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The Village Kitchen has been around in Walthamstow for years. Its a bit of a local institution if you like! That said, they haven't rested on their laurels and keep serving up delicious, varied and comforting food in pleasant surroundings. The chocolate bread and butter pudding is utterly delicious and a menu staple! On this visit I also had the duck liver pate which was really rich, and worked really well with the toasted homemade bread, I also had the lamb loin special which came with black garlic and cous cous - lovely! I don't think I know anyone who has had a bad experience at the Village Kitchen, we certainly haven't so I'll definitely recommend it.

Lovely welcoming venue in Orford Road. Good quality food at a great lunchtime price deal. Being able to book online is very convenient. Would recommend to friends.

The food was excellent; there were no complaints on this score at all. The reason for the lowish score was the service, which was slow and not very attentive. This may have been because the 2 waitresses were covering the bar as well as serving at table. It looked as if they were one person short. However, we will be going again, and hope that they have managed to sort out the staffing issue

Great accurately cooked food and a warm welcome. The only little criticisms I have is the portions are a little small, and it's cash only. Will go again.

Staff we very accommodating and attentive. Breakfast menu was lovely, all our party enjoyed their choices. We also saw people eating Sunday lunch on the way out and the roasts looked really good. We would definitely recommend!

Amazing food, the Thai fish cakes, risotto and chocolate bread and butter pudding were delicious. The waitress was very helpful and friendly. Great background music too.

Lovely meal. Well presented. Warm and friendly atmosphere. We both had the Sunday roast and I asked the waiter if he could guarantee that my sirloin would be served ‘rare’ if ordered. He said that he could. And indeed it was (which is sadly not always the case at many other Sunday roast venues). Always a treat to come to VK.

We had a wonderful meal. Two courses are available for £18.75 in the evening which is very good value. I though the food was some of the best I have eaten in London. I was very pleased with the restaurant and only wished lived closer so I could visit it more often. Well worth visiting. Our waiter Rob was great fun, and looked after us well.

Had to wait for our Sunday roast for nearly an hour. However the meal was very good indeed so we were happy in the end. Would definitely go there again.

A lovely Sunday roast - great food and brilliant service as usual.

Fab food and lovely service. Loved it and am going back on Thursday !! Brought some friends from out of town and they loved it too, thanks.

Great service. Good good Gave good advice on Gluten free options and adapted the menu for me. No pressure so we enjoyed a relaxed evening.

A lovely venue. Great food and friendly warm staff. Their weekend breakfast/brunch menu is excellent. It's probably our favourite restaurant in Walthamstow and the best in the Village.

We had booked a table for four and were placed near the entrance. The light was very bright and made the whole place feel very uncosy. Our waitress seemed very clumsy and unattentive. One of my friends received the wrong food, some of our steaks were ice cold so the herb butter wouldn't even melt the fries were soggy. We had to poor our own wine after one of us tasting it and the waitress walking off. Finally we received a incorrect bill with one meal too much on it. All in all a poor experience!

Grear lunch with inlaws. Good choice of food, not over long menus. I had falaffel burger and wedges, which were great. Short but tasty dessert menu.

Great staff very friendly food was very nice main meal took a little long to come but overall good food with a friendly atmosphere would return again.

Really fresh tasty food and generous portions catering for vegetarians too. The staff were exceptionally friendly and helpful. Great for a family Sunday lunch; brilliant atmosphere and location.

Our first visit and what a delightful evening with delicious tasty food and charming staff. The food was cooked well and nicely presented. This restaurant is definitely worth a visit for a relaxing meal with friends and family.

Great service, great food. Always a pleasure at VK and staff always helpful, friendly and considerate. Lovely place to eat, for breakfast lunch or dinner.

Fantastic restaurant food was amazing really loved the area will definitely go there again I would recommend this lovely place to anyone I meet .

Food lovely, but not as wonderful as on previous visits, service great, and loved the sweet jar with jelly beans etc in at the end. We have been very spoilt here in the past, this was just not as good as previous visits.

Food was wonderful, lovely evening, accommodated my request for seating. Staff was attentive and helped us with our dilemma regarding the wine, which worked out cheaper.

Service was excellent as ever, making it a pleasure to visit. Food was of a good standard and generous. If you have not been here it is recommended

It took very long time to prepare our food. One of the mains was not available but not mentioned when the menus were given to us. One of the main courses was very small and served one like you would receive in the pub. Dessert was tasted burned and bitter. Very overpriced for the value

Top notch food. The menus have been updated and, I must say look much better. Excellent selection of Specials. I had the Pheasant leg as a starter and a very fresh tuna steak. Excellent wine selection....I thoroughly recommend the French Malbec. Efficient and polite staff.

the meat was good but all of the fish dishes we had were extremely overdone. the special deals they had on offer were a different price than stated on their website and the final bill was too complicated to understand what they had charged us for. To top it off, something I ate made me extremely ill for 12 hours following the meal...

An excellent experience and excellent food. The staff were very attentive and knowledgeable, service was very good. The restaurant had a lovely atmosphere. Definitely recommend it.

Visited on a Saturday evening and restaurant was not too busy. Food was nice and well presented. Service was good as well.....what more can you ask for?

Service was good, the waitresses were attentive and were pleased to help. Food was above average on the whole but the calamari starter could halve been cooked a little better. I'd visit again.

Good food attentive staff extremely polite and it had a really nice atmosphere, we loved it we will definitely be going back again very soon

A party of four, we had four different dishes. Every course was well presented tasty good good food. The best ice cream ever! Great service too, very attentive waiter. An excellent meal, I'd highly recommend the village kitchen

Good food pleasant staff good atmosphere one down point had problems reading memu due to type face and colour of ink used but did not spoil my evening

The restaurant served great food and they were huge portions but it was very very tasty. It was a lovely Mothers Day lunch. We have been before and we will definitely return again.

Over priced for what it is. Burgers are affordable but everything else is too expensive. Prefer the more atmospheric pubs in the area of the village.

Great restaurant - the staff are very friendly and helpful, the food is absolutely fantastic and the cocktails are delicious - would definitely recommend and will be going back soon!

We had a Lovely meal at VK. It was great service, the waiter was very polite and proffessional . The only downside was that the portion were quite small.

Great food beautifully cooked - well done chef. Lovely atmosphere. Just a shame our fantastic waitress was working alone. Particularly as the restaurant was full. Please look after your staff and customers and employ more than one serving staff - she also had to mix / pour the drinks at the bar before serving them.

We had delicious food and really great service. I love this restaurant, we always go here for a special occasion. The steak was the best I've had for years.

Consistently very good - with lovely staff! Would appreciate more 'pure' fish and vegetarian options on the menu (although they are very amenable to requests, say, to substitute the chorizo added to potatoes with a non-animal alternative!) Could also do with some better background music! But still our favourite local restaurant!

Service was excellent, with staff being very accommodating to our group with children. Sunday roast was above average and other dishes were very good. Would definitely go again and recommend.