Results tagged “giraffe”

From this morning through to Friday the 18th, a handful of Giraffe restaurants throughout the UK will be offering free coffee between the hours of 8am and 10am. London locations are the Brunswick Centre and High Street Wimbledon Giraffe restaurants. Choose from an 8oz latte, a cappuccino, an espresso or tea (maximum of two drinks per day per customer). As far as we can tell, there are no strings attached to this offer (well, except maybe with the teabags) and folks are welcome to simply walk in, demand some free java and scram. Nice. But if you do find yourself hankering for a little (or a lot) of something to eat, we recommend the pancakes. More at www.giraffe.net. more ›

UK “world music family restaurant” chain, Giraffe, recently invited Londonist over to sample the breakfast menu at their Marylebone location (6-8 Blandford Street, W1U 4AU). It's a pleasant place: nice lightning, comfy seats. We certainly wouldn’t be averse to going back (we’d downright welcome an opportunity if only they offered free WiFi). However, this was our first visit to a Giraffe. The faces-of-smiling-"ethnic-people"-as-wallpaper was a tad hokey for our sensibilities. Further, walled slogans such as "eat together, live forever" made us cringe a little. And (while we’re at it), we never really got Giraffe’s "global burgers" concept either. Is that just a high falutin’ name for a meatball or merely a reference to world beef consumption and its role in global warming? Whatever, we weren't there for the décor or the burgers. more ›