Hovarda Reviews Summary

Decor and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Decor is cool."
• "The atmosphere and interior was great with good music."
• "The new decor is wonderful and the vibes of the place is so cool."
• "The venue has of the best designs and ambiances in London."
• "Beautiful designed restaurant and bar near Leicester Square."
• "Interesting interior design."
• "The room was beautiful."

Cons:

• "Alternating between excruciatingly loud electro and deep house, then moving on to commercial dance and random pop, it's disconcerting and inappropriate for 12.30 on a Saturday brunch."
• "Music is very loud so it's you want a heart to heart that's not the place for it."
• "The lounge area upstairs is a bit too loud and not too comfortable."
• "It gets progressively louder throughout the evening, turning into almost a nightclub at certain point, making it difficult to talk and requiring to shout over the music."
• "It was a very noisy restaurant and the tables are not far apart from each-other so failed to be intimate."
• "Too loud music and overpriced food for what they served."
• "Weird stuffy ambience."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff was nice but rushed us into paying our bills towards to end, the booking did not specify us needing to return the table by a certain time."
• "Food and staff are super lovely."
• "Staff is very friendly."
• "Apart from that, the staff were amazing and were very professional."
• "Service is great, especially the hostesses. They were extremely friendly and accommodating."
• "The waiter was very welcoming and helpful with the menu."
• "The service was really good. Our waiter was knowledgeable of the menu and recommended a great cheese starter."

Cons:

• "We were told on the phone that the bar upstairs does not take reservations, just walk up and find somewhere to sit... Staffs clearly not interested to explain and just told us to sit on that sofa or nothing."
• "Service indifferent to the point of being non-existent."
• "Staff were very much not on the ball that night."
• "The staff (especially bouncer) was extremely rude."
• "Really rude front of house service."
• "The waiters were too busy chatting up the women at the bar all night instead of serving their paying customers."
• "The first waitress was unattentive and forgot to bring us our drinks."

Food Quality and Pricing

Pros:

• "The food was amazing quality and so delicious, I definitely recommend this place, top tier."
• "Really nice food."
• "Food taste good prices are reasonable for the location."
• "The food was really good and the lamb was cooked to perfection, falling apart with just the fork."
• "Good fish (which is difficult to find in London) but ambience ruined by the end."
• "The food was super delicious."
• "The food was great! I would say, try a bit of everything. Portions are not small so come hungry."

Cons:

• "£35 for the stonebass as can be seen in the photo. £12 for 5 potatoes is an incredible mark up."
• "3 out of the 5 seafood dishes were sold out."
• "The food is extremely mediocre and overpriced."
• "The Porterhouse steak which had lots of tendons inside and was a bit cold when served."
• "The portion sizes are soo small."
• "Way too expensive for the actual value you get."
• "You charged £55 for two skinny pork chops even though the menu stated that it would be 500g worth of meat."

Management and Policies

Pros:

• "It is such an amazing experience to dine at Hovarda! Never disappoints and thats why I always return."
• "One of the most vibey and delicious restaurants in London!"
• "Would defo go back often."
• "Excellent bar upstairs that I tried one Thursday evening - on Thursday's the bar is a scene with good looking Londoners crowding the bar."
• "This restaurant is truly a special place and we will return soon."
• "The dishes were incredible and still respected Greek traditional flavours."
• "The staff was very accommodating to us, they moved our tables when we weren't happy with the one provided and adjusted the AC for more comfort as per request."

Cons:

• "The place is not managed properly."
• "The hostess approached us, pointed out her watch and saying 'I told you, you need to leave!'"
• "Unfortunately, our visit left us quite dissatisfied."
• "The first shock came when my friend and I were told that the minimum spend was £150 on food alone."
• "Stay away unless you are an influencer going for free."
• "However the place is just not well managed."
• "The service was terrible, they rushed us the whole time."