Noble Rot Lamb's Conduit Reviews Summary

Wine Selection

Pros:

• "The wine selection is interesting, with plenty of unorthodox varieties to try from far and wide."
• "Loved the wine, bread (OMG, amazing) & cheese, olives."
• "Absolutely amazing food, wine and service."
• "The staff has such a broad knowledge of wine that you’ll never be disappointed."
• "Lovely wine of course."
• "The wine list is spot on with wines of the highest quality across the board."
• "The wine was excellent and the food was really good."

Cons:

• "Drink by the bottle as by the glass is too expensive."
• "Their wine is good, of course, you pay minimum £50+ a bottle."
• "Wine, reasonable mark ups, but mostly safe, rather than interesting."
• "The wine list itself was massively disappointing: a bottle of the very commercial Gran Credo (9 pounds) for a staggering 25 pounds is shocking."
• "Wine was superb but expensive."
• "No bottle felt highly 'researched', with even the higher 160+ pounds options being easily found in any good wine shop."
• "Didn’t see orange wine on the menu, I wish I asked if they had it."

Service

Pros:

• "Super friendly staff, the waitress that served us was professional."
• "Staff are brilliant."
• "Rachel, our waitress, was absolutely wonderful and completely knowledgeable."
• "Our waitress (blonde, wish I had gotten her name) was one of the most outstanding and experienced people to serve us."
• "Top variety of wines from all over the world, very helpful personel, ready to answer all of your questions and help you decide."
• "Amazing service, helpful, attentive, polite and humorous."
• "The staff was super prompt and polite, special cheers to the Catalana girl who was very friendly and helpful on her suggestions."

Cons:

• "Service very poor indeed. Rude, inattentive staff who gave us our pudding menus, and then - when we had ordered - told us they needed the table back in ten minutes."
• "The service was a disaster from the moment we sat down -- inconsistent, slow, and uninformed about pretty much everything from what sides were served with dishes to what credit cards they accept."
• "Service a little bit on the slow side, so room for improvement."
• "The service was an embarrassment. We were banished to a table in the far recesses of the dining room, right next to the loos, and were then systematically ignored for two hours despite the restaurant being barely half full."
• "Service was a bit on the slow side but we were not in a rush."
• "Service was nothing better than an average pub in an average night."
• "Service staff in Black are extremely rude and unhelpful which me and my friends don't know the reason why."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Whilst it isn't cheap, the food makes up for it - very tasty."
• "Excellent wines combined with delicious small plates."
• "I don't usually spend big on food and wine but took my gf here for her birthday. The food was incredible."
• "Friendly and attentive staff, an interesting but not extravagant menu with reasonably priced dishes, and a wine list full of excellent examples of the classics as well as much else besides."
• "Food was delicious, starting with their bread which was superb. Starters were great, fantastic tartare."
• "The food was straightforward French bistro fare and everything was good."
• "The food is very high quality and cooked with care and attention is a understatement."

Cons:

• "At £75 a head it was desperately underwhelming."
• "Food felt slightly over priced against the appearance more than the taste or quantity."
• "The food was quite bland and lacked real flavour."
• "Mains lacked really any flavour."
• "The biggest food disappointment was the Armagnac Baba."
• "The food, honestly, is not worth it. £30 for a slice of Turbot."
• "Food OK, no more. Better on the menu than in reality."

Ambience

Pros:

• "The place is really cute and cosy."
• "The place is otherworldly. Like you go through a portal and end up somewhere else."
• "The atmosphere is intimate with small tables and candle light."
• "It was jam-packed which, alongside the candle-lit tables in the dark room at the back, made for a great atmosphere."
• "Enjoyed a very well presented meal in a cozy, old London Den."
• "The decor makes it really cosy."
• "Great atmosphere, cool design and layout."

Cons:

• "Very irritating to be kicked off our table after two hours, despite there being empty tables around us."
• "Downside is that when it is packed, it is so noisy that conversation becomes impossible."
• "The dining room is noisy, so best suited when you want a relaxed and fun night with good wine, good food and friends. Not so much for candlelit romance."
• "However we felt a bit rushed when having to go after 2 hours."
• "Noisy. Crowded. Too warm (in winter)!"
• "The service was an embarrassment. We were banished to a table in the far recesses of the dining room, right next to the loos, and were then systematically ignored for two hours despite the restaurant being barely half full."
• "The building is a little dark for me but I've never liked black floors. The lights are kept low and it give a nice intimate feel."

Value

Pros:

• "Very good value fixed price menu."
• "By far the best 'bang for your buck' winebar in London."
• "Amazing value set menu at £22 / £26 (2 or 3-course)."
• "Great value set lunch menu with very tasty dishes."
• "Good value for money, considering the quality."
• "Some will say its a bit expensive but I'll correct them and say the quality of every ingredient is worth it."
• "Delicious set lunch menu is great value."

Cons:

• "At £75 a head it was desperately underwhelming."
• "Cheapest I saw was £43 most were £54 upwards."
• "Shockingly little value for money. This place has nothing to recommend it except its quaint location."
• "The food and wine, though not the cheapest, is well worth the price."
• "I'm not sure I could convince anyone it is 'good value' although really yum."
• "Not bad but not good value."
• "Very expensive food for what it was."