Juicy slow-cooked pulled beef served tenderly on a toasted bun, enriched with tangy BBQ sauce and crispy slaw.
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"
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."
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."
Cafés • French • Seafood • European
"we ordered lobster and mussels as main course. lobster was tasteless and completely dry, fries full of salt and overcooked. cold mussels and broth as well. ordered coke and despite the place being half empty, after 15 minutes that I was seeing my drink in the bar and no waiter and manager seemed to be intending to bring it to me, even though they were waiters and managers behind the bar counter I had to get out of my table and go get my drink"
"Really lovely waitress but the maitre’d was rude and we overheard him being obnoxious to another table! Not sure we would go back… food was nice. Two of four main courses were wrong but we didn’t complain as they were options which were acceptable to us. Poor atmosphere and the guy in charge was very keen for everyone to leave so he could lock the door by 9!!!"
Cafés • Steak • French • European
"Shown to a table promptly, it was not set with any cutlery, serviettes etc. waitress wiped half of the table only. Ordered food and the starter of calamari arrived which was so small it was laughable. We Both ordered sirloin steaks and unfortunately my partners was 30% gristle. We highlighted this to the server who replied with ‘oh sorry about that’ . Asked for the bill and service was added and nothing taken off for the inedible steak. The restaurant is looking tired, dirty and need of an urgent refurb. The toilets weren’t great either. Overall a dreadful experience. I guess they get a lot of business due to its location right next to St Paul’s."
Pizza • Cafés • Seafood • European
"Staff were not very welcoming. Food wasn’t served until an hour after our booking time (we were a party of 12 and the only people in the restaurant for the first 45 mins, and only ordering breakfast) Three of the party ordered poached eggs and all of them we over cooked and completely hard. I assume this was because they tried to send all the food out together, but we would have appreciated the food better cooked and not served at the same time. Also the servings of sauce with some of the meals was very meagre. We didn’t bother sending the food back as we had waited so long and the occasion was a three year olds birthday and they were getting very restless. Not the usual standard of service or food we usual get from this chain, although it was our first time at this branch. We are here because frankie and bennys couldn’t take a booking at the same time. Next time we will return to frankie and bennys."
Wine • Cafe • French • Casual
"We made a reservation for a family brunch and were satisfied with the variety on the menu although we were disappointed that pancakes were not available. The staff greeted us warmly and provided good service. There were not many options specifically for children. Luckily, our kids were well-behaved, but it would have been nice to have some distractions for them while we waited for our food. The wait staff were accommodating and willing to adjust the menu to our preferences."
Cafe • Steak • Pizza • Pasta
"My husband eats raw food and cheese and his salad could of been more substantial. I did say to the waitress we are happy to pay more for a super salad and she kindly said, the salad is considered a main meal, would you like to see what it is like first? We did this, but the heart of the gem lettuce was missing. My meal the salmon with spinach was very good. Our friends had risotto and said it was very good . We spend £130.00 and have the waitress and very generous tip as she worked hard for it."
Cafés • Seafood • European • Fast Food
"the place serves well cooked and delicious food. the atmosphere and the decoration are all full of French motives and the garden is an amazing place to eat on a beautiful sunny day. the staff is helpful and the food didn't take long to get out. I recommend going with someone and order a set menu so that they can try different starters, main courses and desserts. good experience!"
French • Coffee • European • Sandwiches
"A group of 5 of us had early dinner prior to attending the boxing at the Millennium Stadium. The staff are always very friendly and efficient and we were seated immediately as we had booked in advance. The only concern was that my fillet steak was not as requested, it was medium to well done instead of medium rare. This was rectified but the others had finished eating their main course by the time mine arrived. My steak was perfectly cooked and everything else was freshly served too. The manager came to say that there would be no charge for the steak and also we were given a free bottle of the excellent Rioja Crianza. I was very impressed by the no quibble promptness which left a very good impression on us all. Thank you."
Pizza • French • Coffee • British
"Absolutely love visiting this place. My fave place in Brum! The team are always so welcoming friendly esp Hope, Laura, Breanna, Shannon, Paige, Sophie Niamh! The cats are all gorgeous, well cared for happy to play or just chill alongside you. The cafe itself is bright, well decorated full of areas for the cats to scratch, play or get up high if they want a bit of quiet time. Toys are provided to keep them entertained. Food drink is always great. The staff have a really tough job (it's not playing with cats like people imagine but do what they can to keep you happy. Unfortunately some customers can spoil your experience by chasing the cats, crowding the toilet area, leaning over your table to get to cats etc but that's my only negative! Keep doing what your doing I look forward to visiting again soon!"
Pizza • Pasta • Seafood • European
"what a disappointment, never again. well booked in advance for a Saturday evening meal for three and was very excited about it. was in zaza both in bushey and in pinner and had nothing but good experiences, so thought it would be nice. to have a change of landscape in ruislip. how wrong I was. it was shown our table that was right next to the door and in the middle of the entrance, right where someone went to the restaurant that waited for her table, would float and not a suitable room to enjoy a quiet family dinner. I understand that the last years were challenging for restaurants, but even if they want to add some extra seats in less than ideal places, they should at least warn their patrons before they book them. When I asked if we could be moved, I was asked what was wrong with the table and when I pointed out that the unpleasant edification was welcomed by apathie. I asked if we could be changed to one of the many other empty tables in the venue and said that they were all booked, but that we could wait to see if someone was gone I had booked our table week to be clearly offered the worst place in the house and then essentially treated like an inconvenient walkable to ask left an extremely acid taste. I found the personal I spoke to be cold and quite rude. feeling frustrated and unintentional, we decided to take our business elsewhere and received a warm greeting and a beautiful meal on the road on the mamma pink."
Wine • French • Coffee • Casual
"From the start it was dull.. we were there on a high tea appointment and a seating for 2 pm Saturday.. So we got given the wrong menu on the side benches as we waited for our table. 15 minutes later I mentioned that we were here for tea and cakes. Then we were seated.. by the toilets.. And the men's were disgustingly kept. Uve seen cleaner public urinals. Cheese on toast came and one could have put a window through with them. Coffee and tea.. Nice! 3 different staff dropping episodes certainly lightened things up for us! So next batch of cheese toasties! Yummo! We received a evening meal voucher for 2 as a consequence to our polite complaint. Keep trying harder! JH"
"It 's a good solid restaurant. There 's a nice choice of franglais dishes. However there 's no kids choices so not the place if you have young children. That may or may not be a plus. The food is priced around average to high for this type of restaurant chain. The staff are friendly and helpful. The food we ordered turned up promptly and was hot. Drink choices are limited to bottled beers, wines and a smattering of cocktails. With the usual selection of soft and hot drinks. Be warned they are on the the high side of average. When we went it was fairly quiet. So there wasn 't much of an atmosphere. But I would imagine that it gets quite buzz when busier. There is a single disabled toilet on the ground floor otherwise the loos are up 4 flights of stairs. So don 't leave it 'til the last minute. There parking in the multi-storey around 500metres away. The entrance is fairly accessible although the doors are manual and relatively heavy. Although there 's plenty of space between tables. In all a good restaurant tasty, hot food and good service. We would return."