Sun In The Sands

Went on Saturday night to this restaurant, the place was empty, not a soul in sight other than the staff on hand. Ordered starters, two of which were not available, so gave that a miss. Ordered the main consisting of lamb, rice and supposedly a shepherds salad that should be served with olives and feta cheese and tossed in lemon juice. The olives served as an accompaniment prior to the main dish were tin ones with the stone in the middle, not nice and certainly not fresh. I enquired as to whether the olives to be served with the main were of the same standard and was assured that they would be fresh. When served the main, it was a pile of substandard doner kebab served on a mound of rice, poorly presented and the shepherds salad was missing the feta and the olives.
We were unable to eat this course, 2am and drunk on a Saturday night, it may have been considered but not on an occasion such as this, an absolute joke! I would be very surprised to see these restaurateurs in business 12 months from now!

We had our xmas work meal here and 1 word. FANTASTIC! 25 members of staff and not one had a bad word to say! all of the food was great and we would all recomend to anybody who is thinnking of going to eat at allaturka! all of the staff from the manager to the singer made us feel welcome and we will 110% be back for our next staff outing. what a great evening of entertainment and Top Quality food at a good price!
Also please ignore the FOOL Millska with his review, with me living locally to the place I remember the previous régime with the curry house in the pub Horrible punters, Drugs everywhere and a awfull curry (you clearly have no taste mate) and tramps! may have been you after reeading about your antics in this establishment
ROY AND EVERYBODY AT ALLATURKA THANK YOU FOR A GREAT EVENING AND WE WILL SEE YOU SOONWELL ME THE WEEKEND FOR DINNER!!!
ALL AT NEW FITNESS EXCHANGE BECKENHAM
OH AND GUYS PLEASE READ
THE REASON WE HAD OUR MEAL HERE GREAT REVIEW BY LOCAL PAPER

THE SUN IN THE SANDS IS UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT******
WHAT A FANTASTIC TURN AROUND, it has now been split into two, one side is a good clean pub serving the locals with fine ales and beers. The other side has been turned into an amazing restaurant serving cypriot food.
i cannot find the words to express how wonderful the food was, all i can say is it was the best turkish food that i have ever tasted. thank you very much ruhi and ahmet for such a lovely place.

Used to love going for a curry (and a cheeky pint) there but it is now being run by a greek Basil Fawlty and his team of incompetents.
Food was OK, service an absolute joke. Even to the point of being thrown out for telling them that the mains they delivered weren’t what we ordered. This was after receiving 2 starters we hadn’t and them not cooking 2 we had asked for.
Wine list non existent, food choice very limited and the rudest proprietor ever.
After plenty of apologises from the waiter and then the manager offering us the mains (we didn’t order) on the house we had the angry owner storm over to our table and thus the following conversation.
Owner: If you’re not going to pay for this you can get out!
Me: Sorry who are you?
Owner: I’m the proprietor and if you’re not going to pay for this you can get out! I’m not having people eating here for nothing!
Me: Sorry but we didn’t order this so we don’t want it!
Owner: GET OUT YOU’RE NOT EATING HERE FOR NOTHING!
Me: Ok so how much do we owe for what we have had!
Owner: GET OUT!
Wife: So you’re throwing us out because you brought us the wrong food repeatedly.
Owner: GET OUT I’M NOT HAVING PEOPLE IN HERE WHO WANT TO EAT FOR NOTHING!!!
Me: Ok just to let you know that we have offered to pay for what we have had even one of the two dishes we didn’t order for starters and you want us to leave. Also it was your staff who offered to take the cost of the mains we didn’t order off the bill. We just asked for our correct meal to be delivered.
Owner: (Getting even more vocal) JUST GET OUT
So we get our stuff hurriedly together including scooping up my 4 year old who had been happily playing on his DS and leave.
I mention to the proprietor that this really isn’t good customer service and that although his staff had just about messed up anything that could be messed up that at least they were polite and tried to rectify as much as they could.
His reply «I DON’T CARE ABOUT THAT BUT I’M NOT HAVING PEOPLE IN HERE THAT WANT FREE MEALS.
Well with that attitude I doubt he’ll have any customers at all not even paying ones.
Way to go Sun in the Sands. All that money on the refurb and you get in Basil Fawtly to rudely hit the last nail into the coffin.
I and others will surely take our custom and support to other more deserving local eateries!
As a plus point we at least had to laugh about what had just happened as it was so unbelievable. I mean we offer to pay yet are thrown out for trying to free load. Absolute farce!
For those looking for a great local kebab tho please try either Mr Kebabies on the Standard as they do a great take away with a very friendly service or Fistik which is in Blackheath Village. Once again great food and no Basil Fawlty in site.
Happy eating London!

Oh my god I actually was in fear of my life in this pub. We went there one Sunday last summer, from the outiside it’s a great looking pub right next to the A2 near Blackheath. Inside it is large with plenty of tables and a pool table. However when I went to the toilet I passed a man openly selling drugs, he looked at me and was very scary I went back out to my hubby and told him and then we looked around and realised the place was full of people who looked half crazy out of their head on something and it probably wasn’t beer so we left our drinks and made a very quick exit, avoid.

This is one of the better pubs to visit. they don’t have much to offer in the way of ales and bitters, but then the clientele don’t drink that sort of thing. i tend to go there for the food, and maybe a few games of pool. Now here’s the twist– get ready– it’s also a indian restaurant (and a very good one at that) the restaurant is called the lime leaf and stops cooking just before last orders. the chef knows what he is doing– all the food is prepared fresh, so get that pint in! i have come to know and love the sun in the sands, although not a regular myself (i prefer the oak). i would actuall strongly recommend the sun in the sands. you can also take you’re children there during the day. all in all, a good boozer with a fantastic indian (hows that for a curry and a pint?!)