The Jam Reviews Summary

Category: Italian restaurant London

Address: 289A King's Rd, London, SW3 5EW, United Kingdom

Phone: +442073528827

Rating: 4.6
based on 178 reviews.

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

  • "Thought it was a good vibe!"
  • "Fantastic place for a meal. A little expensive but the quirky double decker seating and tables is so much fun."
  • "The experience of eating 'high up' was brilliant and the kids loved it."
  • "Very cool, unique decor with double decker seating!"
  • "It's a great restaurant with friendly and helpful staff with a relaxed vibe!"
  • "The vibe is great, certainly a date venue."
  • "Super quirky restaurant - we really loved the layout of the tables and chose to sit on one of the ones up high ourselves."

Cons:

  • "However this is not a place for people that are after more value."
  • "Being on the high table did get a little warm so worth bearing in mind if you’d like to sit up there yourself."
  • "No one greeted us and it seemed like they could care less to have actual customers come into their tiny tiny (very stacked!) restaurant."
  • "Being on the upper tier it was a little tricky to get the staff's attention."
  • "The food was good but not the dining experience/atmosphere that we’d hoped for, especially for a birthday night out."
  • "Also, it was REALLY cramped for us (a group of 6)!"
  • "Wouldn’t recommend for groups larger than 4 people as you won’t be able to experience the novelty of sitting on the upper deck."

Service

Pros:

  • "The sweetest kindest staff!!"
  • "Service was excellent, super speedy and very well mannered!!"
  • "Our waitress was very nice and very attentive."
  • "The staff were very welcoming, especially as we had our 3 year old with us."
  • "Went on New Years and had brilliant service!"
  • "The staff are Italian courteous and very helpful."
  • "Staff were great, especially considering they’re up and down the tables all the time."

Cons:

  • "Customer service was quite varied with some really enthusiastic staff, and then some that felt like they wanted to be anywhere but there!"
  • "Apart from a slight abrupt greeting at the door ‘do you have a reservation?!?!?’"
  • "Service is a little slow, but the servers are lovely and friendly."
  • "However when our dessert arrived we were still waiting for cutlery (and had asked for it) when we were given the bill and told they needed our table."
  • "In the end we were rushed out at 10pm given a 5min warning before although they supposedly close at 10:30pm…"
  • "The service we found was quite slow, but this could have been due to it being busy."
  • "Service felt extremely rushed and our mains were brought out even before we finished our starters."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food was absolutely delicious."
  • "The food is honestly so good."
  • "Great quality of food."
  • "Drinks and cocktails are delicious and reasonably priced."
  • "One of the best pizzas I’ve ever had."
  • "The Italian food is the best I've had since Naples and reasonably priced for Chelsea."
  • "The food was extremely good, I can strongly recommend the Chicken & Pizzas if you go there."

Cons:

  • "The mushroom salad was disappointing and calamari was average."
  • "The carbonara tasted weird and the sauce wasn’t as how it should have been."
  • "Food is good, however nothing too special and portions are a bit small for the price you pay."
  • "The pizza was seemingly devoid of any flavor outside of cheese and tomato."
  • "We ordered pizza and it came cold as well as the taste was not special for the prices that it had."
  • "The dessert was a let down sadly."
  • "Our wine, which was 49gbp, was not good in the slightest."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "Importantly the food I'd decent too and not too expensive."
  • "Also one of the more affordable options in Chelsea."
  • "I found everything fairly priced considering the area."
  • "Really good prices, for 3 pasta dish, 1 large pizza, calamari and a glass of wine for £25 per person."
  • "The cost is definitely pricier, however it is very reasonable."
  • "Really lovely venue, great food, generous portions at v reasonable prices."
  • "Large portions and fair pricing."

Cons:

  • "However this is not a place for people that are after more value."
  • "Food is good, however nothing too special and portions are a bit small for the price you pay."
  • "The food was only alright, nothing special really."
  • "The place is alright, but nothing special about the food."
  • "Quite pricey for no reason."
  • "Portions are a bit small for the price you pay."
  • "the plates were good in flavour but extremely small and expensive."

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