Efendi - Tower Hamlets

Great restaurant, warm and welcoming ambience. Recommend the lamb tagine.Excellent service from Adel and Sana . Hope to return.

We had mixed meats on rice.salad on side.lamb chicken .was cooked realy nice .starters was bread and a onoin .very strange the onoin .service they never asked if everything was ok.there to busy looking at there phones.we just had tap.water And a expresso coffee.which was...good.i would go again.

Overall a very disappointing experience. Starter was OK but the main course was terrible. Small pieces of fatty lamb, small portion of rice and a token salad. The most disappointing aspect of the evening were the staff. Not greeted on entry and the waiters looked...like they just didn't want to be there. Didn't ask us if we wanted desert, another drink. In fact, they didn't ask anything at all. No tip left and none deserved.

This place could so easily be the best Turkish restaurant in East London but for now it's just average. The food is mainly very good although lacks consistency with the portion sizes and flavour changing almost daily depending on who's in the kitchen. The real...issue here is the waiting staff who seem distracted and constantly in their own group discussion, pausing occasionally to serve the rather annoying customers who would like to eat. I would definitely avoid visiting for a takeaway lunch unless you work somewhere that let's you have for lunch. My last two takeaways took and minutes to prepare, which is staggering considering that I only ordered a lamb kebab that is already cooked and just needs to be cut and served! There's a great restaurant waiting to happen here but it's being held back by its own apathy and lack of direction.

We visited for dinner on a Sunday evening, the food and service were OK. However, it is a large open space and was quiet so it felt cold, stark and lacked any atmosphere. The mixed plate for two was decent value and was a good...way of trying a variety of dishes.