Caramel Pudding Caramel Pudding

A rich and creamy caramel pudding with a silky texture, topped with a golden caramel sauce.

Savoir Faire

Savoir Faire

42 New Oxford Street London, WC1A 1EP, United Kingdom

Tea • French • Dining • Drinks


"We arrived a little early and as our table wasn't ready we went to wash our hands. The stench of stale urine en route should have alerted us as to what to expect. However, to our disappointment we stayed. We were given the menus and left to make our choices. The place was fairly busy and very noisy as there were a couple of large groups. Eventually the waiter and waitress?? came to take our order. We asked if it was possible to have a salad without leaves, the waitress didn't think so but would check with the chef. She came back to say no it's not possible, when we asked why the reply was he's very stubborn We ordered a bottle of champagne and asked for an ice bucket, not a cooler. The waiter and waitress returned with the bottle in a cooler, the waiter was very nervous and actually said I hate opening champagne After removing the muselet from the cork he clearly realised he'd forgotten to order something from the table next to us. He dumped the unopened bottle on the table and literally ran to the kitchen to advise the chef of his error. Back to us, he then opened the champagne and spilled a considerable amount onto the paper tablecloth which became soggy and see-through. He then went to another restaurant/venue and returned with an ice bucket Whilst this was going on the female was talking across him to ask for our food order. We ordered torched mackerel and the caramelised onion and brie tartlet to start followed by duck with sweet potato mash and chicken supreme with parmentier potatoes She returned to us a few minutes later and said can you tell me what you've order again, I forget The bread basket (which was a shop bought baguette sliced with little pats of butter) was stale The starters were hugely disappointing. The pastry case was hard tasteless and under seasoned. The filling was basically melted brie with a miniscule amount of onion on top. Mains came with exactly the same vergetable garnish, al denté carrots and a broccoli floret neither of which were seasoned. The sweet potato mash was non existent and the parmentier potatoes were in fact a very poor attempt at dauphinoise There were two older waitresses who looked and behaved utterly bored leaving these two, clearly inexperienced and untrained members of staff to do all the work. They were not nice to guests, when when people were leaving and saying goodbye they simply did not respond The table next to us was a party of six, who's dishes and dirty glasses remained on the table from before we arrived and were still there when we left After we told them how disappointed we were they did remove the starters from the bill. Despite this, it really did not make up for the catalogue of errors, poor service and appaling food. Please beware, you will not receive a good meal or service at this place."