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Assenheims 56

Restaurant Breakfast restaurant Colombian restaurant South american restaurant

Cafe with a South American twist, serving breakfasts, sandwiches and signature marinated chicken. People often mention chicken, good, sauce,


Address

19-21 Great Tower St, London EC3R 5AR, United Kingdom

Website

assenheims.com

Contact

+44 20 7283 8529

Price rating

$ $$$

Rating on Google Maps

4.40 (449 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Friday: 11 AM to 3 PM
  • Saturday: Closed
  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: 11 AM to 3 PM
  • Tuesday: 11 AM to 3 PM
  • Wednesday: 11 AM to 3 PM
  • Thursday: 11 AM to 3 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: chicken (7) good (7) sauce (6)
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  • 2/5 claudia a. 2 years ago on Google • 10 reviews
    lowering the quality and quantity a lot, less and less desire to continue buying. The last 4 purchases we have made, or a chicken crumbs, or they serve very little, or very burned. Nothing to do with what they sold before, which was a good enough portion to be comfortable, now it is time to complete with something else because neither satisfied nor full. What a pity that fewer customers do not take care of that every day.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jermaine N. 1 year ago on Google • 312 reviews
    South American cuisine. It gets crazy busy during lunch. Which shows its popularity. They close early. Around 5, plus run out of dishes so be quick. Theyve put their prices up recently. But so has many places. The price has put it into the treat section rather than a go to place for me now. Bit it's a v good treat. Pictured. The Patacones sandwich. Pulled beef covered by plantain as buns. Next level stuff. Highly recommended.

  • 3/5 Jasmeet S. 1 year ago on Google • 96 reviews
    Was a big fan before Covid, tried first time in 2 years and the price was up at the top floor and the taste is mediocre. Their opening hours are weekdays 6:00- 15:00 and weekend close. Note - They take order until 14:30 🤣 By their working hours, they are actually the royal family.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Andrew B. 6 months ago on Google • 51 reviews
    An absolute feast if you go for a large portion of their signature gilled marinated chicken dish! Their homemade "green sauce" is heavenly and I would recommend having this on top of some hot pepper sauce! Even if there's a big queue it moves quickly and there's a few seats available at the back to sit in.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 DJ W. 1 year ago on Google • 7 reviews
    I've never known such a worse decline on a dish before. Pre COVID, their beef patacones was a highlight (tried multiple times, so it wasn't just a good day). It was so large, that it would easily feed 2 people, and wasfull of flavour. Now, it's probably 40% the size, costs more, the meat is bland as anything, not filling whatsoever (which is surprising, given it's a sandwich using fried plantain rather than bread). It didn't taste horrible by any means, but there was literally zero flavours for something that cost £7+ and wasn't filling. Won't be going back.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sunny 1 year ago on Google • 129 reviews
    Great quality chicken - halal as well! Highly recommend to eat in with the green sauce. Very filling! Sometimes the sandwiches can be very efficient with the ciabatta roll.

  • 5/5 Anders Ryding H. 3 months ago on Google • 85 reviews New
    Delicious food! Unfortunately they didn't make sandwiches the day I was there, but I took what they had and I got satisfied. Liked the combination of tastes. I came some time before a lot of people came for work lunch, which was good, since the place seemed popular and people got to queue for a bit.

  • 5/5 Nina P. 5 months ago on Google • 78 reviews
    My favourite treat place for lunch in the area. Large portions.

  • 4/5 Rodrigo L. 10 months ago on Google • 37 reviews
    Assenheims chicken is great! You get there and no matter how long the queue might look it moves and quite fast. The price is very good for the size of the portions. The dynamic is a little chaotic if you want to eat in, as you order like if you are doing take away and then you just grab your bag and go back inside to find a seat. And good luck finding one (seating space is very limited as the place is small)

  • 5/5 Tom 2 months ago on Google • 28 reviews New
    One of the popular places to get lunch from in the city. If you’re after 12 expect a queue but it does go quickly. The chicken is great and I usually go for a regular with veg and potato. The potato is often under or overcooked. You can get rice and salad so I should probably opt for one of those instead :) The chicken isn’t really peri peri. But it is very tasty! Then there’s the magic green sauce you can see in the pot. Whack that over the top of the food and it takes the dish to a whole new level. You can eat in but I’ve never eaten in. Only take away. It’s a great place to eat.

  • 3/5 Pauline I. 5 months ago on Google • 22 reviews
    This place is very overrated! I went because of the good reviews but the food is very average (the sauce is the only tasty thing), it's quite expensive and the staff is not nice and gets confused between orders... I won't come back

  • 4/5 Dory B. 7 months ago on Google • 1 review
    Vegan options. Faux port and chicken served on bread of your choice with a green sauce.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Coffee
  • Accessibility
    • ✗ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeout
    • ✓️ Delivery

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