Kervan Kitchen Gidea Park

Visited this place the other day. Nice restaurant. Ambience was lovely. It was a Friday and they had someone serenading with music classics. The food was well presented, lovely and tasty. The cocktail was great too. Staff were nice and professional. Nothing to moan about really. There is paid parking on the street and free parking after 6:30pm. Will be visiting again.

The food was good. However, the Sea Bass was packed with bones, which meant that with every bite, tissue was needed to dispose of the bones in. The atmosphere felt like being in a student bar. It was very loud, which spoilt the experience. Service was poor, the lady that showed us to our table looked like she didn't want to be there. We were left waiting for a considerable length of time before a waiter came to take our order. The waiter that brought our drinks offered our drinks to every table around us even though they all had drinks and we didn't. We had to get his attention as he began to make his way back to the bar with our drinks. He repeated the same shenanigan when he brought our starter. The waiter that brought the bill could as well have been a robot. He was impersonable. I will not be spending my money at the Kervan in the future.

EXPENSIVE BUT WILL IMPRESS You need to attend when there's live music FOOD In terms of food, I was not shocked nor impressed, as it tastes like other kebabs I've tried at other turkish restaurants as they always have the same meat taste. I prefer Kebabs from a normal street kebab shop or from GDK. The dishes were quite expensive, as a main would cost you from £12 - 20. Instead of going for individual dishes, you might as well order a platter for everyone. The platter however disappointed me as it only serves 2-3 people. The portion as well did not contain a lot of meat. A platter has all available meat they serve on the menu, you get lambs, lambchops, ribs, chicken, meat, wings etc and 2 types of rice. There were 6 of us and we had to order 2 platters, 1 platter cost £65! We also ordered starter dishes that came with calamari, halloumi cheese bites, spring roll!? falafel, 2 meats. We also had bread starter, but not sure if that was even part of our paid menu or if it was a complimentary free starter. The bread tasted VERY good, I could eat it all day. Starter dishes were delicious especially the calamaris. If you ask me, ordering starter and 1 platter should fill up 4 people. The first lambchop I tasted was very very good, but when I had the second lambchop, the taste was not the same as the first one I tried. I was disappointed with the rib, it was just a piece of rib! And it didn't have much taste, it just felt like I was eating a piece of meat. Or maybe I am used with normal ribs from supermarket with sauce dribbled on top of them. But I was not happy with the portion of the ribs. Rice was very good, you get 2 types of rice on 1 platter, one white and the other yellowish orange. I like the koppernberg that I ordered because it was a 500ml bottle and they serve you with an squiky clean glass with ice and garnish. CUSTOMER SERVICE Customer service were good, staffs were polite and nice, they served us nicely. Our plates were small size dish which you can use for starters or main. It comes with a napkin and 2 forks and 2 knives. We didn't wait too long for our food, but we did wait for our table which was already booked for 8:30pm. We were seated around 8:50pm, we were waiting from 8:35pm. The waiters comes and put new plates on your table when you are done with starters. We went on a Saturday evening which also happens to have live music. The music artist was amazing, my family really enjoyed the atmosphere and vibe. The chairs were super comfortable! They also do a birthday celebrations announcements. There's also a hand sanitizer you can use when you enter the building. You can also take home your unfinished food. They call you hours ahead on the day of your booking, to confirm if you are still coming. PRICE The drinks we ordered were koppernberg £5, Jack Daniel with coke £6, apple juice £3, martini and 2 passion alcohol drinks. Platter is £65. For a family, you should be looking to spending over £100! If you typically spend £25 - £50 at a restaurant, be prepared to spend more here if you are coming with 4 or more people. Sorry I don't know what the service charge cost is. We spent maybe over £160+ for 6 people. We had 6 drinks, starter, breads+sauces, and 2 platters that cost £65 each. OVERALL I recommend this place, your love ones or friends you bring here on a Saturday/Friday Live music day will not be disappointed. Staffs were great, all gave nice service. I would give it a 5 but deducted 1 star because we had to wait despite booking a table in advance. Also food taste nothing special, taste like other Turkish restaurants. I wish they do a special unique twist to their kebabs that is different from other Turkish restaurants. I would give it a 5 star ONLY for the live music days, but if you were to come here on other days, it would be 4 stars.