Mama Pelj in Havering

First of all the live act was really good so no quarms there. The issue was with the service and the food. The food would have been passable if it didnt take so ling to come out. Shouted at by the owner I'm assuming asking what drinks we wanted. 'DRINKS? DRINKS?' out of nowhere. Nearly made me jump out of my chair. Then by the end of the night we asked for the bill. The bill apparently couldn't be split for whatever reason. I say that as a reason wasn't given when we asked. Then when we stated quite calmly we didn't want to add a service charge we were pounced on. Didn't realise this place was a charity that required a donation. We were happy to pay the full bil of course but when asked for another menu to check the pricing of everything the server froze and didn't know what to say. This then was ignored and so we don't know what to pay our friend who paid the entire bill so that's going to be difficult to figure out as there was 12 of us. The server then said in a patronising tone 'well I didn't take off the deposit for the 2 people who didn't come so' when we stated we didn't want to pay service. This was then added on as if a punishment for not paying service. We had no issue paying the deposir for the 2 people who did not show it was more the way it was used against us when it was the servers decision to take the full deposit off the bill initially. Overall very weird experience which could have been alot better if the server just answered our questions clearly and calmly rather than jumping down our necks. We didn't want to add the service due to the attitude stated and as the food wasn't out for a very long time. Plus our bill was large anyways and in today's economy alot of us didn't have the money to spare.

Lovely cafe in cranham,the staff all seem very bubbly,the lady who served me was very polite,I had a pot of tea and a full breakfast, the breakfast was very tasty and all good quality. The cafe is very clean and modern.very nice experience.

Only popped in for a couple of drinks before going for a meal. Large spacious pub with screens showing the football. It’s a shame because it felt to me that the pub had passed its better days. Slightly dated decor, and tiered looking. That said, the customers and bar person were friendly and polite. Lacking atmosphere though.

The best cheeseburger I ever had 🫡

The atmosphere is very comforting and the portions are perfect