Historical version 1 of Giraffe, W8 5NP (view current version)

  • Telephone: 020 7938 1221
  • Address: 7 Kensington High Street, London, W8 5NP
  • Website: giraffe.net/classic/lo...
  • Opening Hours: 8am - 11pm Mon - Fri, 9am - 11pm Sat, 9am - 10:30pm Sun and Bank Holidays

This is a very child-friendly restaurant. When John visited in Nov 2012 (with a 5 year old), the staff immediately brought over a set of crayons and an activity sheet before they even mentioned orders. There's a children's menu, and the child's food came first: that's useful because children normally eat more slowly than adults. The child's drink came with a plastic giraffe, and the restaurant offered a helium balloon to take away at the end of the meal.

At about noon on a Saturday, there was no queue, so we were seated immediately.

The staff were all very friendly. When someone knocked over a drink by accident, they rushed over to clean it up, and replaced it with a new one free of charge without even being asked.

There are a few vegetarian options on the menu, including the "veggie brunch" (served until 4pm). That's basically a fried breakfast, but it also includes aubergine which you don't normally get at a greasy spoon cafe.

According to the website they have free wireless, but there weren't any prominent announcements about this in the restaurant so this hasn't been tested.

Accessibility: step free access to the front half of the restaurant, then a couple of steps to get up to the bar and the back half. Toilets are downstairs, and there's a bit of a maze to get to the male toilets. There's a baby changing facility on the ground floor.

Last visited by John, 10 Nov 2012.

This is version 1 (as of 2012-11-11 00:30:19). View current version.