Park View Cafe Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Service was ok."
• "Service was excellent, lots of staff on hand so very little waiting around."
• "Friendly, fast service of fairly priced cafe staples."
• "The staff were very polite, welcoming and quick."
• "Staff are always attentive and helpful."
• "Service was extremely fast and friendly."
• "Staff are always friendly and very welcoming."

Cons:

• "Wouldn't recommend this place. Not the first time I got bad service here."
• "Too slow. Always lack of staff. They usually mess up your bill."
• "Been going here over the years and the service has gone from bad to terrible! Never get the orders right, something always comes wrong."
• "When I complained the staff became confrontational."
• "Staff didn't seem to understand we didn't want the second drink at that point, and they charged us anyway."
• "The service is very slow I found that I had to repeat myself many times the workers aren’t friendly at all."
• "They completely refused to even entertain a conversation about serving someone in our group that had an allergy."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Everything tasted awesome!"
• "The food was fresh and so tasty, no 'out of the bottle' salad sauce."
• "Food always fresh and great quality, no greasy fryups just well cooked and tasty."
• "One of the best food and environment in that area, quality and quantity are great."
• "The food is fantastic and the owner was super kind."
• "Both the chicken and halloumi wraps with chips were enjoyable."
• "The food is very good and staff are really friendly."

Cons:

• "Rude staff as well all saying this monstrosity is their personal favourite food off the menu."
• "The quality of the food is average and it's not the main reason why I would return to this place."
• "Supposed hollandaise sauce doesn't taste anything like hollandaise sauce."
• "Food for the price is not Worth it."
• "Fish is from a frozen packet then fried. Tasted not appetising for me."
• "The food is rather tasteless, salad without dressing and the cakes are definitely not homemade."
• "The most vile crepe I've eaten. Plastic trash covered with plastic whipped cream."

Ambiance and Location

Pros:

• "All this in the corner of the park with a relaxed park feel."
• "A secret oasis of a garden over looking the park which you just would not know about from the street."
• "This is a great little restaurant bar right next to/in Finsbury Park, with a lovely outdoor area and aviary."
• "A little oasis in the middle of Finsbury Park."
• "Amazing place, one of the best Atmosphere I’ve ever seen in my life."
• "Like a tardis, it looked tiny from the outside but you can get lost in all the nooks and crannies on the inside and garden space."
• "Beautiful surroundings, very calming place to have a coffee break."

Cons:

• "It was a cold Saturday afternoon and we were promised blankets but never received them."
• "There is also no heaters which is strange considering the majority of the sitting area is outside."
• "Scandalous air quality from being on a junction of two major roads."
• "The inside arrangement is drab."
• "Also found hair in food which has really put me off."
• "There are climbing spiders near the seating area indoor, 3 flies and 1 bee at a time there just for a tea indoor, couldn't stay long."
• "The toilet is in quite a bad state both regarding cleanliness and its state."

Value

Pros:

• "Great for money and big portions."
• "The menu is wide ranging and very reasonably priced."
• "Favourite thing on menu is the great full English breakfast at cheap price."
• "Absolutely charming, very affordable eatery that leaves you with special memories."
• "Very reasonably priced and included a cup of tea."
• "Always huge portions for such a cheap price!"
• "The food and drink is reasonably priced."

Cons:

• "Not very accommodating."
• "They charged me £3 extra for a coffee that was meant to come with the meal because it was a latte instead of an americano."
• "The atmosphere is nice but the food and prices very disappointing."
• "Most expensive place in London for a lemon cheese cake. And not worth it."
• "WAY WAY overpriced the staff are very friendly and its a nice place.....the service buttons on the tables never seem to work😂"
• "Nice food... but very expensive!!!"
• "A very overpriced unprofessional RUDE establishment!"