Shakespeare Cafe Bistro Reviews Summary

Category: Cafe London

Address: 293 Fore St, London, N9 0PD, United Kingdom

Phone: +442088032214

Rating: 4.1
based on 227 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food was on point."
  • "Food was to die for, the presentation was second to none."
  • "Food tastes amazing with immense variety."
  • "The Wilton Cake was DIVINE, a slice of rich birthday cake that was YUMMM!"
  • "Breakfast is super delicious and the quantity is quite generous."
  • "The food was fantastic absolutely amazing and the price was very very very fair."
  • "The French toast was soooo good!!"

Cons:

  • "What we had it’s even didn’t worth the money 👎🏻 food wasn’t tasty and service was terrible all I can say avoid this place."
  • "Food was Meh my egg and bread was cold."
  • "Wings were too salty and lemonade didn’t really taste of lemon."
  • "One star is for presentation, the review is mainly for the food which is pre made and left out I presume as it had hairs on it."
  • "The burger meat was tough."
  • "The food was absolutely disgusting."
  • "The falafel was not fresh, it was basically inedible, very hard and crumbly (not fresh)."

Service

Pros:

  • "Staff were so courteous and couldn't do enough for us."
  • "Food was amazing, service even better!"
  • "The staff were very attentive and helpful."
  • "Staff are so friendly and efficient."
  • "Customer service is outstanding where all the staff is very friendly."
  • "Very friendly and helpful staff."
  • "Service and quality were excellent! Very impressed."

Cons:

  • "Your system of serving is completely wrong."
  • "They cannot take criticism well."
  • "One of the waiters kept harrasing my friend and I at out table and making fun of us for taking our time to order and eat."
  • "The waitresses didn’t even know English Huge communication barrier."
  • "BE AWARE THEY TURN YOU AWAY *EXTREMELY RUDE CUSTOMER SERVICE*."
  • "The service was unacceptable. Had to wait a very long time to order, all staff had an attitude like teenagers going through puberty."
  • "The staff have no customer service skills."

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

  • "Absolutely loved the food and decor."
  • "Decor is lovely and the cafe is clean and well maintained."
  • "The place looks very good, clean and aesthetically pleasing."
  • "The aesthetics were spectacular, an influencers dream."
  • "Positivity the decor is indeed very nice and pleasant place."
  • "Beautiful interior and the breakfast never disappoints, really good food and service is good for a place so busy!"
  • "The interior is gorgeous."

Cons:

  • "I would not recommend Shakespeare cafe to anyone as there is no parking to cater for the amount of people in the restaurant, the venue is opposite an estate don’t let the images online fool you, the customer service as mentioned is appalling and is overall a bad experience for people of colour."
  • "This place looks the part, however, the food was tasteless and expensive."
  • "It really is a racist place. Turkish arrogance and snootiness. You just can't unsee it. Disgusting really."
  • "Tables are too close together."
  • "Inside its designed like a modern shsia bar or Turkish restaurant."
  • "Feels like you’re dining with the table next to you."
  • "Service was strange. Didn't make it comfortable for us when we wanted to take pictures of the beautiful decor."

Pricing & Value

Pros:

  • "Best breakfast in london, honestly!"
  • "The food was fantastic absolutely amazing and the price was very very very fair."
  • "Prices are very reasonable I paid £13 for the breakfast."
  • "The price was very very very fair."
  • "Price was also decent for what you get."
  • "Prices are very competitive £100 Brunch for 6 people not Inc kids."
  • "So much choice and so delicious."

Cons:

  • "Would never go there again because of the pricing."
  • "We paid over £70 and just waste of money!"
  • "Sad they have increased prices and added a service charge."
  • "Now the prices have gone up, it’s way too expensive."
  • "Overrated. food was mid yet it costs £85 for 3 meals?!"
  • "The food is overly priced and the quality does not match."
  • "Everything on the menu seems to be overpriced."

Parking & Accessibility

Pros:

  • "Lively restaurant with on-site parking."
  • "They have free parking too which is a bonus."
  • "Free parking out the front."
  • "Another really good thing was there was free parking!"
  • "Parking is ok too."
  • "Free of charge parking space for customers."
  • "Free on site parking is a big plus."

Cons:

  • "I would not recommend Shakespeare cafe to anyone as there is no parking to cater for the amount of people in the restaurant."
  • "When the wedding hauls are used, or weekends it gets extremely busy."
  • "On days they have events in the banqueting hall you won’t find parking for the restaurant."
  • "There is no where else to park since the area is mostly residential permits which unfortunately I got a parking ticket."
  • "The only downside is the car park is so small and quite busy."
  • "Parking onsite which was a bonus."
  • "Parking is available for customers through the front or drive into the space."

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