Langtry's

I went to Langtrys in Knightsbridge for dinner in October 2009. The restaurant was quiet but it had an intimate atmosphere. The staff were very helpful,attentive and friendly. The atmosphere was relaxed and not at all intimidating as one might expect from such an upmarket restaurant. The food was very delicious and attractively arranged. I had trout for my main course, and i didn't think i liked trout that much until i tasted Langtrys version. The dessert was also fabulous, although a bigger portion would have been even better.

Overall i had a brilliant experience and i would definitely recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for a nice place to eat in the city of London at a good price.
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JOJO - View all reviews by this user
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 9
Saturday, February 06, 2010

6 of us went there for dinner yesterday. The place is very cosy, a bit quiet though. The service was very good, the staff is polite and friendly. The food was fantastic, I had the best chicken liver ever! Will certainly go back!
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Naz
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Friday, January 08, 2010

Went yesterday for lunch and I have to say i was very disappointed to start with there was only 3 items for each course and they had run out of some of these.

My main course was steak and chips, well the steak could have come form tesco's and this was served with 4 chips. They came around 3 times with bread rolls so we knew that the main course was going to be small. Starter and pudding not bad but you will come away needing something else to eat. The service was good and the endless drink was great and we had a lovely time. But I would not go back as I have eaten better food.
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Food 1 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 6
Sunday, February 03, 2008

Three for Saturday night dinner a couple of weekends ago. A slightly updated Fawlty Towers type setting but with really good food and excellent service. Cherry Tomato Tart and the Home-made Pork Pie were star starters and the best mains were the Roasted Salmon and the Seabass. The perfectly acceptable red or white wine that is included with the menu flowed freely which makes the whole experience wonderful value. The only thing missing was a brisk walk along the promenade after dinner - we had to make do with Sloane Street instead.
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Russell Barnes - View all reviews by this user
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Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Unlimited Perrier Jouet champagne on Saturday/Sunday for lunch for £30, need I say more???
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Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 10
Thursday, August 16, 2007

I almost don't want to write this review as I feel like I'm about to let out a secret and the good people of Knightsbridge may lynch me (and my friends). However if you're looking for a meal which won't break the bank in this uber-expensive part of town, in one of the most elegant dining rooms I know, Langtry's is the place to be. It's part of teh grand old Edwardian Cadogan Hotel, and feels very old school. The cooking is too, as is the service, but actually that's a really good thing – ie it's thoughtful and dignified. And, get this – you can get the set dinner, three courses plus unlimited wine for £35. The wine wasn't spectacular, as you'd expect for that price but was very palatable.

It's old-fashioned food – (delicious) pork pie, cockle soup, duck breast and so on, but sensitively cooked and beautifully presented. My only real complaint is (and hence 7/10) that the food is over-salted, but as I don't really like salt in food at all, I'm probably fussy.

It's not trendy, trendy, trendy and isn't particularly easy to find, being round teh corner on Pont Street, but just trust me (and all the other reviewers), it's lovely. I'll be back for sure, salt or no. Apparently the sunday lunch is v. good too.
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Jane
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Food 7 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Thursday, August 16, 2007

What can I say? Sooper dooper, wunderbar and very nice indeed!!! Beautiful attentive staff, sumptious food - the best pork pie I've ever tasted - I'm rather partial to pork ... As for the steak and kidney pie - it was an oral delight!! They have a special Laroche wine deal which is unspeakablly clever and the wine really rather good!!

Go and enjoy this place - it's inexpensive, sophisticated and delightful!!!
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The Priapic Ferret
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Friday, June 29, 2007

The Limitless Laroche wine deal is superb!

I dined at Langtrys recently and enjoyed it immensley. The restaurant is easliy found just off Sloane Street where lilly langtry once lived.

The decor is real old world with lots of modern touches and gives a great sense of romantic atmosphere with low lighting and opluent surroundings

The menu is full of great English dishes, accompanied by really nice wines (and it really is limiltess)

The service was friendly and unobtrusive and i found the evening to be great value for money.

I will definately return!
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Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Friday, June 15, 2007

Though Langtry's is a beautiful environment, decorated well, with subtle modern touches to a traditionally grand dining space, the eating experience failed to live up to the decor.

The food was less than average, with a starter of fairly ordinary pork pie (probably bought in) was served with what was clearly Branston's pickle. Not something I'd expect in even the cheapest restaurant, let alone one charging £24 a head for the set dinner. My friend's tomato tart was bland, too. The mains improved with some decent pheasant, though the sauce was lacking in flavour and quantity. We opted out of a pudding, for obvious reasons, but were given a palate cleanser of sorbet in a tangerine, which was far too sweet and my fruit had a horrible, off-putting black bit on it. Overall, the food was below standard.

As for the staff, they were unnecessarily formal and trying far too hard. This isn't exactly Gordon Ramsay or the Dorchester, but they thought it was. It was as if they'd learned there overly-fussy, overly-formal techniques from an evening class, but had no real idea how to put the guests at ease. Of which, for most of our Friday night there, we were the only two. I don't see this place lasting long, which is sad as it has real potential, if only they'd chill out a bit, relax and, most crucially, learn to cook better.

In summary, all surface and no content. I wouldn't go back.
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yeschef
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Food 3 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 3
Tuesday, March 06, 2007

After reading several good reviews on Langtry's, we looked forward to our dinner there one Saturday evening in February. We were suitably impressed with the very pretty dining room and the really lovely ambience. The menu looked great too. As we are in the habit of sharing starter and pud, we orderd a two course set menu each. The starter, a tomato tart was great, then followed a tiny but delicious amuse gueule which was however served with a horrendously sugary lemonade shot. Why? My husbands pheasant was yummy although it came with some mashed potato the consistency of 'smash'. My grilled salmon was completely undercooked, slippery and virtually raw. An again overly sweet and therefore compleately unrefreshing mini mandarin sorbet followed the main course after which we were served our bread and butter pudding, a sadly bland and pappy affair smothered in a kind of custard mousse. Although the waiter himself commented on the state of the uncooked salmon and

despite us mentioning it to him twice, we were not offered an alternative but instead were fully charged for the meal. A subsequent letter to the manager of this establishment elicited no goodwill gesture either just the hope that we would return another day. I dont think so, somehow. After an £85 spend, I do not expect to leave a restaurant hungry! One final observation: the staff here have been trained to be gratingly 'friendly' in the most excrutiatingly artificial way with each of them repeating the same overfamiliar patter to every table. Eurgh! On the whole and despite the lovely interior, we found this restaurant to be well below standard and rather fake.
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Kia Armstrong
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Food 4 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 2
Friday, February 23, 2007