Tinseltown

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44-46 St John Street,
London,
EC1M 4DF

0872 148 3140
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Reviewer Jalebi
05/10/2011
Milkshakes are never blended properly, there seems to be more ice cream than the chocolate bar itself. Ive been to two branches, the farringdon branch which is very humid from the moment you walk in, and the gants hill branch which has air that is a bit more easier to breathe. The food is over priced, paying around £8 for a burger and if you want cheese, onions, pickles etc, you're charged an extra £1 per topping. Basically its a Halal TGI Fridays.
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Reviewer Paul77
02/03/2010
Terrible. Gave it one star as it is not possible to do zero.
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Reviewer SYL
28/02/2010
My best friend wanted to go for her birthday. We went to the Farringdon Branch. There are security guards on the door and it is open till 3am. Be warned that all your party must be there to be seated. The atmosphere was buzzing and loads of music and happy customers which are mainly very young crowd of students as the halls of residents for city uni is near by. It was the first visit for myself and my partner. I had checked out their website and also called inadvance for advice. We were seated very quickly for a saturday night. The waitress Lena was very nice and friendly. We had the large VEGE combo and BBQ wings, main course my friend and her husband had the Mix grill platter - loads of fresh cooked meat, I choose the Empire Chicken Burger which was huge!!!

My partner had the lamb chops which were very tender. Lena even asked us how would be like the meat cooked which was very professional. We had told Lena it was my friends birthday and we pre ordered the ice cream dessert. They had a video screen on with birthday wishes, music and the ice cream dessert and the golden Oscar. It was really cool and we all sang happy birthday. We then all shared the Waffle. It was so fresh and yummy. 4 persons with Vat total was £107. It was a great evening and will definately come again. Great concept and very nice staff.
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Reviewer f40player
14/12/2009
I used to visit this place a lot last year, it started off well but the standards rapidly dropped towards the middle of 2009 to now. There seems to be new management in and a new load of staff waiting the tables, all of which who struggle to speak English well and they often mix up the orders. The food is slightly overpriced for what you get and once you get past the novelty of the shakes the place will lose its appeal. The interior decor is nice but is starting to get a little worn. The restrooms are terrible. They will also force a service charge onto parties with 10people or more and may expect payment before you have even been served a meal/drinks. The door-staff seem friendly enough.
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Reviewer nwills
29/10/2009
Ok , this restaurant has been here for ages, and has recently been done up. Service is good, milkshakes are excellent.

Don't compare with plastic food of McDonald's. The food is top notch and reasonably priced.

It won't break the bank and variety of food is good. Consider the decor and late opening times I think its good value for money.
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Reviewer mrikey
09/08/2009
Let's get one thing straight. This is not a restaurant.

The people who have posted before me were clearly disappointed as they went with family/friends expecting to have some sort of TGI Friday experience.

I hate to tell you but you went to the wrong place. Tinseltown sells excellent milkshakes and desserts.

Everything else (or at least everything that I've tried) is pretty rubbish. Everyone knows that so if you're silly enough to go there for the food then you get what you deserve.

Service is awful and the decor is grubby - it's an idea with incredible potential that's been executed poorly.

That said, Tinseltown is great as long as you know what you're getting. By all means, venture there if you're feeling peckish after a night out (cheap taxi fare from Leicester Square) or you fancy a milkshake in the middle of a night.

Just don't go there for a proper meal because you will be sorely disappointed.
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Reviewer ramsy
03/08/2009
i went there with my whole family expecting something different to usual.

for starters the fake ass bouncer told us to rudely wait outside and literally there were so many empty tables! so dunno wot that was about.

The bouncer looked realy dumbb like he didn't have a clue and then let us in one by one like we were entering a strip club.

eventually when we all did go in the restaurant looks like a big American toilet, as the deco is extremely poor and to make it worse all the tables and floor were sticky.

I realy do think that the management is realy poor as the '' night manager '' was only interested in siting at the door on a stool along side the dum bouncer perving on all the girls.

The staff cudnt even speak or understand English so when i was ordering the waiter realy didn't know wot i was saying.

to make it worse as some one mentioned earlier the steaks were something out off Iceland freezer.

to make the restaurant realy tacky we were told by the waiter we will be charged two pounds to have a bottle of mayo on our table but the ketchup is free! gee thanks dumbass!!

they have also changed the menu to last time and its definitely no VALUE AT ALL for your money.

this place should just be a milkshake bar as its is FAR from a restaurant its extremely disgusting.!!

CRAP SERVICE RUBBISH FOOD AND A REALY CLULESS AND CARELESS MANAGER. WHAT A WASTE OF TIME.
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Reviewer dj-snow
24/07/2009
Horrendous. You'd be much better off going to McDonald's - and at three times the price of a McD's, you literally would be better off.

The food was nowhere near as palatable as McD's (and that's saying something!). Food aside, the decor and atmosphere was something else.

We went with the whole American Diner image in mind (jukeboxes, neon, chequered decor, lots of chrome) and was sorely disappointed to find a darkened room (think dingy Student Union bar) with a couple of plasmas dotted about and staff who barely grunted when taking your order.'Poo-Town'!
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