A Swimmingly good evening in the Turtle Bay 
We had been trying to get into Turtle Bay for months and it was always full! However, with a little leg work and one phone call a table was booked. Due to the place always looking busy the hype was high but I think its fair to say it lived up to expectations. Our first attempt back in January failed miserably one Friday evening when we found that it was completely full all night! Ealing is obviously becoming such a popular place to eat out, it now seems the norm to have to book in advance...we learnt our lesson and this time booked for a smooth bank holiday afternoon out.
Turtle
Bay is a Caribbean restaurant, serving jerk chicken and Caribbean
curries (among many others). It has a great menu with an even better
cocktail menu. We were eating relatively early because of Levi's bedtime (he's only 1 year old :o),
so we came across happy hour on the cocktails which was great. The
waitress kindly gave us happy hour 10 minutes after the 7pm deadline!
"Lived up to the hype, good food, great drinks." Pete
The place was buzzing in a fun way - lots of people waiting by the bar for tables, lots of groups out celebrating like we were; a regular Monday night. Inside they have forgotten to finish the paint job in most places, and left in the shipping container as the kitchen. It all added to the evening - good vibes all round.
Levi got a good child seat (for those interested), fully secure and clean! He had a fancy pizza from the kids menu which went down a treat, however, his views aren't reflected in the scoring.
"Great range of cocktails and soft-drinks for the drivers or mums-to-be!" Sarah
Unusual Caribbean burgers were on the menu, along with some great curries. We even got to try some goats meat (the new in-thing for London apparently). Of course deserts also had to be tried and went down a treat.
It was reasonably priced and the food was really yum! We did love the decor, but also couldn't help but think that it felt much more like an independent eatery than the chain-restaurant that it really was. This did create a bit of debate over our final scores, but it still turned out on top!
We would definitely go back there, everyone agreed - there was plenty of food envy and not enough time to try everything. There are many more interesting cocktails to give a go next time!
"Great evening a really easy place to relax. Cocktails were phenomenal and reasonably priced. Food was authentic." Mark
Check out the scores below... a huge 4.1 - making it a STAR EAT*
We had been trying to get into Turtle Bay for months and it was always full! However, with a little leg work and one phone call a table was booked. Due to the place always looking busy the hype was high but I think its fair to say it lived up to expectations. Our first attempt back in January failed miserably one Friday evening when we found that it was completely full all night! Ealing is obviously becoming such a popular place to eat out, it now seems the norm to have to book in advance...we learnt our lesson and this time booked for a smooth bank holiday afternoon out.
Turtle
Bay is a Caribbean restaurant, serving jerk chicken and Caribbean
curries (among many others). It has a great menu with an even better
cocktail menu. We were eating relatively early because of Levi's bedtime (he's only 1 year old :o),
so we came across happy hour on the cocktails which was great. The
waitress kindly gave us happy hour 10 minutes after the 7pm deadline!
"Lived up to the hype, good food, great drinks." Pete
The place was buzzing in a fun way - lots of people waiting by the bar for tables, lots of groups out celebrating like we were; a regular Monday night. Inside they have forgotten to finish the paint job in most places, and left in the shipping container as the kitchen. It all added to the evening - good vibes all round.
Levi got a good child seat (for those interested), fully secure and clean! He had a fancy pizza from the kids menu which went down a treat, however, his views aren't reflected in the scoring.
"Great range of cocktails and soft-drinks for the drivers or mums-to-be!" Sarah
Unusual Caribbean burgers were on the menu, along with some great curries. We even got to try some goats meat (the new in-thing for London apparently). Of course deserts also had to be tried and went down a treat.
It was reasonably priced and the food was really yum! We did love the decor, but also couldn't help but think that it felt much more like an independent eatery than the chain-restaurant that it really was. This did create a bit of debate over our final scores, but it still turned out on top!
We would definitely go back there, everyone agreed - there was plenty of food envy and not enough time to try everything. There are many more interesting cocktails to give a go next time!
Check out the scores below... a huge 4.1 - making it a STAR EAT*
| Summary score table /5 | |
| Food Deliciousness: | 3.9 |
| Drinks Tastiness: | 5 |
| Service Skills: | 3.2 |
| Atmospheric Vibes: | 4.5 |
| Recommendation Score for a Casual Eve: | 4.8 |
| Recommendation Score for Showing off Ealing: | 3.4 |
| Total average score: | 4.1 |
[*STAR EAT = all eateries scoring 4/5 or more!]
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