Robert B.’s Reviews

Serious Italian, served by serious people! The kind of food that makes you feel inadequate and stupid- "Excuse me what is that?" Once explained, cooked and served, heavenly! The night I dinned with my wife, Prince William was there with Kate, along with at least five big blokes all there to take a bread stick in the throat for his Royal Highness, so lets be honest my wife could have been served three courses of peanuts and she wouldn't have complained. That said the food was out of this world. The wine list is very good, clearly mostly Italian, and offers good value. The coffee, perhaps not surprisingly was terrific. The bill, huge. Good to take wife or someone you were reasonably confident of sleeping with. Wasted on in-laws and penniless friends or relatives.

It serves very reliable food, the emphasis is on the qaulity of the ingredients rather than an imaginative use of them. Great meat and fish, the best haggis in town- try it you will be pleasantly surprised-and very very good wine list that provides plenty of choice from all major wine producing countries and good value. The service is patchy, like too many restaurants Boisdale's seems to almost exclusively recruit staff who are "passing through". The atmostphere is relaxed and very clubby, clientelle by and large blokes who like meat. They also have a wonderful covered roof terrace. Good for smokers and carnvors, less than ideal for those well in touch with their feminine side.

Its good, of course it is, but so it should be considering the prices. A menu that is full of imagination as well as classic dishes. The service was ok, strong on visual appeal not so strong on the basics of providing a meal quickly and efficiently. Wine list is immense, lots of variety. The room is an odd shape but it works, the atnostphere (dinner) was quite formal, the clientele, the type you expect in that part of town, a well dressed contemporary crowd who all like themselves a bit too much. Good for intimate dining with well dressed friends, bad for relatives young or old whose table manners can't be trusted and who don't scrub up well.

First time I have eaten there since the recent..ish refurbishment. Fabulous room, classic proportions contemporary feel. The best size tables in town! Its a formal style of dining but not stiff, the staff are very good indeed, courteous, well informed and smiley. The set lunch offered some interesting choice, the trolley which changes every day, on the day I went was carrying a terrific looking Beef Wellington. The menu is traditional English. Dining companions likely to be mature and well heeled. The food was cooked beautifully, oh and the bread was the freshest I have tasted in in a London restaurant.

Love this place, simple but very good food. Don't go expecting the unexpected or the unusual. Its always been a simple short menu. The wine list is extremely good and full of unusual things as well the standards. Service is always efficient and friendly. The room can feel bare, I have never had dinner there and I suspect it would feel slightly cold. At lunchtime its always buzzy. Any restaurant that leaves allows you to help yourself from a large bowl of whipped cream to go with you chocolate pudding gets the thumbs up plus a fab delicatessant next door.

Have been a couple of times and always I am afraid been disappointed. One of those restaurants where it matters where you sit. If you are in the back, its like being in a different restaurant and not in a good way. The food is expensive and good if unremarkable. By and large at lunchtime its full of property people, although possibly less so these days. Atmostphere is lively if you are in the main room.

The benchmark for many, and it still delivers. A great room, good if unremarkable food, wonderful staff and an atmostphere that lifts your mood as soon as you sit down. Have been fortunate enough to dine privately upstairs and I would recommend it to anyone looking to entertain 50 people.

The room and setting are sensational. Staff are the best in town, the atmostphere is always buzzy. Food is reliable, never sensational, always good. The only place in town where I think you would feel equally comfortable having breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner. It is unique.