Giraffe - Southbank

So an interesting visit to Giraffe yesterday! We ordered a burger (half price on Tuesdays) some duck noodles and some onion rings. So all started well enough although the burger was a little small. Halfway through my noodles I found what I thought was a bit of seaweed only to find on closer inspection actually a long thin piece of metal. We advised the waitress who took the dish away... more

This place is way too overpriced for the blah flavors they have. They're trying to be cultural jack of all trades and it's not working.

Abysmal at best.

Service is extremely slow.

The nachos taste like stale Doritos with canned meat on top. The noodles were dry, and The Couscous was missing the other "Cous" ;-) more

We were seated quick but the service was soooo slow. The drink order took 25mins to just take it. Then they turned up 15mins later. We finally place our order for dinner close to an hour from being seated. The food showed up and was all wrong. They then fixed it but we never had another order of drinks come by until we were done. My daughter wanted dessert so we decided to get one and that... more

On our previous visit to London we dined here for lunch and knew we could get a good meal. My husband ordered his usual sweet breakfast of pancakes with a side of bacon. I decided to give the Shakshuka a try. Shakshuka is a North African dish of eggs cooked in a tomato sauce with herbs and served with crusty bread. I was hoping to include chorizo but that item contained dairy. The service was... more

The madness they call Giraffe is a chain of restaurants that cater to families, very reminiscent of the Rainforest Cafe. We dined here with 4 adults and 3 toddlers on a cold day. I mention the cold because the queue to dine was a long line outside, wrapped around the restaurant! Ironically, when we were ready to be seated, we opted to sit outside because we had already been outside for 20 odd... more