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Have eaten here for a big family lunch including grandparents (group of 12) using a toptable 50% discount offer which they are currently running till 7 July 2012. You have to order a starter and main course for each diner and in exchange it is half price. 24 dishes so we did a good sampling of the menu. I get the feeling that most diners are there on some sort of deal - its always busy whenever I wander by which is frequently. Despite the good reviews I think the food here is ordinary at best - bland and the batter fried dishes were frankly poor - takes a lot for the kids to turn their noses up at deep fried soft shell crab or squid - but they did. Curries too sweet, not enough heat. I wouldn't go back despite the cheapness - maybe its just me but i really cannot recommend a single Thai restaurant in Shoreditch and the includes Busaba Eathai and Yelo ...guess I must be fussy.....

Dragon bar moved to a bigger space off Shoreditch High Street a couple of years ago....the new improved bigger version can be found here

This cinema complex is right next to Southbury Road Leisure Centre. I spend a few weekends a year at the pool for the Middlesex County Swimming Championships with our kids. Warm up starts at 8.15 in the morning and often the days races don't end till after 5 and the way events are spaced out we often have time to kill. And one of the ways we do that is catching a movie at this multiplex next door. Its spacious, with comfy seats and great legroom, loads of screens so we always find something that suits us. Like most cinemas the staff are not exactly helpful but no doubt they are not paid a great deal so shouldn't really expect too much. Its busy and can get scruffy with pretty iffy toilets. If I lived close I guess we would use it but for now it helps while away a couple of hours waiting for our next event......