Balagan

Came a few weeks ago. Portion size and quality of food was really good. Just came for a takeaway today. Unfortunately food was dry and small portions. Hopefully this improves next time.

We came here for dinner with friends and wow it was amazing! They have recently done a refurb and the place looks great. We had some platters to share, finished with chocolate orange tart, and a pear tart - both 10000/10! Would highly recommend. They also have a tv showing the euros (if you wanted to bring someone along who didn’t want to miss a game!) The team were lovely with excellent hospitality

Unremarkable and inconspicuous interior brings little to whet the appetite. A selection firmly embedded in the comfortingly obvious, riffing on the same old tune, without venturing beyond the familiar. This is no criticism - saying that,they tweak the tried and tested with pleasing results : robust and flavoursome portions. Service was beyond reproach It’s relatively hard to find fault here but I’m trying: perhaps the dull decor.

Ordered a takeaway from here. Our personal experience of the lamb kebab and shawarma was very poor. Meat was very dry with an uninspiring salad and rather doughy bread that ended up not eating. Other reviews seem more positive, but there are better food options on the high street in my opinion.

Ordered takeaway. The aubergine was burned and ruined the taste of the whole meal tasted of a filthy grill.Noone likes tasting burnt food. Clean your grill. The burger buns were soaked in sauce and couldn't be eaten as a burger. Too much chips. Horrible meal Ordered a few more meals. In laffa wrap. Absolutely mess. Greasy. Sort it out I would avoid this place until they know how to present edible food.

We have had lunch here today, the food and service was amazing. Ivan was so helpful with the menu and give some lovely suggestions for food

Took son there for the first time. I had the schwarma; excellent as always and he had the chicken poppers. He loved them (plus the chips, obvs) While we were there one of the staff brought out a burger to another table. "I am so having that next time!" He informed me. Guess we'll be back soon

Surrounded by small European flags, with pallet boards and a designed chaos of tangled lighting looming menacingly overhead, one might say that the restaurant’s name was appropriate. Balagan means a state of chaos, disarray and confusion. Though really, the restaurant was relatively calm and ordered. Bigger than the other European flags, the Israeli flag is set aside above one table (Balagan’s website describes its cuisine as a Middle-eastern). My mummy commented that there was no Palestine flag. Thankfully, she didn’t ask them to explain! It could have caused world war 3! I placated her by saying that the European flags that adorned the walls were likely there because of the Euro 2021 Football and because the restaurant was showing the games on their large screen. Our Falafel Laffa arrived on a square plate wrapped in paper, as though it were a take-away. We’d expected the griddled Laffa to be warm but it was room temperature. The falafel was almost as well but tasted fine, if in need of a little zazzing up. The assorted filling of salad and pickles had a light zing and smoothness to compliment the crispy outer, soft inner of the falafel. The staff seemed a little indifferent to a teddy bear customer but I guess that is better than ending up on a kebab skewer or as a bear burger! If you require a ramp to get over a shallow threshold you will have to wait a while as they no longer have one in place. They said they will be getting one soon. The deliver and you can order online and collect. Update 9th July 2021:- I just got an email from the restaurant asking me to call them after my three star review. It's good to know they taken interest and are concerned. I explained that I hadn't really made a complaint. My review had been just a reflection of my visit being okay/average, not bad or great. I would probably go there again if a friend wanted to go. Whereas, places I rate 1 or 2 I would likely not return to.