My Old Dutch (Holborn)

I have been eating at My Old Dutch since I was a child and my son is now 27! This has always been a family favorite and is family friendly too, as long as you avoid the busy periods. The pancakes are huge with a wide selection and pretty much any combo available. The food is of excellent quality and the service is usually very quick given the popularity of the place. Yes, the pancakes are served 'open' and quite rightly so.....this is the correct and traditional way for them to be served. Truly delicious and may they continue to serve for many years to come. Having lived in North America for 15 years all I can say is ...'Move over 'IHOP' !!
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Dee - View all reviews by this user
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Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 7
Thursday, April 03, 2008

While the atmosphere and service were of a pretty good standard the same could not be said for the food and the price. A beer costs over 4 pounds for example. The starters were pretty good and even though they were busy they were delivered promptly. The mains were not so hot. In some ways this is becuase we were expecting a rolled and filled pancake and what arrived was more like a pizza. The pancakes are not small and would look far better if they were served rolled rather than flat. In the end the pancake main course didn't look great, didn't taste that great and were not worth the asking price. All in all I would reccomend caution before sellecting this resturant for a night out.
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Food 2 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 1
Monday, March 31, 2008

It is realy good the order was realy fast the staff was realy nice and realy helpful the manager was also very nice. i also heard him on the radio so i had to meet him.
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Will Brice
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, February 05, 2008

I returned to the Holborn restaurant with friends after a 3 year hiatus and was pleased to discover that not only had the quality improved but also the service! Pancakes arrived on time; we were amazed at how quickly 3 very diverse types of pancakes were produced in under 10 minutes and tasted fabulous! Well worth the treat. PS. Do not be put off by the scaffolding outside the restaurant!
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Mr Kolla
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Food 9 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 9
Monday, January 21, 2008

I have to say I wasn't too impressed with the service here. That feeling of being forgotten is probably the worst for any customer.

The pancake, tasting like a bigger version of the standard Tesco pancakes, with a hint of charcoal was not very nice at all. I remember the good ol' days when coming to My Old Dutch was a great experience and all of us loving it. But this time, we were quite disappointed.

This restaurant has proved it can be a fantastic place to eat, serving great meals with great service and all for a good price. But at the moment, for what you get on your plate, isn't worth what's coming from your wallet.
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James_Morrissey - View all reviews by this user
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Food 4 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 5
Monday, November 12, 2007

What have you done to this place? Service was horrible, i came to eat a pancake not a burned pancake, i thought i went in dutch restaurant .
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Ian
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Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Saturday, November 03, 2007

First timer in my old dutch and i thought it was an outstanding restaurant. Highly recommended, staff are really friendly and would diffenatly go back. The pancake was soo massive with a reasonable value, loving the milkshake and the dessert was out of this world. Overall view with the restaurant was a top class 10 out of 10... Very impress and completely satisfied customer :)

Thank you and keep up the good work.

Top management!!!
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Bryan Manaois
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Sunday, October 28, 2007

How does one even begin to describe My Old Dutch Pancake House? To simply say it is "good", the prices are "fair", that the milkshakes are "sublime" would not be doing it justice. Imagine a world WITHOUT pancakes first...that is how important this place is for London, nay the World, nay Mankind.

You may enjoy fancy chicken joints or burger bars, they come and go like bad haircuts or efficient couriers...but pancake houses, especially this one, will last a thousand years and more purely because they are destined to....
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, October 17, 2007

MOD is a great restaurant,but they have taken off the 101 pancakes that they used to serve.God knows why?Beautiful plates ,great fun place ,shame about the music though.Why did they change the decor aswell ? Can no longer see the chefs tossing the pancakes.

Will be back in December ............................
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luper Limpin
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Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 4
Tuesday, October 16, 2007

I would not recommend this place to anyone who enjoys fresh, well cooked food. We also, like the reviewer below, found that the duck tasted of frankfurters - weird.

Pancakes are thick and bright yellow! It's kind of ok but no better than that.
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Jane
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Food 2 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 2
Tuesday, August 28, 2007