Duke of Cambridge (Angel)

Lovely venue, especially on a sunny day. Met friends for a Friday lunch. Lovely warm bread served first, and then I ordered the' cheese steak with onion sandwich and salad'. The meat was gristly and fatty, and for me inedible-- couldn't even cut it with a knife. For £11 the quantity of meat was small as well, with most of the plate being the toasted bread bit. A real disappointment.
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Fran - View all reviews by this user
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Food 3 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 5
Saturday, March 08, 2008

Shockingly slow service. I got my starters within an hour of ordering but others waited 1 hour 50 minutes and we were the only people in the restaurant at the time and had prebooked!

Several items from the already small menu were missing including the soup of the day!

The food itself is OK - lovely bread though (we ate a lot of it while we were waiting).

On the positive side the staff are friendly and accommodating of those with particular tastes.

Sorry Duke of Cambridge - I wish I could love you (especially as you are organic) but having visited 10 times or more and variously suffered cold food, small amounts for a high price and slow service my heart always sinks when someone suggests you for a meal.
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Chris
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Food 3 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 2
Thursday, March 06, 2008

What an excellent place to eat and drink , all the better for knowing of the organic status and fish policy . My son, now 8 years and I have been enjoying The Duke for many years . Always a friendly welcome efficient service and very reasonably priced . The ever changing menu means that we never get bored of visiting and often have the opportunity of trying food we have never had before . A good central location for meeting friends for drinks and we have booked the restaurant for birthdays etc .
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Dylan
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Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Friday, February 08, 2008

I am a regular at the duke and its wonderful! If there is ever a problem the fantastic staff always deal with it with such charm. I dont understand why, if people have a problem, why dont they just say so at the time?

And what is that strange person on about with the dog and calling this pub dirty is extraordinary. It must be the cleanest place I have ever been too.

The Duke of Cambridge

serves fantastic food - all the time

has wonderful staff who are friendly and efficient

is organic

has an amazing fish policy

all its environmental polices are second to none

is clean and organised

If you dont like it go else where, you are not worthy of it!!

Rose who loves my local!
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Rose
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Thursday, January 17, 2008

The mixed reviews of the the Duke of Cambridge had me a little worried. I've just eaten there in a party of 10 for lunch, and the quality of food was quite definitely mixed! Those who ordered the venison absolutely loved it, the pasta dish was ok but pasta overdone (not cooked to order?), and a mackerel dish had to be sent back it was so awful. They had managed to place an old tasting piece of mackerel on top of a bed of curried split lentils with a strong black olive tapenade on top. A shame really. Service was great, they exchanged the mackerel for another dish, and we all had a great time regardless.
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LK
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Food 5 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 6
Sunday, January 13, 2008

Christ Almighty! Fancy being so nasty about a dog! We are living in Europe and everyone knows a good community pub people stop by whilst carrying on with their lives. Long live an English man and his dog..... Please don't impose your bullying values on our lifestyle in this country! I've also been to pubs in Barnes, which also allow dogs and what a wonderful family atmosphere there is. Our spaniel is from Scotland and we have travelled throughout the whole of Britian with her and have always been welcomed.
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Sophie Wales
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Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Saturday, December 08, 2007

8-10 of travelled from covent garden for a christmas lunch get together, having been there previously before. All of us ordered from the daily board. The starters came within a very reasonable period of time as did the mains. Most of us had organic wine or beers. The bread tastes really moist and fresh. We all found the starters to be very generous portions -I had lovely warm salad and for those who ordered mussels the bowl was enormous! Everyone enjoyed their mains. Was absolutely stuffed but couldn't resist the deserts from the boards :) which weren't the typical in every restaurant desserts. Staff genuinely were on the ball and co-operative with us. (some of our gang were filtering through late so we were ordering starters and mains at varying times) We spent the Whole afternoon there - everyone had a really really happy restful time. My colleague said the service was not as slow as he had expected. Having been there regularly, not living or working locally, can honestly say we only had to wait a while for our mains once before in the evening but the restaurant was sooo busy it was understandable...

Would return again find it an all round place. thereputic, happy, restful. Would go there by myself for coffee/dessert /ale/food or with friends.
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Nina K.
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Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Friday, December 07, 2007

Lovely buidling, great location and ethics to be applauded.

However the food is poor to average at best, the prices outrageous and the service slow. Such a shame but as so many previous reviewers have observed it is always packed. Take note budding entrepreneurs there's a huge demand for organic eco friendly restaurants even if they're not very good.

My boyfriend quite enjoyed his organic beer though.
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P Lancaster
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Food 3 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 2
Sunday, November 04, 2007

I went to the Duke of Cambridge for my birthday last week. I was keen to go to an organic restaurant but was relauctant to try this particular pub after reading the terrible reviews on this site. In the end I decided to risk it and decide for myself, after all, eight bad reviews can't be representative of a pub that seems to be crowded every night of the week.

On booking the restaurant I requested a quieter table away from the bar so was disappointed to find they had placed us directly next to it - but this was quickly resolved despite the restaurant being fully booked.

I agree that the service isn't super fast but it was perfectly fine for us as we were not in a hurry and wanted to make the most of my celebratory meal. Everything else in London is rushed so a long, pleasant meal was a luxury for me! The food came piping hot and fresh and everyone I was with was happy with their choices. The fish pie and apple crumble were particularly delicious. The portions were large and good value for money.

I would definitely recommend the restaurant at the Duke of Cambridge but not if you are in a hurry.
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Catherine
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Food 9 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Monday, October 22, 2007

I went here for dinner tonight and was so appauled that I am writing this just hours later.

When we arrived (when the restaurant opened to avoid busy times) we were shown to our seats given bread and water but noboby came to take our order for what felt like ages even though only ours and one other table was occupied. As we were about to leave they came to take our order. As I am a vegetarian...a proper one who does not eat fish either I was left with two choices. I chose a gnocchi and beetroot dish which sounded ok.

When I took my first bite I could not believe that they were trying to pass off little blobs of goo over flavoured with cheese and capers and gnocchi! I am slightly fussy so gave a bite to my fiance who will eat just about anything and he hated it as much as I did. The beetroot however would have been fine had it not all been covered in the previously mentioned goo.

My fiance did not think an awful lot of his meal either.

All of this and at the end of it we were charged over £100 for a meal for 4 with no starters, deserts or alcohol all served to us by a woman in a Nike sweatshirt !!!

Needless to say I will not be going back.
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Dawn
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Food 0 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 0
Sunday, October 07, 2007