Comptoir V

The service was such a disappointment, ruined our whole excitement.
My friend and I found this place, realised its vegan and took the chance to go.

When we got there we were seated immediately. The ambiance was good, very small but it wasn't cramped.
We ordered our food and was left waiting; Gone 20 minutes and no sign of drinks or starters, gone 30 minutes and we started to get even more hungry and left rather confused why its taking so long to get the starters or even our drinks out. We realised that a table outside got serviced before us and we arrived before them. Gone 45 minutes and we asked a lady working there where our food is and she said she will chase it up.
Gone one hour and another lady comes to the table and says she completely forgot to process our food through the system!?? How!?? I mean when we got there, yes the resturant was full but after 20 minutes people started to leave and we became more visible so how did they forget our food???
She apologises and says our food will arrive in 10 minutes.

My friend and I were fuming, we wanted to leave but we were starving and were so excited to try the food. We sat waiting, still angry and fuming but decided to wait.
The food arrives and I have to say, it wasn't the best vegan I've had.
Pancakes were nice but the macaroni and cheese was terrible and sent it back. Didn't taste nice at all.
Rest of the food was OK not the best.

I didn't enjoy it, I was starving but my appetite started to fade.
Left disappointed. The lady still charged us in full even after raising the disappointment but she just shrugged and said sorry.

I'm not coming back here again. Poor service.

Such a beautiful, comfy place with delicious vegan food. Even though my burger seemed small at first (and may seem like that in a pic), it was just enough for one hungry person (who doesn't eat little). I came early because Google Maps misguided me and I thought they were already open – during the week they are open from 12 pm, not 10 am. So I waited for a while inside and I enjoyed free WiFi. I ate in and also took a little snack to go. Everything was packed well. I really loved the chilli cheese tower burger and this dessert made of some kind of caramel and nuts ❤

Update: Came here two more times since first posted because I love this place so much. Service remained quite good albeit sometimes a bit slow if they have a lot of orders. The second time I came I got the Moroccan Buddha bowl but substituted the ghife bread for the quinoa. I really liked this particularly the curried chickpeas. The aubergine zaalock this time had a smokier taste. Didn’t care for the caramelized onions (quite sweet) or the sautéed spinach (rather bland). Also got the hummus beiruty without the chillis. Enjoyed this a lot too. The third time I came, I got the jackfruit shawarma. Was good, not that spicy which I liked, but the serving was quite small and not that filling considering the price. The fries were a pretty small portion although they were done well. The jackfruit had a lot of flavor. Got a side of fried plantains which I didn’t think were that good. They were barely ripe so rather plain.

Still would come back here but I wouldn’t order the shawarma or plantains again.

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This place came highly recommended to me. Was surprised to find that it is quite small. But food and service are amazing. Really good serving sizes.

Had the dynamite shrimp which is one of their signature dishes. Very realistic and flavorful. The aubergine zaalock was also recommended. Not as good as the shrimp. Was quite spicy and not smokey. Came with some really good pita bread to mop up all the sauce.

The ghife bread was my absolute favorite thing!!! So flaky and chewy. Definitely going to go back just because of this alone.

Had their Moroccan pancakes for dessert. Also very good. Uses ghife bread that’s stuffed with biscoff spread. That alone would be sweet but the ice cream thats served with it isn’t sweet so went very well. The presentation of this one in particular was very very nice.

I love the fact that is Vegan. I am not but wanted to give it a try. It is Morrocan insired and the people are lovely. We ordered the banana curry, spice Island curry, vegan prawns in a stick sauce and a cashnew mac and cheese. Both curries came with  saffron rice but you could swap this for a bread if you wanted. Our drinks were a peanut butter milkshake and a glass of wine. The milkshake came in a very small milk bottle. And in regards to the food the main item we enjoyed were the vegan prawns which is make with jackfruit. The food was not terrible but it lacked alot of seasoning for me. It was a nice experience as we wanted to try something new. From what we ordered came to around £55 which I think is quite pricey for what is was in my opinion.

Went for a meal. Had a chilli cheese burger,  sweet potato fries and toasted banana bread for dessert. The burger was unique and was alright as was the fries. The desert was excellent though pricey for what you get.

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