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The Cow

The Cow

89 Westbourne Park Road London, W2 5QH, United Kingdom

Steak • Pasta • French • British


"We had a really rubbish night here and I can’t remember a time where I felt more ripped off. Firstly they take credit card details with a 48 hour cancellation policy and £30 per person charge for cancellation or no show. I’d never dream of no showing a restaurant reservation without letting them know, but this feels extreme, even for Notting Hill. We arrived half an hour early for our table, had a drink downstairs in the pub (where a single bag of Tayto crisps are £2.50!!!!! . Our reservation was at 6pm so I went up at 5:50pm to see if they’d seat us early. The place was empty bar a table of 9 10 adults and children. I was told they couldn’t seat us yet and to come back up 15 20 mins later. Right. Back downstairs. Waited another 20 mins, until around 10 past 6pm. They said they were just setting our table, which was a table of 2 right next to the big table. Every other table was empty, so I asked if actually we could sit away from the group and pointed out all the empty tables. We were told this wasn’t possible. We sat down to a wobbly table and got on with looking at the menu. Then we asked if we could have the chicken Kiev (the whole reason we came as we’d heard how good it was by a friend who’d had it years ago when they lived in the area we were told no, that’s only available in the bar. It’s priced at the same price point as mains upstairs so I asked if they could make an exception and was rudely told no. Even though it all comes out of the same kitchen and we’d have starters and desserts as per the menu up here. Just no. Starters were just about ok at the time just about I had the pint of prawns but felt very ill the next day. My partner had the Barnsley chop which was so tough it was borderline inedible in fact he didn’t eat it. I had the fish stew but there’s no chips or fries on the sides menu so I was sold mash instead. A lump of cold, dry potato turned up on the table. While we were eating another table sat down in the corner and throughout the meal my partner was asked to move out the way so they could get to that table, or push his chair in so they could get past madness when he was literally just sitting normally as anyone would?! Our bill was £150 odd so for pub fare it’s not cheap. We came away feeling so frustrated and actually just really pissed off at how rude the staff were and how ripped off we felt. A **** experience. What a shame!"

Fleur De Lys

Fleur De Lys

Lapworth Street, Warwick, United Kingdom

Pub • Steak • Vegan • British


"we came and sat fast and ordered drinks immediately, which almost immediately arrived so well we ordered starter and net. whitebait and a mini-toad in the hole to begin and two children roast beef, extra yorkshire to go with the pig. a torte that we asked with new kartoffels instead of chips and an adult porn that I asked for bark and pigs and said I would like to pay extra for if necessary. then it went downhill. minutes after ordering our food, and after the appetizers were deleted, a waitress came to us and said: "I'm sorry we don't have bark" we were happy with it. not because they had run out, but because of the time she needed to recognize. they apologized. we said okay and waited. we waited a few more minutes for the most important courses. we have all starved and a little frustrated. the net arrived. chips on the plate not new kartoffels! the frying of the child, now both pigs were half fat and half a carrilled pork steak. not the roasted pork on the menu. no Yorkshire pudding in itself and the veg. bland boiled carrots, boiled black gray cabbage and what I can only describe as baby food flower casse. it was mush! my children said to me. “Daddy, that’s not great,” I couldn’t even contradict them. I couldn't stop mine because it was so bad and I never let it eat! the cake was good, but the veg was cooked again and darkened and the wrong potato peel. Once finished, no one seemed to come and clear plates, acknowledge us or treat us at all. I went into the bar and asked me to talk to a manager. I explained everything, she apologized and gave me the bill. roasts were taken off, but nothing else. I didn't think that was good enough, but it was late and wanted to go home. for appetizers, drinks inedible meals. very upset to say the"

Le Sacre Coeur

Le Sacre Coeur

18 Theberton Street Islington London, N1 0QX, United Kingdom

Beer • French • European • Mediterranean


"sometimes eating in a restaurant is not about trendy eating, fine eating and small teller, but eating about comfort that makes them happy. recently I went to a small restaurant in angel: le sacré coeur, where one of my French friends invited me. it was a good reason to recover many years in a familiar and simple atmosphere. to begin the meal, we shared a plate of mix of marinated olives, cheese with sef and brot olive oil, as our waitress told us the most important courses were quite large. the cheese was good, served at room temperature, two disappointing points over this plate: the quality of the brotes was 't good, so a scandal for a French restaurant and where was the saucisson? my friend ordered a entrecôte grill with a pfeffer sauce. I was impressed by the size of her entrecôte and it was served with beautifully cooked thin frits. the entrecôte was perfectly cooked, tender and juicy. this entrecôte was better and cheaper than the one I tried in chabrot bistrot des halls at smithfield market. as a main course I had the classic coq au vin. it was such a pleasure to have a classic dish done so well, the carrots and mushrooms were slowly cooked in the sauce. carrots melt like butter in mouth. I remember when I went to the trendy brasserie zedel at piccadilly, the mushrooms and carrots were cooked separately from the sauce, it did not taste as great as they were too crispy. the coq au vin first came to the table, I did not notice that it came with a side: sautéed kartoffeln. I think this court would have been enough to be shared by two people. le sacré coeur is not the "coolest place to be for a meal in london, but for me this place was much better than some trendy places. it was very good worth a (massive) main course around £12, it came to £20 per head with wein and the plate we shared. sometimes they can surprise the humblest looking places. le sacré coeur was a simple French restaurant with a very friendly atmosphere and nice French waiter (I know that they are in the real famous to be rude to chris pople.) I will definitely come back to le sacré coeur when I am nostalgic or if I want to eat real French comfort eating without a poor le sacré coeur on when the bill comes. 8/10"