"A group of six of us get together every couple of months for a gentlemen 's lunch . We first went to Vivat Bachus almost exactly five years ago and enjoyed it, so decided to return. How things have changed! We went on a Friday lunchtime and there was hardly anyone in the restaurant., making it one of the flattest environments I can recall in recent years. The Cheese Room, which we so enjoyed last time, is shut and the South African dishes such as ostrich are no longer on the menu. We all thought there was a good chance it may not be around that much longer. I had carpaccio and a sirloin steak and I have to confess they were both very good, which is the only reason I have rated this as three stars. Even as I write I think I may be over-generous. But ... I don 't travel from East Anglia to a South African restaurant in London to eat Sirloin steak. We wont be rushing back."
