Med Kitchen

Haven't been too this restaurant since last summer. I was surprised to see that the menu is practically the same as last summer. We sat outside because it was a lovely evening. The meal started well with our order being taken quickly. We sat back to relax and enjoy our wine when the food arrived. This seemed to be too quick for me as my colleague ordered the fishcake it cannot have been cooked to order as it arrived to quickly. I ordered the penne arriabiata which was very plain, not enough chilli and the sauce was bitter and appeared to have been burnt. My colleagues chips were cold so we sent them back.
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Food 3 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 3
Thursday, June 05, 2008

Unfortunatly they placed us in an alcove where the acoustics were challenging but were compounded by the music system being too loud (there was a speaker in the alcove). Polte requests to turn it down so we could hear were ignored- requests such as if you dont turn it down or move us to another table we will have to leave were eventually heard despite some scarasm

A real shame as the menu and food was of good quality, with variety for all ages. Likewise the price was most reasonable. I would definatly return if the music was lower
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Food 9 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 8
Sunday, May 25, 2008

Happened to have dinner at the Med Kitchen on a Bank holiday by chance -- we were on our way back to our hotel after a long, lovely walk on the Thames' South Bank. Although I usually respect my self-imposed rule of not entering a semi-empty restaurant, I chose to make an exception after reading the menu posted outside, since several dishes on offer were mouth-watering. I was not disappointed. Service was average, but food was very good. The tab (20 pounds per head) was reasonable. The only thing I found puzzling was that the only beers being served are Peroni and San Miguel. I have nothing against those beers (I'm Italian after all), but when I am in England I prefer a real ale!
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Food 8 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 8
Friday, May 09, 2008

Arrived at this restaurant after going to see "Hairspray The Musical".

In short, worst service ive ever experienced, decent food and not TOO bad price wise.

We waited 10 mins to be seated which was great because we hadn't even booked a table. While we waited we were reassured twice that we would be seated soon, we thought "we're in for a great service tonight"

We were then seated and given menus, when the waiter finally came over to us after 25 mins we were told that we could not order the food yet, only drinks! We ordered our drinks (non-alcoholic) and waited 20 mins, at which point I looked over and saw our waiter standing in the corner doing NOTHING!

Our meals consisted of Calamari (beautiful) and Soup for starters. For main we had a Sirloin Steak and the Seabass. Both meals were no short of fantastic. We also had a glass of wine each afterwards and the bill came to £57 with tip (althought they didnt deserve it).
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Chris
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Food 8 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 7
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

After a shopping trip to London my exhausted friend and I decided that a nice relaxing meal would be a lovely finish to a busy day. This was unfortunately not what we found here. We appeared to be among the first customers to arrive for dinner and the waiter met us from the door and seated us whilst chewing what appeared to be a mouthful of food. This was forgivable but what followed was not. The same waiter proceeded to frolic around the restaurant throughout with a waitress whilst we had to wait for long periods for service. Although the food was fine the service was most certainly not up to scratch. When I did not leave a tip I was asked by the arrogant waiter why I hadn’t tipped him which was unbelievably rude. He then took the money said he wanted us off the table in 5 minutes time despite my friend and I having half a bottle of wine left to drink. We were both horrified by his rudeness. We gathered our things and left but upon exiting the restaurant located the manager to inform him of the horrendous service we had received.

To our dismay he was even worse than the arrogant waiter. He dismissed our claims saying that his staff would never behave in this way and was not apologetic at all. I can honestly say I have received far superior customer service in my local asda.
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Leanne
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Food 6 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 2
Monday, January 14, 2008

Fabulous--a gem of a find! Perfectly situated in the heart of the West End, this darling restaurant is at once super-chic and relaxed. We had the best hand-to-foot service imaginable by the manager himself, and even a personal visit from the chef. The pasta was top-notch, with the sauce made individually to order. The wine was excellent and the whole meal was extremely reasonably priced. The restaurant was very elegantly decorated and patronized by a very sophisticated clientele. It merits the highest marks all around and I give it my heartiest recommendation.
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PC
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Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Monday, December 03, 2007

We went to this restaurant on 4th August after having been to see the "Little Shop of Horrors".

We booked a table in advance, the Maitre ''d could not have been more helpful - he said he would save us a lovely table and he did.

When we came back, he remembered us, seated us and treated us like royalty - the food was fabulous, the serfvice second to none and the staff wonderful.

I would thoroughly recommend - I just hope that next time I go to London we are near there again so we can return - it was fab.
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Carey Inman-Harrison
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Friday, August 31, 2007

A group of 18 Girls desended on this restaurant for my best friends Hen Party on Saturday 14th July. We had requested the basement rooms so the 'party games' planned would not disrupt other diners!! It was a perfect setting for a very noisy but fun filled evening! I had sent some decorations and pics etc down via post and the staff very kindly set the table up ready for our entrance! Our Waiter Lucas was very helpful all night. The service was very efficient and Lucas did very well do deal with 18 hyper women!!!

I can't comment on everyone's food, but the feedback was generally very good. I had the Salmon fishcake with tzatziki which was lovely and the comments around the table hovered round 'delicious' 'yummy' etc!!!

Our lovely waiter Lucas even took the time to come outside of the restaurant with us to take a final group picture before the 'oldies' of the group called it a night whilst us youngsters partied on!!! (till 6.30am!!!!)

Thank You for helping make my Best Friends Hen Party the best weekend ever!!
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Caroline
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Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 8
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

I have found it very difficult to find a restaurant with good food at reasonab;e prices in the heart of the West End. I will certainly be going back to the Med Kitchen for this reason. The atmosphere caters for most tastes, the service was excellent, the food wonderful, and the toliets surprisingly pleasant and clean. It was around £20 a head for 3 of us with one course and a bottle of wine. Very enjoyable.
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Friday, July 06, 2007

i went to spend st valentine with my girlfriend for the second year running to med kitchen in gloucester road in wich last year was wonderful so my girlfriend and i after so many places to choose from we decided to go and re-live the same lovely atmosphere toghether again!!!!!!

we ordered the st valentine menu water and wine,every things were marvellous until we`ve got at the sea bass that we both ordered!!!!!!!!!!

read carefully what happened cause i`d like to point out that i`m a chef myself ,anyway the sea bass of my girlfriend was completely raw so i exchanged my plate to see if it was eatable and not to spoil the magic moment we were having!at the end it wasn`t i had to call the waitress to fix the problem and ended up watching my girlfriend eat and me waiting 10 min.after the infinite 10 minutes a different waitress came to the table and brought me the same sea bass that had been put on the grill again and was all bits and pieces put back on the same plate on top of the same wobbly salad only there were some cherry tomatoes missing!!!!!!(i was having a

laugh)!!!!!!!!

i called the waitress back and said that what i was seeing was ridicoulus!!she took

the plate back meanwhile all the tables near mine were looking amazed,the manager came and said:oh! you want a new piece of sea bass?the kitchen is making a new one!!!!! my girl friend had finished since 15 minutes ago!!!!!

they broutgh me a very well done nrw sea bass with some rocket salad and just half of a cherry tomato!!!!!!

we asked the bill,we refused to pay the gratuity but i gave a good tip to the waitress for her good service!!!!!

we didn`t receive any apologies or any kind of invitations or any salutes!!!!!

this was my magic valentines night at med kitchen in gloucester road that made me realize that they don`t have any standard quality points for their dishes and no respect for their customers!!!!!!!!!
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bird
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Food 6 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 2
Thursday, February 15, 2007