Half Lobster
Hawksmoor Guildhall

Hawksmoor Guildhall

10 - 12 Basinghall Street London, EC2V 5BQ, United Kingdom

Bars • Steak • British • Breakfast


"the dining room is down and a surprisingly large room, wooden dressed and maybe because the noise levels are high. but the tables are well spaced and you never feel crowded, and the ambiente has failed. Although there is a...excellent selection of starters, we decided to move directly to the main event that is necessarily the steaks at hawksmoor. I traveled a lot in the usa and have often eaten at legendary US steak houses, but my sirloin (rare) was so good or better than the best I had in the usa. beautifully seasoned, perfectly cooked and completely delicious. a good steak is a thing of beauty and that was, without asking, a good steak a very good steak. the sprouts were also excellent, the beef-dryries were crisp and full of taste, the creamy spinat rich and tasty, the buttered greens al dente. desserts did not disappoint me that I chose the cheese selection, with the proposed oloroso as a reference. my friends the rhubarb pavlowa and the ambassadeur a nutritious concoction. both annoyed that they were more than happy with what was presented, and their tellers enjoyed the eye and the palate. the staff was very well informed, attentive, without pushy, engaged and charming a credit to the restaurant. So why only four stars, instead of five, because of the weeping prizes, I'm afraid. the selection is impressive, but the prices are, candid, on the optimistic side. the bottle corbieres has been charged and that is quite galling if you can buy it at a decent wein dealer for a ten. it was a beautiful wein, safe, but very much to the cheaper end of the list, where the prices climbed quite steeply from per bottle to dizzying heights. I am carp, because it was a wonderful meal, in a very pleasant environment, with very friendly and competent staff only ready to cover for the vino:"

Nakira Grill

Nakira Grill

74 John Bright Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Grill • Drinks • African • Italian


"Customer service was bad. The online menu was different from what was presented to us. Our first waitress said that she could make an application to the cook to only be told by a new waitress who accepted our order that this would not be possible. It seems that different team members have different messages to customers. It would have been polite to appreciate the first suggestion and first consult with the kitchen, or from the start to make clear that the online menu was from the date and not to consider an option. We then asked for this new waitress ' council what to order instead. When serving our dishes, it was clearly not what she had described, but she did not recognize it. We called her back and then she admitted that she had the plate description wrong. We had waited for 45 minutes, so we decided to eat it. This also related to our cocktail order as she explained that it came in two flavors, just to say later than the drinks she had that also mixed. I suggest that the staff does not accept orders unless they are sufficiently informed and trained. I would also suggest being open to customers when mistakes happen so that they can change their order if necessary. Keep going. The dumplings were not available. This was only said to us when we presented with an alternative supplement and assured that this was the same price. I would have expected the customers to be informed and the choice would be given if they still have it, let alone pay for it. Finally, we asked for our remains to be packed away to go home. After waiting for 30mins, a waiter admitted that they have no boxes but they would be able to get some of 'nearly door'. We were then informed that our food was actually thrown away. I would suggest that someone is carrying out an inventory check on objects and a clear communication between serving and kitchen staff. It was a Saturday evening and there were two big parties that did not make suitable for a very loud environment for a date night."