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The service and atmosphere in this place is excellent. The menu is inventive and interesting, and there is an interesting balance between British and French food on offer here. However, the portions are very small (verging on Nouvelle Cuisine, especially for the mains) and the food was served a little cold. We visited this restaurant last year, when the portions were bigger, but they have got clearly smaller since. Also, the tables are very close together, which makes for an unintimate setting,

It was so highly rated in the review that I expected it to be an ideal place for an intimate celebration dinner. There were just four of us, but the waitress was hurried, off-hand, and curt. The food was good, altho I felt our choice of wine was disappointing, but there didn't appear to be any offer of a recommendation from the sommelier or our waitress. When it came to payment, they had automatically awarded themselves a 12.5% gratuity. We declined and only tipped 10%. This caused prolific apologies and an invitation to come back soon. We won't I'm afraid.

I had high expectations after reading the fantastic review in the 2007 Time Out guide, but sadly these were not met. When we arrived for our 8.45pm table we were told it was not ready and there was no space for us to drink at their bar. We went to a nearby bar for 45 mins but on our return the table was still not ready. There was no great apology or offer of a free drink while we continued to wait and it took my prompting to make them realise this was not acceptable. (£20 was later taken off the bill) Once seated it became apparent the tables were spaced far too closely together - the photo above no longer accurately reflects the current layout. This made it difficult to fully enjoy the meal as it was impossible to ignore the neighbouring conversations. The food and decor are lovely but having spent the best part £100 on a meal for two in what are credit crunch times I was surprised when the management informed me that Wild Honey "is not intended in any way to be a ‘special occasion’ restaurant." My instinct tells me there are better places to go.

my husband and i went to wild honey for our 1 year wedding anniversary.we were both really busy the weeks leading up to the date, but they managed to squeeze us in for a 10.15 table, despite booking the day of. unlike many reviewers, we were never rushed during our meal to order before the kitchen closed, in fact, i felt as though we had a very laid back dinner, with 'breaks' in between courses.. the food was exceptional, though i would say the starters and dessert out shone the main courses. i had the snails and pork belly and my husband had the terrine (both fantastic). the bouillabasse was massive and really interesting (i'd never tried this dish before) and the veal he had was succulent. the chocolate soup and wild honey ice cream were both a divine finish to the evening. the staff were polite and attentive, and our bill was quite reasonable; 120 for two with a bottle of wine and 3 courses each. i should also mention we are both look quite young and sometimes experience restaurant staff being quite rude to us when we go out - not a problem here. highly recommended.

I had high expectations for this place - and was bitterly disappointed. The wine was corked and the waitress tried to tell us it "merely wasn't her favourite", until the sommelier was called over and immediately agreed with us. Half the menu was already sold out by 2pm. The food was luke warm when it arrived. The service was sloppy and forgetful. Tea that we ordered never arrived and we were billed for it. They then hurried us out. There are so many better places for a lovely meal in London - don't waste your money here.

Nice space, friendly service, not poncey, excellent food. My partner had pork belly with (English!) snails and I had smoked eel with beetroot tart and creamy horseradish, then he had breast of veal and I had daube of beef - both meltingly tender. The wild honey ice-cream with honeycomb dessert was superb. The £18.95 set 3-course lunch/dinner (before 7pm) looks very good value but we ate off the carte - £125 inc service, coffee, water, 1 bottle Pic St Loup and two glasses of bubbly. Highly recommended.

Had heard mixed reviews. My experience was mixed too. Over-rated and over-priced. Will not go back. Another mediocre European-fare restaurant in London with wood-panelling the only distinction. The table was the worst in the place by far, at the back, by the stairs to the loos and dark and cold-feeling. Asked for a candle to warm the atmosphere but they had none. Empty booths for 4 were reserved - so ask for one when you book. The crab starter was tasty but the cod and the veg with the venison were over salted, tasting of nothing but salt. The deserts were great, honey ice cream just right, the soft centred chocolate soup cake rich and bitter. The service was polite and attentive but the 2 hour limit on table occupancy was rushed, and at £70 a head with only 1/3rd of a bottle of wine per person was overpriced. Arrive on time or early to make sure you have the full 2 hours to enjoy the meal.

We visited last week and had the pre-theatre menu which was fab. Three courses full of flavour and interest.

Very disappointed. Service was terrible, everything muddled and confused. Food was even worse, cod with polenta was utterly tasteless, roast chicken, well, I could have done it better myself. Puddings OK but totally overpriced: nearly £7 for half a slice of eggy bread and some dried fruit. Won't go back.

We had their 16.75 set lunch menu - 3 delicious courses which the two of us shared so we could try everything. It's a great idea the way they will do a 250ml carafe at a third of the full bottle price. Great service.