Villandry

I went to Villandry last night with friends and it was an excellent experience! The food was really well presented, the portion sizes were great and the food cooked to perfection. Clean plates all round.

The service was attentive without being pushy and the staff we're extremely professional.

Leave some space for the Mars Bar cheesecake, wow!
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James
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Friday, February 12, 2010

I visited Villandry this evening with my boyfriend and I have to say I disagree completely with most of the reviews posted below.

I visited this restaurant based on the recommendation of a friend who went a year ago and I was not disappointed as the high quality of food as not changed at all.

I took advantage of the meal discount. Prices nare on average about £20 for a main course and £6 for a starter/dessert. I had a charcuterie platter for my starter and to be honest I was not hugely impressed as it was a relatively small portion for the £10 price tag.

This was followed by one of the most fantastic steaks I have ever had in London. It was a sizeable portion and incredibly tasty. It was a very high quality thick cut of beef.

Dessert was, like the starter, mediocre.

Based on how amazing the steak was, I hold a very high opinion of this restaurant as the normal piece of meat I seem to get this days is a limp, fatty cut in most other places.

Including a starter, main course and coke, the bill came to a very reasonable £25 including service.
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roses - View all reviews by this user
9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 10
Friday, September 04, 2009

Used the 50% voucher from this site. It was OK I guess.

The night started in the main bar - pretty poor: dirty bar, etc.

Then went through to the restaurant. Friendly Aussie manager/waitress team.

Smoked haddock egg cocotte thing - nice and fresh. The lamb to follow was revolting as it had a sauce that appeared to be half lamb fat and half cheap balsamic vinegar. Disgusting.

Cheese plate was nice, but how wrong can you go with slicing cheese?

Got over the whole thing by drinking two bottles of wine (the wine list is excellent btw) and left drunk and somewhat underwhelmed by the food.

Hard to recommend - I see why the scores are so low for this place.....
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Coops
4 Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 3
Sunday, August 16, 2009