Royal Quarter Reviews Summary

Category: Restaurant London

Address: Wellington House, 72 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6AL, United Kingdom

Phone: +442077994999

Rating: 3.9
based on 160 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Service was quick, the food was tasty and the portions are very reasonable."
  • "Service was good and the staff was particularly polite."
  • "Service was fairly quick and staff were friendly."
  • "Great vibes and very friendly staff."
  • "The staff are all wonderful, even when it is busy (which it often is at lunch) and nothing is too much trouble."
  • "The waiters here was so helpful and kind."
  • "We had two top notch takeaway cappuccinos which were served with a smile."

Cons:

  • "We spent 45 minutes waiting to see a waiter and once we ordered it was 20 minutes for the coffee."
  • "The staff really need to work on paying more attention to what's going on, I've waited a long time on multiple occasions for service and also to pay the bill and it's not appeared that they were overly busy."
  • "Terrible service. We order burger and salad and it took over 40mins."
  • "The waitress has been chatting with someone and ignoring us all the time."
  • "Service is slow and the waitresses are rude and can't speak English."
  • "Slow, disinterested staff and food took a very very long time to come out despite not being busy."
  • "Extremely disappointing experience. Waiters were slow and not very helpful or nice."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Great cafe with really good food and great selection of juices, soft drinks and pattiseries."
  • "This must be the best burger I have had in London... it was juicy, succulent and cooked to perfection."
  • "I ordered a smoked chicken salad and everything in it was so delicious and fresh."
  • "The food was just perfect!"
  • "Burgers were amazing!!"
  • "A lot of my colleagues ordered breakfasts which looked really fresh and delicious."
  • "The food was excellent, the staff very friendly and the ambience was a little loud but relaxing nonetheless."

Cons:

  • "The chicken had dark bits in it and looked very unappealing."
  • "All I can say is that everything we had was poor including the French toast and the poached eggs on toast."
  • "It's quite hard to get hummus wrong really but hey they managed it."
  • "Very disappointed, quality very low given the high price."
  • "Absolutely disgusting pieces of chicken in the cesar salat. Like they were 4 days old, taken directly from the refrigerator."
  • "Food is extremely bland! I had the curry sandwich and could barely taste anything."
  • "Food was bland, served barely warm."

Price

Pros:

  • "The prices are reasonable and portions are on the generous side."
  • "Very well priced."
  • "I thought the price was reasonable for what you get."

Cons:

  • "Bought some juice, was very expensive. Won’t come again."
  • "Terrible salad. Menu said £5.50 take away, turns out it’s £9.95."
  • "7.95£ for one scone. The highest margin scone, ever."
  • "Very pricey coffee shop/restaurant near Victoria station."
  • "Pricey for what you get, even by London standards."
  • "Too expensive for the service we got."
  • "Really disappointing portion of Fish and Chips for £16.50 as a takeaway is bloody expensive."

Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "The restaurant itself is clean and welcoming. The bathrooms are very clean as well."
  • "The restroom is also nice and clean."
  • "Looks and is modern and clean."

Cons:

  • "The place was infested with flies."
  • "Disgusting toilet, they have not been cleaned for ages, mirror, sink all filthy."
  • "Toilets were disgusting not been cleaned for days."
  • "First of all, we got in just because we wanted to use the restroom but the toilet was a disaster. Very dirty I'd say..."
  • "Broken toilet in the gents and in the ladies, sanitary disposal box smelled - and this was at 11am."
  • "What should improve is the poor hygiene in the bathroom, not only that but they also charge for eating while sitting down, attention very slow."
  • "The only letdown I have is with disgusting toilets, both male and female toilets are poorly maintained."

Staff Attitude

Pros:

  • "The owner & staff were friendly."
  • "The lady who served us was very friendly and attentive, willing to have a quick chat despite she was quite busy."
  • "Staff is very friendly."
  • "Every staff was very kind and polite."
  • "Great stuff! Especially one waitress, Miss Magda!!"
  • "The staff are super friendly as well."
  • "A wonderful little place, lovely staff and in a great location."

Cons:

  • "Wish I could give them zero stars."
  • "The new staff are just awful."
  • "Very rude staff and slow on a lunchtime rush."
  • "The staff really didn’t appear happy to be serving customers."
  • "The supervisor was far from being nice both towards his colleagues and customers."
  • "No apology at all from the rubbish bar tender and manager."
  • "Staff rude and disorganized."

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