1 Lombard Street (Brasserie)

Went to this restaurant last Wednesday.

The 5 course meal offer was a very good value for money and the food was gorgeous.

I would recommend it to other people.
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Elena
Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 9
Sunday, June 01, 2008

Was taken there for my birthday....the experience ruined my day. Firstly they had double booked our table because they has two couples with the same surname (because that's unusual...). To their credit they sorted this out but not without a bit of fuss. Once we were seated and left with the menus we were offered some bread.....turned out to be the only thing we ate. I ordered a bottle of wine from Australia and some tap water. Our water arrived promptly. After 10 minutes I enquired as to the whereabouts of the wine and was told it was "being served". Another 10 minutes passed and I was still dry, so I asked again. After a further 5 minutes I was told that they were out of stock...and it took them 25 mins to go to the cellar and check! In the intervening period not one of the wait staff showed even a small amount of interest in offering us food or any other type of "service". So we left...and no-body seemed to notice that either!

Won't go back, even though the food did look good on paper. Lovely building, horrible service. Disapointing as I really wanted to like it.
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Ben
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Food 0 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 0
Friday, April 25, 2008

I had the 5 course menu in the brasserie at £19.50 which was fantastic value for money.

The food and service were both excellent and I would definitely return again and again and tell all my friends of my wonderful experience.
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Maria
Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Thursday, April 24, 2008

We ate in the restaurant last night. My friends and I thought for £19 pound it was great value for 5 courses. Who could complain for that price!!

Food was lovely with the right size portions. Chicken was perfectly cooked and the chocolate dessert was delicious.

Felt very comfortable and not stuffed at the end of the meal. Which enabled us to go on for more drinks!! Great!!

Friendly staff and very attentive. Nothing was a problem and service was reasonably quick. I found it hard to find anything to complain about.

Atmosphere was just right. I like the idea of things going on in the back ground and yet you can still have a pleasant conversation. They do have a fantastic marble bar, very stylish. We enjoyed it.
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Mrs Nicholas
Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 10
Saturday, January 19, 2008

Probably the worst food experience of my life! been yesterday for lunch with 3 friends, looked like no one was caring about us, maybe because we weren't dressed smart enough. After waiting 10 minutes at the door, someone came to us ad says " we have space at the bar", finally we sat at the bar. It took at least 25 m to take the order as 4/5 items were out of stock, even do some of them came back on the menu,: we ask if the lobster was Canadian or Scottish....they say Scottish and, of course, we had the Canadian one! With our shellfish dishes...no finger bowl and side plates for the shell. All together we had 4 starter, 4 mains, a bottle of pinot grigio and 2 dessert to share. The final bill was £220.11 inclusive of £24.46 gratuity.
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Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 0
Thursday, January 10, 2008

Just been to 1 Lombard (the brasserie) for a business lunch. The place itself is lovely - marble floors and walls, lovely and light thanks to the big dome over the restaurant. We walked through this area to the smaller brasserie, which is less posh, but where the food is substantially cheaper (c. £9 for a starter, rather than c.£19 in the restaurant).

The food was superb, as was the wine. I had the Cornish crab starter - beautifully presented and utterly tasty. A bit of a wait till mains, but nothing outlandish. The sea bass was again superb - just the right amount, not too rich, and again colourfully presented. The white wine was excellent as well.

No complaints about the service except for the fact that there was a bit of a delay between starters and mains. Otherwise, I would strongly recommend this as a great place for a business lunch. It was some of the best food I've had in a while.
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Pete
Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 7
Thursday, August 02, 2007

I recently ate in brasserie and quite frankly it is a very poor,when you look at the current boom with new reatuarnts opening and eating out becoming a comon thing the service and food at lombard street is very below par,i mean £8 pounds for a braz starter that you could have found better in a pub thats saying something, i would never return.
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erie
Overall rating
Food 4 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 0
Sunday, July 22, 2007

fantastic experience,walking in a bright and pleasant venue ,was expecting a show off and it did,warm welcoming from the start ,very pleasant staff wich with french accent acknowledge me on the food ,so agreable to hear staff knowing what they served,after reccomandation enjoy a full high class meal,topped up by a wonderfull wine reccomended again by the staff.

most recommended to everyone
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sarah
Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 6
Saturday, July 14, 2007

My friend and I went there last night for a brithday dinner. The food was very good but the service that it came with was appalling.

The menu was taken away from us without order being taken. We were randomly served by 3 different waiters which lead to too many same quesitons asked twice, even three times at one point.

While ordering the meals we were refused to order wine at the same time, being told wine order will be taken in a moment which of course never happened.

The main course, I had king prawns and my friend the lamb was delicious however, 5 min after we put our order in, the waiter came back and insisted we made side orders with both dishes, dispite the fact neither one of the meals needed them.

In the end, a £22 bottle of wine was added onto our bill without any apparent reason.

The atmosphere was really good, the venue is beautiful, however the tables are too close to each other.

Due to the poor service, I have no intention of ever going back.
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Petra
Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 4
Friday, June 22, 2007

I ate here last week for a catch-up with an old colleague. He had veg penne and I had the tiger prawns and both were fine. The location is handy for work and the place has got a lively vibe but the problem that will stop me returning is that the tables are hopelessly close to each other and any type of business conversation is impossible.
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Gemstone
Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 6
Monday, March 05, 2007