The Gate Hammersmith Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food is absolutely delicious."
• "The food is from another world and service was good."
• "Great place and food was very well presented, absolutely delicious main courses."
• "The meals were fresh with depth of flavour and lusciousness that was to die for."
• "The food was delicious and I can say is the best vegetarian I have tried in the uk."
• "Delicious, refined, beautiful food in an oasis near Hammersmith roundabout."
• "The food was incredible - fine vegan dining at its best."

Cons:

• "The Wellington was undercooked and bland with soft boiled broccoli and school dinner mash on the side."
• "Everything tasted like plain vegetables. No chili, onions, herbs or other tasty ingredients or spices were used."
• "The ‘dauphinoise potatoes’ were more of a reheated pave than dauphinoise."
• "The spinach was far too heavily salted and could not be eaten."
• "The food was very average at best... nothing really justified the price point bar the presentation."
• "The food was disappointing. The cauliflower was not edible - it was boiled soft/mushy."
• "The food was totally unspectacular."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff are super friendly."
• "Their service is exceptional and the server with the blonde hair and glasses is the absolute best!"
• "Excellent service was provided while we were there."
• "The service was excellent. I think I had the best vegetarian food ever."
• "Service was extremely friendly and the atmosphere is almost zen like."
• "The staff were very friendly and attentive."
• "The service is friendly and attentive."

Cons:

• "Difficult to get hold of front of house by phone - we left an umbrella and needed to contact them - so far without success."
• "Found it quite hard to get the attention of someone to inform them of the hair, when I did so very lack lustre apology and nothing else offered."
• "It felt like Day One for at least 3 of the team, and, visibly, they were sent out with little instruction."
• "Service was mediocre. Atmosphere not much to talk about."
• "This was my third time visiting and the service was atrocious."
• "Our waitress was very disinterested to the point of rudeness and the food took a long time to arrive."
• "The servers literally were like they couldn’t be bothered to be there."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Excellent setting with massive windows & sky light."
• "Nice modern decor, and a warm buzz from the other diners."
• "Small but intimate, and a little off the high street."
• "The atmosphere at The Gate was pleasant enough and the staff were very attentive and professional."
• "Great relaxed atmosphere. Nice place to eat then walk down to the riverside."
• "The restaurant itself is set in an old building with high ceilings and a large picture window, making it feel spacious and light."
• "Really nice and bright place where you want to stay a while."

Cons:

• "Too bad the place is so small with bad acoustics that it get very noisy in there."
• "Restaurant is poorly set up though, with lots of hard surfaces creating loads of noise and quite hot even in May."
• "Atmosphere not much to talk about. Same song or songs on repeat."
• "Form the moment we walked in to the moment we left, it was odd and cold atmosphere."
• "LOUD. The terrible acoustics meant you almost had to shout at the person opposite you to have a conversation."
• "The place gets pretty loud, which oddly adds to the ambiance."
• "Space lacks atmosphere and entry down side way and up stairs might put off passer by's."

Value

Pros:

• "All 4 dishes were delicious and the bill with 3 beers came to a very reasonable £72."
• "Totally worthy every penny."
• "Price was good and it was a nice venue."
• "It wasn't as expensive as expected it to be."
• "Prices very reasonable."
• "Value for money was great."
• "Expensive but we’ll worth every penny."

Cons:

• "Was okay but way too expensive for what it was."
• "The premium charged on the food for the current package they provide was unjustifiable."
• "I'd come back here for food more regularly if it was a bit cheaper."
• "Quite expensive."
• "Expensive, expensive, expensive."
• "Very expensive for what it is (chopped and roasted vegetables)."
• "Food was just ok and also pretty pricey for what you got."