Medlar Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "One of the best value for money French restaurants in London!"
• "Every item was perfect in proportion and tasted incredible!"
• "Really delicious food and incredibly well presented."
• "The food was delicious, elegantly presented without being overly pretentious."
• "Food is of first-class quality, imaginative, prepared with care."
• "The food was all genuinely amazing, particularly recommend the crab raviolo starter."
• "The food is excellent, so flavourful and beautifully textured."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately more than one person found inedible parts of crab in their dishes."
• "The food was quite good but had its ups and downs."
• "There's just nothing to say about any of these dishes apart from the fact that they were completely bland."
• "Raw scallop starter was tiny, unnecessarily so."
• "Food was very good, although not as dizzyingly high as some reviews might suggest."
• "Surprised negatively by the place. Portions are fair but the food is not amazing and thus over priced."
• "However, my mother and I visited on Sunday evening and she ate the chicken dish, the next morning she was incredibly sick with food poisoning."

Service

Pros:

• "Our drinks were kept full without fuss."
• "Service was good and timed well."
• "Staff friendly and efficient."
• "The staff are so helpful and knowledgeable."
• "The service was impeccable, incredibly attentive without being overbearing."
• "The staff were professional and friendly and the atmosphere was relaxed."
• "The service here is incomparable, the team are fantastic - hugely attentive, welcoming and charming."

Cons:

• "The staff was very attentive but sometimes a bit too attentive because numerous times we were asked the same question by different members of the serving team."
• "Our wine glasses kept being overfilled."
• "Services could be better - they tried to be friendly, but it’d be great if the staff could be more proactive & helpful for the host."
• "Service sucks, I took a saint Emilio grand cru (14£ glass), he poured it in my glass as if it was water without making me taste it nor showed the bottle."

Ambience

Pros:

• "The ambience is intimate and relaxed."
• "The atmosphere and decor was also warm, friendly and very comfortable."
• "Formal yet relaxed atmosphere - I guess it can be anything you want it to be."
• "The decor is calming and cozy."
• "Clean, modern but cosy dining room with perfect background music."
• "The ambience was perfect."
• "Very civilised and great atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Very noisy in the front (quieter in the bag)."
• "However, the place would benefit from an upgrade in decor."

Value

Pros:

• "Great wine at sensible prices."
• "The prices are very reasonable in retrospect of the excellence the restaurant delivers."
• "Great food at surprisingly competitive prices given the quality of the ingredients and the great combination of tastes on offer."
• "Quality never comes cheap but this is exceptional cooking at an incredibly reasonable price for what you're getting."
• "Excellent value for money too, especially during mid-week lunch."
• "Lunch is an absolute steal, corkage is modest."
• "At a very reasonable price, everything was packed with flavour."

Cons:

• "I'm not entirely sure the wine hadn't been watered down considering the complete lack of flavour."
• "For 60£ I'm not sure I was 100% satisfied with my experience."
• "Expensive (£150 per couple with corkage), but worth it."