Savoir Faire

Having stumbled across this place a few years back I was very pleased with both the food and service. I returned this past week for pre-Theatre dinner and it was wonderful, still tasty still very friendly and quite reasonable. I highly recommend Savoir Faire.
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David Van Orden
Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, May 06, 2008

I visited this restaurant through an offer in the Times and was really glad I went.

Don't be put off by any photos you see of the interior of the restaurant, it looks like a little cafe but it's not! There's additional seating downstairs and it's like Aladdin's cave. In the evening the tables are lit by candlelight.

The service was truly impressive. The waitresses were very friendly and were quick to take our orders and the food came fast.

Although I had a special 'Times' menu, there were 3 choices of starter, main and dessert with the option of paying a little more if you wanted someting from the usual menu. I have to say I was happy to see that they hadn't scrimped on what was on offer. The food was fantastic and house wine was lovely.

All in all a great meal and I would highly recommend it.
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Sarah
Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Friday, May 02, 2008

We used an offer (£10 for 3 course menu) opting for sardines and caesar salad as a starter, followed by coconut and mango chicken served with potatoes (rice was not cooked at the time), lasagna, and tarte tartin (again lemon tart was not ready and available). Our only disapointment, the tarte tartin was a bit overcooked with the apples overly browned. Apart from that, the service was very good.
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S Patel
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Food 6 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 7
Sunday, April 20, 2008

Good evening all,

I am glad savoir-faire does well not that i had any worries about Max and Irene, in fact i am their first chef when, once we opened 42 new Oxford Street, which is a long time ago... You can trust me after having been a chef for nearly 20 years now, those people are great and wont try to rip you off... In case you go back, say hi from stormy Yannick... Cheers all...
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Yannick
Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, April 02, 2008

My boyfriend and I ate lunch at Savoir Faire on a Saturday afternoon and were not overly impressed. After seeing all of the good reviews on this site we were quite excited about eating there but in the end it didn't turn out to be that good.

Firstly our pre-meal crusty bread arrived at our table without any butter, so we waited for about 5 minutes before assuming that we weren't going to get any. I choose a Caesar Salad for my starter which was full of lettuce leaves that were brown around the edges. My boyfriend's Paté starter consisted of two large pieces of Paté with one miniscule piece of bread. The main courses were alright but looked more like food you would cook at home rather than restaurant food. The deserts were also interesting. My boyfriend and I both ordered chocolate mousse but mine turned out to be more like chocolate milkshake as it was extremely runny, whereas my boyfriends was set perfectly how you would imagine a chocolate mousse to be. All in all, a very average quaint little London eatarie. Good points were that we were using a Times 3 meals for £10 offer so the bill was cheap, we never got asked for our tokens either. The house red was also very nice as was the bottled sparkling water. The service was not bad either, the waitresses were very polite and attentive.
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Gemma
Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 6
Saturday, March 29, 2008

This place is excellent value for money. i think our bill came to 52 pounds for two people, 3 courses and a bottle of wine. Nice waitresses, little intimate place, very cute decor and swift service.
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Tanya
Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, March 11, 2008

We had a lovely meal here. Friendly service, very good food and good value for money- and if you get bored you can always read the ceiling! . We will return again
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Helen and Derek
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Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Monday, February 11, 2008

I ate here last night for the third time and it did not disappoint. We had a half carafe of wine, two starters and two mains and the bill for the two of us came to around £45 . They have a two course fixed price menu for £11.50 which is great value.

An excellent place to go for a pre-theatre , highly recommended!
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Sheena
Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 9
Tuesday, January 29, 2008

We have just returned from a trip to London and had the pleasure of eating at Savoir Faire. This is how dining out should be, good quality food at a reasonable price.

The menu was good, the service excellent, the food fantastic and the price was very reasonable.

What a nice surprise (in London) to see that there was NO cover charge or 12.5% service charge either, leaving it up to us the customer to decide if the service was good and to tip accordingly.

A true pleasure and a must if you are in the area.
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Jay Cox
Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Savoir Faire is a hidden gem among the restaurant in London. This is my favorite restaurant in London. I've dined there number of times and have never been dissapointed. The food is excellent, the staff very friendly and Max and Irene the owners are top management. Every time I visit London I go there and I always want to order everything from the menu. One time I was in London I went there after theater show with almost 30 people!!! We had made a reseveration in advance so when we arrived they had arranged the upper room for us. Every single person in the group was in seventh heaven.

Every time someone I know is going to London I tell them about this place and I will continue doing so and of course every time I visit London I go there.
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Ingibjorg Richter
Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Saturday, October 20, 2007