Julie's

Julie’s divides opinion: to its fans, the warren-like series of dining rooms, each intricately designed with its own look & character, is ‘just so pretty’, but others write the place off as ‘a relic from the 1970s’. Staff come across as charmingly ‘quirky’ to some, while others describe service as ‘unfriendly’. And although the ‘straightforward & unpretentious’ food – which also includes breakfast & afternoon tea – is much appreciated in some quarters, there are those who dismiss it as ‘mediocre’, & even loyal regulars describe the brasserie classics of calf’s liver, lamb cutlets, entrecote & pan-fried sea bass as ‘a bit pricey’ at upwards of £16 – not least after the restaurant was fined for passing off non-organic ingredients as the genuine article. But there is a ray of sunshine: Julie’s has won back its outdoor licence, so the cherished alfresco tables & chairs in quiet Clarendon Cross are once more a summer fixture.