The Green Room

we thought the green room would be worth a try having seen fairly decent reviews and is within our local area, went with some friends. ambience fairly ok, seating not so comfortable but reasonable. good choice on menu. generally food was very disappointing and totally overpriced, not worth the money at all - standard of cooking was very mediocre. the wait in between courses was around 45 mins, which is not acceptable. a real shame as it would have been good to have a decent local run restaurant to go to. sadly, we will not be back - it's just not worth it.
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Karen
5 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 3
Sunday, July 18, 2010

I used to love this place, but standards have definitely slipped. We went there last night and the service was absolutely awful. It was slow, clumsy and sometimes down-right rude. The food was still pretty good (bar a cold crab cake and - rather bizarrely - frozen grapes on the cheese plate), but I definitely won't be going back. What a shame...
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3 Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 3
Friday, July 09, 2010

We had a delightful modern French dinner at The Green Room a few months ago.

I'm dreaming of the chocolate fondant for desert!

The service was friendly yet not too friendly, professionally precise but still casual enough to make one feel a 'regular'.

Even living in Holland Park, I find excuses to go to W. Hampstead just to dine at this great discovery.

It is terrific to find enterprising young restauranteurs who actually delivery quality and at a reasonable price.

Suggest you book soon!
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Jeannine
9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 9
Thursday, June 03, 2010

This is a lovely little restaurant restaurant, tucked away in a secret corner of West Hampstead. It bills itself as Modern European and one can say it does the job very well.

The service was very attentive, contrary to some of the other reviews here, although there were occasional lapses of concentration, so I will concede it's quite possible they could drop the ball on a busy day. But I went mid-week and all was well.

The standard of the food was very high. My company and I had no complaints on this front.

The decor and atmosphere were fine, but... it was a bit too echoey for my liking. To their credit, they refrained from playing loud music, as this would have added to the din. I went on a mid-week summers day, when there were few customers and the front windows were open. I would imagine the acoustics to be quite different on a Friday in winter!

Pricewise, I felt the bill was a little steep for what it was. Not so steep as to cause a problem, however, but still on the surprising side! I have ordered more in seemingly "posher" restaurants and been charged less.

However, I do recommend the Green Room. And I will most likely return as it made a good impression overall and falls well within my usual stomping grounds.
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Alan Ingham - View all reviews by this user
8 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 7
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

The Green Room is a hidden gem in West Hampstead offering tasty French/British cuisine. This restaurant is just tiny and carefully decorated, but there is always a buzzing and happy atmosphere to it. The food is well presented and carefully prepared using high quality products - it is what I call authentic cuisine, made locally with local products (the fish is bought from the fish mungers across the road), and run by a young French British couple. I am a regular customer of this restaurant. Every time my husband and I have been there, we have had a lovely evening and have never ever been disappointed by the food nor the service. In fact, when we return, we are recognised and welcomed like old friends. The credit crunch friendly set menu is very good value - it is tasty, without being too fussy. If you come on a busy night, yes, you might wait a bit longer, but when you are enjoying yourself, that is probably a bonus. The Green Room is all about having a great evening with friends, or with your loved one. MH
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Michelle
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Saturday, July 18, 2009

I had a wondeful evening out with friends at this lovely littel restaurant in West Hampstead. It is definitely the best in the area. The service was exceptional and the food was fresh and tasty. The ingredients they use are very good quality and the set menu was great value for money. The waitress was very attentive and friendly and the atmosphere is just right. Loved the decor and will definitely be going back
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10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Friday, April 10, 2009

After reading various reviews on this website, I felt the green room would be an ideal venue to take my wife to on valentines day....how wrong I was! After being charged an extortionate amount for a very basic set menu with "a complimentary glass of fizz"...how laughable when the set menu was £45 per head! The service was incredibely poor, so much so that we were forgotten about on numerous occassions, to the point that once I even had to venture upstairs to request that someone take our order as we seemed to be served by everyone barring the chef and that obviously added to all the confusion and lack of attention we received.

The food was average...nothing more and the portions were small, and after the poor service, we could not help but feel that this restaurant had fallen into the same trap as many others and put profit before their customers. Even after being pleasent throughout as I did not wish for anyone to ruin my night with my wonderful wife, we did not even get a nice friendly chat to excuse the confusion, which was totally unacceptable. On any other night, I would have simply refused to pay the service charge but considering the evening, I again felt I did not want to be annoyed further by having to explain my reasons behind it, so I paid the bill outright and made my way out of the dungeon they had placed us in...with little other space than the gap for the whole restaurant to constantly walk through to the small unisex toilet near our tables. On our way out, we found two couples refusing to pay the service charge, and they were seated in the main restaurant.....incredible! Never again will I enter this establishment for the simple reason, that we are willing and understand that we will pay a higher premium for V Day, but to totally neglect your customers and quite honestly think we are stupid enough to accept it, is an amazingly arrogant mistake to make.
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Zac
2 Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 1
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

I really enjoyed this place! It was quiet (albeit mid-week) and tastefully decorated, which is always a good start. The a la carte menu looked delicious but we decided to opt for the set menu, which was very reasonably priced (£15 for two courses, £20 or so for three). The waiter was very friendly and provided us with some delicious olive bread straight after taking our order, which was very welcome as I was starving. It was also a peasant change to have it served with balsamic vinegar and olive oil rather than butter. To start with my friend and I had the goats cheese souffle, which was suitably creamy yet light, and accompanied by some very scrumptious garlic bread. I followed it up with some very basic penne pasta with a ragu-ey like sauce, which was complimented nicely by fresh basil leaves and some mature pecorino cheese. Very tasty despite its simplicity, so no complaints there. The dessert raspberry cheesecake I was less impressed by, but mainly because I am extremely fussy about my cheesecakes and prefer them plain (sans coulis or any silly toppings) and baked rather than refrigerated, and this cheesecake did not reach my standards on either count. However, my friend's rhubard crumble looked and smelt delicious!

I would definitely recommend this place if you are in the area and are looking for somewhere nice and well-priced. I shall certainly return whenever in Hampstead!
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ITM - View all reviews by this user
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Had a wondeful time at this lovely little local restaurant. Service was really friendly & informative. The food was very tasty. We had a wonderful goats cheese souffle with beetroot coulis, a great combination and some really well cooked mussels to start. The monkfish was cooked to perfection amd the lamb shank just so tender. We followed with rhubarb cromble of the old school variety and a light and refreshing panacotta.

The wine list is really well thought out and priced well.
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ellie
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Monday, February 09, 2009

We visited the Green Room twice when it had just opened last year and really loved it. However, we went again last week, and it was a real change!

We turned up on time but were told that our table wouldn't be ready for another 30 minutes, however we were offered drinks on the house if we didn't mind going to the bar next door and coming back later.

When we arrived back, we had to jump out of the way while other diners stomped out in anger at not being served.

We were then ignored for 10 minutes. The rest of the staff were obviously very busy, and generally ignored us. When the owner came over for a few seconds - I have to say it didn't really make up for the lack of service for the rest of the evening. Also, no drinks on the house as had been promised!

Food was ok, nothing special
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1 Overall rating
Food 4 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 1
Friday, February 06, 2009