Chocolate Croissant
Searcy's Champagne

Searcy's Champagne

Upper Concourse, Camden, United Kingdom, N1C 4

Full • Steak • Seafood • British


"Went for the Sunday Jazz Feast bottomless brunch. We don’t drink so we enquired about non alcoholic options. Was pleasantly surprised that they offered a just bottomless food option where we could order drinks separately. Felt like this was a good start, but that was probably the only good surprise we experienced. We were quite disappointed that there were no oysters despite all the PR and reviews saying unlimited oysters. All over IG and Tik Tok it’s reviews about oysters, so that was disappointing. Felt that there were not a huge amount of options for seafood and starters/salads. The roasts looked good but found the meat was seasoned very heavily with salt. The gravy/jus was very watery. Must say the carver was very friendly though! Most of the other hot food (sausages with mash, chicken, risotto) were cold and looked unappetising due to looking dry and congealed. I understand it’s difficult on a buffet to keep things looking fresh but the temperature of the hot food was just too cold. Also not sure why they felt the need to slice the sausages in half? Dessert selection was also very limited and the cheese selection placed on the same table which had a very overwhelming smell. Definitely put me off, I didn’t eat any desserts. Service wise I noticed the tables around us were getting a good level of service, having their bottomless drinks topped up regularly. Maybe it was because we were just ordering our drinks separately and were not consuming alcohol I felt like we didn’t get the same attentive service. Waiters were having conversations with other guests and tables and we barely got a sideways glance. Took ages for us to get someone’s attention to order more drinks, get a top up of water etc. I was tempted to try to ask if I could order oysters but couldn’t get the attention of a waiter so just gave up. Even asking for the bill took longer than needed. Being busy we wanted to free up our table promptly for them. On our departure we barely got a thank you for paying nor a goodbye. Overall feel a bit underwhelmed and slightly cheated that one of the star attractions of this brunch buffet was oysters that weren’t even there. But the contrast in service to other tables and us was what really made this a sour experience. Although vastly more expensive, will probably stick to The Ned or even something like Nobu Shoreditch bottomless brunch."

Proud Country House, Stanmer Park

Proud Country House, Stanmer Park

Stammer Park, BN1 9QA, Brighton, United Kingdom

Wine • Cakes • Coffee • Breakfast


"today, some colleagues visited and I am am amazed at a free lunch for the second time, as our work Christmas was so terrible. I wish we hadn't. Christmas celebration (main points or we will be here all day. shocking service no waiting staff long wait for pre ordered eating from set menu, between starter and dinner 1.5 hours and dinner and dessert another 1.5 beverage order had never arrived bar to lack it from the netzen including kartoffels horrific desserts some large few little bits about cooked some not cooked at all. lunch today (only 4 employees came the others did not want to waste their time very bad service, was not asked if eating was in order, not asked if we wanted more drinks, that was dropped and spilts over the whole place. cold eating blue bark, if said, would be more rarer table beside us complaining too. the personal runs like headless chickens like the Christmas party. at the end we had tired of waiting for our drinks bill, went out and paid at the bar. I can certainly say I will not come back, I will not receive my high time here and I will never recommend this place. what a waste of money to have a bad call. as a local person and business owner I am very disappointed and can recommend much better places for them to spend their hard money. I'm sorry that the woman is getting married here next week, much luck her and I hope we gave her enough warning to ensure that the team has correct staff levels and skills before the big day. they can't even be finished with a Sunday roast."