Christian Kreps
08.03.2025
Overpriced
Renae Aitchison
08.03.2025
Creative and delicious dinner menu! Love the little shop as well! If you want to book a table online just watch out for term bar dining as this will seat you at the bar instead of a table. On the pricier side but it's worth a visit.
Desmond Dsouza
07.03.2025
Absolutely loved this place..expensive for normal standards and small plates which means you have to order lots but man the taste the service the place the beers they all work their magic and suddenly you are like ok I dont mind paying that money for this.. great selection of seafood and meats and some lovely starters and breads.. the salads kinda a let down but we still loved it..a place for everyone and all..totally recommended and bang on
Lulu Pedro
05.03.2025
Lovely, efficient service and a nice, chilled ambience. The food was nice enough but I was not blown away. The menu is quite limited, and one dish arrived luke warm and another was quite salty. My husband quite enjoyed his meal however!
Goot Op de Radio
05.03.2025
Great food, great service, very noisy.
Mike Street
02.03.2025
Surprisingly underwhelming. Given the menu is so limited, it should not feature a salad of “under-cooked broccoli chucked on a plate”.
Lia Beltrami
25.02.2025
Nel cuore della City di Londra si apre un varco sul Mediterraneo. In un ambiente spazioso e confortevole abbiamo potuto fare una vera pausa e immergerci nei sapori di Marrakech con la pastella, una delle più buone ma hai mangiate, Le verdure e gli assaggi di diversi tipi hanno completato l’esperienza.
Yvonne smith
25.02.2025
Great location - extend your stay beyond eating and check out the local streets and vendors. We had a lovely day. The restaurant was about £50 oh incl a glass of wine which is great value for lunch. Wonderful service and buzzy atmosphere. The food is colourful, delicious and portions perfect. 5 Star from us.
Fred Volhuer
25.02.2025
Too many expectations ?
Ottolenghi is a Chef that arguably has had one of the biggest impact on our taste buds' lives in the past few years. So many friends or restaurants now welcome you with dishes inspired by his talent. And it's great !
But the restaurant in London isn't something I would recommend, for 3 reasons.
First my party was royally ignored for about 10 minutes before finally accessing the reserved table. It happens, I guess, but it's not the best first impression for a restaurant of that level. The rest of the service was really good though, with a friendly and knowledgeable waitress.
Secondly, and it's a matter of personal taste, the level of garlic was unprecedented. Of course that is something you expect when you know the recipes of the cookbook, but it's like the restaurant kitchen even doubled the portions. Some elements were overpowering the entire meal.
Finally, there's a weird feeling of things being organized like a wedding catering rather than a Michelin type restaurant. The dishes look like they are prepared way ahead, the deserts are sitting in an adjacent pastry shop where you go get them and put them on a plate...A little spark is really missing and it hurts to say, but the overall experience feels a bit disappointing.
Kitty Scheerlinck
22.02.2025
Ik had Ottolenghi op mijn bucketlist staan en het was echt de moeite waard. Wat een heerlijke gerechten!
Er is voldoende keuze en op de lijst staan verschillende lactosevrije of glutenvrije opties.
Het personeel was heel vriendelijk en professioneel, echt top.
Chris C
16.02.2025
Food is absolutely next level, we had six dishes for party of two and it was a feast. The staff is super friendly and helpful. We had a dinner at the bar but overall it didn't take away from the experience.
Alice
14.02.2025
Great raspberry meringue, hazelnut sea salt, chocolate, and desserts for takeout at the front. Also great food as I’ve dined here multiple times. But if you just need some gifts or some quick dessert on the go, I highly recommend the meringues!
Anaïs Schlienger
14.02.2025
Really good food, high quality and tasty. Not too salty or greasy. The mushroom + lentils and the sweet potato are my favorites.
Lovely room.
Getting a combo of 3-4 salads is great to have the full taste experience.
David Lambourne
14.02.2025
Went for breakfast, had the leek, feta croissant and the shakshouka.
Croissant seemed a bit more over done than what what I would have expected (dark pastry, not golden) also thought it would have been warm. Filling was good though. Shakshouka was really tasty. Fresh apple juice was class as well.
Manager on the door was nice and so was the girl who served us, but the gentleman who had a very obvious moan about our 2year old at the seving station right next to us wasnt anywhere near the level of professionalism you would expect from somewhere within the Ottolenghi brand. If a two year old folding up a paper menu at the table ruins your morning fair enough but go and moan when you are in the kitchen or somewhere not customer facing, especially right next to the table you are moaning about. He grabbed it off the table from us and went away and threw it behind a till. When he met his colleague at the serving station, he clearly told her his frustrations. We did apologise (to his colleague after seeing the member of staff talk about us) for the unfortunate origami, and she was a lot more accommodating. It also seemed like a chore for him to pour water when we asked for it.
We never got a check back to see if the food was OK, otherwise I would have said about the croissant at the time. But for the first time we've been to an Ottolenghi restaurant, certainly would go back anytime soon unfortunately.
Isabelle Prenn
11.02.2025
We ate there on a Sunday and had lunch. The salads (grilled carrots and aubergines etc.) were cold, obviously preprepared and tasted pale.
Liam McGill
10.02.2025
Very good food with a nice shop attached where you can buy food items to go. Everything we had was great, and I would definitely consider coming back here next time I'm in London.
Will Tun
07.02.2025
Whole room was empty, we ordered take away drinks and asked to wait at bar because it looked nicer but was told to sit only by poor quality plastic chairs by window. Ruined the whole experience.
Poor quality service. Unfriendly and unwelcoming staff. The tea was okay. The desserts were over priced for what they were.
Nadja Crauwels
04.02.2025
Als fan van Ottolenghi’s kookboeken ben ik eerlijk gezegd een beetje teleurgesteld dat de filosofie van het genieten verloren gaat door tijdsdruk. We waren op een uurtje buiten. Om te kunnen genieten van de verrukkelijke smaken van Ottolenghi’s keuken heb je tijd nodig om te genieten. Het kwam over als luxe fastfood. Vonden we oprecht spijtig.
Azul Agulla
03.02.2025
What else is there to say? It’s a classic, we came for an early breakfast on Saturday and I strongly recommend this time as the place is quiet and calm. We had shakshuka, eggs, a spinach pastry and a delicious porridge. Coffee was really nice too.
