Jamie's diner
Date of Visit: 12th
August 2013
Ambience
This restaurant is coined a “pop
up” restaurant so somehow I wasn’t expecting a great deal in décor but we
walked in to find a dinosaur themed American diner interior with a massive furry
dinosaur in the middle of the top floor.
It may have the Jamie Oliver name
but don’t expect anything posh as he’s chosen to go for simple and old-school
style with paper placemat type menus and cosy booths. There were six of us but I’m sure we got put
in a booth suited for 4 diners.
Food
Firstly, the drinks were a
disappointment. We all thought we would
try something different given the extended option of drinks available compared
to most restaurants. The cream soda was
weird tasting to say the least – it was sour & foamy and was edging on the
taste of yakult! The pink colas were nothing like the coke that we all know… on
the contrary, it was very sour. I stuck
to the American diner theme and ordered milkshake even though they only had
vanilla (despite the menu stating we should ask for the special flavour of the
day). I was expecting it to arrive in a
large steel shaker but oh no, it arrived in a stubby short glass – rip off at
the cost of £4. The two alcoholic
beverages appeared to be fine though.
Next, moving onto the food….
Given that they are known for the extensive hotdog options (at least they are
downstairs in the take-away section), three hotdogs were tried (both 100% beef
and 100% pork) and not only did they look aesthetically poor but they did not
taste much better. The brioche bread
wasn’t soft and the meat did not taste of a good quality. The rainbow slaw had a fancy name but it's not much to shout about!
Porky Dog
The chicken in the basket was disappointingly
small (considering it was meant to be a whole chicken) – luckily we decided
against “sharing”. The meat was dry as
well as the chips underneath the chicken (I only mention this because the
description on the menu describes the juice from the chicken seeping into the
chips.
Chicken in a basket
The pitt waffle was sorrowful as
the presentation wasn’t great and it tasted awful too. The waffle was soggy and the pulled pork was
drenched and far from tasteful.
Pitt Waffle
We shared a few sides, such as
avocado fries which most did not enjoy, crinkle cut fries, shoestring fries and
sweet potato mash – all of which were pretty standard.
We all agreed that the food was
awful and the best part of the meal was the gherkins served on the side of the
hotdogs!
Service
Service was acceptable but they
were not attentive enough. At no point
during the meal did they ask how things were or how the food was (we were
waiting to give negative feedback) and we waited ages to get somebody’s
attention when we wanted to pay for the meal, despite several servers whizzing
by.
Summary
Hugely disappointed with Jamie…
so much so that we refused to have desserts there, despite feeling hungry and
dissatisfied; instead we headed elsewhere for dessert.
General prices weren’t
extortionate but definitely not worth the money. Whilst the price of food was reasonable, I
found the prices of drinks over-priced.
It has been a while since I’ve
had such a bad experience at a restaurant.
Sometimes, one thing ordered might not be to taste but when everybody’s
meal is bad, that talks a lot for the standard of food here. There are many many many other tasty
restaurants in close vicinity so I’d say avoid going here.
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