I have never had a good experience in Konnigans: from noone coming to take even a drinks order or bring a menu after half an hour to soggy Thai food and draughty tables, there always seems to be something wrong. Unfortunately, last time I ate at Global that was bad too and with my friend still down, and not wanting to stray far, I thought we would give Konnigans one last chance (they are owned by the same guy anyway so he wasn't losing out either way).I will not be going again. It should be a lovely restaurant - it's front windows open fully onto the pretty and quiet Old York Road, their chairs are reclaimed from a church, the menu is modern but with old favourites. This time it wasn't the service but the food that let it down. Their lunchtime menu has a sandwiches section and that was the kind of thing we wanted - two of us went for a tuna cheese melt and another of us for a steak baguette. The cokes we ordered came in glasses that were slightly scratched and the noise and smell from the open kitchen made us feel like we were in a cheap cafe.
The food arrived exactly as described on the menu-there was zero presentation effort, just a greasy ciabatta and chips on a coloured plate. It wasn't a particularly nice ciabatta - not dreadful but certainly not in keeping with the style of the place. Another to be struck off the list...
One course and a soft drink: £7 per head
Value: 6/10
Service: 6/10
Atmosphere: 7/10
Food: 5/10
SCORE: 24/40
Konnigans, 344-346 Old York Road, Wandsworth, London, SW18 1SS. Tel: 020 88711496.
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