La Petite Maison

I was invited to this restaurant by a friend and the food was GREAT!! We ordered about six dishes that tasted heavenly. The service was great, very speedy and respectable staff and the dishes were brought in order and hot. the atmosphere very cheery. The restaurant was on a villagy street quite different from central london although it is minutes from oxford street.

I would definitely go again.
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Salamih
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Food 10 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Friday, September 05, 2008

enchanting on every level
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james
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 9
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

much better than i expected after reading the reviews here , all the dishes are well executed , the poulet de bresse with foie gras was exceptional and memorable , it is however £55 and needs to be pre ordered .

wine list was good but heavily marked up.
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shane
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Thursday, April 10, 2008

I really can't see the point of this place. They serve competently cooked French bistro dishes at eye watering prices accompanied by highly marked up wines.

But why would you want to share the dishes. It ends up like some upmarket/downmarket holiday buffet. At one stage the fish stew was lapping up against the fillet steak.

If you want tapas go to a Spanish restaurant. Have I missed something?

Also very noisy at lunch time
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Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 2
Thursday, February 28, 2008

I ate her on a Friday night with a female friend. We were slightly irked when we made the booking as they operate two sittings and we were told we could sit at 7.30 or 9.30pm only. We took it on the chin though and went for 7.30pm.

The food was excellent and of particular note was a wonderful seafood and pernod stew chock full of prawns, squid, cockles and white fish. Delicious. We also had a lovely starter of crab and lobster salad. The stuffed courgette flowers were not so good - the batter a little heavier and greasier than I've had before. We shared all our food (two starters and two mains) and didn't have any problem with everything coming as and when it was ready. If you don't like eating in this way, then perhaps a different place would be better for you. For a glass of champagne each, a glass of white wine each, a bottle of red (it was our Christmas meal - we were celebrating!) starters and mains we paid £85 each. Service was a little haphazard.

Despite enjoying the food a lot, I might not return. We were politely, sympathetically but firmly tipped out our seats at 9.40pm and although we had been warned this would happen and were expecting it, I just didn't like it. You live and learn though, and I can now say for sure that my preference is to eat at places where I can stay for as long or as short a time as I like, and will only be making reservations at such places in the future.
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Lucy - View all reviews by this user
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Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 6
Monday, December 10, 2007

We went there with friends, having booked previously. The place was full, but not too noisy.

The pros:

- excellent food ! All the dishes were executed to perfection and seasoning was perfect. The quality of the ingredients was fantastic.

- good wine line list.

The cons:

- the sharing concept ! First because we did not know, and then you feel in an akward position when you do not want to test the ones of the others. Second because that is weird for French cuisine.

- the dishes come whenever they are ready, so when you do not share them you have to make a trade-off between eating them when they are hot and beeing rude or let them becoming cold up to the other dishes arrive.

- the service was relatively poor.

If we will come back, but it will be just to eat some amazing dishes (not cheap by the way).
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Laure
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Food 10 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Saturday, December 01, 2007

Promptly and politely greeted when we arrived, there were not a lot of people in the restaurant when we arrived at 7.15pm, however soon filled up quickly. The food was delicious, love the idea of sharing all the dishes. We shared 3 entrees and 2 mains between 2 and that was absolutely plenty. The food came out of the kitchen too quickly, we ordered and we had our entrees within 5 minutes, mind you we did have cold entrees, but still you want to be able to enjoy the atmosphere and have a drink. The service was good, however slightly disappointing, we had lots of different waiters coming to our table, and the plates were taken away too quickly, literally took the last mouth full and the plate was whisked away – we felt like we were being rushed!

Overall would definitely go back and would recommend to others, however make sure the waiters don’t rush you, enjoy the atmosphere and the yummy food and wine!
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Victoria - View all reviews by this user
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Food 9 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Friday, November 02, 2007

Really enjoyed our dining experience tonight - fun, lively and good food - loved the wine by the glass options as I was with a non drinker so allowed me some variety. A little slow because of a mistake in the kitchen but that happens - will certainly go back - in fact re-booked.
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David Moed
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Thursday, November 01, 2007

What a pretentious place?

The food is ok, but not great and they seem to make a big deal about freshly cooked food - come'on guys, that is expected in any decent restaurant in London these days and its not a big deal.
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AK
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Food 2 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 1
Thursday, October 11, 2007

We went for our anniversary and were very impressed with the food and service. Prompt seating and attentive staff. Excellent wine recommendation and the food sharing style was great fun - esp with the delicious creme brulee. Would highly recommend this restaurant for a great night out as a couple or with a group of friends.
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Natasha Campbell
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Food 8 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Saturday, September 29, 2007