Beak in Sefton

Have visited Anji's a few times now. Breakfast is good, with a varied menu, salt and pepper toasty, English breakfast and pistachio toast are all decent. On the last few occasions I've visited the service has been poor. Came today, and waited almost 20 minutes before our drinks order was taken, and also waited almost an hour for the food to arrive after finally ordering. The service staff are very polite, but the service is haphazard as the table across from us was served before us, even though we were seated 10 minutes before they even entered the place. I also asked for water for the table and it never came so had to ask again. I know it was busy but the staff can do better than this. I very rarely don't tip, but felt the service has been so poor on this occasion that I didn't bother. I also think overall the prices are on the high side (£6 for a milkshake is quite extortionate). Due to the aforementioned service and because it's been more than once, I probably won't return here. Just to add, it's extremely unprofessional and spur grapes of the owner to single out my review on social media, thanking other patrons for their 'support over a busy bank holiday weekend, apart from this reviewer'. This was an honest account of the overall experience, and the service on more than one occasion now has been poor. If you are busy you should employ enough staff to cope with the demand. A 20 minute wait to order drinks is unacceptable as is serving other dinners first who were seated later.

Amazing burgers and great beer! Top location.

(real account, put name as "fake" for anonymity) Best fajitas I've had since I used to live in Spain, amazing service and great atmosphere inside the restaurant. Could not recommend more!

We had a table booked for 20:30, were in on time and ordered drinks and food to share. Food arrived piping hot. After we finished our meal, we were asked if we had finished with our drinks, we clearly hadn't as they were still 3/4 full, so asked why he had asked us. The waiter stated that the kitchen staff wanted to wash up. After maybe 5 minutes, the lights started flickering on and off, done by the staff. We were made to feel like we had overstayed our welcome, even though the restaurant was not busy. We again asked the staff why this was being done, but just got brought the bill instead. The restaurant wasn't due to close until 10pm, but we left just after 9 as we obviously were not welcome. I would not recommend this restaurant based on this experience, there are plenty of other restaurants on this street which we would go to next time.

We had a fantastic time with Santa and we had a lovely breakfast. Staff are amazing. Thank you. SCT.