Garfunkels Restaurants

I found the food, ambiance and service to be sub-​par when I ate at this branch of the chain. I was there at 8PM on a Friday night and found only 2 other tables occupied. Someone shouted to me to seat myself and it was 3 or 4 minutes before I was given a menu. I asked if there were specials but was told «we’re out». I settled on the fish and chips, one of my favorites wherever I am in the U.K. It was mediocre at best. The fish was tough and the coating was soaked with grease; sides were luke-​warm and I was told they were out of dinner rolls. A disappointing experience; this is one chain I will not return to when I’m in London this summer. Very disappointing.

Absolutely appalling food, appalling service, would not under any circumstances go back to this establishment. It was an off-​the-​cuff stop for a bite to eat, which ended up taking hours. Waiting over 50minutes for the bill, on top of never receiving the tea that was ordered when we first walked in. Everything here, including the terrible food, was completely unacceptable.

Although the food was good when it came out, we would have liked to have been acknowledge after being seated, also it would be nice to have our order taken, and then the bill… there were some severe gaps in our wait service. Now bear in mind our waitress what extremely nice and helpful. When she was there.
I am not going to throw out a huge complaint, but this is one of the most basic structures of a restaurant, the ordering and care portion of the experience.
Like I said the food was good. The prices moderate. Etc.

We were looking for a salad bar, and Garfunkel was a choice.
The salad is OK for a chain restaurant. The prices quite affordable and the service was fine. It is exactly what you expect from a quick meal in a chain restaurant.

The food was horrendously bad. I let my opinion cool overnight but I still have a bad taste in my mouth from this place the next morning. This is your typical chain sit-​down with pre-​made, microwaved food. The benefit of such a business model is ease of preparation and consistency — this stuff couldn’t be easier to heat up and get to the customer, and yet they overcooked pasta. Shameful.
No disrespect to the serving staff who did a fine job (did get mayo when I asked for none, however), though I knew what I was getting into when the waiter didn’t ask how I wanted my burger cooked. I’ve served similar food before and it’s not fun serving food you know is abysmal.
Whatever I got was not beef. I doubt the kitchen is even equipped with a grill. The pulled pork was an all-​to-​familiar taste of the stuff that comes in a bag. And yet they have the gall to charge full-​price for half-​food. If I had been paying for my meal, I would have sent it back and left.

If you went here it’s because they have a great location and big sign. The food was average. They had 4 or 5 uninspiring beers on tap. Staff was quick, but not especially friendly and seem a bit impatient when I asked a question about the food when ordering.

American diner style restaurant chain where we stopped for breakfast on our first morning in London. It was reasonbly priced, I think? It’s hard to work out with the currency conversion.
The breakfast was pedestrian, the sausages had a weird tasts that I am not used to, but then I am not really a sausage person. There was nothing really outstaning about the venue or the service experience. It’s ok in a pinch.

Good food for what it is… Quick and easy. Good service. Open late.
I was on a business trip to London. I arrived late and it was one of the only places open near the Hotel. I went in not expecting much other than free Wifi so I could check my email; but was pleasantly Surprised.
I ordered the Lemon Chicken and some Ribs and everything was cooked well and tasted great. They had great prices.
I went back the next morning for Breakfast. The Garfunkel traditional English breakfast was excellent and a lot of food for the price.

The food was okay. I ordered an omelet from the breakfast menu and a side of hash browns. I probably wouldn’t choose it again but the lady who was serving me was super nice.
Service was nice, food was ehh. But the prices are cheap so if you are hungry and looking for something cheap, come here. My food came out fast, but that could be due to the lack of people in here. LOL.
Enjoy.

fish n chips gehabt. nicht schlecht. laute aber angenehme athmo. der fish war riesig, sauce nicht schlecht, halt typisches briten rest.
bedienung war auch gut. sicher kein feinschmecker, aber fuer den preis alles i.o.

My boyfriend and I had breakfast here on our recent trip to London. It was conveniently located to our hotel and the breakfast offer seemed like a good deal.
My boyfriend had a Full-​English breakfast and I had eggs on toast. The price for the breakfasts were good, about six pounds each. However, watch out when you add in the drinks. The bill sky rockets fast! The day before eating at Garfunkels, we found a one-​off restaurant that did a Full– English with tea and toast for five pounds. After that price, Garfunkels didn’t seem like such a great deal.
Price aside, the food and service were good and it’s a clean restaurant with a nice vibe.

Also es gibt ja überall DO’s und DONT’s Und um mal bei diesen Kategrien zu bleiben, dieses Garfunkels-​Restaurant ist ein DONT.
Das Essen ist allenfalls Durchschnitt. Der Service ist unaufmerksam und war bei vollem Haus komplett überfordert. Man wartet ewig und dann werden Bestellungen vergessen. Das macht keinen Spaß. Die Speisen, meine Begleiterin und ich hatten Pasta und Steak, überzeugten uns nicht. Anscheinend werden dort auch viele Convenience-​Produkte verwendet. Merwürdig war auch, dass die Cola irgendwie verdünnt wurde. Jedenfalls war sie leicht transparent und schmeckte auch etas wässrig. Aber vielleicht ist das ja dort so üblich andere Länder, andere Sitten.
Positiv heben sich die halbwegs moderaten Preise hervor. Aber das ist aus meiner Sicht alles.

What I love in Garfunkel’s is their dishes full of abundant and appealing meal! But donot go there indeed for vegetables, i was myself disappointed and finally found a bit of carrots and few leaves of lettuce at the salad bar.
Tip: their big starter plate to share, and burgers. Pizza’s are not that good there, there are better places ;-)
Seb Delcampe,

Great place to get a salad lunch to go.

I was walking down the street (the Strand) in London’s theatre district. I saw homeless men sleeping in doorways — one with his dog. Going out to eat dinner alone, I wasn’t looking for a place that needed to be posh and elegant. A plain, hearty meal would do. From the outside, Garfunkel’s looked like it would fit the bill.
I walked in just as a crowd was leaving. One of them, a white youth, made a racist gesture at me. As I was waiting to be seated, a woman dining at a table motioned for me to close the door behind me – she assumed I had opened it and left it open. I told her otherwise, but I obliged her. Once seated, I saw a man, not very steady on his feet and not exactly alert, shuffle into the restaurant. He seated himself at the table in front of me. He had a nasty, prolonged cough. The hostess spent about ten minutes ascertaining he wasn’t there for dinner and getting him to leave.
I ordered the half chicken, partly because the menu described it as coming with vegetables. The server said they were out of the half chicken. The time was not yet 8:30pm. I ordered the chicken parmigiana instead. I asked if I could order vegetables as a side. The server said I could order a mixed salad. I said I wanted to order hot vegetables. She did not understand me. I repeated, «hot vegetables.» She did not understand me. I said, «H-​O-​T vegetables.» She understood and said I could get broccoli, carrots, and peas. I asked what the price was. She said «mixed salad.» I said I wanted hot vegetables. She said «mixed salad.» I said, «What is the price of the hot vegetables?» She said «mixed salad.» I said, «Are you saying that the price of the hot vegetables is the same as the price of the mixed salad?» She said yes.
The vegetables turned out to be hot and hearty. The chicken parmigiana was a bit overcooked, almost tough. The spaghetti was just a shade past al dente. I paid the bill: £16.70 (a little over $ 26), including the tip. My only beverage was tap water.
On my way back to the hotel, I walked past one of the same homeless men I saw earlier, wrapped in a blanket and sitting in the doorway with his dog. The dog was sleeping, with its head on the lap of his master, who was reading a paperback.

This is only a short review, as I didn’t actually stay for dinner. My gran and aunts and other family members had been down for the weekend and i needed to drop them off somewhere generic for dinner that was near the theatre they were going to.
Garfunkels was it.
I stuck around for a glass of wine, and the service seemed friendly enough. The wine was nice and i think if you’re going to go somewhere ‘standard’ where the food isn’t out of the ordinary, then this place is OK.
It strikes me as strange that out of all the places to eat in this area, I couldn’t think of a single place that does outstanding English food. Everywhere was chains like this of the Aberdeen steak house. Have I missed a gem? I’d have loved to take the family somewhere a bit more interesting than this!