Lemon Tree Cafe

Since this Belsize Park Mediteranean take-​away changed hands a while back (from Lemon Tree Grill to Lemon Tree Café) it seems to have improved. We were thrilled when it first opened as it was a few steps closer to home than Lemonia on Regents Park Road and unlike Lemonia, it had a takeaway menu.
The first time we went, I had a simple halloumi skewer in pitta which was good. I thought we had found a gem and so went a few nights later, this time choosing a chicken shashlik– it was awful. Undercooked and over seasoned, with an accompanying limp salad it dettered me from going back for over a year.
We recently went back, having been told that it had changed and we were pleased. It certainly has improved– the food seems fresher, yet the menu has remained cheap.