Provender

Possibly the rudest person at a restaurant I have ever had the misfortune to try to book a table for 8 with. First attempt I was told to call back in two hours and second attempt i was scolded fior not booking earlier than a Tuesday for a following saturday night. Very arrogant as If i was an inconvenience trying to come and eat there. The food has been good previously but it's service that makes a great night out so I'll take my friends and business elsewhere in future.

I live locally and have been a regular here since it opened, the food is consistently good, the snails, steak and Sunday roasts are my particular favourites. The staff are always welcoming and friendly, even when it's busy and the price is good for such quality. A wonderful addition to Wanstead high street.

Excellent food and service. One of those rare places where all the starters and main meals are just delicious. Top quality, very tasty, French cuisine at its best.

What a fantastic all-round experience a great lunch,the highlight, fresh shellfish that what probably the best of tasted on these shores and chef who knows his stuff,attentive but not over bearing service. Taste which is often overlooked in so many eateries these days was plentiful from starters to desserts would highly recommend a visit I will be back for sure.

A wonderful early Sunday lunch with my sister and husband, both who have been here before and rave about their local bistro, the food was just exemplary with a very interesting varied choice, highlights was my sublime lobster thermidor, the soft boiled quail eggs with mushrooms was divine, for mains we had one each of the roasts - all were excellent fluffy crisp roast potatoes, individual vegetables pots gravy, horseradish. to finish the sherry trifle & pear sorbet with brandy hit the spot. The atmosphere was buzzy, service was professional, attentive and friendly. I wished I lived closer, I would be a regular like my sister

A wonderful early Sunday lunch with my sister and husband, both who have been here before and rave about their local bistro, the food was just exemplary with a very interesting varied choice, highlights was my sublime lobster thermidor, the soft boiled quail eggs with mushrooms was divine, for mains we had one each of the roasts - all were excellent fluffy crisp roast potatoes, individual vegetables pots gravy, horseradish. to finish the sherry trifle & pear sorbet with brandy hit the spot. The atmosphere was buzzy, service was professional, attentive and friendly. I wished I lived closer, I would be a regular like my sister

My husband took me and our twins for having a great timeout in provender reastaurante, was a wonderful place and the incomparable atmosphere. all the staff were very attentive and polite. they have games and activities for children. We ate Sunday roast very well prepared and tasty also eat the best French fries. We will recommend it to friends and family.

We went to provenda restaurant yesterday to celebrate my birthday and the waiter and waitress was so attentive and very polite They really made us feel nice in there. Me and my husband and my littler girl ate the best burger ever it was so tasty delicious . And they are so kind and nice with my littler girl they have coloring book and color pencil , we find that so nice she did have fun there. Would definitely go back for dinner and recommend to friends and family

One of the worst nights spent in a restaurant at Provender. Terrible almost rude service. dry and tasteless food... they can't even make chips taste good - we actually spat them out they were so bad. Left hungry having sent everything back. Never again.

My wife and I went to Provender for our wedding anniversary and were bitterly disappointed. The atmosphere and service were impersonal, the food extremely average and the bill a little high even if the meal had been outstanding. I had the scallops as a started and they were slightly underdone and tasteless, my wife had duck for main which was well cooked but too little of it (it was also rather swamped with jus). The steak I had for main was pretty ropey, again slightly underdone (I asked for medium rare not blue, it was also grisly and took quite a bit of elbow grease to cut) accompanied by dauphinoise potatoes that were far too watery with not even a hint of garlic. Overall the food was fairly tasteless, bland and overpriced. We will not be going back. Lastly, when we had paid and were leaving not one of the 4 waiters standing round thanked us or opened the door, pretty basic service stuff. This restaurant is neither bistro nor fine dining, avoid it.