Pierre Victoire Reviews Summary

Ambience

Pros:

• "The ambience as I entered was amazing the pictures do not do it justice."
• "Cute candle lit atmospheric restaurant."
• "The atmosphere was simply amazing, creating a perfect ambiance for a night out."
• "Lovely aesthetic, always appears and gives off a lovely ambience."
• "This is an absolutely fantastic place to eat and enjoy a night out with friends."
• "A lovely rustic and romantic interior, very intimate."
• "Cosy French restaurant in the heart of Soho."

Cons:

• "So we got seated in the lower floor which wasn’t necessarily a problem but had to walk slightly through the kitchen and whole dining the noise of the kitchen was a bit distracting."
• "It was so noisy and you kinda needed to shout to be heard."
• "The boy making coffees was hitting the portafilters in the tray so hard that everyone was getting scared."
• "We sat next to the stairs, the noise of coffee machine and surveying cutlery was all around."
• "Inside was noisy so we asked to sit on one of the 2 tables outside which were free."
• "Being sat next to the main walkway we were constantly being banged into by staff and other guests."
• "Very 'cosy', they try to maximise the space and sit everyone very close together."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were friendly despite it being very busy (even on a Wednesday night)!"
• "The staff were excellent. so welcoming."
• "The service was fast and the staff were incredibly polite."
• "The staff were so friendly."
• "Friendly staff, well organised (they all seem to understand their role) and good service despite the tight space around all diners."
• "Service was great, quick and friendly."
• "The servers were all very friendly and got our orders correctly."

Cons:

• "The service was terrible. The staff were constantly screaming. Not listening when taking our order. Interrupting."
• "They failed to bring us the right order TWICE (for both appetisers and main) and we had to eat our mains at separate times."
• "The service was awful. We waited very long for our food and we can never get the staff."
• "However the waiters were rude and were trying to rush us to leave very quickly, service felt like we are in a fast food restaurant."
• "Waiter came over and told us they needed our table after little over an hour. Was pretty rude considering we'd barely finished our meals."
• "Rude waitress bad attitude throughout night."
• "Service is poor, however, and there was confusion about our order."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Had a fabulous meal, really good value for central London and absolutely delicious food."
• "This really is an authentic French bistro as you would find in France."
• "The food was great actually and very good value for money."
• "Great quality food, good wine and lovely staff."
• "Consistently good brasserie food often better than far more expensive restaurants."
• "The food was excellent, loved the veggie-friendly tartiflette and the entrecôte in particular."
• "The food was excellent and reminded me of why we returned there. The food was exquisite with good portions."

Cons:

• "The pork belly was dry and tasteless."
• "The food was similar to a weather-spoons, chewy roast beef overcooked, no green, hard carrots and cardboard yorkshire pudding, all Luke warm."
• "The pork belly was almost impossible to cut with the serrated knife because the texture of the whole piece was like as if I was eating pork scratchings!!"
• "The seafood pasta was not that strong."
• "Banoffe pie was a bit disappointing, but only in comparison to the one my wife makes."
• "The beef bourguignon was a bit bland, the duck breast was fair."
• "The food was alright for the price paid but the entrecôte steak was quite underwhelming (pretty unflavoured)."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "£16.50 + service for the lunch set menu. And you get a starter and main."
• "Highly recommend this place! We had each 2 courses for £11.90 and meals were great quality."
• "Can’t really beat £17.90 for a three course set menu."
• "Great food for a great deal for a 2 course very well Portioned meal for 11.90£."
• "The set menu works out extremely good value for money."
• "Food is great and good price."
• "Beautiful french food for much affordable price."

Cons:

• "Also 12.5% was added to bill automatically. I definitely wouldn't have tipped."
• "I must say the price point was a bit high for the food quality, which was pretty average."
• "They had several main dishes missing on the night, not sure whether finished or for some other reason."
• "There is no kid's menu and you end up paying £14 for chicken with chips."
• "I just felt one small camembert piece for £8 is poor."
• "Price is too expensive compared to other places."
• "For the price very disappointing."