Greig's Grill

Enjoyed the whole event - the atmosphere, the wine, the surroundings, the food. Rushti (spelling ?) and his merry crew were extremely attentive and I would definitely return....
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Boz
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Monday, January 09, 2012

Greigs private dining room was the venue for my 50th birthday party in December 2011 and they could not have been more helpful in arranging the event. They were flexible with menus and wines and also made it comparatively affordable for a central London venue. The location suited my friends from London and those who travelled up from Brighton as it's a short taxi ride from Victoria station. The food was great, hearty and filling. None of those tiny arty meals piled up on the centre of a plate, with smidgeons of this and that to look good on the menu, and jus dribbled around it ,that leave you starving. This was proper food, well cooked, and plenty of it. They also took the trouble to decorate the room with flowers and provide seasonal crackers. Service was excellent too. We arrived at 7 and stayed to midnight for a very memorable evening with old friends in an atmospheric location. Warmly recommended.
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Russell Levinson - View all reviews by this user
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Wednesday, January 04, 2012

The good reviews must either be shills or from people who have no taste whatseover. I was invited to Greig's for a corporate dinner and it was truly awful. We had a choice from a set menue and there was tomato and mozarella salad among the starters. I enquired whether the mozarella was Bufallo mozarella and I was assured it was. When it arrived it was a cold lump of cheap cow milk mozarella, which I could not bring myself to eat, so I had only the tasteless tomatoes. Main course was steak, which arrived overcooked, even though I ordered it two grades rarer than I wanted it, as I already knew what was coming. The steak was watery, tasteless cheap supermarket meat. The fries were soggy and half cooked. It doesn't stop there. Service was provided by a clueless waiter of schoolboy age, who proceeded to pour a red wine glass full of lukewarm white wine. This restaurant is the ultimate joke, buying cheap supermarket ingredients and using cheap uneducated labour and selling the package as "fine dining experience".
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Reinhard Schu
1 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 0
Friday, November 11, 2011

Unashamedly old fashioned. The decor, service and menu is a glimpse back to an era of dining almost long forgotten and often lambasted for bad food. Starters of 'Seasonal Melon' and 'Prawn Cocktail' brought a smile to our face. Like we'd walked into 1970s. Anyway, short on time we skipped starters. We went because we needed to eat somewhere in Mayfair, that wouldn't cost a fortune and realised with our Taste of London we could get 50% off on a Friday night. I had fillet steak, which was delicious, butter like, nicely charred, cooked well and my partner said his mixed grill was one of the best he had ever tried. With the discount it meant paying around £11 for our mains which felt like day light robbery. We splurged on a lovely bottle of red, the wine list is worth checking out in itself. Service was good, I'd have to be quite pernickety to find fault. Its not re-inventing the wheel and some of the menu did seem a little tired. It was quiet as we were eating early, filling up as we left and my chips could have done with a few more mins in the fryer to crisp up. Apart from that very good value for money even without the taste card. Worth checking out if you are in the mood for a trip down memory lane and a large decent steak.
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Emma
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 10
Saturday, May 14, 2011

Walked by the Greig's Grill today, and decided to have lunch there. A big mistake! Starter was a very bleak leek and potato soup, thin and tasted of nothing. For mains was baked salmon and chips. Salmon was over cooked but the chips tasted alright.

Service was attentive but with no finesse. Presentation of food was a joke. I would expect this kind of food in a cheap pub but not in Mayfair. Please do yourself a favour and don't go there.
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Charlotte
2 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 1
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Really disappointing. The fried brie was awful, cold in the middle, big cubes covered in thick breadcrumbs. The main course was ok but the presentation was poor and represented that of a roadside cafe! Would not go back.
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4 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 5
Saturday, April 09, 2011

Is everyone talking about the same restaurant?

The restauarant itself is in a brilliant little location, so I entered thinking I'd stumbled upon something special. That's where the positives ended. The interior is incredibly dated, the atmosphere stuffy, and everything a bit "1980s dinner party". I could have forgiven all of this if the food was good, but sadly it wasn't.

We ordered 2 x steak and chips. The steaks were watery and lacking flavour, and wrongly cooked, even when sent back twice. The chips, to be fair, are pretty good - crisp, salty and good flavour. The tomato and mushrooms, however, are laughable. A handful of chopped button mushrooms - like you might get served in a Little Chef breakfast - and half a very ordinary salad tomato garnished with some breadcrumbs and dried herbs.

If the steaks had been even half decent, I would just assume that the restaurant is doing well by catering to the older generation, and we'd had an unfortunate blip with the kitchen. But they weren't, and everything I could see from neighbouring tables didn't look good either. Don't book this for a meal with friends/family without checking it out first - you might love it, or you might be sorely disappointed.
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Jess - View all reviews by this user
2 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 2
Friday, April 08, 2011

I am astounded by these good reviews. Myself and 13 friends of mine dined there last night and had a horrendous meal. We chose from the Christmas set menu and not one person enjoyed any of their courses. When the asparagus arrived, it was limp and a bit grey looking. It had lost all its vibrant colour. Also, there was far too much on the plate, especially for a starter. The deep fried brie was served with what we think was a strawberry coulis which didn’t work at all. Also, the brie was still hard in the middle, it hadn’t even melted! Plus there was far too much for a starter portion.

When the mains came, the steaks were served first (odd decision) but because there was a delay with the rest of the meals, the steaks had cooled down by the time everyone could start. The grilled lobsters were appalling. They were covered in garlic. So much so, that you couldn’t taste the lobster, all you could taste was garlic. I love garlic normally but this was too much even for me. It was also very chewy. The turkey roast was half a roast, half a fry up! Everything was served with a fried tomato and what looked and tasted like tinned button mushrooms. Appalling for what we believed to be a nice restaurant.

The service was also terrible. When our mains were cleared from the table, the waiters failed to remove the fries and vegetables that were in the middle of the table. They also didn’t clean the areas around each person so any stray green beans or chips that had fallen off plates were left there for the rest of the night! Even when the waiters were serving the desserts, the chips and veg were still on the table, as was the butter and the salt and pepper! We had to ask for them to be removed.

Nearly everyone at the table had ordered chocolate mousse as we were all under the impression that chocolate mousse is airy and light. Not in Greigs apparently! It looked very unappetising (most people commented that it resembled a cow pat!) and it was hard, heavy and dense. Everyone put their spoons down after a couple of bites and the waiters didn’t question why they were removing virtually untouched plates. We also had to keep asking the waiters to top up our water and wine. They may have had temporary staff in over the Christmas period but they should have been trained up before they started serving.

Overall, it was a thoroughly disappointing night and I would never go back or recommend it to anyone. Quite the opposite in fact.
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1 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 0
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

One of my friends booked a small private room at Greig's for her birthday party. We were a party of 14 and were seated in the Oak Room around a square table. The room is lovely and the staff even decorated it in a birthday theme.

We chose off a 3 course set menu and the food was lovely. It was almost too much food for us girls but delicious. I took tiger prawns in garlic butter and most of my friends had steak and everyone agreed with me that the food is great. Also the starters like trout and tomato mozzarella salad and the desserts were prepared to perfection.

The waiting staff was very attentive and friendly, my wine glass was never empty and before I could ask for something one of the waiters already offered it to me.

I am planning on coming back soon with my boyfriend. I know he will love the steak and chips!!
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Esperanza
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 9
Thursday, December 02, 2010

I went to Greig's grill on my Birthday with my family on the Sunday and had a fantastic time.

We ordered variety of dishes, including Sunday Roast, Fillet Steak, Rump Steak, Fish and the kids had set lunch. All the dishes came cooked to our taste and it tasted delicious, specially the rump steak had really good flavour.

The atmosphere was very cosy and relaxing, and the staff were extremely friendly, helpful and patient when were ordering the food.

I would definitely comeback here again.
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Tuguldur Baatar
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Thursday, November 25, 2010