Fifteen London (Restaurant)

Without doubt the worst place i've been to ever! One main dish just tasted completely burnt. Others had no taste to them what so ever. Manager very casual in the apologies by leaning against a wall and explaining that the chef may have been making the dish so often today that he got bored! Yes the manager actually justified the bad food by saying the chef might have got bored! To top off the evening I even had to catch a glipse of the state of the kitchen... I won't go into to much detail, all you need to know, it was bad!!! The only good thing about this place was the waiter. Even he looked embarrassed by the standards of everything else.
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Steve
3 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 1
Sunday, February 05, 2012

I feel compelled to write due to the polarity of the reviews.

Took a party of 4 to the Restaurant on a Tuesday night and have to say that the food was fantastic.

As a group we all had a nibble of one another's plate, for starters Burratta, Prosciutto and 2x Crab bruschetta were ordered. They came out promptly and the crab won the round but they all tasted great.

For mains our party had a Fisherman's stew, a lamb and 2x Pork - again all the dishes were brought out with great service and they all tasted fantastic.

My pork dish was served with the most incredible dauphinoise potatoes and pesto, the dish was superb!

By which point we were all stuffed so we skipped desert - shame.

All in all I can't fault the place, the food was great, the service was attentive and the place was rammed.

Top marks and I'd happily go again and again!
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Bobby - View all reviews by this user
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

The worst dining experince. Dreadful food, slow service, 3 hours for 2 courses! Hopeless service. Quite clearly trading of Jamie's name.
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Stephen clark
0 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Sunday, January 08, 2012

Went to this restaurant with my husband for the New Year. I have to say that the food was awful. Was very hungry when I got home. The ambience was very boring and dull. I had the soup to start which looked like semolina. The lamb was plonked on top of overcooked green stuff and tasted of nothing. My husband had the pork which was disgusting. We did not stay to try the dessert. We left there realling disappointed after paying over 100 pound spent. We will not be returning. I wish that Jamie would read these reviews to see what is actually happening in this restaurant. I cant believe for one minute that he knows this is the type of food he is serving. The staff were very unprofessional too. I have seen more professional staff in my local carvery.
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Elaine Marcham
1 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 0
Saturday, December 31, 2011

Really good atmosphere, welcoming and friendly staff. Recommend the Burrata starter!
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Sammy and Andrew
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Friday, December 30, 2011

I booked a table for 5 for my daughters 21st birthday and we went last night (19/12) having spent 3 months looking forward to it. However, I'm sorry to say that we were really disappointed. The menu was uninspiring and we all found it difficult to find something that appealed. The waiter did not really know what some of the things were on the menu either. When the food arrived the starters were ok but the main courses were inedible. 3 of us had the pork with polenta which can only be described as green slush, and the meat was very fatty. 1 had the lamb in a very bitter sauce and 1 had the venison which was good. The food was outrageously expensive and was not at all good value for money.

We did not pay the 12.5% service charge which was automatically added to the bill as we did not feel that we had particularly good service either.

we expressed our concerns over the food to our waiter and was told that they had similar comments before!

I will definitely not be returning and we are genuinely upset that Jamie is putting his name to this restaurant.

Additionally I had ordered a birthday cake (£8) which turned out to be a sort of chocolate/cocoa cake on a plate with happy birthday written in chocolate. They had asked the name of the birthday person but there was no reference to her at all.
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lesley Read
2 Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 0
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

I totally agree with the large number of negative reviews. Food was at best average - no more than good pub dining quality. To be fair, we had some very good wine, albeit at an extortionate price, and our waiter worked very hard. However the overwhelming memory of the evening is of the ridiculously high bill - totally out of all proportion to the quality of the evening - and to add insult to injury we were harried away from our table after two hours so they could get the second sitting in. For the price we were paying we expect to be left in peace. Without Jamie Oliver's name attached this restaurant would not survive a month against the competition. The basic idea is admirable, but the performance is inadequate and Oliver needs to address the problems or abandon the project. I would advise anybody I know against visiting.
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Graham Jackson
4 Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 1
Sunday, December 18, 2011

Hmmm, after the slew of reviews below I guess you won't be surprised to hear that we also found Fifteen Restaurant to be highly disappointing. The quality of the food was at best pub lunch and the presentation extremely poor. For £27 I expect more than a piece of very fatty pork belly slopped on top of a massive bowl of green gunge (alleged to be a type of polenta in the menu). We even sent back the complimentary desserts as they were so unpleasant. The service was at best amateurish and slow, though most of the staff were at least friendly and apologetic as the disastrous evening unfolded. Despite being comped a second bottle of wine and coffee, and with the service charge removed, we paid more than £60 a head. Avoid.
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Mark
3 Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 2
Sunday, December 11, 2011

We had a disappointing experience at Fifteen on Saturday night.

I booked the table a while ago for my boyfriend's birthday and was expecting a really special evening. We arrived about half an hour before our booking and were given a seat in the bar area but weren't given a drinks menu, I had to go and ask for one after sitting there for ten minutes.

We were taken downstairs to the restaurant, we had beef to start which tasted like blank raw mince with some dry toast, the mains were OK (average really for the price - nothing like the high quality I expected when you're paying £28 for a main). Just after our mains were cleared away the waiter came over and said the table had been booked for 9pm so we'd have to finish up and leave (I booked for 8pm) couldn't believe we had just an hour!! I explained that I had booked the table months ago and was not happy. He went away and returned a few minutes later, instead of coming over to apologize, he walked past our table and mumbled that it had 'been sorted' as if they were doing us a favour!!

Overall not the special experience I had hoped for and an overpriced bill to top it all off. Oh dear Jamie.
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3 Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 2
Monday, December 05, 2011

We went to Fifteen on Friday evening, 11th November 2011.

It was awful! Bland food, expensive wine and dull atmosphere. Had to return my main meal, having had an awful starter. Service didn't even have the basics covered. Main meal £28?? what planet are they on?? Jamie needs to keep a close eye on what his name is put to - as he obviously isn't around much. Dreadful place, would never go again and will tell others to stay away.
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2 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 1
Monday, November 14, 2011