Really love Banners, been to Banners twice in as many months. Check out easypeaseyrestaurantreview. Blogspot. Com for the full review. Go along, it has great atmosphere, lovely food, friendly staff, what more could you ask for?

I just don't get the hype with Banners. I've been to Banners a few times with friends and have been disappointed each time. I will not be getting robbed by Banners again! The food is very poor. Lamb chewy. Salt fish for the fish cakes never soaked enough and far too salty and as of the "west indian" style curry chicken lol I'd love to know who classed it as "west indian". Poor menu badly cooked! Cramped seating. Banners survives on the hype that people choose to buy into.

Banners is a favourite with those with children. It's always really busy but I can't quite understand why. Their menu is pages and pages long but 75% of those pages are advertising. They do cafe food with some Latin dishes. It's a little overpriced given the actual food quality (which is alright, nothing more) and it's not spacious. The 2 seater tables at the back are particularly uncomfortable.

I think everyone that is getting a bit hot under the collar should just take a deep breath and chill out. Banners is a good restaurant/cafe. There is an issue here with the 'friendly and relaxed' atmosphere which it seems many of you are taking as being 'non-customer focused and lazy'. Sure, the staff wont come and ask you every five minutes if you want a drink, and sure it can be quite busy and crowded - Fine dining this is not. However, the food is truly tasty and are not at all overpriced if you bare in mind the size of the dishes - which are absolutely huge (and if you do not finish, as I have done on a couple of occasions, do not feel ashamed to ask them to wrap your left overs. They won't even bat an eyelid. 2 meals for the price of one? Now the menu's not looking so pricey is it?). Still not happy? You'll be glad to see their is a Lighter Menu page with dishes around the £6-7 mark. So to sum up, the Service: Is good as long as you actually enjoy the company of the person (people) you are with and don't want a waitress/waiter coming over all the time and making small talk whilst making you feel guilty for not ordering more wine/side dishes/coffees/deserts - which is precisely what I despise about a lot of these places which some people would say have amazing service, I would call it annoying. The Food: Delicious, rustic, filling and they certainly don't skip on the portion sizes. The Location: Lovely, straight after why not pop over to kissthesky for a beautiful cocktail or indeed try any one of the great pub/bars in the area. Favourite Dishes: Jerk Chicken, Mediterranean Salad and the side dish of Spoon Bread is a must taste!

I have lived in the area for nearly 20 years, on and off, and I loathe this place. I haven't been in for around 10 years now, so in all fairness it might have changed, though to look at, it seems the same:

A pretentious, soulless, overpriced husk of middle class mediocrity and hypocrisy. It is always crawling with people's offspring and is infamously the reason Bob Dylan did not move into the area (his favourite Indian restaurant is here).

I will continue to avoid it as I consider it the warning gibbet that depicts much of what is wrong with the area.

It is quite a good place when you have kids. Food is good though nothing special and the portions are huge!
Best to book a table over the week-end.

Banners is a busy place with good honest food ( and a lot of it to boot) .

There is variety the its it run as a business should be. What you see is what you get!

Been there for Sunday lunch times and enjoyed the buzz.

There must be a reason why the restaurant is fully booked, your guess?

The staff in banners seem to get offended when you signal them over that you want something!
It really is the most overrated place in N8 or N10, ther food is average, the only thing which makes it just about bearable is that it has a bar!
They surely need a manager in there to sort the staff, not people who would quite frankly be much happier as traffic wardens.
What a dissapointment.

Banners is a great restaurant with lovely food and good service. The only bad point is can get quite hot in there. Banners is nice for dates and one to one chats.

I have just tried to book a table at Banners and was immediately put off by the sarcastic tone and luck of interest from, what I assume was either the owner or a waitress.



I was really looking forward to visiting this lovely place again but now I will try to find a table somewhere else, where I feel more welcome. Banners, you used to do better to keep your customers happy, now you don't have very good reviews anywhere on net! What a shame.

Banners is my favourite ever restaurant. It does get busy, but the cosy tables and ambience and friendly chat of the staff make you feel at home.

The food at Banners does perhaps look slightly pricey (£10 for burger and chips), but it is so delicious it's well worth it. The steak and sweet potato mash is excellent, the kleftico melts in your mouth, and they make the best hot chocolate I've ever had. Very generous portions too. People who claim they can't see what the fuss about Banners is - fine! More room for the rest of us.

I don't live in Crouch End and am glad I don't if Banners is as good as it gets. I was taken to this apparently popular place by friends. Banners was indeed very busy, and the attitude of some of the staff seemed to suggest that customers should feel that it is a privilege to be admitted. It is not.


The service was slow, the place was too crowded, and the price bore little relation to the mediocre food. When I dared question the waitress about this, she glared at me and was quite sarcastic. There went her tip, but I'll give her another one - find an occupation more suited to your talents. I believe that there are vacancies for traffic wardens. Or someone will catspraddle de bombastic biddy.

If you're in the Crouch End area this place is a definite must. Great for breakfast, lunch or dinner, with the breakfast menu running all day long. There's an interesting menu, running from Spanish to Malaysian depending on what's on the specials board. You should definitely try the Scrambled Eggs with Cheese and Chorizo, a Cafe Late and a Bloody Mary! Yummy!

I've only been to Banners once and it was so busy i didn't really get a feel for the place. It was Sunday lunch time though, so I could understand the crowd, but to be honest the Banners crowd level just didn't do it for me at all.

Banners is fantastic, relaxed, has an original atmosphere and still has THE BEST homemade burger yet to be sampled and the most fabulous cocktails. Reasonably priced. Great service. MUST book in advance especially at the weekend. An absolute must!