Feb 162010

This is a truly amazing restaurant and this applies all round, the service provided was impeccable particularly after my friends incident.  I am not surprised why it is one of the most highly rate and recommended restaurants.

The food served was perfect in every way, from presentation to the taste, although the portions are small they are very filling.  I had the scallops which were very tender and very full of flavor.   We thought it was interesting the combination of having chicken wings and it was so easy to separate the Chicken from the bone.

Staff were fantastic, friendly, and helpful except for one who seem to have a rod stuck up there the sun doesn’t shine.  The main waiter and manager that serviced us also made jokes and even gave us complimentry coffee at the end of the meal.

The surrounding was wonderfully decorated with pearls and crystals and with live entertainment made even more amzing

Address: 252 High Holborn London WC1V 7EN. Tel: 020 7829 7000

Value for Money: 9/10 Food: 9/10 Service: 9/10

Additional comments: Definitely going there again particularly for special occasions

Oct 152008

This restuarant is located next to Liberty in central London.  I like the interior with the lights and the tanks of fish.

We took advantage of a meal deal and decided to order one of everything on the menu.  For starter we had mussels in white wine and garlic sauce and squid cooked in CTFM special sauce.  I loved the sauce forthe mussels, rich and creamy,  the squid was soft and not at all chewy.

The salmon was nice very crispy with spinich placed in between the layers.  The only problem I had with the dish was slightly dry.  The ribs was delious, the meat was removed at a gentle touch it  and it was flavoured even without the sauce.  Dessert doesn’t only look good but it was light and very tasty

 Service was very attentive. making  very pleasurable, I will most definately go there again.

 Address: 5-6 Argyll Street, Sutherland House, London, W1F 7TE.  Tel: 020 7437 1143

Value for Money: 8/10    Food: 8/10    Service: 9/10

Additional comments: One of the most enjoyable places to have a meal

Feb 152008
When I walked into the restaurant I wasn’t too keen on the lighting because it was very dark but the restaurant was surprisingly big.  There are also small partitioned sections if you have a group or small party of people.

We had five of dishes to share.  We were quite surprised about the portions, lucky we did not expect small overpriced dishes.  The dragon roll had a crunch from the eel which was placed on top of the roll and inside there was prawn and crab meat, the rainbow roll was similar but with a piece of fish laid out on top filled crab meat and fish.  I was surprise the seafood papaya motoyaki was my least favourite, it sounded so great on the menu; I personally didn’t like the combination and didn’t believe that it meshed well.  There was too much conflict with the flavours; I think the papaya would have made a better as a dessert as it tasted so sweet.  We ordered a salmon it had olive oil and a great vinaigrette which had a distinct taste, it went well with the fish and the noodle salad was bursting with different flavours and textures which complimented each other.  I wasn’t so keen on my dessert but it was pretty and better admired than eaten.  I found my cheese cake too crumbly, I prefer it to be more of a smooth creamy texture.

The service was not bad the lady who served us that she was trained.  My friend and I thought there was too much attention given to us by asking if everything was alright at the middle of  our conversation.

Address: St Giles Hotel, 111A Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3AS
Tel: 020 7300 3250

Value for Money: 7/10 Food: 9/10 Service: 7/10

Additional comments: I personally thought it was a great place to dine but on the little expensive side, I wouldn’t mind going again but I will suggest you look out for any deals.

Jan 312008

The restaurant is situated next to GAY bar and to be honest I didn’t really go there expecting the best mainly because you later found out it was Ken Hom who designed the menu. The restaurant is very nicely decorated and there were parts of the restaurant and everything is every well presented. The cutlery, bowls and plates were very pretty looked like a tremendous efforts went into their presentation. There are also so small tables being segmented by the use of cloths and angling of chairs. Seems interesting but it also look a little uncomfortable.

Unfortunately I thought the service was poor to average. I personally don’t really appreciate when I am ordering and the waiter is distracted.

The dishes came like little oriental tapas and we were recommend to order three dishes person. We ended up ordering eight dishes to be shared between us. When the dishes came I thought maybe I did underrate the restaurant because they do look really pretty and now I am a true believer that looks can be deceiving. I was very disappointed with food. The best dish there which is their Singapore noodles, even that was oily. Lobster and Mango summer roll was very crunchy but all you can taste was coriander. Tuna peppercorn sashimi was disgusting, it was drowned in lemon juice, Which reminded me or washing up liquid

Over all I didn’t think the food was poor but the visit was worth while due to the efforts made for everything to look so beautiful.

Address: 16 Old Compton Street, London W1D 4TL

Tel: 020 7434 3544

Value for Money: 1/10 Food: 1/10 Service: 1/10