ZAXX Leyton

Walked past this shop on a lunchtime walk, owner spotted me peering in through the window. The place from the outside looks a bit mediocre but when you enter the decor is amazing. They have a kiosk but the owner is very inviting and offers his best opinion on dishes to choose from. Being a pescatarian I chose the prawn Bibimbap bowl (hope I spelt that correctly). Zain the owner asked me if I wanted to upgrade to a large for £3 more and I said yes. They have table water on a small shelf and plenty of glasses, so my drink was sorted. After a short wait, I was pleasantly surprised with a stacked bowl, pot of slaw and pink ginger shavings. My silver cutlery, quite cleverly, came in a rubber enclosure which I thought was unique and a nice touch. There are plastic cutlery and chopsticks on every table. Now the food - oh my gosh, lovely hot crispy prawns and plenty of them, nice rice at the bottom, noodles, lettuce, cucumber, carrot - the list is endless and the taste was sublime. Cool bass’y music I was in heaven. Zain came over and asked me if I wanted anything else - I was more than happy with what I had. Certainly coming back to this place. Excellent vegan options too. I ate all of my food without an ounce left over. Deffo coming back.

Our top items has to be the wings and the cheese dog! That Gochujang sauce on the wings was perfectly sweet and slightly spicy at the same time and very generous for the portion size! The cheese dog is a must try! The creamy sauce on top paired really nicely with the cheese, you can't go wrong! We also tried out one of their chicken burgers, you can choose between breast or thigh, we opted for thigh and just look at how big it was! The flavours were quite strong in ginger which I think is an acquired taste but nonetheless it goes well with the sweet bbq!

I ordered a BBQ burger on uber eats and the chicken was most rubbery piece of meat I have ever had in my life. I’ve ordered a few times and it’s been really nice, I was not going to leave a review but when I called the shop the woman over the phone was not sympathetic at all. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. Absolutely disgust food and service. I cannot even cut the chicken with a knife and fork and the woman over the phone has the audacity to say are you sure and not even an apology.