Brunswick House Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was amazing! But so was the service."
• "Fantastic cooking, exceptional cocktails and great service."
• "Food is great especially the devilled eggs."
• "Exceptional service and delicious food."
• "The food and drink taste absolutely brilliant and every mouthful was a joy."
• "Food was delicious, portobello mushroom for main was next level."
• "The food was delicious and presentation 10/10."

Cons:

• "The oxcheek was slightly dry but the flavour was good."
• "Nice place, food was on the salty side."
• "The price vs quality & amount did not match to my humble opinion."
• "The deep fried courgette flowers were very over cooked."
• "The food was over an hour late. There was a bug in a our food."
• "Unfortunately all the savoury food was on a salty side especially the main dishes were very salty, we could not finish them."
• "We ordered roasted cod fish and roasted cauliflower as the main dishes, tasted soapy with very weird flavour."

Service

Pros:

• "I want to give a personal shout out to Benji, he is amazing."
• "The staff were excellent."
• "Really friendly and helpful staff."
• "The staff were really friendly and showed they cared for our experience."
• "Staff wonderful and knowledgeable."
• "Excellent atmosphere and our waiter Benjamin was excellent."
• "Our waiter Arthur was so enthusiastic and helpful with explaining the menu and very attentive overall."

Cons:

• "He tipped over drinks and instead of helping him, all the staff was standing and giggling."
• "They had to deal with staff confusion and felt v frustrated."
• "I would point out that the staff seem to come across quite arrogant and as if they think it’s beneath them to be serving you."
• "Affable young staff who are utterly clueless and appear to have had no training of any kind."
• "Delicious food and a unique setting but our evening was ruined by the horrible, snooty attitude from our wait staff."
• "Service was interminably slow in spite of perhaps 7 or so staff on tables."
• "Sadly on return the service at the bar is woefully lacking."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Not only is the decor beautiful but the food matches this beauty in both presentation and taste."
• "Ambience and setting was amazing."
• "An elegant and slightly mad building, with a fantastic sharing menu and really friendly and helpful staff."
• "Beautiful venue and the food has incredible attention to detail."
• "As soon as we stepped in the atmosphere was incredible."
• "A true gem of a place. To treasure!"
• "Unique piece of historical south London situated at Vauxhall Cross amongst the high rise buildings."

Cons:

• "Just bland..... everything except the extravagant chandeliers and mirrors in the room = not worth the visit."
• "The ambience is interesting, but the vegetarian wedding food was very poorly cooked and blandly presented."
• "The nearby traffic made the terrace noisy."
• "Only missing a star due to the interior décor as some of it felt worn out etc and environment was a little noisy."
• "It is cold sitting outside though as you’re not in the sunshine really anytime of day and there’s no heaters."
• "The place was quiet but it seemed like none of the staff could be bothered with us."
• "Decor looking tired."

Value

Pros:

• "Even with the four I chose - the devilled eggs, potato bread, kale on chestnut purée and pork and shrimp burger, along with a really dry and crisp glass of wine - the bill came to something around 50% less than what i’d have guessed it might."
• "Moreover, at £61 for a meal that fed very happily a family of four, this was superb value-for-money."
• "Food is really good and well priced."
• "Great food, wine and atmosphere, both indoors and in the garden."
• "Every dish was sensational, we had recommended wines including with desserts coffees and beautifully infused teas too."
• "Incredible food (Venison sharing is to die for)"
• "One of the best dining experiences I have had in London."

Cons:

• "A main comprising 30g of halibut and 2 (!!) white asparagus for £26 with 30 min wait is unjustified."
• "Seats are uncomfortable for the type of setting it is, the food is filling but small for the price."
• "Sure, it's a fun place to visit but eat elsewhere unless you have deep pockets."
• "Overpriced mediocre food and bad quality wine."
• "Wine extremely overpriced."
• "Insanely overpriced Wine. The mark ups are obscene here. 5x retail."
• "The quirky ambiance barely makes up for decent but well overpriced food."