Newham
Wagamama

Wagamama

The Loft, Mezzanine Level The Gallery, E20 1ES, Newham, United Kingdom

Cafés • Juice • Seafood • Japanese


"I have really enjoyed visits to Wagamama over the years because of their friendly staff, quick service and decent food, but this experience at the Stratford branch has completely put me off ever returning. It was the most disappointing and frustrating experience I have had by far. No one came to take our order we had to get the attention of one of the waiters to do so, which proved difficult despite the Stratford branch having a very large number of staff (none of whom seem to want to do their job). It was another long wait before 1 dish arrived (almost half an hour). Then, it was another long wait with no drink or food coming out. We had to flag down one of the waiters to ask what was going on and if they could check on our order. Eventually, the drinks came and the remainder of the dishes, but when they arrived, they had got the order wrong and given us an extra starter. When we told them the order was wrong, the waitress said we could have it on the house. The food arrived lukewarm. Wagamama staff always talk about how all food is cooked fresh to order and each dish is brought out as soon as it’s ready, but it seemed like these dishes had been sitting on the side for a while. The standard of food at this Wagamama is worse than a lot of other branches I’ve been to, so I would avoid this one at all costs. When it came to paying the bill, we tried doing it using the QR code system, but the bill was wrong as they had charged us for the extra starter (which was supposed to be on the house). We had to ask a waiter to amend the bill. He went to the computer to make the change and said it had been amended. However when we checked again, there was no change. As we could not get the attention of another waiter, we had to go up to them at the till point to explain the situation again. The staff didn’t seem to be interested in serving their customers it was almost as if customers were a nuisance to them. There was also only 1 girl at the bar making up the drinks orders and doing so very slowly. On top of all of this, this branch seems to do a lot of business through online food delivery apps there was a constant stream of delivery drivers walking through the restaurant and standing around and hanging out next to the kitchen, scrolling on their phones which really spoils the ambience. The size of the kitchen and the number of chefs is too small to have all these takeaway orders being made as well as serving a full restaurant. The quality of the food and the service suffers terribly. I hope Wagamama management take note of this and work on a solution."

Comptoir Libanais

Comptoir Libanais

Stratford Westfield, 2, Newham, United Kingdom

Tea • Kebab • Cheese • Asiatic


"Comptoir Libanais is a franchise which has lots of branches in UK, its everywhere from streets to airports. Kudos to their marketing team, the appearance is always attractive and presents Lebanon beautifully, unfortunately their food is usually average, the Westfield Stratford branch though is worst...of the lot. I have visited the place twice and will base my review on most recent visit. The Westfield branch of Comptoir is pay at counter and self service style, in synchrony with Westfield food court. The staff seems tired and plain but they can be given benefit of doubt because its a busy mall and food court. What can't be forgiven is what they serve to customers. We ordered their Mezze platter for 2 with Mixed grill. Both were epic fail. Hommos was pasty and bland, falafels were hard and seemed reheated rather than fresh, Cheese samboussek was only above average thing in the Mezze. The grill was equally disappointing with under-seasoned and dry meat. Lamb kofta was dry and over burned while Chicken taouk was like eating stones. Growing up in middle east and being a big craver of Labanese food, I cannot recommed Comptoir Libanais to anyone who knows the cuisine or even to introduce a lad to Labanese food. Labanese pictures and flashy colors might reflect the management and owners love for their roots, unfortunately love for Labanese food it doesn't. Head to Edgeware road instead and you might find a street full of Labanese food and its beautiful aromatic taste."

Ruskin Arms

Ruskin Arms

386 High Street North, Newham, United Kingdom

Pub • Arts • Coffee • British


"The food is great, with a decent variety of traditional English pub food as well as some Indian dishes. During our stay at the hotel we ate here twice for dinner. The first time we ordered the beef lasagne and steak pie. We ordered at...the bar and were given a number to take to our table, where our food was quickly brought out to us. Hot and tasty. We also took advantage of the deal where hotel guests receive a free drink with purchase of a main dish. An older gentleman took our order and the service was great. The second time however, was pretty awful to be honest. We went up to the bar and started to order fish chips, a beef burger, and two drinks from the younger man working. I don't know what his deal was. He interrupted us halfway through ordering, turned to the girl that was working with him, and started speaking fast and angrily in another language to her, completely ignoring us. We had to get his attention again as he showed no signs of stopping his rant to finish helping us. He entered our order into the till and tried to make us pay for the drinks too, even though we were hotel guests (even if we weren't, the deal was advertised on posters all over the pub to the public for Mon-Fri and it was a Monday anyway). He seemed pretty upset that we wanted the advertised discount. He started talking to the girl again, then stormed off without another word to us. The girl came over to continue our order, and she seemed angry as well, like we were being difficult. I felt like I was being very polite through the whole thing, and once she saw we actually had a simple order, she was much more pleasant. This time I was not given a number to take to the table, so I asked for one. They brought us the wrong food anyway and almost forgot the fish chips. The breakfast buffet was lovely. An awesome variety for the price I think, but free for hotel guests including tea, coffee, OJ, milk, cereals, toast, beans, hashbrowns (sometimes there were chicken nuggets instead, heck yeah), scrambled eggs, mystery meat sausage with the consistency of a blended gym mat, pancakes, crumpets, jams, meat and cheese, yogurt, fruit, berry scones, and even salad, cupcakes and cookies. So, good food. Good value. Good service from most of the staff. Not good service from the younger fellow working that night."