Tampopo Albert Square Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Beef Rendang for a main was the right side of spicy and the beef just fell apart."
• "Tonkotsu ramen here is the closest I've had to Tokyo standards. The broth is incredible."
• "Quick visit for thai red curry. It was the best thai curry I've had since visiting thailand."
• "Had the nicest sweet potato katsu curry here!"
• "The crispy pork belly was delicious and beef rending was lovely and tender with vast array of accompaniments."
• "Absolutely stunning food! The closest to real Singaporean/Malaysian street food I've ever had outside of those countries."
• "The food here was extremely tasty."

Cons:

• "The mushroom dumplings looked like stewed teabags & very tasteless."
• "The vietnamese spring rolls were nothing to write home about and you only get two, which for £2.50 is a bit stingy."
• "The temperature of the Ramen was not hot; the spicy salad with rump beef was very salty."
• "The Katsu Chicken Curry wasn't exactly the best I'd had."
• "Satay chicken was dry. Nothing was marinated. Korean wings had no real flavour."
• "The food wasn’t as good as I was imagined."
• "Food was poor, not tasty at all when compared to other places of similar prices."

Service

Pros:

• "Service is superb."
• "Great service! Very friendly and helpful staff."
• "The staff are always, friendly, helpful and chatty."
• "Our waiter was JamesB. He was great, very chatty, very knowledgeable about the food."
• "Thank you Phoebe and Mollie for looking after us so well."
• "Was served by El, she’s was very nice, first time coming here so she helped me to choose a meal, and thoroughly enjoyed the meal."
• "Served by Amel & Mike - fantastic and attentive service."

Cons:

• "I ask guy if he can change for me he said he can’t change for me and I have to pay for another one if I have to change. He was not helpful at all."
• "nice atmosphere and good food but I was served a dish containing gluten after being reassured that my meal would be gluten free, having coeliac disease this was obviously a bad experience."
• "Service here is practically none existent, having to find staff to ask to make an order or for the bill is a huge no no, especially on such a small space."
• "Although the food is decent, the service is an absolute shambles."
• "The servers were friendly and attentive, but one of them kept hoisting up her very small crop top/bra so maybe some attention to the outfits as was not very professional to see when you're being served food."
• "Not all staff were wearing masks and got quite close to customers."
• "The service was a bit too casual and hectic, but it might be that they seemed to be understaffed when we were there."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Very nice asian food with a nice and lively environment."
• "The atmosphere was great with staff dressed up for Halloween."
• "Nice ambience and relaxing atmosphere."
• "The shared long tables gives it a feeling of inclusiveness and community."
• "The place was buzzing. Very lively with a great friendly atmosphere."
• "Loved the relaxed atmosphere."
• "The whole atmosphere was nice."