Mon Plaisir

It was my worst experience in London

I was expecting a typical French restaurant and it was pretty much the opposite.

We were 3 people on a Monday evening dinner. Two of us took culin meat (onglet). We were astonished by the number of nerves in our plates, honestly we never saw so many nerves!

We ask to the waiter to acknowledge it, he politely pass the message to his manager who told him in French "what can they expect with this sort of meat" (unfortunately for her I speak French), a meat at £17 + £3 side dish because there was barely a small potato coming with the meat.

We were disgusted and decided to leave without taking a dessert. They gave us the bill with no discount and we had to pay for the service charge.

This is the last time I step a foot in this restaurant and I strongly recommend to avoid it.
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M Cany
1 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 1
Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Really disappointing. Insipid pate and it is not easy to ruin a rib of beef but this was the case. I didn't like the attitude to our complaint by the manager which was instantly 'you're wrong'. It's drafty downstairs by the door.

On the plus side the chocolate dessert my son had was very good.

This was our end to the Christmas family day out - and it spolied it. I won't be back. The ultimate test of a restaurant is whether it cares about its customers. Mon Plaisir doesn't.
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Jonathan Haslam
5 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 3
Sunday, December 20, 2009

We went for the pre-theatre menu and enjoyed all our courses, particularly the dessert. The service was slick, attentive but not overpowering. The meal was an enjoyable start to a great night out and for £15.50 for three courses with a glass of wine and coffee - excellent value for the centre of London.
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9 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Friday, July 31, 2009

In 1974, I took my wife (then my fiancee) to Mon Plaisir to celebrate her 21st birthday. Now 35 years later, we had lunch there. For 50 pounds (incl tax and tip) we had an excellent 3 course lunch with their very nice house white wine. The service was very friendly, and the owner (the same owner as 35 years ago), who was eating at the next table, gave us liqueurs on the house to round out the meal. We live in North Carolina so going back often will be hard, but visiting Mon Plaisir will be a mandatory part of every trip we make to London in future.
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Martin Michael
9 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Just to keep this ticking over- no change from what everyone else thinks, pretty ordinary, overpriced, wine meets the same description.
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6 Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 5
Tuesday, July 07, 2009