{"id":33369,"date":"2026-10-24T15:38:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T14:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=33369"},"modified":"2026-10-24T15:46:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T14:46:00","slug":"wagamama-westwood-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=33369","title":{"rendered":"Wagamama : Westwood Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t normally write reviews for chain restaurants, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagamama.com\/restaurants\/broadstairs\/westwood-cross\">Westwood Cross Wagamama<\/a> deserves a shoutout<strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\">.<\/strong> It had been years since my last Wagamama visit, though I still vividly remember queuing for the UK&#8217;s very first branch in Bloomsbury, but two recent visits to our local spot completely blew me away. It&#8217;s even better than I remembered! The menu selection is fantastic, and the service is exceptionally friendly and efficient. It might be a chain formula, but the Westwood Cross team has it down pat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Food-images-for-blog_20261024_105638_00002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Food-images-for-blog_20261024_105638_00002.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Food-images-for-blog_20261024_105638_00002-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Food-images-for-blog_20261024_105638_00002-1024x719.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Food-images-for-blog_20261024_105638_00002-768x539.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/foohttps:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\">Return to top page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t normally write reviews for chain restaurants, but the Westwood Cross Wagamama deserves a shoutout. It had been years since my last Wagamama visit, though I still vividly remember queuing for the UK&#8217;s very first branch in Bloomsbury, but two recent visits to our local spot completely blew me away. It&#8217;s even better than &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=33369\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wagamama : Westwood Cross&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,153],"tags":[301],"class_list":["post-33369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ramsgate","category-where-to-eat","tag-wagamama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33369"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33381,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33369\/revisions\/33381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}