The Great Court Restaurant at the British Museum Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Ordered the traditional Fish and Chips with a home-made lemonade drink which was great."
• "Everything tasted really good."
• "The scones with Devonshire cream and jam were delicious."
• "The Lea Valley cucumber with the black truffle crème fraiche and the Portland crab with why the dill and seaweed mayonnaise were both lovely and tasty."
• "The Guinness black velvet cake was the most delicious."
• "The best carrot cake we’ve ever had: nutty and fruity every bite."
• "The seafood was fresh, the food was hot."

Cons:

• "Prices were extremely high but tastes awful."
• "No flavour at all in the watery risotto or the dry cake."
• "The scones were small and of poor quality."
• "The food wasn't anything impressive, the sweetest as well."
• "Food is incredibly bland, despite it looking good and being on the fancier side."
• "The sandwiches must have been laid out on trays too long, the bread is dry."
• "Food quality was not good."

Service

Pros:

• "What a wonderful place to have lunch and the service was excellent from the moment we stepped in the restaurant."
• "Food quality really good, waiter really nice."
• "A table was found for us very quickly."
• "Service was excellent, just made it before it filled up, friendly and attentive staff, really nice food."
• "Our server, Claudia, was so helpful with tips for what to do in London, and also gave us impeccable service!"
• "The service was friendly and efficient, and our waitress was always happy to help."
• "The service is quick and kind."

Cons:

• "The service was spasmodic, some of the staff were surly and unfriendly."
• "The waiters and managers were racist and rude, they ignored us and refuse to take our order."
• "The problem was we wait for nearly 40mins for 2 mains, staff was not enthusiastic to help and just told us to wait."
• "The waiter & waitress are slow and they all look totally disinterested!!!"
• "Service was good and polite but did slow down as they got busier."
• "Our waitress never checked back on us at all after the food was served."
• "Service was disappointing. Slow in service, waiters stood there chatting for 15 minutes even though they saw us wanting to get the bill."

Ambience

Pros:

• "We were offered one of the big tables in the corner of the dining area, which feels like it's on a sort of promontory overlooking the great court."
• "The ambience was quite soothing, due to the openness of the space and the light from the magnificent glass ceiling of the atrium."
• "The decor of the place (the British Museum) was beautiful. Large stone walls, curves and quaint tables."
• "Service was very nice, and the ambience was quite soothing."
• "Superb setting, comfortable seats, really good food."
• "The restaurant is on the top floor of The British Museum, under the impressive arched glass roof."
• "A beautiful space and worth the extra price compared to the cafe downstairs."

Cons:

• "The only problem I had with the restaurant was the ambience."
• "Afternoon tea was average and quite expensive. Noisy setting due to the domed roof of the British Museum."
• "The location is quite noisy and quite hot as well under a mild English summer day."
• "Very noisy and not a relaxing atmosphere but that could be expected given the location."
• "Only downside is the noise, which makes sense for such a big tourist attraction."
• "Seating not great even though reserved a table for lunch."
• "The only downside is they will kick you out when the museum is about to close."

Pricing

Pros:

• "The reasonable pricing makes the experience even more satisfying."
• "Very good food and price considering this is in London and inside a major tourist attraction."
• "Even though it was a groupon deal we was not treated any differently, and was not rushed at all."
• "Would recommend eating here, especially for the Group-On price."
• "Had a very reasonably priced high tea at £19.50!"
• "Prices were on the high side, but for not having to leave the museum only to come back, I’ll spend a bit more."
• "The cost of 33 pounds per person was a little steep, but given the amount and quality of the food, as well as the setting, it was worth it."

Cons:

• "Really gone down since the last visit, overly expensive afternoon tea."
• "The afternoon tea comes generally with good food, however tea refills are not included, and are charged at 3.95 additional."
• "At £33 per person not best value for money."
• "You need to pay 10% service fee for this experience."
• "Food is okay, but definitely overpriced and the menu was written with a thesaurus in hand."
• "Not worth full price only bother if you’ve got a discount."
• "Possibly not repeating as meal not worth the price."