We've been meaning to pop by and eat here every time we visit Bromley as we've heard good things…read moreand it always looks busy. Yeah..... now we know why it looks busy. The service was soooooo slow. I booked a table and it took a few moment to be acknowledged. Staff were just pottering about and not even dealing with customers. Once acknowledged we were eventually led to our table. Took ages to get an allergen menu (their Ipad) then it took ages for someone to even take a drink order. Once we decided what to have (Not much choice for gluten free!) Order was taken and we waited.... Food wasn't too bad when it arrived but I'm glad I ordered a side as my main was a little on the small side! Milkshakes were tasting watery and tea was tasteless...... even if they did use a Yorkshire Tea teabag! For a lunchtime they had enough servers a few empty tables but lots of gaps in dealing with customers. Not the greatest of experiences, pricey for the food (quality wasn't great!) and service slow. We won't be back in a hurry!

One of the better Shopping Centre dining experiences…read more Joe's Kitchen, the runty little sister of Frank & Benny and Garfunkel's restaurants is a refreshingly modern, clean and creative twist on the standard. The layout and menu remind me somewhat of Bill's restaurants. Big wooden tables and not too fussy. The Menu is transparent and has your staples: fish and chips, sandwiches, jacket potatoes and your all day breakfast. It's a little fresher and more contemporary than it's more famous counterparts. As with any restaurant in a shopping mall, it's quite overpriced for what it is. My fish finger sandwich, although pleasant and filled my hungover hole was average bread, cheap fish fingers and a bit of iceberg. For £6 without any garnish at all, I would say that's a tad steep. Still, what did surprise me were the chips. This may sound strange, but they really tasted like potato! Normally you get the standard, frozen chips with a real starchy texture, but these 'skin on fat chips' tasted fresh and lovely. Overall, it's an amazing improvement to your average shopping break meal. It completely beats the competition in the area and was a very pleasant experience. PS. lovely coffee and the coke floats looked amazing.

Hard to believe an authentic little French restaurant has existed in Penge but it is in keeping…read morewith the rise of the rest of the community. On Maple road is a small establishment- family owned and run - that needs our support to stay afloat. It is worth checking them out and supporting a local gem. We had Cidre Breton, Cassoulet (with duck), Crème Brûlée, gorgeous escargot, Soupe à l'oignon, steak tartare, tartiflet, duck confit, café liégeois, rilletes de porc, crepe Suzette and steak. We make sure to visit every time we are in town and my in-laws are particular about French food and it is a favorite of theirs. My mother-in-law lived in France and learned to cook there and can't believe how luck she is to have this in her neighborhood.

Another amazing meal at Chez Yves last night with 5 family members. I had a dozen snails with…read morelightly toasted sourdough bread, then confit duck leg with potatoes roasted in duck fat. Dessert was café Liegeois. Everything was top quality, perfectly cooked and served, and delicious. Between 6 of us we tried loads of things on the menu, swapping bits so we could taste everything. Every single dish was delicious. I love this little restaurant, hope that it survives the current economic problems.

This is a real gem of a restaurant. The food is just excellent and cooked with obvious skill and…read morecare. It is a wonder that they manage to combine that with very reasonable prices and hearty portions. Today I had the smoked fish platter for starter (three large pieces of assorted fish), the lamb rump medallions (four chargrilled pieces with au poivre sauce) for main and lemon sorbet for dessert. Every element spoke of real, honest cooking skills. It's quality you would normally struggle to find at any City restaurant and for only about £25 including wine and coffee it was such a find.

I had the party menu for 15 guests - three courses plus tea or coffee with mints after. Food was…read moreamazing, staff polite and helpful. I would really recommend this restaurant

I've been to Le Chateau a few times now. The food is consistent - good but not spectacularly so…read more The desserts in particular are great. Service is where Le Chateau falls down. Staff (even management) are rude, inattentive and forgetful. I asked for a diet coke 3 times before giving up. When I eventually got one it was flat and horrible. Our orders were mixed up and we were told we were the ones who were wrong. I'd love to be able to recommend Le Chateau, or for various people I know to stop wanting to go there, but I just can't. And it's a real shame.

A local yet lively "Frenchy" restaurant - with a nice wine list…read more Went there with a couple of my friends who live close by for a three course meal (shrimp 'orgy', beef fillet & crème brûlée - and a nice bottle of Chambertin) very attentive staff, delicious food but perhaps a but loud. All right pricing all things considered. Definitely a place to recommend for a un-posh night out where you desire a nicely meal.

Came here for Christmas Lunch with some local family friends, and this review is based on the set…read moremenu they offered to us for that occasion. Located in Beckenham, this restaurant is one a of a string of food and drink locales in the immediate area, a surprisingly dense amount for a suburb, and a nice, quaint part of town. We were a group of six, which prompted the restaurant to offer us the special menu. The catch was, we either all have to order it, or none of us gets it. This 'collective punishment' is not something I was used to -- before I moved to Britain, that is -- but we ended up browbeating any doubters and all going for the special menu. ..And in the end we weren't disappointed. The set menu was definitely not French, although it had some French influence; instead, it can be described as modern British fare, and it was shockingly good. There was the usual array of lamb and chicken dishes for this Christmas menu, but I opted for the salmon, which was grilled/baked precisely to the temperature to make it just the right moisture and texture. It came with a gratin (done properly) and some vegetables, and all of it disappeared quickly. Having sampled some of other people's dishes, I can say that the restaurant managed to put a lot of effort and detail into everything we were served. On that day, I can confidently say that if you flipped a coin and took one of their starter or main options at random, you would have been pleased. The service was also friendly, attentive, and our waitress sometimes hung around to chat briefly here and there or to laugh a bit with us, but without being overbearing. Basically, our experience was that this is what a Christmas lunch experience should be. I'd complain about the collective punishment aspect of the Christmas lunch menu (the whole table gets it or no one does), but -- well, in Rome (or England) ... This place is half-bar/pub, half-restaurant (separated by a big wall and doors luckily). I'm told the bar part gets busy.

This is a nice branch of the chain and a firm favorite with my partner (he is particularly…read moreenamoured of the smoked fish crepe starter which doesn't do anything for me but he seems to like it!) It can get a bit busy in the evenings however the staff seem to be friendly and pretty on to it. While the menu doesn't change that often, they do have some very nice specials. Also their coffee is very good.

Another yawntastic chain restaurant that exhibits as much creativity as an episode of Hollyokes…read more Infact if you like Hollyokes this place will probably be right up your street, I don't however. To dislike a place like Cafe Rouge is a bit harsh, it does what it says on the tin, which is provide bog standard food to suburbanites who lack imagination, its just that I don't like the tin.