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Dieci Restaurant at No. Ten Manchester Street Hotel

Dieci Restaurant at No. Ten Manchester Street Hotel

10 Manchester Street London, W1U 4DG, United Kingdom

Beer • Wine • Indian • Italian


"I arrived on time and presented my self to the receptionist saying I had a reservation for afternoon tea. A waiter immediately popped out and greeted me by name and led me to my prepared table. As well as a dessert plate with cutlery my table had a small side plate and butter knife, a selection of 6 jars of jam (raspberry, strawberry, apricot and marmalade (all Wilkin , salt and pepper mills and a bowl of sugar.My order was taking promptly and the requested glass of tap water and pot of tea arrived promptly. A small jug of milk and some pats of butter were also brought.Soon my sandwiches arrived. There were six sandwiches; two each of grilled aubergine and cream cheese; chicken and salad; smoked salmon and cream cheese. The grilled aubergine and cream cheese isn 't something I would have thought of creating my self but it was surprisingly tasty. Along with my sandwiches were nine fancies; a small pastry cup of vanilla custard with strawberry, a small pastry cup of vanilla custard with a fresh mint sprig and a small pastry cup of chocolate custard with cranberries as well as two each of three different biscuits. All were excellent with the chocolate custard being particularly memorable.A few minutes later my scones (one plain, one fruit arrived fresh from the oven along with two little pastries and some cream.A requested hot water top up for my tea was no problem and I was offered more sandwiches which, as the food originally brought was so plentiful, I regretfully had to decline.This was an excellent tea and I enjoyed it very much. The food was very good and the staff attentive but discreet.My only niggle is the discretionary service charge . It 's not mentioned on the website and it 's not mentioned on the menu posted outside. I 'm not sure if it 's on the table menus as I didn 't really look at it, knowing already what I wanted. In the UK I 'm used to paying the price quoted for goods and services so to have 12.5% added without warning is a step in the wrong direction. I 'm guessing management will say that, as I don’t have to pay it, they don 't have to mention it beforehand.Anyway, the meal would be good value at £26 service but I had a offer so got it for £16 service which made it exceptionally good value."

Para Ti

Para Ti

31 Mathew Street, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Tapas • Spanish • European • Vegetarian


"Well what can I say about this place, I'll start by saying the food was very nice but the rest of the service was lacking. Tried to use meerkat meals 241 offer my advice would be don't bother attempting. Rang twice to book as advised...on the app and was told to ring back the 1st time and no name taken the 2nd time? Anyway back to the visit....outside its stated on a board 241 cocktails all day every day apart from Friday Saturday evenings. Being Wednesday evening we was told that they didn't do cocktails only sangria so that's what we had. When we asked about the meerkat meal offer we was told 241 on starters, mains and deserts (standard) when attempting to order we was then told we had to have the same item for starters, mains etc. We wanted tapas not the same meal what is the point of that! We then asked for other choices of menus i.e. the main menu we had seen online we were given the all you can eat menu £14.95 and lunch menu that was served after 5pm??? Random??? After 20+mins we just opted for the easiest option of the all you can eat because it was getting very confusing to say the least! There was only us in the place may I add. A couple who came in after us tried to use a taste card with no joy either. Main point for the waiter which I will call shambles' is know you offers at least, if your not going to honour discounts such as meerkat meals taste card don't be on their sites and there is definitely a reason why you place is empty. If you want everyone to eat from the all you can eat menu then just offer that. Seems like shambles' was on commission for bamboozling people into this menu and also selling sangria. What happened to the cocktails on the menu??? Anyway good luck if you visit"

Theo Randall at the InterContinental

Theo Randall at the InterContinental

1 Hamilton Place London, W1J 7QY, United Kingdom

Pasta • Pizza • Coffee • Italian


"Having stayed and eaten at a number of Intercontinental hotels and always been impressed, I decided to book Sunday brunch at Park Lane for Father’s Day. It sounded good and varied when booking but when we arrived, the restaurant was somewhat underwhelming (poor decor, dimly lit and not at all fitting of a 5* hotel as was the salad and cold buffet. At £70 a head I would have expected far more variety and a higher quality of produce. The bread rolls were cold and relatively tough (and not with the salad buffet at all but with the sweet buffet! Our waiter was very pleasant but clearly new to the role and not particularly responsive. The beef wellington was delicious and the star of the show and for a buffet the vegetables and roast potatoes were well cooked but the chicken looked unappealing and I would have expected whole chickens roasted and served rather than rather pale and unappealing thighs on a heated trolley for a five star hotel. The sweet section was okay but all very cake based and the cheese was again somewhat standard and without crackers, chutney/qunice or fruit. At an additional £8 a coffee, I felt ripped off for what was standard filter coffee at best and £8 for a small Diet Coke also felt steep. At almost £300 for two adults and two children it massively failed to reach expectations and I am unlikely to return to the hotel for any of its dining options in the future as a result. A real disappointment sadly and a waste of money. There are many, many far better options in London for a fraction of the cost…."

Camino King's Cross

Camino King's Cross

3 Varnishers Yard, London I-N1 9FD, United Kingdom

Vegan • Spanish • European • Vegetarian


"the best sangria is here. here in king’s cross, london town. at camino. camino means away or away in Spanish and it is one that I certainly want to take again. the sangria was silky smooth with a caramel/vanilla (I could not decide which) aroma. in any case the best tasting sangria I had ever had. the secret, because I asked, is liquor 43, a Spanish golden lacquer, which has 43 crumbles, spices and fruits. next to red wine (obvs,) whitley neill gin, orange juice, zimt and limonade. how often do I have to try to get home before I get it right! but we didn't just come for the sangria. that was an additional joy. gin and tonics are also a speciality, served the Spanish away with a lot of ice and perfectly matched garnish. I had the gin mare that was infused with botanic like zitrus, thymian, rosmarin and basilikum. the chase sevilla orange was tantaslising, with orange, waxy and oldest. but eat it. here at camino it is excellent. Tapas dishes, but without faff or imagination. yet elegant and more than edible. for six of us (including a vegetarian and a gluten-free) we ordered 14 dishes and it was just enough. I could have eaten, of course, but it was just enough. for dessert (and more sangria.) the best dish of the general consens was the Aroz-Negro, a black rice with tinten fish and tinten fish, with a creamy alioli dolloped. the special was recommended by our waiter with gusto, ripen with caramelized earlylings onions, and many other things we have the last. the only court that was not overheard were the Piquillo pfeffer with black quinoa. there we were, trying to be trendy and healthy, at the same time no, quinoa will never do it for me, and it ruins a perfectly beautiful pfeffer. dessert. churros natural! long doughnut sticks with a melted chocolate dip. real spanies in your mouth. I had only one taste of the mandeltee, apparently it was quite tart, but the creamy custard was sweet and light. tocino de cielo, for my gluten-free friend, was literally, heavenly custard. tee was served with a multi-egg timer so that they can measure the desired strength. we all want to buy one of them for our own houses now. to add the ambiente of the Spanish ness, the people sitting on the bar grain, drinking glasses of vino tinto and order tapas dishes seemingly how they feel like it. large legs of iberico jamon sitting on the table plates, cut as we saw. Latin and jazz plays in the background while all around us relax and drink cerveza, cava and carafes of vino. directly over the hof in varnisher's yard is bar pepito, london's first sherry bar also tapas, and managed by the same company. imagine sunny afternoons, drinking the sangria in the plaza. are they here in Spain in london. I encanta."