Joe Allen

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13 Exeter Street

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<strong>Rating: </strong>2/5

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<strong>Rating: </strong>3/5
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Rated as: 3/5 (5 ratings)
  • I agree with the Time Out review. The food is so tired and way behind what else is on offer in and around central London. The atmosphere however is always buzzing and the restaurant remains busy. The crowd is as old as the menu but like they say if it aint broke...

    Mark Thu Mar 14
    Rated as: 3/5
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  • Shocking. Sparsely populated on a Saturday afternoon, but service was extraordinarily slow. The "off menu burger" is now listed on the menu, but wasn't actually available (I've had it in the Paris branch and it was fine). Instead I had a chicken salad the like of which I haven't had since the dark days of the 80s, when London restaurants were a joke. Utterly vile. Couldn't tell which elements were chicken and which were potato. Horrible dressing. Our dishes sat waiting on the kitchen counter for a waitress for 15 minutes. But the chicken in the salad certainly hadn't been cooked that day, so it wasn't in a hurry... My dining companion ordered a second glass of cranberry juice "without ice this time please". The second juice arrived in a far smaller glass to compensate for the padding that the ice offered in the original. They really have their eye on the bottom line here. London is absolutely jammed full of great pre/post theatre dining options. This is a pathetic anachronism. Someone should put it out of its misery.

    Mark Sun Feb 17
    Rated as: 1/5
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  • Went here at the weekend, great restaurant, great food and polite staff, nice atmosphere and not pretentious one bit! like a lot of places in Covent garden. I wanted to spend a bit more than usual and wasnt dissapointed so was willing to spend the money. Loved that it was hidden away a very fashionable place, great place to know about before going to the theatre! will be going here again.

    Rosie Tue Jul 31 2012
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • Terrible menu, so limited I had to resort to a Chicken caesar sald, nice enough but I can prepare that myself at home. It used to be such a fun place with a good burger menu, but now you have to ask for a burger off menu and what they bring is so minimal and boring, it is grossly overated and over priced, it is relying on its past and has become complacent.

    Cari Wed Feb 8 2012
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  • Liked it very much. The (off menu) burger was one of the best burgers I've had in London, fries were great and there was some nice innovation on the menu (the green beans served with black beans were a lovely touch), while the selection of great imported American beers (Sierra Nevada, Goose Island, Sam Adams, Anchor Steam) was great. Recommended.

    Sean Wed Sep 21 2011
    Rated as: 4/5
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  • Truly appalling food considering £18-20 for a main course... I've had better tasting, better quality food for £5 at my local pub, what a waste of money, Waiters slow (but overworked... there were three for a sitting of well over a hundred... so not their fault really) food sitting on pass for over 15 minutes, completely ruined veg and just tasteless, cheap produce. We're never eating here again and would recommend you give it a miss. Highlight of the evening was swinging open the door as I was leaving and nearly breaking Derren Brown's nose as he was arriving... he didn't see that one coming!

    cs Fri Aug 12 2011
    Rated as: 1/5
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