Luc's Brasserie

What a disappointment! After recommending Luc's Brasserie based on a good memory of a meal there 3 years ago, I experienced a poor - borderline rude - service for very average food at not so affordable prices. The staff accepted our booking for a lunch with a toddler advising (several times on the day) they do not provide for children. So why accept them in the first place? All of that to find out that Pizza Express downstairs does lend them highchairs regularly. The minimised menu for the day (it was on the 28th of Dec so the selection was limited) offered options that were in the end not available. One would ask why print a special menu on the day then. Don't they ask the Chef what's to be served before printing the "menu of the day"? The Chateaubriand beef came way over cooked when asked for medium rare (a shame for this great cut and for its price) and the roasted chicken was ever so dry. To top it up when ordering a £40 bottle of red wine, the waitress poured the degustation glass and put down the bottle right away adding "it's here so you can help yourself". If you want to show off with white shirts and long black aprons' wear to pretend to a high quality service then the first thing to teach your staff is that THEY should pour the wine to the other guests at the table after clearance from the tasting. I had lots of better experiences at my local pubs. And I can handle rude waitresses... I am French myself!
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2 Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 2
Saturday, December 31, 2011

Luc's has been around for I guess 15 - 20 years now, and with Luc long gone and the restaurant going through a couple different owners, I felt it was again time to try the place out.

The place has a great buzz and a nice atmosphere, but the tables are far to small and packed together far to close. The first floor was full but only a handful of tables were in use upstairs, so I think they can spread things out a bit.

The menu is geared towards the type of clientle that come here so lots of red meat and red wine. Prices are around £18 - £25 for mains but we went for the lunch menu priced at around £18 for 2 courses. The mains of Toulouse sausage with Choucroute was good but the Onglet lacked flavour and the chips were not great. Dessserts were fine the chocolate mousse being better than the lemon tart. All washed down with a bottle of Brouilly for about £30.

Service was fine, a bit slow for the mains (30 minutes ) but the place was busy and we skipped starters.

Would I go back ? Not sure, maybe .
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Chris - View all reviews by this user
7 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 7
Friday, February 04, 2011

I visited Luc's Brasserie with my partner few weeks ago, we both had a voucher discount of 20£ each and we were excited to try this French restaurant as it had few good reviews plus we’ve recently been in France and had an amazing time there (and ate/drunk great food/wine).

We ordered 2 starters/2mains/2desserts and 1/2 L of house red organic wine (which was really good) and ended up paying over 50£ - far too much for what we had, considering that we had 40£ reductions on the total bill

Starters, we had Seared Scallops and the special of the day Terrine (something like pate’), both of them flat, tasteless and ungenerous portions

Mains, Wood Pigeon, which was tasty but not tender and possibly overcooked, and a special of the day sea bass which instead was perfectly grilled and dressed with a delicate sauce.

As desserts we had Cherries Clafoutis and White Chocolate Ice Cream With Hot Chocolate Sauce, both low/average and disappointing.

Would be a good place if you don’t mind eating overpriced decent-but-no-great food.
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7 Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 4
Friday, July 09, 2010

Very impressed. Very relaxed atmosphere, pleasant staff, prompt service and nice location. Good choice for a business lunch or a night out with friends.
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Daniel Kern
9 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 7
Thursday, March 25, 2010