Oxo Tower Restaurant

My family and I dined at the Oxo Restaurant, one week before Christmas and it was one of the best evenings, we have had in along time!

The Restaurant was busy with Christmas parties but was not overbearing and gave a lovely atmosphere to the Restaurant.

The food was excellent and I would recommend the Beef dish for main course.

The whole family had a lovely experience and we would definately return.

We also enjoyed the Brasserie Bar after our dinner - which was also very lovely.
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Georgia O''Keefe
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Monday, January 04, 2010

Five of us went to this delightful restaurant for our daughter's birthday. It was an OUTSTANDING experience. The setting on the 8th floor of the tower provides stunning views across the river to St Pauls and other landmarks. Go early and get a table beside the window. The food is highly creative and beautifully presented. The service is immaculate. This is a high end restaurant and you pay accordingly, but it is not over priced for what you get. Allowing for wine and service, it will cost £70-90 per head.
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bob - View all reviews by this user
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Thursday, December 31, 2009

I was in the restaurant on saturday with my friends . I can tell you the food is fantastic , the staff are very helpfull. The let me park my car under the tower because i use a wheelchair and we had a great night . Thank you oxo for a great night. i can't wait to go back again.
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Joe o reilly
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Monday, October 12, 2009

I took my wife to the OXO tower for her 40th birthday for lunch. From walking in to walking out we were made to feel welcome and special.

The service was superb -attentive without being intrusive.

The food was excellent, the ingredients well thought through and presented very well.

Whilst we stuck to house wine, it too did the job very nicely - a Pinot Noir with the beef starter and a Sancerre with fish main course. We skipped the Champagne at £11.75 per glass (yes, glass!).

Otto and his team should be congratulated. In terms of service, food and atmosphere, the word 'stylish' fits perfectly
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Tim Anderson-Edward
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Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 8
Thursday, September 24, 2009

I took a date on her first ever visit to London, to the much talked about OXO tower restaurant. So as you can imagine, I wanted the evening to run perfectly...

As a starter I had the scallops, which were served on a bed of bean sprouts, topped with what I believe was a thin ginger wafer. The scallops were cooked perfectly and well seasoned, but served a fraction cooler than what I would have preferred.

For my main, I decided on the Lobster. Which was absolutely divine. Once I could actually start eating it of course... The Lobster was garnished with what strangely seemed to be pineapple pieces (I'm anaphylactic to pineapple), and as I could not remember the menu description along with waiters whom clearly did not know the menu well enough, I had to leave it to my date to try to figure out if it was in fact pineapple or not! Turns out it wasn't and it was delicious, but I was very disappointed that no one could answer my simple question. Even after stating that they would check with the kitchen. Nobody returned.

Dessert was a chocolate plate, and to be honest, they could do no wrong with it. Simply perfect!

Overall an excellent experience, lovely views, attentive staff and great tasting food. If the waiting staff had a slightly better knowledge of the menu and wine list so that when asked to recommend a wine which would suit my particular meal, didn't just recite the wine list to me... This restaurant could be an impressive place to dine.
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Ange
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Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 8
Wednesday, July 15, 2009

First impressions were not great, as I had to queue for a while before anyone greeted me and took my coat. However, that was really the only grumble in an otherwise excellent meal.

The food was to a very high standard. I had marinated tuna to start, and Herdwick mutton for my main course. Both were excellent. All well presented with appropriate sauces, accompaniments etc. The wine list was also excellent, and the helpful sommelier was happy to talk me through some of the many options.

Service was professional, courteous, and discreet. No grumbles there. And, of course, the view was fantastic.

It wasn't cheap, with our meal coming out at just a fraction under £100 per head. However, considering we had some quite nice wines with the meal, I think it was pretty good value. I've eaten at other restaurants in this price range that were not nearly as good.

Overall, highly recommended.
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Adam
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Thursday, May 21, 2009

My Canadian cousin & his wife treated us to a meal here. We wanted them to have a wonderful experience during a very short visit to London...The view was fantastic but sadly the food was a little mediocre. Looked good but just did not come up to scratch! I had asparagus where the stems were woody followed by Halibut which should be fabulous but somehow just was not. My partner had much the same experience with only the lemon and pine nut dessert coming out well. A further shock in this day and age was that there were THREE instances of pate de foie gras on the menu - does anyone actually eat this stuff any more?!! I have no worries about being a carnivore but systematically hurting animals (the poor geese) in order to make sure they have diseased livers & then calling the result a "delicacy" is off the map in terms of acceptability.
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Gryphgal - View all reviews by this user
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Food 2 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 2
Friday, May 08, 2009

I have just been back for the first time in 3 years. I used to come a lot. Sadly, the food was very average this time. Maybe standards have slipped. As usual, there's the pleasantly obsequious staff which couldn't do enough for you and were refreshingly pleasant. But then cam the bill. 2 bloody marys, 2 starters, 2 mains 1 £35 bottle of wine, 1 coffee and a £15 brandy. Wait for it... £200. Ouch! Still worth it for the view - one of the best in London.
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Richard Glendenning
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Food 7 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 5
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Very nice meal at a reasonable cost. Very relaxing atmosphere, great service overall very good and will be returning
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Joe Masini
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Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Nice view on the Tower, good food, atmosphere. But you know the price...pay for the view honey!
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King - View all reviews by this user
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Food 6 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 4
Thursday, February 26, 2009