Fredericks

Ate with two friends there on Saturday and a perfect dining experience.

The lounge area is great to wait and meet friends while having a drink and chilling if they are late. Ambiance was great, nice decor, professional, efficient, great food (am vegetarian so selection was not huge but it tasted good), great waiting staff. Would recommend it and will go again. Nice for a special occasion.
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Mag Leahy
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Monday, November 26, 2007

Went to Fredericks for the first time a couple of weeks ago, thought it was good, if not slightly overhyped (certainly within my group of freinds).

The starter were a real treat and enjoyed by both me and my partner.

Had the Fish Pie main that was good, but the portion was really quite small.

Fredericks is amazing value if you have a tastelondon card (2 meals for 1), if not, there maybe better value to be had elsewhere.
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Mel
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Food 7 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 5
Monday, March 26, 2007

I had a wonderful meal here with a group of work people. The service was perfect and everyone enjoyed the delicious food. Considering we drank quite a lot the bill was also very reasonable. We were concerned about not being dressed up enough but found everyone in the restaurant was dressed casually. Overall a very present place to eat drink and be merry!
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Amy
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Friday, April 07, 2006

Wonderful service.

Food was certainly worth the expenditure.

1 starter

2 mains

2 desserts

2 glasses wine

2 glasses of beer

£80

Food was very nice and the atmosphere of the restaurant is excellent. Funky set up in the garden room. dinner here in Summer would be special.
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Crippsy - View all reviews by this user
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Food 7 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 7
Monday, March 27, 2006

Visited Frederick's with my girlfriend last weekend (on a busy Sat. night). Having booked a table without checking any reviews first I became very worried when I scanned some of the more surly comments by previous reviewers – I contemplated cancelling and going elsewhere.

As it transpired, I was worrying needlessly – the service and food were perfectly good. It made me wonder if either a) there was one particularly bad waitress which Fredericks have now sacked or b) some rather arrogant customers have been slighted by the fact that the hardworking staff have failed to fawn over them in a suitably subservient manner? Personally I prefer a cool, efficient service to having a gaggle of staff tucking in my napkin and constantly topping up my water after every sip!

In terms of ‘cost for quality’ Fredericks probably doesn’t win any awards. The food was good but not outstanding – but at a price where it is reasonable to expect something a touch above the merely competent. I also thought the wine list was a little on the pricey side - with the cheapest house red bordering on £20.

Overall - solid, but not spectacular.
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SH
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Food 6 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 5
Sunday, March 19, 2006

We went there for a birthday celebration and had an excellent time. The menu is very creative and the wine list offers an excellent selection. All our food was cooked to perfection and the service was one of the best I have ever experienced. Our waiter was extremely friendly, helpful and knowledgable. All this combined with the beautiful conservatory and seating area outside makes it my favourite place in Islington.
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Tim Sander
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Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Sunday, February 26, 2006

We'd visited Frederick's on many occasions but feel it is in decline.

Last time was very disappointing - predominantly because of the service which was slow, inattentive and unfriendly.

We had to wait 15 minutes before they brought our apperatif (we had to ask twice), they rushed the first and second courses without any pause in between, and left us waiting over half an hour for the bill (after asking for it three times we got up and paid at the bar).

I was away from the table when the (rather expensive) bottle of wine was brought - so they just plonked it down in the middle of the table and left it there.

The staff's attitude was very arrogant - when we asked for the service charge to be removed the waitress at the bar just scowled and walked away. No attempt was made to find out why we had felt the service had been so bad. This is in fact the first time I have refused to pay a service charge in my life!

For £140 for two people you'd expect the service & food to be exceptional - however not only was the service poor but the food was rather average too (the fish was very overcooked and dry).

We'll not be back in a hurry.
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Food 6 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 2
Sunday, January 22, 2006

Very cute and inviting, I had high expectations. However, a plate of whitebait was dry and overcooked. The saltimboca was lovely.

The only real problem was that we rocked up for lunch at 2pm. We wanted to linger a while over our bottle of wine. Unfortunately we were really rushed by the waitress and the manager. We actually asked after our entrees if we could have 10 minutes break but we were told no and our mains came out straight away, they were already cooked and waiting for us to finish our entrees. That meant we were so stuffed we couldn't really enjoy our mains.

The staff hovered around us, applying unspoken pressure for us to get up, pay up and get out.

Shame.
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Charger
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Food 5 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 4
Monday, December 19, 2005

Fabulous! I had dinner there with my friend on saturday. We just loved our smiley waitress. Food was good as well.

Well done!
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simon
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Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Wednesday, November 30, 2005

My 5th visit to Frederick's was my final one. I t had been 6 months since my wife and I dined there and I guess 6 months is a long time in the culinary world. I have to agree with most reviewers that the service is woefully unacceptable and bordering on outright rudeness. I even felt the atmosphere to be less cheerful than usual, as the tables around us worked away at their meals, and spent less time in friendly conversation. Maybe there has been a new wave of waiting staff recently come through, because the service lets down what should be (and was once) a perfect dining experience.

Food - magic, value - absolutely fine, service - non-existent, atmosphere - not much fun.

If Frederick's could start afresh with new front-of-house staff, we'll be back.
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Phil
Friday, October 21, 2005