The Court Restaurant at The British Museum

Our first visit, and certainly won't be our last. Setting, stunning; food superb, service immaculate. Not cheap, but not second mortgage either, and we were not at all rushed. very well worth the experience.
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Frances Aubrey
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Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Thursday, November 08, 2007

Check to see if a jazz band is playing before you book. It absolutely ruins the atmosphere and annoys the waiting staff to distraction.
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George C
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Food 8 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 6
Saturday, September 22, 2007

Just had a look at the reviews, could i remark that the company that manages the restaurant has changed on 01.05.06.

Good to see that it made a difference.

Can't rate the restaurant, would not be fair and defeat the purpose of this forum.

JHA
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JHA
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Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 8
Friday, June 08, 2007

Stunning setting - great food, but...

Lunch a few days before Christmas can be quite a test of a restaurant’s resources. Our table of six was close to a table of twelve, whose party-poppers eched around the glass dome of the British Museum’s Great Court like pistol shots. Heaven knows what regular museum goers at ground level must have thought!

Service, though pleasant, was extremely slow, which we were prepared to put down to the Christmas rush, although one member of our party who had dined here before felt that service had been slow on that occasion also.

The menu is reassuringly limited to four choices per course plus a couple of Pasta options. For December, there was an additional menu of Austrian dishes, for example, char and trout crepes or duck confit and breast with red cabbage. When it came, the food was excellent. Between the six of us we ordered a wide range of what was on offer and here was not a dud among them.

An intelligent wine list included some unusual treats with a markup equiivalent to most decent West End restaurants.

The setting is stunning, with amazing views down into the great Reading Room, and the curved glass roof above creating the illusion of an al fresco meal - in a London December!
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Food 10 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 8
Tuesday, December 19, 2006

This is one of my favourite places to get a good value meal.

A typical three course meal in the evening is about £18 (+wine) and while sometimes not at their best, the value for money has never disapointed.

But the food aside, the setting is frankly stunning - get a table overlooking the interior of the restored reading room, and you have victorian design on one side, a glass roof over your head and surrounded by the stone work of the great court.

This is an excellent venue for a romantic meal in the evening when it is dark skies overhead and the inside is floodlit.

They reguarly do themed lunches based on a current exhibition, and while sometimes not the best idea, it is nice that they do experiment and don't just stick to a set menu all the time as many outsourced museum restaraunts tend to.

Overall, I rarely have a complaint about this "hidden gem" of a restaraunt. I reguarly recomend it to friends and use it as a place to take groups for a meal out when some of them are, budget wise looking for a pizza.

I probably visit at least once a month for a meal - I can't say the same for any other restaraunt.
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Ian Mansfield
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Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Saturday, December 17, 2005

The food here was excellent, no the portions weren't huge but they were sufficient and more importantly the quality of food was good and and it was nicely presented. The service and atmosphere was very plesant and I would particularly recommend it if you are entertaining foreign visitors.
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Wednesday, October 05, 2005