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Ambassador
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2 courses £15, 3 courses £20 (Offer valid until Fri Nov 20)
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2 courses £10, 3 courses £15 (Offer valid until Fri Nov 20)
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Who needs diplomatic relations with France when the Ambassador creates so well the food we hope to find there? A proper all-day café, with wide-open doors and tables outside, it is run with real commitment and devilishly close attention to detail. From the croissants in the morning, through lunch and the perfectly baveuse omelette (so rare this side of the Channel), to the chocolate marquise with spiced red wine syrup and vanilla ice-cream that rounds off dinner, it has never let us down. Don’t go expecting all Gallic. Yorkshire tea, bacon sandwich on proper thick slices of crusty white loaf, and the joyously seasonal likes of asparagus tart with mixed-leaf salad or plaice with jersey royals and baby leeks – all come at keen prices. A pudding of mango soufflé with passion-fruit sorbet would have been as at home on a stiff white cloth as on the dark green Formica table tops. Dream drinks include Hendrick’s gin and Hereford cider, Noilly Prat and a Manzanilla. Wines with France to the fore, from £14 a bottle and with many by the 50cl or glass (poured from the bottle at your table) are a source of wonder. But where’s our favourite aperitif Lillet got to?
Time Out Eating & Drinking Guide 2009
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- 55 Exmouth Market, Clerkenwell, EC1R 4QL
- Area: Clerkenwell
- Tel: 020 7837 0009
- Website
- Book online
- Category: Modern European
- Travel: Farringdon tube/rail/19, 38, 341 bus
- Times: Breakfast served 8.30am-noon, lunch served noon-2.30pm Mon-Fri. Brunch served 11am-4pm Sat, Sun. Dinner served 6-10.15pm Mon-Sat; 6-9.30pm Sun
- Price: Main courses £9.50-£17. Set lunch £12.50 2 courses, £16 3 courses
- Credit cards: AmEx, MC, V
- Services:
- Child facilities: Babies and children welcome: children's menu; high chairs; toys
- Disabled: toilet
- Outdoor tables: 5, pavement
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Have just come back from brunch and was wholly satisfied. i ordered the eggs benedict and a bloody mary and it was exactly what i was after. awesome hollandaise sauce on the eggs, and the bloody mary was simply perfect! Great coffee too! I have put it in the phone memory as somewhere to definitely go back to!
The fine dining experience in such a relaxed comfortable setting made our trip to London complete. Superb food hope to visit again very soon
Mr & Mrs B - Aberdeen
Great food, portion just right for me!
Recommend the homemade chocolate pud.
Friendly Bar Staff who make their own cocktails.
You must ry the organic rhubarb ones - believe me!
Food was OK. We were expecting a lot more. The portions were small with little in the way of presentation. Price was not that bad, but the Time Out review highlight this as a great place. It is average. If it is nearby it is worth checking out, but no need to go out of the way to go here.
Sorry forgot the stars !!!
I love this restaurant. I love everything about it, the casual friendly bar, the interesting food which takes account of the seasons, the service which others have mentioned. The wine list is fantastic - and if you need a bit of help Clive the owner will be pleased to talk to you about what he thinks is good in a very approachable way - and best of all this must be one of the few restaurants where they DONT constantly irritate you by pouring more wine in your glass when you are perfectly capable of doing it yourself. There are special nights with a chat from a favourite food supplier and if you are celebrating something just tell them and you get great inclusive treatment. I shall be going there again and again and again.
We dined there last night and thought it was fantastic. Food was great as well as being value for money and the service was excellent. Served by all of the waiting staff at various times (a nice touch) but never had to asked for anything. Would recommend highly.
I dinned there in August with three friends and I will never retun there: the food was neither original nor good, the restaurant was empty whereas it was a friday night, I felt as if I was in a kanteen. very disapointed by the time out critics...
I dined here last week and didn't think much of it. The wine wasn't brilliant for the price, and the beef was overcooked, fatty and chewy. Not worth it for the price, based upon my experience.
5 of us spent a truly superb evening at Ambassador last night. The service was just right. Not too attentive but someone always close by to assist and the food was all delicious and really well presented. You also really feel as you're getting value for money which is a rarity nowadays in London.
A great destination for a good meal for 2 or a group of you. Would highly recommend.