Cipriani

I have never written a restaurant review on a computer before, but I have never had a worse restaurant experience in my life. I have lived in London for 16 years and have traveled the world and eaten in restaurants from Sydney to New York. I rate London's restaurants as some of the best, but whatever you do DONT go to this one. I too had the same starter as the reviewer above and it was like paying £20 for Marks & Spencer's ham and mozzerella – dreadful and I had the signature dish which was stuck to the plate. Everywhere I looked people were eating flat tuna, meats and pasta which were stuck to the plate. If the restaurant turned upside down, it wouldn't matter because the food is all stuck to the plates. The room was old fashioned, the clientele Euro/Arab/American trash and the staff dress like Tom Hanks in ‘Big’. They constantly push you through and are charmless. When asked whether I wanted coffee, I asked for some ‘peace’ to which the waiter with broken English said ‘some cake’? Needless to say we left and went to Claridges for coffee nearby…we just wanted… More

My boyfriend and I have always wanted to go to Ciprianis, but never been. So last night after walking past again we decided impromptu to see if they had a table and try it for the first time. We will not be going back. Granted we were one of the first in the restaurant and were given a great table in the corner of the main part of the restaurant and when the restaurant did start filling up about 7.30, the atmosphere was great, but apart from that the whole experience was just plain awful.

The menu itself just lists the dishes with no description as to what the dishes actually are – who knows unless you are italian what Veneta chicken is??? I ordered the smoked ham and mozarella to start and my boyfriend the octopus capaccio with borlotti beans. My dish was I can quite honestly say one of the worst starter I have ever eaten in a restaurant. It was basically a small lump of mozarella with a packet of ham thrown on. A child could have done a better job!!! No seasoning, no dressing, no effort involved at all! The octopus carpaccio was no better, indeed it was… More

I went with 3 friends to Cipriani. I had high expectations of a restaurant in the Mayfair area. All I can say is I was disappointed. On arrival we were seated, passed menus and drinks orders taken. The tables may as well have been ontop of each other given the proximity to the next one. The hovering of staff was not a pleasant experience and they kept passing our table pouring whatever liquid on the table into glasses, and constantly interupting. The menu is not descriptive, it just gives the dish name not its contents, and a vegitarian freind was very limited by choice. She actually ordered something that would normally be a vegitarian dish that was full of veal. When she mentioned this, the staff looked down their noses at us as if we had made everything stop and cause great difficulty for them. The food arrived far to quickly for my liking. The atmospehere was dull, and over crowded. Not a comfortable place to eat and not somewhere I will be going back to for any reason.

Well what can i say! I was mortified at how awful it was! We had dined at Zafferanos the night before which was superb and thought Cipriani would be better! I have dined at Cipriani on a friday lunch time and it was very good-this however was a saturday night and it was a nightmare from start to finish! On arrival we were rushed to our table and menus were thrown at us! We were given very little time to choose and asked for more time! We ordered starters, mains and an expenve bottle or wine! We were constantly aware of 8-10 staff stood behind the table like vultures watching every mouthful of bread and sip of water! I ilke Italian restaurants for their often buzzing atmosphere, this however was off the scale! It was like a processing factory, it isn't remotely customer orientated, its money orientated! The man that night at the reservation desk was constantly looking over at out table whilst gesticulating at staff to clear tables whilst pointing at his watch! Staff were knocking into the back of our chairs and dishes of food were being passed over our heads to… More

This place is a circus, i've never seen such a bunch of misfits in my life.

Food was very average, what i'd expect in Pizza Express and service was a joke… Mains being served practically the same time as starters. Wine very overpriced and average but with a price tag of fine vintage…

Will not be returning…