
Hankies Marble Arch
In my old hometown, there is this one spot on the high street which I like to think is cursed. Not cursed in the spooo0ooky ghost way, but destined to be dead on arrival. Numerous (and promising) new restaurants have opened up on this new plot, only to go out of business and shut down within months. Huh, weird. I’ve now come across one of these so-called cursed spots close by, where the new Hankies Marble Arch is.
Nirvana Kitchen started off as a promising new Pan-asian restaurant; a chic interior with delicious-sounding items on the menu. However, the establishment was empty on the weekend and the food didn’t meet expectations. They closed down in less then a year, and now Hankies Marble Arch has opened up in it’s place. I’ve previously visited their smaller branch in Soho, which is more of a cafe-style, but the Marble Arch location is bigger and more date-night worthy. BW and I decided to make a visit last week.
The Food at Hankies Marble Arch

These were okay; I would have liked the filling to have more seasoning and the puris to have been crispier as opposed to slightly stale.





The total bill amounted to £40.78 for two people, including drinks and service, so approx. £20.50 each. Not an extortionately priced dinner, but I was more disappointed at how my experiences at both Hankies differed. Whilst I had a good meal at the first branch in Soho, the Marble Arch establishment was below average and I don’t think I would return in a hurry. Could it be because they had just opened? Or were they having a bad day? Or, could it be because of that “cursed location” theory I have going on? Only time will tell, I guess.
For restaurant website, click here.
Believe you’ve got the wrong restaurant name in your title
Haha not that far off but have amended to Hankies – thanks for pointing out 🙂
To my foodies.
First off Eid Mubarek Aug 2018.
Secondly, I do not normally give reviews or opinions via web or social media, however, on this occasion I must.
Please to both you my sister and brother halal food guy, do not be a sell outs, receive free food and give a good reviews.
I was at Hankies, yesterday, the same time as Halal Food Guy and five months after HGAT.
Personally, Halal Food Guys father was correct, with the comment “so,so, more polite than anything, the food was diabolical and less that mediocre, just like reviews that I have now seen, as yours and his.
Sad to say, the place was more pretentious and pompous, as a result food was “WHACK” and below standard and the chef should be ashamed, even sending food out the way he or she did.
I told the Head front of staff, the location was impressive, however the food was “so, so” and to SACK THE CHEF.
Bottom line, to all true FOODIES, DO NOT VISIT THIS PLACE.
PS – IF I HAD TAKEN MY MOTHER AND FATHER TO HANKIES, THEY WOULD HAVE SLAPPED ME THEN THE CHEF.