Maggies Cafe & Restaurant. Reviews Summary

Category: Cafe London

Address: 320-322 Lewisham Rd, London, SE13 7PA, United Kingdom

Phone: +442082440339

Rating: 4.5
based on 147 reviews.

Value

Pros:

  • "Definitely worth the money."
  • "Best cafe in south London. Possibly best in London if you count price versus quality and amount."
  • "Everything was freshly cooked and at £7.50 including a bottomless cup of either coffee or tea was brilliant value for money."
  • "All you can eat breakfast with bottomless coffee for £6.95! Would definitely recommend."
  • "Good quality, plenty of it, and a very reasonable price."
  • "The food is good old fashioned fare and still good value for money."
  • "Reasonably priced, proper portion sizes and in relaxing surroundings."

Cons:

  • "The breakfast was awful. Low quality food."
  • "Poor quality of food."
  • "The food was very poor half cooked paninis gave us the wrong one took a bite in to mine and had a long hair in it."
  • "Poor quality food, all thin white sliced bread and cheap margarine."
  • "However food is overpriced spend about 15 pounds on 2 pieces of toast one vegetarian sausage and a handful of beans twice. Portion sizes don't match price unfortunately."
  • "They all tasted bland and wasn't fresh."
  • "Not great value unless you get the 'all you can eat' breakfast."

Service

Pros:

  • "Staff were really nice and friendly."
  • "The customer service, manners, consideration and speed of service are TOP NOTCH here."
  • "Staff were super fast and pleasant."
  • "The service and staff are great."
  • "Awesome service."
  • "The team are always so attentive and go above and beyond to make sure you have everything you need."
  • "The service here was amazing. I felt so welcomed and everyone was attentive."

Cons:

  • "Asked the manager on duty if the veggie sausages were vegan. She said I don't know."
  • "From the moment we arrived the lady didn’t seem to want to serve us."
  • "I was feeling stress to ask my food.. The waitress was rude, don't give me time to think..."
  • "Once she took our drink orders I decided to leave as she was very rude and giving dirty looks."
  • "Service felt a little odd, felt rushed to make order, and slightly pressured."
  • "Waitress with green hair made rude comments about one of the customers after she left."
  • "Horrible experience. No accountability. Poor customer service."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "Like taking a step over to Ireland. Maggie herself is lovely and makes you feel at home."
  • "Stayed in the Premier in Lewisham for a week and we eat here every night one of the loveliest places to eat real good home cooked food lovely atmosphere great prices highly highly recommend."
  • "Absolutely loved Maggie's. Food was beautiful, staff were friendly and atmosphere was great."
  • "It is a lovely place, probably closer to a bar/pub vibe than a cafe."
  • "Stopped here for lunch... with a friendly/welcoming atmosphere with a lot of regular locals."
  • "Incredible place - homely, cosy atmosphere with food at great prices."
  • "Great, homely good and a wonderful atmosphere."

Cons:

  • "Wouldn't bring my kids here! Maggy is mental!! Lol."
  • "Very hectic environment."
  • "Small cafe end up sitting on top of other customer's!"
  • "Nice place and a street hooker for entertainment if you sit outside, what a great sunny day !"
  • "Perhaps too cosy and you can feel as though you are sitting on top of each other so it loses points for that and no accessible entrance."
  • "A wheelchair user is expected to sit outside in the rain, hail and snow while your other walking customers are able to sit inside in the warm and safety, safe away from the noise, weather and pollution."
  • "A bit of a dive with some very opinionated customers and staff but quirky and very reasonable."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "20 item breakfast for 9.95, many items to choose from."
  • "I love maggies and there special Maggie sauce. Which is available for all newcomers to try for free."
  • "Best pick your own fixed price breakfast with tea and coffee refills."
  • "they serve an amazing Full English breakfast."
  • "The food is always freshly made, served piping hot with generous portions and genuine Irish hospitality!"
  • "traditional Irish homely food."
  • "Offers a perfect, and perfectly huge, Irish breakfast and a full menu besides."

Cons:

  • "The potato was so dry, no butter and the restaurant used canned tuna, not mixed with mayo, no nothing… dry."
  • "It was just a cup of hot sour milk with no coffee added."
  • "The chicken was undercooked, the roast beef was old and the Sheppard pie was frozen and reheated."
  • "Bacon tasted like cardboard and sausages were the sausages were low quality."
  • "The mushrooms had an off taste, hashbrowns and chips were soggy, eggs were overcooked."
  • "The wrap was dry with little ingredients inside and the egg royale wasn't fresh."
  • "The food is rushed out and just feels quite low quality in terms of ingredients and how it's cooked."

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