Racine

We have only dined here once and were not impressed. The food was average, the service was very poor. We were seated close to the till and service desk on a table for six at a banquette, so we were constantly interrupted by staff checking in or out other guests.

An unhappy and expensive experience.
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Rodger Slape - View all reviews by this user
2 Overall rating
Food 4 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 1
Monday, July 04, 2011

This was our second visit to Racine. Again it was a total delight! Staff are very attentive and food superb.lovely to meet Henry himself. We will be coming back soon.
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Bob the dentist and Tina
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Sunday, February 13, 2011

Well, I've been there to enjoy what I know as french classic dishes and I've been really amazed by how they cooked and all the tests was exactly as I remembered from my youth in france.......But, because is always a BUT, the service was alright but really too arrogant for place like that. I mean it isn't a 3 star michelin for god sake it is only a kind of brasserie!!!!

Never mind we did enjoy our dinner.
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Stephen
7 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 8
Saturday, January 08, 2011

This restaurant is a jewel in a beautiful area of London!

Went there for dinner last night...the atmosphere is very intimate and elegant, feels very up-class. The service is very professional and polite. And the food - tasty!

I had the grilled rabbit which was delicious! (and I am often very picky about food!) It was succulent, and juicy, and the mustard sauce was perfect accompaniment. It is a somewhat expensive restaurant, but it is really great so if you want to go somewhere very nice and private (and are willing to pay for it) then I would certainly recommend it! I will go again!
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9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 7
Sunday, October 03, 2010

The food here is very good but not quite the best Bistro in London, on our visit the rabbit was a little overcooked and dry. That said veal kidneys were cooked to perfection and calf's brain was pretty close.

The real sting in the tail is that prices do mount up as sides are extra and the service charge is a whopping 14.5%. The service here is very good, but there is a minimum wage in this country and there's no justification for a higher than average reccomended service charge.

Our bill was £35 a head- bearing mind we had only two courses and a glass of house wine each. It looks better value on the fixed price meals if you go at the right time. I'd still go back if in the area.
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8 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 6
Monday, April 20, 2009

Have been going to Racine for couple years now. Last visit was last week, restaurant was quite busy for a Tuesday night. Food was brilliant as usual, had hot foie gras with a sauce with tiny slivers of orange peel, followed by veal kidneys on pureed potatoes, it had a piece of blue cheese on the top which melted through the kidneys - very nice. To finish, a clafoutis with a dessert wine. My companion had steak tartare followed by confit de canard on a bed of puy lentils and thyme, it looked wonderful and apparently it did taste wonderful. Dessert was a chocolate terrine with pistachio sauce. We had a lovely bottle of burgundy plus 2 Kirs, the bill came to approx. £150 inc service charge which for the quantity we had to eat and drink was very reasonable. There were so many interesting dishes on the menu it was hard to choose.
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10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Thursday, March 12, 2009