Freshly sautéed green beans with garlic and a hint of lemon for a vibrant, crunchy side dish.
Pizza • Pasta • Italian • Pizzeria
"received multiple booking confirmation from open table, at our arrival no one knew about the reservation. then, fortunately, they still got a table. pizza very good, nice, small restaurant. then the annoying in the calculation: had ordered salami in one of the margheritas as an extra topping. on the bill (see photo) extra topping then calculated 2 x! start up: if you order extra, it's almost a salami pizza (which you can't order so) with extra much salami....I was really baff. 12.5 service charge is available in london at any restaurant visit. no enjoyable experience."
Pizza • Pasta • Seafood • Italian
"We went on a Saturday night. The restaurant was very busy, and although the waitress we had was lovely, it was clear she was rushed off her feet. We ordered a course set menu starter and dessert to share and a pizza for main, and an 'oven baked pasta' for main.The drinks came quickly, but the starter garlic doughballs took FOREVER to come. Once they did, they were delicious and it was a good size. The pizza main was fine, but the oven baked pasta was awful! From memory, the pasta was It was chicken, pancetta and spinach, with a mushroom sauce. What turned up was appalling a bowl of pasta swimming in a watery sauce, only or pieces of pasta was crispy in all of the dish! The spinach all pieces were chucked in corner, pancetta chucked in another corner, and literally chopped mushroom in the sauce. The only bit that tasted nice was the ton of Parmesan I had chucked on top. As we were in a rush we didn't have time to wait for another dish, so I ate the chicken and left the rest. The manager came over to speak to us, and took my main meal and a drink off the bill. We still paid and to be honest it was bad, and we would never go again. A rushed, cheap, tasteless meal"
Cafés • Pizza • Hotels • Italian
"we had a bad service from beginning to end. the first server did not know the beverage menu, but helped us to solve. the drinks came slowly. we've been waiting for a long time for the food order. starter came fast, but it was about an hour for our main thing,...come including a mistake that did not write, the order made clear. server changed, a long wait for dessert menu, no table service for extra drinks, and another long wait time to arrive at desserts. 4 not available desserts (of 11). it was 2 hours 40 for us overall, and that was also that we take our desserts out. also a mistake in the bill that we have for desserts that were included on the fixed menu. I love a relaxed meal, not getting me wrong, but we only sat where we were fled to get attention. they were polite enough and full of good intentions, but there was simply not enough of them and they did not know that their trade. the food was good!"
Full • Wine • British • Kitchen
"If you come here ask for David, unless you’re coming with a party of 20 people without a reservation don’t do that to anyone here. But David is fantastic. We were visiting London and asked for recommendations and he did not disappoint. David also knows the menu really well and gave us fantastic options. Our dinner was amazing and drinks were on point. 1000/10 would come again."
Mexican • English • Burgers • European
"Fantastic food and great service. Cannot fault at all and I am hard to please. It was my fiancée's birthday, great place for a spaecial occasion. Could definitely not do this in a regular basis though as £250 for 4 of us I found quite steep!"
Soup • Brunch • Organic • Chicken
"The food was excellent although I think it is more of a café breakfast and lunch place rather than dinner. Unfortunately 35 minutes after ordering we were told the chef was having an issue with one of the dishes so could we please choose an alternative (we got free bread and olives whilst waiting). Then we waited a further 30 minutes for the food to arrive. The rose wine wasn't chilled (although they did pre warn us). We received no discount from the £78 bill (for 2 burgers and a bottle of wine). Overall sadly it was a little disappointing although the food was excellent, so perhaps a place for lunch rather than dinner."
Steak • European • Fast Food • Vegetarian
"We had great service, great coffee here. The staff is really friendly. This is one of the few places in London which sells exceptionally good filter coffee. I love this place. Whenever I am in London I make special effort to find their closest branch and have a nice cup of love-berries coffee! Thank you Black Sheep coffee!"
Wine • Steak • French • Coffee
"good taste. fresh salmon. fresh and tasty nitriri. beautiful place only in the center of london at holborn tube station. I tried various dishes and most were great. they have a student discount only on the 1st stage, which is 10% and they also have evening discounts 20% for the whole menu after 20:00 o'clock. they have with the same kitchen a restaurant below, in the cellar, called hiromi. hiromi do not offer students or evening discounts that are strange, and I want to find out if this is actually okay. in the ground floor restaurant they gave me 10% discount bc I paid cash."
Cafés • Seafood • European • Vegetarian
"My friend and I came here mid week for a catch up and were so very pleasantly surprised! It was very big and spacious inside with lots of room between the tables so it didn't feel in any way cramped, it was also very busy for 5.30pm! There was an instant lovely atmosphere about the place and the minute we entered one of the waiters greeted us and led us to our table. Our waiter for the evening was very polite and checked on us after every course. So the food, I had a bacon and avacado salad which was very very tasty the little strips of bacon had a lovely grilled as opposed to fried taste about them and the salad dressing was exactly how I like it. The portion size was also good! As...read more"
Full • Cafe • Wine • Italian
"A shadow of Carluccios, this was my worst experience. The food was dry, took way too long I wondered wether they killed the pig on site to make sausages… The scrambled eggs between myself and a family member seemed to be one egg shared between us. We had a toddler and they didn’t really have a kids breakfast were out of pancakes and wouldn’t let her have a few pieces of fruit from the buffet as they wouldn’t know how to charge…. pathetic really. Worst but was this was the first experience for friends visiting from abroad, Its gone downhill and Marriot should do something if only to protect their local brand"
Cafés • Seafood • European • Fast Food
"nizza seat in the bustling borough market with a standard table n chips. while the distances from 2017 are on the wall, these taste standards are not maintained it is not terrible or bad. simply normal and honest nothing special for the prices on the plus side, service was decent enough and the ambiente of the market around them is great, I would recommend this if they really need a seat, but otherwise there are better decisions on the market."
Cafés • Pizza • French • Seafood
"We were offered both the main menu and the fixed price menu and went for the latter. Apart from an article not available, the choice was large enough. The service was friendly and attentive. The food was delicious and we had a great evening."
Wine • Steak • Burgers • Chicken
"Lovely place under the railway arches with lots of atmosphere. Staff very welcoming, helpful and professional. Food was a let down though. One of our party had scampi and it was a small portion, probably more suitable as a child's portion. Two of us had burgers one of which was £17 and the other was £23. Whilst the fries were really delicious, the burgers were very poor quality; lots of grisly bits in them which could be totally avoided if the mince was the 5% fat one from Tesco!! Cheesecake was delicious and a good size portion. 4th member of our party had the chicken and he said it was very nice. I guess if we'd avoided the burgers and scampi, we'd have been much happier. He ho!"
Wine • Steak • Chicken
"Great lunch! Had the set menu, great food and excellent value. 4 of us and we all had a different starter and all 4 were great! Followed by 2 of us with sausage and mash fab, the other2 flat iron steak and chips, again really good. Apple pie for desert and one ice cream Sunday again all great! All washed down with a great bottle of Malbec after some fizz and beers! Highly recommend and will definitely return next time we’re in the area! Thanks for a great lunch!"
Fish • Pasta • Italian • Seafood
"After being loyal customers for 7 years, we will never return to this restaurant. Despite requesting a reservation and a high chair for my baby, we arrived to find the chair given to someone else and an empty table prepared for another family. The manager insisted he had to know the mother of the other family in order to give them the chair. Who says that in the hospitality industry? All customers should be valued. Thankfully, there are many other good Italian restaurants in the area. We are extremely disappointed and do not feel appreciated as regular customers. Perhaps we were not as valued as we thought by this establishment."
Soup • French • Coffee • Burger
"We had a lovely meal and the staff were very friendly. We used the taste card, which was 2 for 1. So saved us, lots of money. It was a limited menu and only had 1 Vegan option. Which I was thrilled at the choice . The chips were cooked in the same oil as the meat, so even they weren't vegan. I was left with a salad, which was literally just leaves and some cut up tomato and Burger. Which if you are Vegan, you do get sick of the only vegan options always being a burger (everywhere). They do usual have 2 vegan options but one was currently out of stock."
"My wife and I had a very nice lunch on Saturday, but I was not served what I ordered. The menu had changed recently and I was not advised of this when I ordered. I ordered a sharing platter which consisted of a selection of cold meats, rillettes, bread and a baked camembert with caramelised onions. This was still on the menu in the restaurant and also on the Cafe Rouge web site on the Internet. What I was served was six sausages, garlic bread, hummus and a baked camembert. It was nice but I do not think it was worth the same price as the selection of cold meats etc. I think the staff should have said the menu had changed when I ordered and I would have ordered something different. As usual the service was first class and all the staff very helpful and friendly."
Cafés • Pizza • French • European
"We have been here before and enjoyed the cote de Boeuf, and have also enjoyed the Reading restaurant. We decided to celebrate my wife's birthday here with family and were a little disappointed. We did have a problem with the slow service which is why I have marked it down to 3 stars. I don't like to do this because the waiter and waitress were very polite and pleasant but we were waiting for some time to place the first drinks order, so long in fact that I had to go and find the waitress. As the restaurant wasn't busy, we were very surprised at how long our food order took to come through, which did spoil our experience to a degree and did cause a fair bit of discontent at the table. I do like the restaurant, and there was no problem with the food or the ambience. We will certainly return and hope that the slow service was an exception."
Cafe • Steak • Coffee • French
"Excellent greeting at the door. Very professional and friendly service throughout. However the stand for dealing with dirty dishes and cutlery is in the front of the restaurant and the waiters seem to purposefully make as much noise as possible literally throwing the plates into the sink. It was quite distressing. I have noticed this on my previous visits to the restaurant. It seems a petty thing and not worth complaining about but I would like to be able to choose my table in the back when I next book. Food was delicious and our waiter perfect."
Beer • Wine • Steak • French
"We booked this for our belated Christmas night out. Pre-ordered all of our food a few days beforehand. A lot of us ordered the garlic mushrooms starter. Was meant to be served with sourdough bread but unfortunately they had ran out of it. We were offered white bread as an alternative. But that was option we as to be taken literally. Our mushrooms came served on a slice of toast! Hilarious. Was I silly to think it might've at least been artisan in anyway or form? We're talking supermarket bread here. Secondly, they seemed to have to ran out of chips so we all received oven chips with our steak. Amazing. Except for one of our party who got sweet potato fries. Lucky. When ordering dessert we were informed they'd ran out of the hot chocolate fondant. Bearing in mind we pre-ordered our food. Finally we were in the restaurant for a total of 3 hours! 3 hours for 3 courses for a party of 8, ludicrous. The whole experience was so shockingly bad it was almost comical. The funniest moment for me was all the 50% off vouchers we got handed for our next visit. As if that's going to happen. The only saving grace was the big discount we received on our bill. Have we had not received that, I would've refused to pay. Sorry café Rouge, but that was horrifying. Don't expect me to come back."