Wolkite Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Delicious,fragrant (and very spicy if you want it) Ethiopian food."
• "The lamb (golden tibs is what they have it called on their menu) was the best I’ve had in a long time."
• "The food is what makes this place special. The flavours are strong and unique, every dish caressing the taste buds."
• "Unbelievable food, particularly the kitfo and the chickpea curry."
• "The food was so fresh and tasty - exactly as described on the menu with each flavour recognisable."
• "Best Ethiopian food I’ve ever had, a simple place but very accommodating and well made fare."
• "The food was beyond amazing..too good to put into words (and very affordable)!"

Cons:

• "The meat dishes were a little sweet for our tastes and could have done with a touch more spice."
• "Absolutely bland food and the customer service was appalling!"
• "I don’t no where to start I wish I can give 0 worst food he served as very outdated food."
• "Great service but the food didn’t taste right, as an Ethiopian, I advise you to improve on the taste similar to the others restaurants around you, ...and less oil and butter, please."
• "OK food. I went for my birthday and they charged too much money (£7.00) for each tiny portions of food (stew) with masses of injera (bread)."
• "The worst part, the food was cold!!!"
• "This place used to have good food at the beginning, no consistency whatsoever. food not as good as before especially for us/ Ethiopian because we know how it's supposed to be cooked."

Service

Pros:

• "With a simple cozy atmosphere, this restaurant baffled me with the food and friendliness of its staff."
• "Friendly service, relaxed atmosphere, keen to give me free samples of things he thought I might like."
• "The staff were charismatic and welcoming, and the food was out of this world."
• "The owner was very helpful in suggesting vegetarian options."
• "The staff was very nice and attentive."
• "Service was super fast, with a homely smile and despite being busy and only having one person on the floor the young lady took time to explain parts of the menu to us and make suggestions."
• "The customer service was friendly and welcoming."

Cons:

• "However the service was really slow and we waited for more than 40 minutes for the food to come; only the owner was serving of more than 5 tables and 20 people in the restaurant."
• "One star because of the extremely rude customer service."
• "Very very disappointed, I understand it was busy (not full) but it took an hour for our food to come to the table."
• "When I asked for a side dish, I was told that I am stressing them out."
• "However because of the long wait we experienced, we all said we will never go back until they get more stuff to help out in the kitchen."
• "Service wasnt great, and we waited about an hour to eat, and a coffee was also forgotten."
• "Service is the worst ever."

Price and Value

Pros:

• "The prices are very reasonable and there's no worry about going hungry."
• "Great food for very reasonable prices in a very welcoming environment - well worth a visit!"
• "The portions are very generous for the price."
• "The food was very well priced."
• "All in all we paid little over 20 pounds for two drinks and two dishes, which is quite a bargain for London."
• "The portions are big, the food tasty and the prices really reasonable."
• "Best Ethiopian food I've had, and low prices."

Cons:

• "They charged us £40 for mostly bread. Tiny portions of stew and 4 beers."
• "Friendly staff and food. But prices on the website needs updating as prices are different restaurant menu than what they have on the restaurant website."
• "We had to wait a very long time, I mean very long...long...long...long time."
• "My only objection is that the portions of stews in the vegan combination dish are very very small, and will leave you hungry even if it should be a main dish and priced accordingly."
• "Customer service 0 generally never been in that bad Ethiopia restaurants before."
• "The dish comes with a lot of injera (the bread/pancake you eat with) and I could only finish about 50% of it."