Leeann's Reviews

This restaurant is what Chez Bruce was before it expanded and went downhill. Not surprising since most of the front of house came from Chez B. The food is wonderfu not as country as Chez B a bit more refined : The white onion soup is rich and creamy and very rich . The Tuna Tartar fresh and unusual . the steak wonderful. The room is charming and the serious friendly but not overly familiar. A really lovely restaurant.

My daughter and I visited this restaurant last night after a Texan colleague recommended it. Wow was she right. Finally after living in London for 24 years, a proper Tex Mex restaurant with fabulous Margueritas has come to town. I know some of the reviewers belowthink it is expensive but I think that £8.95 is actually a decent price for a marguerita given that it was so large it lasted the entire meal. I have been known to drink at least 3 of these in other places when I can stomach them. They were so bad in Cafe Pacifico I actually went behind the bar to show them how it was done. No problem here.
The Guacamole was excellent-and repeat myself but how can anyone complain about paying £6.95 for a hugh bowl with complimentary chips (unlimited) and salsa too? Wahaca charges less but the amount is about a quarter the size and you have to pay for refills. Not here.
Ok a restaurant is not just about size of portions . The food was really wonderful. I had chicken mole which was spicy and rich. My daughter had an enchilada which she loved. For dessert, the brownie and the apple pie excellent. The former was so rich ,almost like a block of fudge, that we could only eat a tiny bit, the apple pie and cinnamon ice cream-just yummy.
This is a fabulous Tex Mex restaurant . I have absolutely no idea why anyone could give this place a bad review. Maybe they work for Cafe Pacifico and feel threatened.

My husband and I ate here only 3 days after it opened. You know how you just want a restaurant to do well because the staff are so helpful and dedicated you can tell they want it to do well too? Well this is the place. We are great fans of the food of Locanda Locatelli (not the room mind you which I hate, just the food ) so when we heard that this place was being sponsored by the Locatelli's and involved old staff we booked immediately. We were not diappointed. Whilst the menu is limited it offers some lovely options. The small eats , a sort of Italian tapas was excellent-, and in particular, the string fried zuccinni . The main course of seabass in a celeriac mash looked rather plain but tasted sublime. For dessert I had Tiramisu and my husband had cheese. Again perfect. . Coffee folowed with lovely little Tuscan beignets. Lovely and all for about 120 quid with wine and 2 glassses of champagne. Will definately come back if I can get in.

My husband , daughter and I visited this restaurant last Sunday. It was a sunny clear spring day so we started the meal with drinks and canapes on the terrace and moved into the restaurant for the main meal. The restaurant was full . The clientele badly dressed mostly British and Asian families looking to celebrate. I spotted 1 Birkin the rest of the patrons seemed to obtain their wares from Primark. This surprised me because given the expense of the restaurant I would have expected better dressed / better heeled patrons. But lets face it one comes for the food not the glamour which this room certainly lacked.
Can't remember the starters but my husband and daughter shared the beef and I had the salmon. It was all very nice but frankly not very exceptional which is why I can't provide more of a description. In fact it was slightly better than a meal I recently ate at the Grosvenor Hotel during an awards dinner. But this is a supposedly 3 star restaurant.
For dessert we had the rhubarb souffle and my daughter had the 6 small desserts . The latter looked like minature versions of a dessert trolley that tacky restaurants wheel out after the meal. They all had that slightly over fridge look to them and tasted a bit old. The Square serves a much better version. We had 2 bottles of fairly unexceptioal wine. The bill came to over £650 for 3 people- for lunch.
There are far better restaurants in London which cost half as much. They may not have the view but with the money you save you could have a weekend in Monaco where the clientele is certainly better dressed and the view just as nice…

I love this restaurant! After working in the City for over 20 years I can finally eat well , in nice surroundings with attentive service and not have to flee to the West end to do so . The food is consistently good whether it be the fish , pasta or souffles. The prices are not cheap but neither are they astronomical .The service is attentive but in a discrete way. If I had to gripe about it, it would be that the waitresses are too model like thus causing me to choose healtier options than I normally might as what woman could ever order pasta when size 8 hips and razor cheekbones are taking the order ? Seriously though the food is lovely and the service excellent. In fact my coat was waiting for me on my way out and I was greeted by name on the way in even though I have not been there for months. It is always very busy at lunch so much so one could be excused for forgetting there was a credit crunch. In between visits , I crave the fried zuccini,souffles and the organic salmon. Frankly , I think the food and ambiance here is far better than Zafferano and Locanda Locatelli.

Whoops almost forgot to mention that the restrooms have Jo Malone scented candles and products -maybe this luxury is their make up concession to the women patrons for having to suffer the model , sorry I mean waitress staff's beauty .

What is it about Gordon Ramsey and his heavy handed approach to dining ? We booked Murano for a table at 7pm. On the day of the booking we were told they needed the table back at 9:30-that was no problem. On the day of the meal they called us to confirm that they needed the table back by 9:30-again no problem. We promptly arrived at 7pm for our 7pm booking. The first thing that was said as we entered the dining room was “ we need the table back by 9:30”. I am not exaggerating.There was no “Good evening- no nothing”. As far as I am concerned, if I arrive on time to a restaurant ,when they get the table back becomes their responsibility not mine. I felt as welcome as a nun at an orgy with that greeting. I certainly did not feel like a valued customer. CChurn and burn was more like it.
We then sat down when a waitress came over and asked if we needed help with the menu-we didn't but she wouldn't take no for an answer and proceeded to explain that the starters were on the left hand side and mains on the right. Well duh!!! When this happened all the bad memories of Ramsey's heavy handed service of past restaurants came flooding back. Once at Aubergine, the french waiter told my very british husband without being asked ,that a poulet was a baby chicken-I thought my husband was going to belt him. Why does Ramsey treat his customers like idiots? I also despise the overly friendly service. I want service to be there in a discreet fashion like Le Gavrouche-I do not want to “chat” with the staff. I have come to eat with my family not them. The food however was sublime. It would have to be.