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Yemek
Had a nosey in Yemek last night (ex Miso).
It looks like a brighter and even less intimate Miso with an elephant's leg kebab turning in the corner.
Menu very expensive for what it is. I for one wont' be going in and will stay loyal to Petek.
I'll give them 9 months max before they close. I'm saying 9 because I had to eat my had when I gave Dudley's 6 months and was proved wrong.
Anyone been?
It looks like a brighter and even less intimate Miso with an elephant's leg kebab turning in the corner.
Menu very expensive for what it is. I for one wont' be going in and will stay loyal to Petek.
I'll give them 9 months max before they close. I'm saying 9 because I had to eat my had when I gave Dudley's 6 months and was proved wrong.
Anyone been?
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I had high hopes - having seen the boxes - of huge portions. Opening the boxes was the first disappointment. Mostly empty. The food itself was dull and uninspiring. The chicken was dry and over-cooked, the salad a bit meh and the less said about the paltry portion of chips the better. £20 very ill-spent.
I'll play safe next time and head to Petek.
As for Petek, I went there a few months ago and thought it was very ordinary
It doesn't make sense to do a refurb after opening, unless it's years down the line.
The girl giving out the flyers didn't have a clue
1) People do not want to eat in a restaurant with the ambiance of an operating theatre and with the same old fast-food/noodle bar furniture as Miso.
2) A couple of hundred yards down the road there is a wonderful established Turkish restaurant which is always packed out every night (Petek obviously)
3) A minute or so up the road there is another Turkish restaurant/Mezze bar (Sugar Lounge)
4) Between these 2 restaurants there are numerous cheap kebab shops with a similar offering to some of their menu
5) Most people are a bit strapped for cash at the moment and will probably only be prepared to shell out for something pretty unique or exceptional.
I get the feeling that the Mexican place that is about to open should do well, having researched what people would like/what is missing in the area. This will probably highlight even further the failure of Yemek.
I have to agree with Misscara when she says 'burn it down and claim on the insurance'...
Turn the lights down, stick some flowers on the tables and around the place, something to soften it up.
I think Porchetta's new interior is fine and it's grown into it, especially now they don't turn the tv on.
It might be a bit generic restaurant trying to look nice, but it's a vast improvement on the old bare breeze blocks and peeling walls.
Personally, I'd have gone old school Italian, check table clothes, red and green decor, wine bottles with candles, all that guff, that would have been more fun.