packed with people with laptops even from a very early time, be prepared to have to share tables."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff are lovely, attentive but discreet."
• "Staff are friendly and service is quick and relatively quick considering the amount of people on weekends."
• "Thanks to Ewan for friendly service and kindly explaining all the pastries repeatedly!"
• "Lovely service from the waiter when we had dinner."
• "Really excellent petite female server bringing food & drinks out with a v positive smiling attitude."
• "Had 3/4 different members of staff look after us throughout the night and all were top drawer."
• "The staff are absolutely lovely and so truly passionate about what they do."

Cons:

• "I had a toasty that was very average and overpriced the staff was snobby and impolite."
• "Unfortunately we found some of the pasta dishes underwhelming and pretty pricey."
• "Terribly organised and very slow service."
• "Parents came here on my recommendation for dinner and were aghast with how terrible the service was, which was arrogant and with a 'take it or leave it attitude'."
• "Service was very bad. The waitress asked too many times if we wanted to order more."
• "Service could really use a pick up, but that might just be an individual problem."
• "The waitress who approached us was surprisingly rude."

Food & Beverages

Pros:

• "The food was mostly good."
• "Both still and sparkling water are available self-service free of charge, which was also a nice touch."
• "The rhubarb danish was prolly one of the best things I’ve tried in london."
• "Every dish is like a work of art."
• "Delicious flat white too - a fabulous breakfast!"
• "Pophams (pasta by night) is one of the best restaurants in London - the pasta is amazing with new creative but comforting flavours every time."
• "The coffee and chai I ordered were both so amazing, especially the chai - authentic chai not just your average chai powder - fragrant and smooth."