Copper & Ink Reviews Summary

Service Quality

Pros:

• "The staff were amazing, attentive and knowledgeable about the wines paired with each course."
• "Service was excellent, attentive and not cluttered."
• "Our server was knowledgeable in how the food was prepared and was very friendly."
• "The service fell short of my expectations. From the outset, after receiving our menus, we were informed that only tasting menus were available, which wasn't an issue."
• "The service in particular has been outstanding and we would like to thank Tom our waiter for making us feel very welcoming."

Cons:

• "However, the quality of service dropped as the restaurant got busier."
• "Huge gap between drink being poured and food appearing."
• "The service was friendly and quick all served in a warm and relaxing restaurant, would differently recommend this place if your ever in blackheath and fancy a higher end restaurant,"

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The tasting menu was outrageously good. Almost every dish was cooked to perfection, and presented well."
• "Starter of Asparagus was very special and very well plated."
• "All ingredients were fresh and cooked to perfection, flavors were great."
• "Each course was wonderfully presented and the owner came and explained what each of us were having."
• "The menu was absolutely incredible and every dish was delicious and very intriguing!"

Cons:

• "The pork dish was an epic fail. The pork was so tough, we could even cut it, and left most of it."
• "The thing that let this down for me was the portion sizes."
• "We found a couple of the dishes a tad salty (lamb starter and pheasant main dish) and the pheasant breast on my main was a bit overcooked."
• "The food was tasty, not mind blowing with flavor but the portion sizes were tiny."
• "The tasting menu was disappointing. The first course was delicious but after that it was downhill."

Atmosphere and Decor

Pros:

• "Overall good atmosphere and nice to have a fine dining restaurant locally."
• "The room has partitions up from Covid days, they are a bit crowding for the room and make it feel a bit darker."
• "A cosy, relaxing atmosphere with attentive and friendly staff."
• "Fantastic to have an independent restaurant in blackheath, they just need to tighten up the execution of some of the dishes."
• "The atmosphere is fantastic there, with really friendly service and a great soundtrack."

Cons:

• "Found it weird we were the only non white ppl and were shown to a table in a corner out of the view of the other diners."
• "So things didn't start out well for me when we were escorted to the rather cold, slightly damp smelling basement area."
• "Room offered a nice relaxed atmosphere. Easily able to talk when room relatively busy. Bright and well designed; quite minimalist."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The main reason for 5 stars is value, very reasonable prices and very, very good food."
• "We had a mix of vegetarian and non vegetarian but both were equally tasty."
• "The food was superb and the service was excellent. I have never experienced a restaurant in which a new menu is presented each month."

Cons:

• "Not what you want when you just spent over £200 at a restaurant!"
• "Great having very young staff but need 1 experienced/staff member with depth of knowledge when bill is £300 for paring and wine."
• "Extremely overpriced for the food they offer..the taste is not that good but the portions were absolutely tiny..also the restaurant is not that fancy..i wonder what they are charging us so much for..unless u want to waste money I wouldn't recommend it at all"