Kensington Place

I was so shocked to find on my “Wild wood pigeon” starter the foot of the bird on my plate that I almost got sick on my seat !
As a main I ordered a poached Sea bream and missed that the dish was including an oxtail !!!
No need to say this has disgusted me even more.
My friends had Pot roasted chicken and the Balsamic glazed pork belly and they were extremely plain in flavour.
I missed the Amaretto in the vanilla Bavarois poached pear, honeycomb and Amaretto syrup and the selection cheese was very average.
Fortunately we had a lot of good wine and the service was very good even if you could tell the staff was stressed as they were not enough of them.
We end up to pay £250 for 5 and I was ashamed to have dragged my French friends in a restaurant where they think modern cuisine is to mix oxtail and poached white fish !!!

Went for a sunday lunch the other day. We arrive to a half empty restaurant and are placed next to the toilet, despite our booking. There were several tables available away from the toilet during the whole stay. The only thing that sort of saved this experience was that the food was tasty, had the pork belly. The service was very poor, no attention to customers and lack of basic knowledge that you require from a waiter.

I probably wont come back.

/P

I recently rediscovered Kensington Place and having gone for lunch and loved every mouthful, I returned with my other half for his birthday dinner. The meal was sensational for the price, quality, everything – we couldn't fault it and as at lunchtime, we enjoyed informed, delightful service that was neither intrusive nor overbearing.

In the midst of a recession, restaurant's like Kensington Place have a thing or two to teach their greedy, poor quality rivals. It is a delight to find it still producing food of the quality that helped gain it's reputation so long ago and, what's more, under new ownership – well done and we will keep coming back!

Philippa

Had a private function for 100 guests at the Kensington Place Restaurant and I have to say it was marvellous. The staff were efficient and courteous and some were even witty. The assistance from the Sales & Marketing Manager was exceptional prior and during the event. The restaurant was also able to accommodate a strange request on the night for a raw fish (long story!).
Kensington Place offered us a fabulous evening that was appropriate to our budget and the food was amazing. Jerusalem artichoke salad, aged beef skirt steak and the ‘Crunchie’ – kept our guests more than happy. Although, a fight almost ensued on our table over who had the biggest piece of honeycomb on their ‘crunchie’. I will definitely be paying Kensington Place another visit.