Fresco

4 Reviews on “Fresco”

• Tobias Constantinides

  Best restaurant in London, hands down. The staff are always really friendly and helpful. Whether it’s a wrap or a box, you’re in for an absolute treat. Fresco till I die!!

  December 28, 2020, 6:17 pm

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• Healthy Happy Us

  A great on the go options, especially if you’re in London feeling a little bit nostalgic and wanting a small taste of Lebanon/syriaLots of vegetarian optionsSome modern twists to traditional recipesA really good range of fresh fruit cocktailnot a great place to sit

  April 14, 2017, 1:02 am

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• Christina Khayat

  Excellent – and I’m Lebanese.I took the salad box for takeaway and chose the tabouleh, moussaka, and couscous salad. I was very impressed with the taste and flavours – reminded me of my grandmother’s cooking. Best Lebanese I’ve eaten in London!

  October 27, 2015, 12:19 am

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• Iris

  If you live or work near Royal Oak and Bayswater stations, you must know Fresco; chances are you’ve noticed the queue outside, or waited in line yourself at least once in your lifetime. Fresco is your best bet for an inexpensive takeaway meal on Westbourne Grove, as long as you’re ready to face long waits: there’s only one staff member preparing the food for both take-out and eat-in customers (and at lunch peak times, the other two or three servers watching the toaster and preparing drinks seem somewhat wasted). Eating in promises to be less stressful than standing in line, not least because you can order dips and pitta bread to enjoy while you wait; however, you’ll need a stroke of luck to nab one of the few tables on the small, cramped floor. Really, if there’s one reason why you should try Fresco, that’s the food: it’ll take you one bite to instantly forget the slow service and constrained spaces.Fresco positions itself as a juice bar, but to me, the biggest source of fascination is the array of foods on display behind the counter. I’m used to heading there hungry, and in the ten or twenty minutes I spend queueing, I spot enough stuff to fuel even more cravings. Cue massive breaded schnitzels, pulse salads, and all sorts of Middle-Eastern goodness: bowls containing the creamiest hummous and baba ghanoush I’ve ever seen, stacks of falafel, and rows of baklavas glimmering with sticky honey. Who needs the boring ready meals from the Sainsbury’s down the road, when you can have a tasty takeaway lunch made in front of your eyes for the same price?Priced at 3.50, the Fresco Special (a wrap with spinach, pomegranate seeds, hummous, and your choice of chicken or falafel) is fantastic value for money. If you like your greens lightly seasoned, though, you may want to steer clear: the spinach is garnished with plenty onion and garlic, overpowering the taste of everything else in your wrap. Fear not, though; you’ll most certainly find your match in the toasted ciabattas menu, offering huge hot sandwiches for a mere 4.50. I recommend the chicken, avocado and basil ciabatta (or, if you want a veggie option, its alternative version with sundried tomato). If you have an additional 1 floating about, do spend it for an extra helping of mozzarella; once you try it, you’ll never want to go without. I added in the cheese upon recommendation from a colleague, who once had the bread, chicken and avocado on their own, and found the sandwich a tad too dry. I’m glad I took the advice, and positive I have found a new lunchtime favourite.As you hold your paper bag and head out of Fresco, looking for a quiet place to enjoy your food (hint: there’s a nice little park in Kildare Gardens, a short walk away from the high street but far enough from its noises), take pleasure in its weight, preluding to a fulfilling meal you’ll hardly find anywhere else in the area. That sandwich won’t last long in your hands, and stuffed as you may be, you’ll be craving another one soon after. whatevergetsyouthroughtheday.wordpress.com

  June 10, 2015, 2:36 am

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