J Sheekey Reviews Summary
Category: Seafood restaurant London
Atmosphere
Pros:
- "The atmosphere was nice."
- "We sat outside on the covered terrace, it's located in a quiet pedestrianised area so very pleasant to be outside."
- "Nice warm welcome, attentive service, lovely atmosphere."
- "Lovely atmosphere (like a classic French bistro but with better service)."
- "Atmosphere nice, great decorum, soft background music."
- "Great ambience with an old-fashioned feel."
- "Lovely atmosphere."
Cons:
- "Where we were sitting I think the atmosphere was a bit canteen like."
- "The place gets busy at peak hours and can get quite noisy."
- "Rather tacky exterior with excessive red furnishings and fake flowers."
- "The bar and left is too noisy."
- "We were sat at a covered outside table and we were cold despite the heater."
Service
Pros:
- "Brian delivered a seamless service from advising us on the wine that would suit our meal to the recommendation for our food."
- "The service was professional and slick."
- "Service was attentive without being suffocating: exactly as you’d expect here."
- "Always fantastic, friendly staff, glorious surroundings- casual fine dining- smart, sophisticated and so sexy."
- "The service is superb, we got served by a guy from Ecuador who spoke perfect English, Spanish, French and Italian."
- "Customer service was top-notch."
- "Service was excellent."
Cons:
- "We felt that the waiter did not care about us, he was very cold."
- "Some of the service staff might make you feel that they gave you a favour by serving!!"
- "The staff were impolite and rushed."
- "We were seated by the hostess without menus or an offer of water, and waited about 15min before a server eventually came over to take our order."
- "Service was gruff right from the start, took quite a while to receive menus."
- "Service was not good."
- "Service through the entire evening was almost non existent."
Food Quality
Pros:
- "The food was ranging from good to very good."
- "Every dish we ordered was excellent."
- "Everything was cooked to perfection."
- "The battered tempura prawns were light and fresh."
- "The food was good, I have to say it, as it is the truth."
- "The oysters were really fresh and yummy, and both fish portions were delicious."
- "The food was phenomenal."
Cons:
- "250 pounds were not worth it IMHO."
- "The seafood platter was half the size and almost double the cost."
- "A completely overpriced tourist trap that is probably very good at serving oysters and caviar, but not anything that requires any culinary prowess."
- "My cod fillet and a side was returned as cold and lacking flavour."
- "The quality standard of dishes had gone down."
- "The tuna tartare was not as fresh as I would have liked it to be and was lacking in flavour and seasoning."
- "They cooked dishes in Asian fusion style but put too much sauce/spices, clearly destroying umami and natural flavour of ingredients!"
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