Bistrot Bruno Loubet

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Clerkenwell

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Amy Murrell

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Rated as: 4/5 (10 ratings)
  • Three friends and I had the tasting menu, and it was amazing! Being from the hospitality industry myself, I must say 'Everything was delicious and inventive'.. I am planning to go back again soon with some of my colleagues, and I am guaranteed a fabulous night. See you soon!

    Satisfied Mon Jun 11 2012
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • Easy going, ambient but with impeccable waiting staff and wonderfully cooked inventive and extensive dishes. I'll be back.

    Local Sat Mar 24 2012
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • This is a great restaurant

    Alastair Wed Feb 8 2012
    Rated as: 4/5
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  • Great food, great wine, very friendly service, I'd come back time and time again.

    Josh Fri Jan 13 2012
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • I have been to this restaurant many times now and the food and ambience has always been amazing. The main problem is the service. Waiters don't really know what they are doing and there doesn't seem to be much organisation. We had to call waiters to order, to take our dishes, to provide new glasses for wine etc. This is ashame. If the service was sorted it would be our favourite london haunt. Also the front of house is a bit of a plonker.....shabbily dressed, couldn't care less arrogant attitude.

    Peter Fri Oct 21 2011
    Rated as: 4/5
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  • Love this place - stayed at the Zetter (ajoining hotel) for our anniversary last year and have kept coming back to this restaurant. Very reasonably priced, delicious food. On one occasion my rabbit was undercooked, so the maitre de sent it straight back, gave it to us for free and gave the whole table free deserts. Really impressive service

    Jenny Fri Oct 7 2011
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • Very disappointed - especially for the price! There were 9 of us and the waiter forgot to place orders for two of the meals!. My 'medium to well done steak' was bright pink, bloody and raw - for £23.80 that is unforgivable. There was no offer of bread or anything while we sat there for half an hour waiting to order our food. One of the meals that was forgotten, arrived just as the rest of us were finishing. when we asked the waiter if it was because he had forgotten to place the order, he said 'yes i forgot.' but no apology. None of us will be going back. there are much better places in london

    parker Thu Aug 4 2011
    Rated as: 1/5
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  • A thoroughly disappointing lunch. Bad atmosphere, bad service. One dish - sea trout and citrus ketchup - was the worst thing we've eaten for a long while. Lacklustre throughout, dull wine and disinterested people. Not what we were expecting.

    NB Wed Apr 27 2011
    Rated as: 1/5
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  • I had an meal here a few months back and I can categorically say it is the best place I have eaten in the Clerkenwell /Farringdon area. Not only was the service good, but the food was great! Delicious and bountiful! The sommelier was very helpful and as a result I had the perfect wine to accompany the meal. Between me and my girlfriend we had 2 starters, 2 mains, 1 dessert, 1 bottle of water, 1 bottle of white and a glass of fabulous red all for £86. If you’re after a good meal – look no further.

    Josh McB Fri Aug 13 2010
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  • My friends and I are equally baffled by the rave reviews for Bistrot Bruno Loubet having eaten there on Friday night. There was unfortunate symmetry to our meal with a chewy pasta starter (the special of the day with a dusty-tasting seafood mousse filling) and a pudding best described as chewy rhubarb pizza. The Boudin Blanc certainly was lovely but I defy anyone to have recognised that it was guinea fowl and not chicken. Other dishes were unexciting and the potatoes dauphinoise had been nuked into an unappealing oil slick. In terms of service when I arrived a couple was told by the maitre d' that they would have to wait because he had "to seat this lovely young lady". I was that lady and as I could easily have been his mother presumably he meant such insincere twaddle to be flattering. The place was very busy and clearly BBL wants to take advantage of this; tables have been squeezed in so no matter where I placed my chair our waitress banged into me each time she went to the diners behind. This was clearly pretty commonplace for her or at least I assume that was one reason why she did not bother apologising. All in all a very disappointing evening and not at bistro prices. However, I found the perfect antidote the very next day. A brunch of three courses for £15 including bread, pastries, a Bloody Mary, water and tea or coffee. Simple food, beautifully presented, that was tasty and served in generous portions and the service, from all concerned, was charming. Brasserie Roux please take a bow.

    Nancy Mon May 10 2010
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