David O'Connor (The Hotel Guy)
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Travelling on business to East London, I fancied a burger and dropped into Boom Bap in Bethnal Green.
I should note, that I tried earlier in the day to book a table online. There was no availability showing. I called later in the late afternoon/early evening to see if there was a table. No answer to the phone. When I went along to see if I could get a seat, the place was empty and was so for my whole visit.
Like the weather outside, the experience left me cold. The burger was okay but not memorable. The loaded fries were truly disastrous. Soggy and cold beneath the loading, these fries were not fresh and must have been hanging around for a while.
Too often I find burger bars think that a hot loading of items onto cold fries, will make them like new. It doesn’t. It makes them soggy. Make the guest some fresh fries.
Cool name. Graffiti on the walls to give it an edge. But it’s just a passable burger.