The Boundary

Over rated, over priced, and average. Baguette clumps with butter while waiting (not nice Italian bread from their shop downstairs which they could have coughed up for!), average starter, expensive maincourses (we settled on Chateaubriand for £46) and the meat was CHEWY, fancy that in such an expensive restaurant. Service mixed, the maitre d was lovely the waitress not so. Tap water offered which was a real plus. Ok decor, quite liked the open kitchen. But Boundary is in my opinion all style no substance, we wont be returning or recommending
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Vicky
3 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 2
Sunday, October 04, 2009

What a place to find!!! the website states it's a 5 minute walk from Old Street - they lied!! what's more it's extremely difficult to locate as their website map is printed in pale ink and impossible to read. Anyway enough of the moaning!

We'd booked the rooftop restaurant but sadly closed due to rain..

The 2 of us were sat at a sort of banquette against the wall immediately behind where they keep the glasses. We should have asked to be moved as it's probably the worst table in the place. And why do restaurants think you can talk to someone where you're sitting side by side?! Very odd but quite common.

We chose the set menu which was SUBLIME - worth the walk, the aching feet and staring at rows of all those slightly smeary glasses.

If you want the loos, don't do as I did and walk up the stairs (the restaurant is in a sort of basement) cos you'll never find them!! If you go in the lift (so to speak!) it's easy peasy!

Off the beaten track, a bit gloomy, an uncomfortable mock art deco bar - but simply superb food which is what it's all about!!!
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Sally A - View all reviews by this user
9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 9
Friday, September 18, 2009

Some of the great things about eating in a Conran restaurant: the sense of air and light in the dining room lay out, the attention to detail in the decor, the near perfect lighting. Boundary adds simplicity with panache to its food. The bad things about eating in a Conran restaurant: everyone eating and working there knows it is a “Conran restaurant” and behaves like someone shoved a stick up their behinds.

Notes to the maitre d: 1. Food can be served and enjoyed in an informal atmosphere. Tell your staff they can relax a little when serving and enjoy themselves. 2. If you take bookings for tables at 10pm, and you don’t seat them until 10:20, don’t start trying to shuffle people out of the restaurant at 11:45. 3. It's called service, not notice. London’s cognoscente will quickly learn to avoid if you harrass them while they are trying to enjoy themselves paying £200 for a meal for two.

Rabbit was good, but not a patch on the rabbit at Passione. The chicken my girlfriend had was average. I found the food no better than palatable and the atmosphere less than saccharine. It’s the kind of place you would find high ranking advertising executives eating: I can think of no worse commendation for a restaurant. Avoid.
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Richard
1 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Thursday, September 17, 2009

Fantastic front of house managed to find us a table on the rooftop. Sadly after that the service dwindled to being almost non-existent. We were sat next to the kitchen and the bar so could see when our food and drinks were ready, watching them go cold and the ice melt. Had to ask several times for our drinks, which eventually arrived after our starters. Medium-rare ribeye came well done and dry.

I think all the staff were new and didn't really know what they were doing. Shame really - it's a great setting, and the food could be good if the service improves.
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Dan
5 Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 5
Wednesday, June 03, 2009