Kensington Place

A relaxed ambience with very polite and attentive staff, really impressed with the service. The food was beautifully presented and was overall very well cooked and tasted fantastic! Not overpriced either. Would go back again definitely, had a lovely evening.
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Andy & Rhianon Whale
10 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Sunday, May 15, 2011

I've been there couple of times: never disappointed!

A good balance between superb food and cheap price, plus an attentive and charming service.

I definitely recommend it.
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alan albert
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

There was confusion right from the start. The waiters deemed unfamiliar with food etiquette. The champagne was not available and there was no bread with the foie gras. It would appear that there was little co-ordination.

The food was well presented but the service was poor. Nobody seemed to want to work in this restaurant even though it was only 8pm.

Won't be going back in a hurry.
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3 Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 4
Friday, December 10, 2010

I took a client here for lunch and was very impressed - so much so I'm thinking of booking our office Christmas 'do' here! Will definitely be back myself, excellent food and excellent service.
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10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Sunday, October 31, 2010

Kensington Place was excellent...

The food was good and the value better. The service was attentive yet not to pushy.

Would love to return. RECOMMENDED.
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Leo Felton
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Thursday, October 28, 2010

I agree. The restaaurant has lost it's charm. The service is haphazard and unsmiling. One should never be hungry as the portions are small. The food is just messed about with the odd smears of pretending it is all the rage. Never again!
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R Oldham
1 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 1
Saturday, September 25, 2010

Been going here for years and always loved it. One of the greats.

But very disappointing tonight. Chaotic - but pleasant service. But the food was ghastly - tricked up, cold and - well - yuk.

What a shame. Never again I fear.
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beezz
4 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 2
Sunday, April 18, 2010

My wife and I went for dinner at Kensington Place on 19th Feb 2010. The menu was a 3 course set menu which was reasonably priced at £25pp. The choices on the menu however were limited. The main course selection included 6 choices 2 of which you had to pay an extra supplement on and 3 fish choices. I had the belly pork which was quite tough surprisingly and as it came with very little else I had to order a side of mash (£4.25) which came in a bowl the size of a ramekin. There wasn't enough mash there to feed my 6 year old daughter never mind an adult.

My wife had pot roast chicken which she said was delicious, but again the size of the bird was so small it could have quite easily been from a budgie.

The service was average and the drinks were way to expensive, even if the restaurant is in Kensington, a Gin & Tonic cost us £8.60 which astounded both of us.

Overall I would say the restaurants food wasn't fantastic, the service was fairly slow and the prices of drinks are ridiculous.
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4 Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 2
Monday, February 22, 2010

Food was great but the service atrocious. To be placed by the toilets in a half busy restaurant after having booked a day in advance is a disappointment. That was only the beginning. Our nibbles didn't show up until the main was on the table and that was only after having asked for it twice. After having asked for them first time, it was realised it had been missed which is a mistake I can accept. However, when assumed we for that reason didn't want them I understood things really weren't about to improve. Starter was enjoyed all around the table and the pork belly and venison pie mains were really tasty. We almost had to eat the sides with our fingers though as cutlery was apparently considered as extras. The chocolate macaroon desert was also nice. I can recommend a visit but bring a handheld GPS for the waiter and with a bit of luck your experience might beat mine.

Credit should go out to the kitchen boy who without experience still tried his very best to carry the more senior staff in the front.
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4 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 5
Sunday, December 13, 2009

Lovely room. Efficient enough, though not exactly enthused waiting staff. But the food? Really not at all good.

We took a party of twelve here last Friday night. I appreciate that large groups are difficult to cater to satisfactorily. I know that and make due allowance for it. But the food was just rubbish.

My starter: Coconut broth with dumplings (I know: why order that? Get that in an oriental resturant not a bread and butter modern UK place. Silly me, I know). What I got was two sad little dumplings which sat on my plate for almost 10 minutes, curling, drying up, and dying there on the cold porcelain, before a little jug of watery, badly spiced, coconut water arrived. It tasted like a couple of garden slugs served with a watered down Korma. I left half of it despite being starving.

My main: a sad little fillet of sea bream which had been pan fried to death. It would have been a criminal waste of good fish were it not for the fact that the fish was clearly not fresh. It smelled and tasted distinctly fishy in a bad way. What the Russians used to call "not of the first freshness": that is to say, slightly off. What was it served with? Nothing memorable. Left most of it.

I didn't bother with dessert (why would you?). So ,was still hungry. The majority of the party felt their food, too, was well below par.

The wine list was, relatively speaking, a saving grace: some interesting choices. All marked up a tad higher than they should have been (Perrier Jouet NV at over £60 a bottle is always a bad sign). The Gavi (which they only had 4 bottles of) was excellent. The Alborinio was good too. The Prosecco was fair.

Our waiter was ok but strictly without charm. The manager?/sommelier was nice enough, and seemed a little anxious - as though he knew the food was a a bit poor and regretted how badly it let the whole place down.

The restaurant was pretty busy, and there was a nice atmosphere. If they got in a brigade who could cook it's be good, this place.

I'd happily have paid more for decent food. As it was the apparently ok-ish pricing was way over the top for food that was what you'd expect at a dinner party given by a friend who couldn't cook very well and hadn't entertained for a year or two. Not much of a recommendation I'm afraid.
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Kwev - View all reviews by this user
5 Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 4
Monday, October 05, 2009