GAZETTE BATTERSEA Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The roasted duck breast was brimming with flavours."
• "The apple tarte tatin for dessert, which was delicious!"
• "The pumpkin gratin was really good."
• "Everything cooked to perfection. Highly recommend."
• "The fish soup got a particularly good review."
• "We took crêpes and coffees which were very tasty."
• "The Chateaubriand which was excellent."

Cons:

• "Food quality was only intermediate and was not flavoured properly (too less salt)."
• "Main served after 40 mins of waiting time, chicken pieces inside meal was NOT FRESH!"
• "We asked well done burger - but it was not just well done but completely burned (really black coil)."
• "worst food ever, uncooked duck, waited 1H for appetitive, another hour for first, waste of time."
• "The beef tartare has an overwhelming Tabasco sauce flavour, I prefer the natural beef flavour to come on top."
• "The Caesar salad was terrible, lettuce was not fresh at ALL tasted like a left over."
• "The fish (2 different fishes from the menu) totally uneatable, so so very salty."

Service

Pros:

• "The service was also good, a little bit slow but fine."
• "Staff are generally good but seem on edge with a strict manager barking around."
• "We got the best food and definitely the most amazing service from all the team."
• "Courteous service, lovely ambience and obliging friendly staff."
• "The staff were great."
• "Service was excellent all evening from the friendly staff."
• "Waiter courteous and attentive to just the right degree."

Cons:

• "Bad service = bad experience = Not coming back!"
• "Horrible service and we had to pay for people who cancelled even though we warned them a few days before."
• "The service is so slow, despite it being a quite evening."
• "I had a bad experience recently with the service."
• "Service was not as attentive to our table as could be, which made it quite a long service with mistakes still made to orders."
• "The service was appalling and the staff were rude."
• "Service quality has fallen off a cliff."

Ambience

Pros:

• "The environment is relaxing with background music just at the right level, nice decoration."
• "A really lovely local French restaurant serving a well balanced classics French menu."
• "I love this hidden gem of a French restaurant a short walk along the Thames from Wandsworth bridge."
• "It has a very friendly vibe whether you are there for a morning coffee with your newspaper or some real French food for lunch or dinner."
• "Great location, attentive and friendly staff and most importantly fantastic food! This place is a gem in the neighborhood."
• "Wonderful atmosphere completely authentic – really very varied menu – we have been coming for a very long time and never got bored of the food – wonderful waiters and waitresses."
• "Lovely atmosphere, amazing food, great brunch and close to the river."

Cons:

• "Nice outside seating area which felt Covid secure and inside seating looked well distanced too."
• "The advertised fondue was consisting of a piece of 'almost-melted' cheese swimming in some sort of liquid."
• "The replacement was gross, could not even cut into it."
• "Got seated next to the private dining area which was being used by a family so kids kept running in and out."
• "Sometimes the main lights get left on too bright for evening dining, in my opinion."
• "There is a lounge area to enjoy drinks while you wait for your table but it looks out onto other diners which is a bit uncomfortable."
• "The location itself is not particularly attractive and the bathroom wasn't as clean as you'd expect in restaurant charging these prices."

Value

Pros:

• "In fact 33 quid a head including beer and wine is not expensive to me mind."
• "If the prices are high, they are worth it."
• "This place is simply superb: to this day I am at a loss how can they serve such high quality food, superbly cooked and presented, at such rock-bottom prices."
• "French onion soup and steak tartare an absolute must and the wine list is excellent and exceptionally well priced."
• "If you go on a Wednesday it's £12 for a kg of moules with fries, delicious."
• "The food and wine are both good value for money."
• "The prices are very competitive."

Cons:

• "The restaurant owner a scumbag called Walter, HIS reply to this was he didn’t want to take any liability for the matter."
• "I feel prices are disproportionately high for the quality, setting and service."
• "The prices are really high and do not reflect the quality of food, service and the amenities."
• "And the biggest shock was to see that they charged me for gluten free bread."
• "Also prices are way to high for the setting, service and cleanliness."
• "The portions are very small as well."
• "The shrimp portion was an entree and was presented with less food than anticipated."