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Rowley’s is just the ticket for heritage-hungry tourists & St James’s suited & booted brigade who prefer their food unchanging & resolutely simple – a slice of good old tradition, culinary clichés & all. Entrecôte served with chunky chips or unlimited French fries at recession-friendly prices are the house speciality, although the menu flaunts its brand of old-school internationalism with chicken livers & wild mushrooms on toasted brioche, homemade burgers & tuna niçoise. Puds bring it all back home in gut-busting fashion with sticky toffee pudding or fruit crumble. Decor inoffensively mixes gilt-framed mirrors, wood floors & original tiling with a strong sense of history from the building’s previous incarnation as the original Wall’s sausage shop. Wine selections are geared for affordability, although the £1.95 cover charge is an unwelcome throwback to the bad old days.

WINE LIST OF THE YEAR

A great list for this venue: compact, clear and well priced. There are plenty of regions and grapes that the wine novice would recognise, but there’s also some interesting stuff for the cognoscenti to get their teeth into: Grüner Veltliner, Italian Pinot Nero, Slovenian Pinot Gris, and English fizz. Even better, the majority of the wines are under £25.

Overall Diner Rating

5.6
Food & Drink
6.2
Service
5.2
Atmosphere
6.0
Value
5.2

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  1. Tanya B.

    ( 30s, London )

    Well, I haven't read the other diner reviews, but I can tell they weren't good from the scores they gave. I may have to disagree. A friend and I had been hoping to get into Burger and Lobster, but the 2 hour wait kind of put us off the idea…so we strolled around Mayfair heading towards Picadilly Circus in quest of a non stuffy restaurant…and we found Rowleys' on Jermyn Street of all places!

    Both of us loved it. My friend had fish and chips. I was toying with cod or steak..and following the advice of the friendly waitress I went for the steak, cooked rare, served with as many fries as you can eat basically. Loved it. Steak fabulous, and fries delicious. Apparently the fish and chips were great too.

    I normally hate just walking into a restaurant and hoping for the best in London (far too many disappointing/not great restaurants out there), but thankfully it all worked out brilliantly. Had a great catch up over great food. Nothing fancy, but heh, it was done well so we were both happy. Nice buzzy atmosphere too, and old style decor, but in a good way.

    Very glad we didn't try out Getti's over the road – half full of people almost twice our age (a little different from the Marylebone branch I think)

    • Overall: 8
    • Food & Drink: 8
    • Service: 9
    • Atmosphere: 8
    • Value: 7
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  2. Ann M.
    Reviews: 1

    ( 50s, Female )

    Very surprised! lovely restaurant-that was it— service was poor never asked if enjoyed meal!
    and can understand why -chunky chips were awful like mashed potatoes in chip form.in all fairness steak good
    Paid the bill thought was expensive checked when home and noticed cover charge of £1 -95 per person we were a party of four why was this !! there was no entertainment and it is not a club?? then the service charge of 12.05per cent certainly will not recommend Rowleys Jerymn st -London SW1Y6HJ .
    excellent decor – v. overpriced . might return as like to give a second chance and is great location
    Annabelle

    • Overall: 5
    • Food & Drink: 5
    • Service: 4
    • Atmosphere: 7
    • Value: 2
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  3. Ben

    ( 30s, Male, London )

    Always drop-in for the signature “steak frites”, although prices are increasing!

    • Overall: 7
    • Food & Drink: 7
    • Service: 5
    • Atmosphere: 5
    • Value: 6
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    1. Tanya B.

      Tanya B. ( 30s, London )

      18 March 2012

      Well, I haven't read the other diner reviews, but I can tell they weren't good from the scores they gave. I may have to disagree. A friend and I had been hoping to get into Burger and Lobster, but the 2 hour wait kind of put us off the idea…so we strolled around Mayfair heading towards Picadilly Circus in quest of a non stuffy restaurant…and… More

      • Overall: 8
      • Food & Drink: 8
      • Service: 9
      • Atmosphere: 8
      • Value: 7
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    2. Ann M.
      Reviews: 1

      Ann M. ( 50s, Female )

      November 2010

      Very surprised! lovely restaurant-that was it— service was poor never asked if enjoyed meal!
      and can understand why -chunky chips were awful like mashed potatoes in chip form.in all fairness steak good
      Paid the bill thought was expensive checked when home and noticed cover charge of £1 -95 per person we were a party of four why was this… More

      • Overall: 5
      • Food & Drink: 5
      • Service: 4
      • Atmosphere: 7
      • Value: 2
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    3. Ben

      Ben ( 30s, Male, London )

      October 2008

      Always drop-in for the signature “steak frites”, although prices are increasing!

      • Overall: 7
      • Food & Drink: 7
      • Service: 5
      • Atmosphere: 5
      • Value: 6
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