Axis at One Aldwych (One Aldwych Hotel, 1 Aldwych, London, London, WC2B 4RH) The place is awful. The food was poor; at best tasteless (the tartare of salmon could have been anything else) and at worst unpleasant (the coley was surprisingly fishy smelling for such an inoffensive fish and the crab cake was outright hideaou, aking to cat food). That’s not mentioning the service, which is rather inelegant. By that I mean the usual incessant topping of my wine glass, spilled water on the table, lack of smiles or warmth. But worst of all i think is the staff's complicity in fooling customers in their choices of wine. In my opinion, the wine list is misleading and I made the mistake of ordering a Rioja, whose red variant turned out to be almost three times as expensive as the white one. Needless to say I was nearly in tears when the beverage bill came to be twice the price of the food. Boo. Stay well away from this place; none of it has any appeal.
Link to this reviewFebruary 2011 |