Quo Vadis, Soho (Restaurant / Club)
“While the food was amazing - (i would certainly go back for the crab linguine which was divine and the chocolate fondant which was delish), the service was not. It's a pricey restaurant and for that i expect great food and even greater service. Apart from messing up my friend's main course by bringing the wrong dish out, the waiter decided to clean the table's crumbs straight onto our laps. why he did this we will never know as the restuarant clearly has one of those 'fancy'' crumb sweepers but he did and it annoyed us no end. The crowd is also a little stuffy which is a shame because the food is something i'd want to go back for.”
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fluid, london 01 Jan 10

The Mitre, Notting Hill (Bar / Restaurant)
“What a transformation! Quality from the moment you walk through the door, quite a step up from your average 'gastro pub' (though it bills itself as a British Brasserie). Great food, well kept ales and an interesting wine list. Not cheap but certainly not rip off expensive. Very impressed.”
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Monquette, London 28 Dec 09

Ruby Blue, West End (Bar / Restaurant / Club)
“I booked the restaurant for my 30th birthday and got seated in the bar! It was cold as doors were open either end of the bar, high-vis jackets worn by security parading around (not very sophisticated), staff were rude when we asked to be moved into the restaurant (where we had booked a month in advance)! A place to go if you want your night ruined.”
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Natalie, surrey 23 Dec 09

Sophie's Steakhouse, West End (Restaurant)
“Nice atmosphere, great staff, amazing drinks, good food!”
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Korinne Hendrix, Dallas, Texas 23 Dec 09

La Ratatouille, Marylebone (Restaurant)
“We just come out of La ratatouille. Funny enough it doesn't figure anywhere on the menu! This place doesn't try very hard to convince you. Everything is simply but executed with laziness same goes for the host who we found to be without any emotion or wish to serve us. The waitress was however very polite but the overall experience lacked the spirit you often come to appreciate when dining in a French bistro. As for the food, we doubt it was executed by french staff at all. Escargot was decent, pork rillette tasty. The salmon au beurre blanc poorly done, salmon almost overdone and the beurre blanc lacking texture. We thought of finishing by testing the creme brulee which was a complete disappointment, overcooked, leaving a split cream and egg mixture. I had to visit the washroom on our way out and it would be fair to say that a little refurbishment is needed. Overall the place was clean but a lot is needed for us to send any guest to La Ratatouille in the near future.”
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Eric Cantor, London 22 Dec 09

Bar Soho, Soho (Bar / Club)
“I was at Bar Soho at teh begining of December for a last minute night out. I just want to say the cocktails were amazing and they play music to cater for all. There is a small bar upsatirs that was playing house music and teh main room was play comercial chart tunes. The girls and I have a great night (happy hour is 50% off) drinking wine and cutting some shapes on the dancefloor. Watch out Bar Soho as we will be back in 2010.”
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Alicia, London 22 Dec 09

Hakkasan Hanway Place, Bloomsbury (Bar / Restaurant)
“I took 4 foreign friends last night to Hakkasan. It was also my first time visiting this place. Definitely the last one too. Table for 5 was booked 10 days ago. We arrive at 10.55 expecting to be sat down straight away. But unfortunately our table was not ready so we were taken to the bar. We had to wait until 11.40 to have our table ready. We could not start to eat until 11.55. Almost an hour after we expected. Bill came over £500.00 None of us had wine. All had water. A real rip-off. There are more than a dozen better Chinese Restaurants in London. Truly no recommended. Even if you are just considering to visit this place for the experience. Please note that if you are disable (using a wheel chair) this restaurant does not offer any facilities for accessing to its basement premises. Very bad.”
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[ Unknown ], London 20 Dec 09

Roebuck, Hampstead (Bar)
“Went to the Roebuck with a large group of friends for Christmas lunch. Hugely disappointing. Portions were stingy and the food poorly cooked - verging on inedible. As the food didn't arrive until gone 2pm and we had hungry kids with us, it was too late to send the food back and go somewhere else, so we struggled through, but under different circumstances, i would have walked out. The veggie option was limp pasta in tomato sauce, the roast beef came out as shriveled rump steak that was tough as old boots. The roast potatoes were covered in black bruises, the carrots and sprouts, i can only assume, were left over from last year. For £10 a head i'd have felt ripped off - but The Roebuck had the cheek to charge us £20 a head for two courses. Disgraceful. When we spoke to the Manager, our complaints fell on deaf ears. She was unconcerned that we'd had such a bad experience. When we saw people being served huge plates of lovely looking roast beef with yorkshire pudding and all the trimmings (for £11!), she explained that they had ordered off the Sunday lunch menu, but we'd ordered off the Christmas menu, which is provided by Youngs centrally. If we had a problem we should take it up with Youngs. So tough basically (though not as tough as the steak we were served...). I'm taking it up with Youngs - but thought i'd warn you too. I won't go there again - that's for sure.”
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Eve, London 20 Dec 09

The River Room, Westminster (Bar / Restaurant)
“had my company christmas do here. It was awful. we were crammed in as they had closed of part of the area we had paid for. The area closed off was the seating/chill out area so for 250 people there were 8 seats. Food - most people didn't see any let alone eat anything - drinks fridge ran dry and so they were serving warm beer. location is great but hospitality was worst I have ever had . Would never go back and would not recommend to any companies out there.”
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Richard, st albans 18 Dec 09

Proud Cabaret City, City of London (Restaurant / Club)
“English food and Cabaret: that was a risk but well done Proud. The venue is a success....”
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Jules, London 16 Dec 09