Jolene in Islington - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Terrible rip off shocking, small plates big price maximum upsell and profit, this is not for people who earn the average salary. This is for middle class instagrammers telling their agreeable friends around Stoke Newington how hip they are. I can’t believe it’s got all the hype, underwhelming on every level.

Really nice place for tasty food - nice vibe. Great selection of freshly prepared “small plates” to share. Upper price point - but worth it!

Place looks lovely if you like that cheap industrial look. Food sounded nice but extremely bland, I’m no chef but I could make a tastier plate. Had some starters to share for 4. Boquerones £8:50 just 6 of them (if’s a small fish right) they where out of a packet it’s not like they marinated them. Worked out to be approx £1:50 per anchovy. Then olives 🫒 6 of them cost £5:50. Bread was cheap but it was obviously that’s what was gonna fill you up. The main dish was a very small duck leg and lentils £27:50 I’m mean how do you share that between 4. I would go on but you get my drift. Its expensive bill came to over £200 and we had a few more dishes and a few glasses of wine. The staff are high on the upsale, they tried to sell the dessert but we were all feeling like idiots , when we declined they couldn’t wait to get you out of there. To be fair I’m glad we left. Would never go back and would only recommend to skinny middle class media types who wanted to Instagram there tiny portions and tell their exactly the same friends what an amazing night they had. My expectations of the place where low and where well and truly met.

Unfortunately, myself and my partner got terrible food poisoning from this restaurant, having taken my partner out for his birthday meal. Having reported the food poisoning, we were refused a refund (equating to poor customer service) after an 'investigation' was carried out 5 DAYS LATER - carrying out an investigation 5 days after the fact and expecting to draw a reliable conclusion is beyond me.

Wonderful late lunch in this relaxed bustling bakery/restaurant. We had 8 plates between 3 of us which was perfect. And we shared a pudding! Our waitress (whose name I’m afraid we didn’t get but was wearing Gucci glasses!) was so helpful explaining the menu and offered a wine taste as we were struggling to decide! The food was beautifully cooked and not always what we expected but we ate it all! All the staff were so helpful and polite. Would highly recommend and will definitely return!