The Ninth Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The flavour combinations were extraordinary!"
• "All the dishes were excellent. Great flavour combination with French influence."
• "The lamb in particular is highly recommended."
• "The smoked duck breast with caramelised chicory and walnuts was a really tasty main dish."
• "The food was pretty amazing and creative for the price."
• "Very refined and pleasing recipes."
• "The French toast was custardy and gooey on the inside with a crispy creme brulee exterior."

Cons:

• "The famous pain perdu bread toasted with ice cream looks good on the picture but the taste not as good as what I expected."
• "Some dishes were a touch too salty for our taste."
• "The fusion is not as good as expected."
• "The beef cheeks were tasty, but came with accompaniments that, again, kind of added nothing."
• "The food was bland. I ordered veal as my main and the meat was far too fat."
• "The charred sea breem came with a fennel salad that was severely underseasoned and added nothing."
• "The food was really not good. It was nothing special about the taste."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff members are attentive and friendly, they're very accommodating when I request to move to another table at the beginning."
• "Staff was really really great, attentive and funny."
• "The team was welcoming and pleasant and the dishes were to be remembered!"
• "The service is more than you could expect."
• "All staff are very friendly and knowledgeable."
• "Service was very attentive and welcoming by all, including the floor manager and my charming Milanese bartender/waitress."
• "Service is always amazing as well."

Cons:

• "The service was particularly poor however."
• "However service and facilities are equired a substantial improvement. We had to wait our first course 1.15 min."
• "Booked with note that it was wedding anniversary (no acknowledgement) and upon leaving, ghosted by the downstairs staff."
• "The only gripe was that the waiter kept filling up our water glasses - there were even times none of us had touched our glasses and the waiter would top up the water even more."
• "The service was perfunctory and a bit sloppy."
• "The service here just doesn’t exist. The waiters were unfriendly and silent most of the time."
• "The service was a little scary as the waiters wasn't careful with the plates and they cleared the plates with a roughness that I'm not accustomed to in an expensive restaurant."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Relaxed but up market atmosphere - request a table upstairs if you want a more intimate meal and downstairs if you want a more buzzy feel."
• "Lovely atmosphere with tables not too close together, jazz playing, and attentive but not intrusive staff."
• "Generally a nice place. Good decor and ambience, not too loud and well decorated."
• "Little quiet atmosphere but we were a group and worked well with our dynamic."
• "If you like lively atmosphere, dine in downstairs."
• "The setting and service is fabulous, the prices decent for a Michelin-star, and the ambiance is cosy, it's absolutely perfect."
• "The atmosphere is calm and relaxed."

Cons:

• "Pretty steep price tho."
• "After spending £125 (we had some drinks, too), we left and had a second lunch in Soho!"
• "But your ladies toilet is one big shame. I have never seen broken tap and no proper running water in any top end restaurant."
• "The staff used the bar as their storage space during the whole evening."
• "Waiter makes faces when you tell him you don't eat shrimps or pork. That is not very professional."
• "We started of with a drink and almonds. He forgot our almonds."
• "The wine list wasn’t great but may be they had another one for a non-set-dinner night?"