Last 15 Reader Reviews

Bar Estilo

We visited on a cold Monday evening, and were not surprised to find the place fairly empty. The atmosphere, notwithstanding, was warm and welcoming. We ate tapas, which were OK but nothing special (except the green-lipped mussels - excellent!).

It was a pleasant visit, and we will revisit occasionally.

Artie - Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Wahaca (Covent Garden)

Family of 4 with an unwilling 13 year old (who wanted a burger) - even he was happy at the end of the night. Food was great, everything tasty, no queue. Service bit slow but staff helpful and bill £70!! In London!! For 4 people!! Ok, no alchohol but soft drinks can sometimes be just as expensive. Will definitely be back - but can you open in Glasgow soon please??

GIllian N - Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Tamada

Went to Tamada last week. Great place with romantic atmosphere and professional but not uptight service. The food was worth a trip from South London where we live. Already reserved a table for the Valentines day.

Tasha - Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Tom Ilic

First of all, the food here really deserves top marks. The starters we had (pig's cheek and crab tart) were both brilliantly created with vibrant tastes. The mains (lamb and beef) were similarly tasty and beautifully presented. My chocolate fondant was simply awesome. The cheese was, well, cheese and some biscuits with a pleasing side of walnuts.

The atmosphere was bubbly on a cold Tuesday night and, with half-priced food, the high quality food on offer is well worth it. I would probably go elsewhere at full price though. My crab was a lovely starter, but £15 is hardly 'local prices' unless you live in Mayfair. The service was reasonable, but the focus is obviously on the food. Our bags and coats were left to linger on the floor, the waitress didn't know the cheeses and the toilets are more curry house than Michelin.

But go for the food. At half-price you won't complain!

Matt - Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Wright Brothers Soho

Dismal.

You get very little back in terms of food or atmosphere when balanced against the price.

Whole place feels as if they just can't be bothered. Or rather as if the customer margin calculations and P&L forecast has absorbed all the Wright Bros' focus, rather than cooking or hospitality.

I mean - bog standard taramasalata and toast as a starter? If Wright Bros list cod's roe on the menu you kind of expect something either a little more imaginative.

Location doesn't help - ersatz shopping mall in Soho.

Avoid.

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

10 Greek Street

Great food, fantastic service and very reasonably priced. I'm so pleased this place has just opened round the corner from my work, shame I can't enjoy more of that splendid looking wine list at lunchtime!

Joseph D - Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Wolfe's

The restaurant was very unpleasant in terms of decor which seemed extremely dated. It seemed like an old pub on entry due to the shape of the room and featured a long bar right next to the raised dining tables. I would liken this restaurant to Wetherspoons.

There were very rowdy drinkers (rather like a pub) which interfered with coversations over dinner. Strangely, on one end of the bar there was a small flat screen tv facing the main dining area, showing a soap opera..!

There were a number of instances where a strong draft came through even though the door was closed.

The toilets were not very clean and very cold to say the least.

The food was excessively greasy and of low quality. Especially the starter of fish cakes on a bed of noodles. The noodles were bland and soggy and tasted very cheap. The fish cakes were similarly cheap tasting and were clearly frozen.

The burger was ok but by then my mood was ruined but for the excellent company of my friends.

Service was ok.

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

LPDJ (Westfield)

Fantastic time! Amazing food and excellent service! Definitely recommend

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

The Peasant

We had our wedding reception at the Peasant in January 2012 and can’t recommend it enough as a fantastic relaxed venue with lovely food and wine.

We have had lots of comments from friends and family on how much they enjoyed the food, and particularly liked that they could choose from three options on the day.

Nick was really helpful when we were planning the wedding and helped us to arrange the day with the minimum of fuss. We were really pleased with the DJ that he recommended to us and my dad was over the moon that he ordered in his favourite beer by special request!

Thanks to everyone at The Peasant for making it such a brilliant day. As I’ve said above, we really can’t recommend it enough.

C&T - Tuesday, February 07, 2012

The Well

The downstairs basement is a great venue for a party with support from very helpful and friendly staff. We also had a meal in the restaurant which was excellent. We had a great night.

Kate Nicholson - Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Kazan Kitchen

I had lunch at Kazan

I ordered a six pack juice and a club wrap with chicken and avocado

I loved the food it was really fresh and the juice was energising and amazing

On top of that the girls made me feel welcome and special. I was looked after and for the price I think the service and food was amazing.

Well done and thank you. I wish the best of luck to the new management.

George Giannakopoulos - Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Tierra Peru

This place is gorgeous, the food, the service, everything, i think is a real value for money, perfect for a night out and if you want to try something dlicious and exotic! I will advice anyone wo wants to visit this place to book in advenace as it gets very busy and overbooked at weekends, I definetly recommend it!

Yolanda - Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Humaira

I went to this restaurant to dine alone back in November 2011 and the experience was awful! Although I had a reservation, I was ignored for a while at the door. This is probably because I wasn’t bringing enough business for the restaurant. After about 15 minutes, I was seated at single table located in a congested area. The restaurant in general was very congested and poorly laid out. The servers kept bumping into my table. The service to me was really slow even though the restaurant wasn’t that busy on a Thursday night and there were three severs plus a manager running the show. After waiting for several minutes and giving looks, this heavy man (could be the manager or owner) came to my table with an attitude and tried to force an order out of me in a rush. At this point, I asked to be served by another server and really got upset at my request and said: “well, I wasn’t going to serve you anyway…” Then, a different server took over but the quality of service remained the same – slow and ignorant! Finally, the food came after a long time and wasn’t even that great. I somehow managed to have my dinner and got myself out that awful place called Humaira Restaurant!!!

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Memories of India (Osterley)

Overrated. Too costly and yes they charge for everything from sitting down in the restaurant to the pre starter snacks they provide. Definitely not a place worth going to!

George - Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Nobu

Been several times to Nobu and Nobu Berkeley previously and loved them. My first visit a few years ago was absolutely stunning, but it feels like on each subsequent visit it's got a little bit worse.

Most recently went last weekend with a couple of friends and were fortunate to get a table overlooking the park but wow, was the restaurant feeling jammed together. I mean it's always had a canteen feel stylistically but it felt like they'd pushed a few extra tables in. There were only a couple of inches between tables along the walls and barely passing room between the tables in the middle of the floor for the waiters. With the steady flow of service and noise levels it felt a LOT more like a high street chain noodle restaurant than a high end Michelin starred place. Ditto, the service whilst pleasant enough made you feel like you on a conveyor belt, processing each order, each dish, each drink.

But hey, it's not like Nobu has ever been about the decor or service it's always been about the food. We had the Omakase - multi-course set meal. Not cheap at £80 per head but always worth it in the past. Unfortunately, this time it just wasn't, it really wasn't. There were some great dishes - the tuna sashimi starter was great, the black cod as good as always and the expresso ice cream at the end was fantastic. But several of the dishes were borderline inedible. In particular both the sea bream with lemon and the beef with lime were way too heavy on the citrus, the lemon and lime absolutely obliterating the other flavours - I remember similar dishes before being an amazing blend of flavours but these just tasted of, well, lemon or lime. And arguably even worse, the sushi wasn't that great. Not bad you understand, just not that great, slightly cloying and dull. So out of 8 courses, maybe 3 great, 3 absolutely awful and 2 very indifferent.

Yes, we probably should have said something but it was a fun evening with friends who were in town for the night so didn't really want to spoil it for them by complaining about the food as we'd chosen the venue and were paying.

And talking of paying, yes, it's always been expensive but I really don't mind paying for a great meal. This wasn't. And at a total bill of well over £500 for four, I'd really expect a lot more. 'Fraid I won't be going again.

Sam - Tuesday, February 07, 2012