Great Eastern Dining Room

Held our team party here last week (circa 130 people) in Below 54. Went for the hot buffet option with the food, absolutely amazing, best party food I've had in years. Staff were great behind the bar and helped me monitor costs all the way through the night. DJ was a bit random but all in all a great night and only a minimum of liaison with venue required. Highly recommended.
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10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Took clients here for lunch this week and we had a great time. The food was spot on and the service attentive and informative without being annoying or smug. Highlights would have to be the duck and mango salad, the pork belly and the chilli salt squid though the portions of the latter are definitely on the small side - you probably need more than one for four people. Five of us in a booth made for four was a bit on the cosy side, but that's a small gripe - overall very nice and I will definitely be back.
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7 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 7
Friday, December 12, 2008

Time slots nightmare !!! This is typical experience of the terrible service this restaurant offers to customers. Staff need their smug grins knocked off their faces. I hope really hope the credit crunch would teach them a lesson in humility.
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3 Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 0
Saturday, October 25, 2008

We went to this place on Saturday night and had the £25 set menu. The food was amazing, plenty of it and the staff were friendly and attentive. A great place to go for a group of people. The pork ribs, squid were favourites and the chicken was amazing! Would definitely go back.
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Kate
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Monday, November 26, 2007

Ate here last night and the service was rubbish and the food was of a very poor standard. Salt & Chilli Squid was tasty but a very small portion. The presentation of the dish was even more disappointing, as if a piece of paper with Japanese writing on it will lift the dish or enhance its authenticity. The Char Soi Pork with Bok Choi was drenced in a sweet sickly overpowering and unconvincing sauce and the pork itself was chewey and fatty.

I was offered a drink as soon as sat down which was good but then I had to wait 10 minutes for it to arrive and it was not even busy. I was desperate to leave but had to wait another 10 minutes to pay for my meal as the staff had disappeared after giving my bill and no one came to my table to take payment. The decor is to dark in side and would happily recommend this restaurant to Gordon Ramsey for a slot on his Kitchen Nightmares TV show. It was not good.
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3 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 3
Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Went last night for dinner with a friend. The waiter was extremely arrogant and patronising, mocking our choices from the menu and generally making us feel as uncomfortable as possible. Overspill from the bar meant there was a crowd of drunken bankers shouting near our table. All of this would have been almost bearable if the food had been anything more than average. Not planning on going back in a hurry.
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4 Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 6
Thursday, September 20, 2007

If you want good food in a great atmosphere with excellent service then this place is brilliant!!!

My husband and i went on Saturday night for our 1st year anniversary!

We were greeted by very friendly staff who allowed us to choose were we wanted to sit, and then brought us some drinks (we ordered the organic rose £25.... lovely... ) then our waitress sat down next to us and went through the menu with us giving us her recommendations!!! We found this very helpful :-)

We ordered from the dim sum menu for starters followed by prawn pad thai, sea bass and green veg for our main......... all was wonderful and very filling!!! For desert we shared a chocolate pudding with green tea ice-cream..... you have to allow 20min cooking time for this .... we found the break meant we could just about fit it all in!!!

Total cost for three courses, a good bottle of wine and excellent service (including a 12.5% tip ) was just under £80 for the two of us!!!

We ended the evening with tasty cocktails in the DJ bar down stairs!!!... much fun, dancing and good bar staff!!!
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Mrs Morris
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, August 21, 2007

What a great night! Tuesday night, so the downstairs bar wasn't open but started with a cocktail in the ground floor bar. Great service, completely unpretentious and friendly and a good, strong inexpensive cocktail (£6).

Then to the meal.. Excellent service again, really friendly girl explaining the dishes, obviously trying to get rid of a couple of dishes but having a laugh when I teased her about it. The food was great - big portions and incredibly tasty.

Not really 'cheap', but when the bill came (£105 for 2) it seemed like great value, although I'd definitely give the cheap Pinot Noir a miss next time!

This place felt really chilled out but served really good food and the service was pretty much perfect.
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gifford - View all reviews by this user
8 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 7
Thursday, June 21, 2007

the service here is terrible. We had a waitress who acted like it was an inconvenience. the food is average. the black cod (£19.50) is an outrage - the portion is the same size as you get in yo sushi for £5. the manager told us this is how it comes after we complained, then she disappeared!?!
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Rich
3 Overall rating
Food 4 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 0
Tuesday, April 24, 2007