Scott's

3 of us went Scott's as I liked J Sheekey and wondered how their sister restaurant which reputation was higher. but I was disappointed with food. Service is wonderful, very friendly staff and well serving but not disturbing and left us alone after the 2 hour dining time was over.

But about dishes, it is over-priced.

As a serious fish eater, I want to enjoy the fish itself, not some over salted and over oiled fish tangled with vegetable. I ordered octopus carpaccio which tasted like a thin paper - first time I was disappointed with octopus carpaccio! My friend's crab was overboiled and lost its original taste. Sole seems its gem but still expensive.

My other friend had a lamb which tasted lovely, so maybe we picked up wrong things. It has its own luxury atmosphere, so for some special occasion, it may be nice to go. But 3 of us wont go back there, although I will go to Sheekey's again.
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Kika
5 Overall rating
Food 4 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 1
Saturday, June 23, 2012

Having eaten there twice, I am afraid to say I dont really see what the fuss - and the prices - are about.

It does decent seafood, I have tried the oysters, monkfish, and the fish and chips - a strange choice I know but I wanted to see what they could do to this traditional dish which made it worth the £20 or so price tag and the answer was very little.

There was nothing particularly bad, but there was nothing particularly amazing about the food either.

Sure, Caprice was two two tables away but for foodies, you will find better, and cheaper, in a host of other restaurants...
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James
6 Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 4
Sunday, January 15, 2012

I went there with business colleagues, and, surprisingly for me, came away without a strong opinion. I am sure that it was close to £100 per head, and it was all OK, but it seemed to me to lack character.

Full of Mayfair chavs, business people and tourists, it left me rather cold. Food perfectly OK, and perhaps I am influenced by never normally choosing fish, as everyone appeared happy with their food and the wine.

My apologies for a rather useless review, but not really my type of place.
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James - View all reviews by this user
6 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 4
Thursday, September 01, 2011

Veggie menu looked good but was actully poor, was still hungry when I got home had to raid the chocolate cupboard!

Veggie Risotto - Tasteless and very small portion. Tomato Pasta - again no taste and very small portion. Dessert was lovely

Staff great and nice atmosphere but veggie menu needs attention before I would come back.
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Barry - View all reviews by this user
5 Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 2
Monday, August 15, 2011

Had a very fresh plateau de fruits de mer with lobster here, and my wife separately enjoyed her 6 oysters and halibut with garlic mash and baby broad beans. For fines de claires, the oysters were a bit small, but they tasted good. The wine, 2009 Ch de Fonscolombe Blanc, went well with both. Service was initailly slow to get going, but once it started, was pretty faultless.The one weird note - they ask if the Plateau de Fruits de Mer, £47 worth of crustaceans, is a starter. This is not the first time that Ive been asked that here, and it is needlessly confusing.. Unless you are a killer whale, the answer is no, it is a main course. And even then, it will pay to have skipped your breakfast.
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BillS - View all reviews by this user
8 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Sunday, August 14, 2011

I can't believe the bad reviews on this site for Scotts. Went last week for a late lunch on Saturday. Oysters were great, starters were a fabulous sea bass ceviche and octopus carpaccio, for main we shared a brilliant hot shellfish platter of lobster, scallop, razor clams and prawns mopped up with some chips. Service was excellent and atmosphere was great. Will be going back.
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Dave
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Friday, July 15, 2011

This is one of the Emperors new clothes restuarants as I call them. One that everyone is told they should go to, and that the food is good, but when they go and realise it isn't true, they are too worried about their own image to criticise the place.

I got to Scott reguarly for business meals, and the setting itself is great and service generally good. But the food is really poor especially considering the price you pay. I have had undercooked fish on several occasions and other people I have dined with have also made this complaint. It is sad that a place can survive purely on its reputation, but unfortunately that is par for the course in London where it is obviously more important to be seen to eat at the 'right' place than actually have a good meal.
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Nic - View all reviews by this user
5 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 1
Friday, June 10, 2011

Surprised at the low marks here.

Scotts for me is the ultimate place to go for a snazzy night out in Central London.

From the moment you walk in you're blown away by the scale and buzz of the place. The oyster bar situated in the middle, the sumptuous decor. It's a real class restaurant.

The menu is a great mixture of old classics and the odd fun thing. Stargazey Pie always delivers. But if you want a simply griddled turbot with hollandaise you can get that too, although you pay for it.

Extensive wine list, busy but professional waiters (they could be a bit friendlier in my book) and a place that you can sit back and watch the glitterati of Mayfair do their thing in stylish and comfortable surroundings.

A real treat. Very expensive. Birthdays and special occasions only I would suggest unless you're minted. But every trip there has been a good one for me.
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benjamin163
8 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 6
Wednesday, June 01, 2011

I took my parents here for my mother's birthday as it was my understanding this was one of the best seafood restaurants in London and my father due to illness can only tolerate fish.

To be fair it is a lovely room and has that celebrity cache, Thandie Newton was on the next door table, although my parents had no idea who this was.

The food sadly is poor and overpriced. I had razor clams to start which were ok, my father had fish soup which he liked. For main, overpriced and worst of all over cooked sea bass with possibly the worst chips I have had in a London restaurant. My parents had the sole goujons, which I tried and were awful. My dessert was creme brulee, which you can often judge an establishment on, it was not good. The chablis and dessert wines were nice.

Pleased to have visited this restaurant as I have wanted to for quite some time, I shall not return, nor would I recommend. Avoid.
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Richard Lewis
3 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 2
Thursday, April 21, 2011

I have visited Scott's three times - each time as a guest and each time I have been relieved that it was not my wallet that was lightened by the experience but slightly embarrassed for my host. This latest visit confirms my long held view that Scott's has delusions of grandeur, but in truth only aspires to being slightly above average.

My octopus carpaccio promised coriander and chilli. It delivered a dish that was overwhelmed with olive oil and underwhelmed with flavour. The organic trout was, in fairness, delicious delivering some beautifully balanced flavours with cherry tomato, baby artichoke and capers - more of this quality would have me coming back, were it not for the service.

The service isn't bad, in that orders are not muddled and plates are not dropped. But it is rushed (we were there on a Friday lunchtime and yes the place was busy, but not full). That I could forgive, if only it were not also intrusive. I can more or less understand a waiter eagerly hovering to take an order. I cannot understand a waiter hovering for all of about 15 second before poking the host in the arm to interrupt a story to ask for our orders. This was not a one off. I also don’t feel too unkind in expecting excellent coffee after a meal at these prices, but my filter coffee was, in truth, awful, and would have gone back had I not been a guest.

This restaurant wants to be something greater, but for me has fallen short every time.
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5 Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 3
Friday, February 11, 2011