Izgara Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food overall was still a great experience and service was on point for our large group."
• "Everything arrived tasty and well presented."
• "The food was excellent as usual."
• "The food was amazing. Banaganoush was light and smokey, tabbouleh salad was lovely and fresh, all the starters we had were delicious."
• "Food was delicious, we ordered 7 different dishes and I couldn't fault any of them."
• "Excellent fresh food, great vegetarian selection."
• "The food is lovely and tastes great with a fusion of different flavours."

Cons:

• "Fatoush salad is quite small and barely resembles what a real Fatoush salad should look/taste like."
• "All meat tastes the same due to the same spices used salads are bland with sweet sauce on top."
• "The food was below average."
• "Food was pants I must say, I felt like I really cheated my local Turkish restaurant by eating here."
• "The food wasn't to bad but it also wasn't the best I felt like something was missing."
• "Food was also very average and also very over priced."
• "The food we had wasn’t all that good. It was bland."

Service

Pros:

• "Our waiter was awesome and the manager is helpful."
• "The staff friendly and always kept coming over to see if we needed anything else."
• "We were well looked after."
• "Found the staff extremely attentive, although the restaurant was very busy."
• "The staff are very helpful and provide a good service."
• "Staff have also been fantastic every time I have visited, very friendly and attentive."
• "The staff were friendly and efficient."

Cons:

• "Our waiter was so pushy and tried to make us order as soon as we sat down!"
• "Although the food was good the service was poor. The staff looked very young and inexperienced."
• "Service poor, such a shame booked a table and they told us they were full."
• "Service was really slow, had to call for attention twice."
• "Unfortunately the service was a little slow as they were very busy and understaffed."
• "Poor rushed service (the waiter tipped the plate onto my partner)!"
• "Awful service! Ignored by the staff. Had to ask for tap water three times."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Really lovely food and great decor and atmosphere."
• "The restaurant ambience was great, from the lighting to the artwork to the music."
• "The place had a positive vibe."
• "Nice restaurant design."
• "This is what a local eatery should be like. Warm, welcoming, great food, friendly staff and a buzzing atmosphere."
• "Lovely place on Hatch End High Street."
• "Great atmosphere, food was yummy and good cocktails."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately, the overly loud music made it hard for us to hear each other."
• "As soon as we walked in we noticed that it was extremely noisy - the music was too loud and because everyone seemed like they were shouting."
• "The music was so unbelievably loud that we literally couldn’t hear or speak to our friends."
• "Ambience is good here and that's where it stops. The music is loud and the service is not good."
• "The restaurant is extremely noisy."
• "Ended up shouting as restaurant crowded with music booming."
• "Do not go there on a Friday night unless you want the loudest music and shouting diners."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Price may be a factor to consider, but with the quality of their meat, I feel that it is justifiable."
• "Usually they have 20% at lunch time, will highly recommend."
• "Great place for a party and would highly recommend."
• "The Turkish wine we had and the Date Old Fashioned were fantastic and I could see a lot of people ordering cocktails which is a very good sign."
• "Best cocktails in North West, always fresh food."
• "Their food was delicious and exciting! Excellent flavour and great choice of vegetarian dishes."
• "If you love your cocktails they have £6 cocktails which are yummy!"

Cons:

• "Some soft drinks are around 6 pounds each."
• "Quite expensive for the offerings."
• "The food at hatch end is small portions and so expensive."
• "In addition, the food is severely overpriced compared to better Lebanese restaurant on the same road."
• "Very expensive for very little."
• "For a mid week vegetarian lunch it was extortionately expensive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
• "£15 for mixed shish for 9 pieces of meat... Not worth the money."