Le Pain Quotidien Royal Festival Hall

Overall, the restaurant was decent, but there were some drawbacks such as limited food choices, slow service, and noise levels.

Eating always tastes good, but the portions are really small for the price you pay. I guess everything's organic. But always being a pleasant place.

The food is always delicious, but the portions are quite small considering the price. I suspect it's because everything is organic. Nonetheless, it is always a pleasant dining experience. View menu

Good for a quick pre theatre eat. We got two tartines (the mushroom one and another veggie one) both tasty. Serving the one with rocket sprinkled on it on a narrow board seemed a bit silly.

The food was nice and reasonably priced. The location was also fairly quiet so good for a catch up. However, the service was poor. Each and every waitor who served us made a mistake of some sort (e.g. wrong special, teapot of tea without a mug and laughed when a mug was requested, forgot to take the drinks to us for a long time, incorrect information given in respect of the bill when paying).

It's a sophisticated cafe with a rustic feel, so overall the experience was okay. Should have had a closer look at the breakfast menu, pricing was quite steep for what you get in terms of scrambled eggs on toast. The coffee was nice and the orange juice was fresh. Service was good, a slow start when trying to let someone now about a booking, we chose to sit outside which was nice. Was it worth £17? I wouldn't be back in a hurry. View menu

Terrible service we had to ask several times just for drinks. The food, when it arrived (having tried to give us the wrong order first time) was poor. We both ordered the same thing avocado on toast with scrambled eggs and salmon. The portion sizes varied wildly. Both had very small amounts of avocado (maybe an 1/8 of avo) which had been smeared across the bread (not toast), which was dry. Served with cold butter. Scrambled eggs were cold and salmon brown. Do not recommend.

Very poor service. I’ve dined here before (and other PQ restaurants) and had a good experience. Firstly we arrived to be told they had not received our booking but did seat us anyway. Service was extremely slow and we had to ask to place our order and again for our coffee. Our food order arrived incorrect twice and we were made to feel like it was our fault. After this we felt very uncomfortable. At the till I declined the optional service charge and said why. I got a mumbled apology. Such a shame and not the service I usually get from the restaurants in this usually excellent chain.

As I have recently discovered I cannot eat Gluten I have been limited with choices at restaurants. I found that they have a large folder of which dishes are suitable for different types of allergies (this was useful) however there is not much choice (especially if you want to avoid gluten free bread aswell). I ordered a gluten free quiche dish which was overall pleasant. I was still quite hungry but did not get the chance to order anything else. The service needs improving in efficiency for such a busy location. I asked for some more hot water for teapot several times along with the menu to order some dessert but was unable to do so in the extra 40 minutes I had. Instead when I asked for the... View menu