All Reader Reviews by Anonymous

1901 @ Andaz (formerly Aurora)

Beautiful restaurant and seven course tasting menu was unfaultable. The memory of the scallops in creamy cheese and cauliflower sauce will stay with me forever. I'm usually quite hard to please but this place wone me over. We will be returning.

Thursday, September 27, 2007
Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8

Nutmeg

I thought I should write to re-dress the balance of these reviews.

The Nutmeg is a slightly above average. Yes, the service is friendly but with only 2 waiters for a full mid week restaurant it was quite slow and mistakes were made with our order.

The food is well presented but very mild, and some of the 'modern twist' dishes miss the mark by miles. We has a lamb mince stuffed chicken breast smoothered with a sweet sauce and a king prawn dish that was watery and sat atop a mass of iceberg lettuce. Admittedly, had there been more than just the 2 of us dining we may have sampled, and liked, other dishes. Certainly, we were glad to have the 50% off offer as paying the full amount would not have gone down well given the standard of the food

The decor and sevice may just have tipped the balance in favour of a return visit. There are, however, restaurants serving tastier indian food out there.

Monday, July 02, 2007
Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 7

Nutmeg

This is clearly a much loved restaurant. It was completely booked out on the Thursday evening that we dined. We went on the London-eating offer and, quite frankly glad we did, as paying the full amount would not have gone down well. We had high expectations based on the previous reviews and they were not quite met. Yes, the service was very friendly, but with only 2 waiters available it was a little slow and prone to mistakes, as proved by our first course - we received someone else's order. The food was actually ok, but very mildly spiced. We had the mixed starter to begin with, followed with a less successful chicken breast stuffed with mince lamb and spinach. It was covered with a thick sweet sauce. The £16 king prawn chef special was watery and sat atop a huge salad dominated by iceberg lettuce. Perhaps if we'd dined in a group and had the opportunity to try a wider range of dishes we'd have been less disappointed. We may even consider going back - the friendly staff and nice decor may just warrant another try. The food, however, seems quite over-rated.

Sunday, June 24, 2007
Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 6