Restaurant
| Name: | Cafe Bangla | |
| Status: | Closed | |
| Area: | Brick Lane | |
| Address: | 128 Brick Lane | |
| London E1 6RU | ||
| Phone: | 020 7247 7885 | |
| Website: | www.cafebanglabricklane.co.uk |
Visits to this restaurant ...
| 1. 26 Apr 2001 |
Visit Report
| Visit Number: | 14 (visit 1 of 1 for this restaurant) | |
| Date of visit: | 26 Apr 2001 | |
| Cost per head: | £20.00 (1.5 beers) |
| Serv | Amb | Beer | Start | Nan | Rice | Main | Veg | VFM | Score | Comments | |
| Overall | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.76 | |
| Mark | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6.0 | See Mark's comments |
| John | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5.2 | See John's comments |
| Graeme | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5.1 | See Graeme's comments |
| Neil | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6.6 | See Neil's comments |
| Darryl | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5.9 | See Darryl's comments | |
All Comments
Mark - The End of an Altar. Scary picture of Dead Di did not add to the ambience. Large portions and over ordering led to lots of leftovers. Excellent draught Cobra but nothing special food wise despite extensive menu. I hope John has cleaned his shoes.
John - A below average performance. My starter was good (prawn puree) but the main course (chicken tikka korai) was quite bland. The chickpeas weren't that good either! You also needed waders to go into the gents. Nice pint of draught Cobra.
Graeme - We aborted on the first place we went to, having found that it didn't have an alcohol licence - we couldn't take that 2 months running. Rats was put off by the "Cafe" in the name - maybe thinking we would have to have tea and scones. This place was pretty full when we arrived which I thought was a good sign but it didn't live up to expectations. The food was mediocre at best - my Chicken Madras was particularly disappointing - very runny and not very spicy. At least the place had an alcohol licence!
Neil - The Kings Stores provided an adequate alternative Altar, Guiness Amnesia (they forget to pour the second bit) was in evidence however. Curry Club conversation was up to its normal standard 'do Aussies eat Christmas Dinner?'. Passed a Dirty Dicks on the way to a curry in Edinburgh on Saturday night does this count as an CC excursion?
Darryl - Ambiance was spoilt by the 5ft x 5ft portrait of the late Princess Diana looking down upon the table, whereas I believe the ex Presidente had the view of a scantilly clad young lady reclining in a giant clam shell. Food was overall very good (though did have the chef special), but the entree was a little small and the rice too dry.