Roast

Roast continuously delivers excellent food and drinks. I personally find the service to be the best I have come across in London to date, possibly even in Europe. I started working in Southwark this year, and have since been to Roast on many occassions with friends from all over the world - New Zealand, Belgium etc. who all enjoyed the setting and the food. I would give 5 stars if it weren't so easy to rack up a bill that almost turns your stomach, but I wouldn't keep coming back if I wouldn't think it was worth it.
One of my favorite places in London, and I would recommend it for business and for a special treat.

I visited the restaurant sometime in September 2010 based on the positive feedback from Time Out among others. My initial impressions were positive thanks to the atmostphere and the live music, but I was utterly disappointed by the food: the pork belly was chewy and seemed to have been reheated (the Harvey Nichols at the OXO tower was lightyears better). I'd like to hope that a exceptional faux-pas but I am not sure I will return.

Lovely setting; food average and wildly over-priced. Service is a big issue: rather than being ignored, we find the waiters incredibly intrusive, constantly interrupting conversations and not coordinating their service - on our first visit we had three waiters assigned to our table, interrupting us at 30 second intervals. On return visits they were busier, so not so attentive(!) but equally irritating in their ability to disrupt the flow of conversation for trivial questions. Additionally, if you visit on a Sunday there is huge pressure to turn tables and their constant reminders that "you only have 2 hours" are somewhat unwelcoming.

Went for the breakfast recently on a Saturday morning. It's a bit on the expensive side (we just missed the 2 for 1 time) but the service was good and the food (omelettes) cooked to order and very tasty. Don't bother with the tiny overpriced coffee though.

Went to Roast on Sunday 15 August; table was ready early, service very efficient and roast beef tasty plus served with crisp roast potatoes. One real complaint is that the Maitre d' went to such incredible trouble to tell us that they had a 2 hour dining policy and although we had arrived at 3pm on a Sunday for a 3.30pm booking we would have to leave again by 5.30pm. My father looked shocked and I almost hoped be could spend more than 2.5 hours there to see what they would do. Fail.