Fischer's Reviews Summary

Decor and Ambiance

Pros:

• "Nice selection of paintings on the walls, beautifully decorated for Christmas."
• "The restaurant is panelled, and traditional in an Austrian style, and the seats are comfortable, with padded wall seats and padded chairs."
• "Beautiful decor, though a somewhat stuffy/ uptight feel."
• "The decor is great."
• "The general ambience took you to another era."
• "The winner is definitely the decor and ambiance - authentic Vienna Art Deco feel."
• "Decor is 1930's Austrian railway station cafe, its very tastefully done, with lovely atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Beautiful decor, though a somewhat stuffy/ uptight feel."
• "The establishment was as nice as in the pictures, but very loud."
• "When you're already paying 15% service charge + £1.75 a head cover charge, on top of what is already an expensive meal it just leaves a sour taste in the mouth when the bill arrives."
• "Any real Austrians will know this place is a fraud with tacky decorations and a strange atmosphere."
• "The place was quite busy and unbelievably noisy for a restaurant."
• "Ambience is noisy given the place is packed with lunch diners."
• "It's disappointing to see a place with such potential fall short in so many aspects."

Service

Pros:

• "The attentive and knowledgeable staff at Fisher's further enhanced our dining experience."
• "The staff are lovely."
• "The staff was attentive and super friendly."
• "Very busy but service was efficient and professional, as well as friendly."
• "Pamela was such a considerate host as well as the staff today, her suggestions for coffee and a small cake really left a great impression."
• "The head waiter who has a beard similar to Abraham Lincoln was so professional and polite."
• "The waiters are friendly and they try to space the table out and give good seats to you if available."

Cons:

• "The service is considerably lacking, with our first waiter almost acting like we were inconveniencing him."
• "The service wasn't very good. No one was rude and the staff were all polite but they weren't very attentive."
• "Waiters almost avoid any eye contact possible to not be called over."
• "Service seemed to be struggling to cope with the volume of customers."
• "The service was sort of slow and they often missed out on forks or plates."
• "Different waiters / waitresses took and delivered our orders, and as a result there were so many mistakes."
• "Service was pleasant enough but slow and disorganised."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was tasty and plentiful so no complaints there!"
• "Pickled herrings were beautifully cured."
• "I really enjoyed my wild boar, which was tender and had lots of flavour."
• "The menu offers a range of very well cooked and presented Austrian classics."
• "The Dover Sole was impeccable."
• "The Wiener Holstein Schnitzel was delicious - and I don't usually like schnitzel."
• "The Wiener schnitzel was well cooked and tasty."

Cons:

• "The restaurant looks great but I just didn't think the breakfast was good enough for the price."
• "I tried both the veal and chicken Schnitzel and found both of them to be poor quality produce and badly prepared (not tender at all)."
• "The fish was not fresh and tasted at least three days old."
• "Rosti itself was UBER crisp/dry."
• "But can I honestly say that somewhere that sells a regular chicken schnitzel, with an egg on top, for £35.75, is a good place to eat out?!"
• "The food was average (at best)."
• "The wild boar goulash was bland and was lacking of seasoning."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The menu has a range of food and bev for your budget - large or small."
• "Price wise the place charges for the quality and service they provide. I think both are worth what you are paying for."
• "The sweet potatoes rosti was worth every penny!"
• "Prices were reasonable."
• "Three of us had main + dessert + a beer and came out at £40 per head - not badly priced for a lovely restaurant with great service in Marylebone."
• "The price is really reasonable for the great experience this place will give you."
• "Food is fairly priced though we were caught out by expensive mimosas."

Cons:

• "Adding to the disappointment is cover charge of £1.75 per person, the reality is a £2.01 charge per person due to the additional 15% service charge."
• "Wine was a little expensive but all in all we had an enjoyable experience."
• "Expensive."
• "The 15% service charge automatically added to the bill was the highest of all the places we visited in London on our trip."
• "Another disappointment was that Fischer's is one of the very few restaurants in London that charges for tap water."
• "Great meal HOWEVER they added a £3.50 'dinner cover charge' on top of a 15% service charge (standard in London is 12.5%)."
• "The only downside is a very expensive price."