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The Well

The Well

180 St John Street, London, United Kingdom

Cheese • British • Seafood • Chicken


"We enjoyed ourselves at The Well on an early Sunday evening. The waitress for some reason couldn't identify my Opentable reservation in their system, but once I showed her my confirmation email, she was absolutely fine about accepting it and granted us the offer. The staff were friendly and were very flexible as we were a group of three which suddenly grew to a group of five and it was no problem immediately moving us to a larger table. The wine options were good and I enjoyed a nice glass of red and my friends found the various white wines and rose very palatable. We were able to use our off food only offer on the specials menu as well as the main A La Carte menu. It was just a risotto dish that we were told we could not order. We would have found the prices quite expensive otherwise (although it probably reflects the location, being Clerkenwell) but the service and the quality of the cuisine is very good. Three of us totally enjoyed the hearty, generous half Chicken Sunday Roast. It came with so many delicious extras and trimmings and was prepared really well... the hake dish that my other two friends chose seemed to go down very well also, infact they allowed one friend to create a dish with the roast's vegetables. He was chuffed. All the puddings were a real delight too. My chocolate dessert was scrumptious with a delicious sauce. All in all a very good experience was had at The Well and we would certainly return there!"

Soho Wala

Soho Wala

21 Great Marlborough Street W1F 7HL, London, United Kingdom

Asian • Indian • Drinks • Waffles


"Really good food, very poor service. When we entered the restaurant the waitress hostess firstly said ‘no no no’ and wagged her finger at us from across the room. We then said we have a reservation she beckoned us over to the bar that she was standing behind, clearly munching on something as she spoke to us while licking food off her fingers. She then checked for our reservation and explained why she said no in the first place, apparently it was because a lot of people ‘had just been walking in today’. Given that literally NO ONE walked in throughout the time we were there, and just 4 tables (including ours) were occupied, I wasn’t sure why walk ins were a problem. While ordering food, 2 of the items we ordered weren’t available. For one she said, oh no that item hasn’t been available for 6 months and for another item we asked for, she said I have no idea what that is, no one’s ever ordered that! After we paid for our food she came back and asked me to log into my internet banking and asked to take a picture of the card transaction on my phone, as apparently it went through on the card machine but wasn’t showing up on their system. The saving grace was the food excellent food. But I will never go back, and certainly would not recommend anything but a takeaway or home delivery from this place. Abysmal service and super disappointing, even more so because it was my husband’s birthday (which, despite being mentioned in the reservation was not acknowledged at all) Given the location Soho Wala really need to pull up their socks service wise."