Bistro One Ninety

i felt compelled to write a quick review on Bistro 190 after eating there last night, I just wanted to say that the whole experience was a delight, the menu was interesting (in a good way) and the quality and presentation of the dishes was outstanding, the staff were attentive without being familiar which I really appreciate. The decor and ambience worked very well and the wine list was well thought out with the house selections being great quality wines without being prohibitively expensive. All in all a truly memorable meal and I would definitely go back and would recommend Bistro 190 to others.
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9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Sunday, July 03, 2011

I would like to express my gratitude to Bistro 190 for making my 40th birthday so special.

We started the evening in the Bar for some pre drinks before we all sat down for dinner. We had a very charming room at the back of the Bar called the Gothic Room we was exclusively reserved for my party (at no cost).

After a couple of rounds of drinks we headed into the Bistro where we had a table of 16 people reserved for us. After the first 30 minutes I fell in love with the atmosphere and character of the restaurant. The staff were extremely helpful and there college of the wine shocked me.

I will for sure return again in the future!
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Sally Cook
10 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 9
Thursday, February 24, 2011

I would like to say that I had a fantastic time at Bistro 190 last month.

I was going to the Cirque Du Soleil and was looking for some time for a restaurant close by to the Royal Albert Hall and stumbled across this gem.

We booked in at 17:30 giving us plenty of time to sit back, relax and enjoy the fabulous food.

For the main course we had the Pan fried market fish wish was cooked to perfection.

I would definitely recommend this restaurant and will be dinning there again next year for Totem again.
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10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Thursday, February 24, 2011

I have eaten at 190 a number of times, when going to a Prom. From their point of view, it has the advantage of being in a restaurant desert at that end of Queens Gate, so that it has a more or less captive clientele who are on their way to the Albert Hall round the corner. I have never eaten well there, though never before so badly as to make it worth the bother of complaint. But my experience last week needs to be recorded.

We had not booked, but a table was found for us in a friendly enough way. I arrived before my companion, and was given menu and wine list promptly. But once my companion arrived we were left alone until we could attract attention. As the rest of the meal demonstrated, 190 is the kind of restaurant where the customer has to keep an eye on the waiter, instead of the other way round.

My first course was a pleasant little salad, which I really enjoyed; my second was duck ravioli. Three cold discs arrived, with another little salad rather oddly on top, on a cold plate. No parmesan was produced for the pasta, so after some minutes waiting for it, I attracted the attention of a waiter and asked for some. he seemed frankly bewildered, but after some minutes returned with some shavings of pasta in a little dish. I told him that I meant the customary grated Parmesan . He looked even more surprised, but after another wait he came back, this time with some cheese (?Parmesan?) which had been put through one of those rotary graters, and come out in little worms. It was in a small dish, with no spoon to sprinkle it with, and so was quite unsuitable for the purpose. I gave up. It must be the only restaurant in the kingdom since 1950 where neither waiters nor kitchen know that Parmesan is invariable offered with (non-fishy) pasta and how to do it.. Bizarre.

A small glass of mediocre house wine at £6 hardly improved matters; nor did the fact that a bottle of water, two coffees and an unearned 12 1/2 % doubled the cost. The food was not all that bad, but its quality and the service were wildly at odds with the restaurant's pretensions and charges. The waiters were smiley enough, but were the kind who think their main task is to ask you every now and then if you are enjoying yourself. Somebody in management needs to get a grip on this place, and help it realise the potential. its situation offers, I wish them well.
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2 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 0
Saturday, August 07, 2010