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The Water Margin At The O2

The Water Margin At The O2

➤ Unit 23, Greenwich, United Kingdom

Full • Wine • Steak • Chinese


"Visited with my daughter before the Celine Dion concert on 29th July. First impressions were good but things went downhill fairly quickly. We arrived about 5.30 and were seated upstairs. Despite being fairly quiet staff still seemed a bit flustered. We ordered drinks and received the wrong order, when asking for it to be changed the waitress didn't totally understand the problem but eventually returned with that we ordered. We only had soft drinks but just tasted like cheap juice. The food looked lovely, with a good selection, but sadly not as tasty as it appeared. By 6.15 it was getting quite busy and as you would expect the food that was available soon disappeared. Unfortunately they just couldn't keep up with demand at this point and took ages to replenish food, plates and cutlery. People were waiting to be served with drinks and queuing for food for an unacceptable length of time. A few were complaining but weren't getting much response. An apology goes a long way to appeasing people but it wasn't forthcoming. When they finally started to top up the food it was going quickly again so no doubt it would've ran out again all too soon. We didn't hang around to find out once we saw the dirty, wet dishes that were brought out for desserts. That was a bit off-putting so we gave up and left.Probably nice when they don't have as many people to look after but wouldn't go back to find out!"

Gaucho Hampstead

Gaucho Hampstead

➤ 64 Heath Street London, NW3 1DN, NW3 6UG, United Kingdom

Beer • Steak • Juice • Asian


"Greeted at the door by a selection of Gaucho 's smiliest employees, you are instantly made to feel important in the glitzy interior of London 's favourite steak churning chain. The first stage and a true highlight of the Gaucho experience is the introduction to the different cuts of meat that the restaurant offers. This includes a viewing of each cut, and an explanation as to how the anatomical composition of the eastern Argentinian cows grazing on 19 different species of Las Pampas grass affects the taste and texture of each. Naturally, the second stage is the food and drink itself. We sipped on our delicious strawberry and elderflower martini 'special ' cocktails before tucking into a shared starter the extremely tasty Sausage Platter. The mains soon followed. I had ordered a 400g rare fillet steak that, had it been on the menu, would have fallen somewhere between the Bife de Lomo and the Chateaubriand. I was assured that I would be able to cut it with a spoon an audacious claim but not drastically inaccurate. With this, I picked at thyme finished Chips and Spring Greens that were also brilliantly cooked. Finally, I sampled the Dulce De Leche Profiteroles and the 'special ' chocolate meringue cake for dessert, which, as I day dream about what I am to cook for my lunch, have my mouth watering even now. I was there for a saturday evening dinner for three peak time yet the service was little less than exceptional, despite (or perhaps helped by) the fact that the waitress verbally contracted to serve our table claimed to have only very recently been hired. A little management led kerfuffle over our table towards the end was made up for by the gift of a glass of dessert wine each, a touch that rounded off an excellent evening at this meat lovers paradise."