Giraffe - Blackheath

I don't know why Giraffe is so popular. It's a cramped, unfomfortable restaurant with poor quality food and relatively high prices for what is almost a high end ready meal.

The burgers are miserably small (6oz of beef, and no option for a double), contain a pathetic amount of salad, and the cheeseburger my 9 year old son ordered had bacon with rind so soft he started choking after accidentally swallowing it.

The mexican items we ordered were priced at over £10 each, plus the "optional" 12.5% service charge and were also of poor quality. It wouldn't surprise me if they'd come pre made in a packet and were simply placed into an oven to reheat.

The desserts were all priced at over £5 each, and were quite ordinary considering the price.

If you want somewhere for a family pizza, go to Pizza Express next door. If you'd prefer Mexican, go to the Cactus Pit. For  a burger, go to Gourment Burger Kitchen or Byron in Greenwich.

The service on the busy Saturday night we visted was acceptable, but I can't recommend anyone go to Giraffe Blackheath. If you've got kids, you can get much better value elsewhere, and if you're a group of adults, you can get much better food and a nicer atmosphere just about anywhere!

So happy that we have a Giraffe here! It's a tried and tested formula that's really kid- friendly, reasonably-priced and, above all,they serve decent food. It's a fail safe when you're looking for somewhere that will cater for lots of different tastes. I hope they are providing some much needed competition for Handmade Foods, staff at Giraffe are always friendly, courteous and accommodating.