The Piano Works Farringdon Reviews Summary

Live Music

Pros:

• "The highlights are the live band (amazing set of musicians who can play pretty much any request)."
• "Brilliant atmosphere, fantastic musicians playing and singing everything from Billy Joel ballads, to mark ronson hits and even Metallica."
• "The musicians were fantastic, especially when the full band were out."
• "Live music was great! They sung all requests, was a great atmosphere."
• "The live music was absolutely fantastic would definitely recommend."
• "The music is fantastic."
• "The band that played were fab, so versatile."

Cons:

• "The music is so loud, perhaps great for Christmas work parties but very difficult to chat with friends."
• "Our song requests were ignored."
• "I wasn't very impressed when I heard them singing to Frozen soundtrack 'Let it go'."
• "Music is poor, singing is flat, piano is mainly in the title."
• "This pair of musicians players,, actually is so boring, can't bring the customers get high."
• "The music not too great but it’s everyone else’s choice."
• "The music was okay, although not as great as the website suggested."

Service

Pros:

• "Ricardo... was attentive, friendly and is a fantastic asset."
• "We had great service from Hristo at the bar."
• "Our bartender Kyan really looked after us all making us cocktail after cocktail."
• "Fabio also really looked after our table which was by the stage so we had an amazing view."
• "Everyone was extremely professional and friendly."
• "AKSHAY was the highlight of our visit to The Piano Works. He was attentive and made us feel like we were his top priority."
• "The waiter was superb and helped to make it a really up-beat evening."

Cons:

• "Don’t expect great table service, long waits for yummy food."
• "But the table service was slow, if looking for food (which was tasty) I would suggest eating before or after!"
• "At the end they tried to charge for service even though it is voluntary and for a dessert which never arrived!!"
• "The staff are obviously up themselves at this location."
• "Security seems overkill and not very friendly compared to the West End place."
• "The doormen can be a bit rude though."
• "Attitude of bar staff, waiters/waitress was shocking."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "For me this is the No.1 place EVER."
• "The atmosphere was popping for a Tuesday."
• "A great place for a night out with friends or when you are feeling like singing/dancing!"
• "A lovely and lively place with a live band where you can send them your song requests while you eat and drink the night away."
• "The venue is underground, so it feels exclusive but still casual."
• "An excellent night! This is an impressively well run place."
• "The atmosphere was very good."

Cons:

• "The energy was lots of drunk office people taking their stress out on each other. A bit too much aggression for a good night out."
• "No diversity in the crowd whatsoever, full of undesirables from the surrounding southern counties."
• "Unspeakably ghastly experience."
• "Unlikely to go back any time soon because of the anxiety that you could be asked to leave at any point."
• "Weird setup, greeted by range of well meaning people with clipboards and fixed times for tables despite it being fairly empty until late."
• "Far too overcrowded."
• "The atmosphere could have been a bit better as people start leaving around 1.30."

Food & Drinks

Pros:

• "The food was nice, drinks were ok, the minute we finished our food we were literally rushed out of our seats!!!"
• "Both our meals were also great, perfectly cooked and loads of flavour."
• "They were creative and delicious, and he made the experience so much fun."
• "Tuesday happy hour all night, 2-4-1 cocktails which was great!"
• "The steak was gorgeous."
• "Food (vegan and vegetarian options available) was good, drinks were nice."
• "The food was really lovely."

Cons:

• "Drinks were... Competitive London prices."
• "Pretty expensive."
• "The food was OK, edible, but portions were small and bland."
• "Overpriced food, pushy waiters and budget atmosphere."
• "The food is over-priced and uninspiring."
• "Food - came cold."
• "The food was adequate, certainly not worth £55 per head."