Boundary Shoreditch Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Waiters and waitresses were friendly and helpful."
• "The service is great and I can only expect that this place will be very popular come summer time."
• "The servers were lovely!"
• "The staff was so helpful from check in, room service, getting us seated at the roof restaurant, and check out."
• "All staff was helpful and managed our Saturday afternoon in a top notch fashion."
• "Service very good, worth a visit on a sunny day or a cold evening as they have heaters and blankets."
• "The service was very warm and attentive, and each afternoon a bucket of ice and tall bottle of drinking water were delivered."

Cons:

• "Poor service, mediocre food and heavily over priced."
• "The service was very rude."
• "Poor service with lack of attention."
• "The most offhand couldn't be bothered service I've had in London in years."
• "Majority of the Front of house staff are also rude it was by far the worst service I have ever received in a restaurant."
• "Service is disgusting!!!"
• "Extremely disappointing experience. Very rude staff and take you off the waiting list to let people they prefer go ahead of you."

Food

Pros:

• "We dined at the restaurant frequently and everything was delicious."
• "The starters were amazing, we both agreed."
• "The food was really good, from the gnocchi to the short rib, sausage, and pork cutlet, all of it was top notch."
• "The food was delicious and the fish was expertly cooked."
• "Food and drinks were perfect."
• "All I can say is their beef is by far the best I have eaten."
• "Delicious. I couldn't fault the meal on any point, from the opening martini made just the way I wanted it, the charcuterie platter, to the steak with bone marrow, to the oven fresh madelines right at the end."

Cons:

• "Poor service, mediocre food and heavily over priced."
• "The food is plain average."
• "The food mediocre and completely overpriced."
• "Extremely overpriced food. I paid £18 for 7 asparagus and a table spoon of goats cheese."
• "What arrived however was a distinctly average selection of dips in thimble sized pots and some veg which was way beyond its best."
• "For £18, you get what is clearly cheap store bought buns that fell apart."
• "The food is over priced and not that impressive."

Ambience & Decor

Pros:

• "This is a hotel with a trendy, creative atmosphere geared towards the younger set."
• "The relaxed atmosphere, intimate, cozy, the setting, the rooftop bar, the comfy sofas for snuggling/chilling/relaxing."
• "Just off Shoreditch High st, this spot is in the heart of nightlife, which I love."
• "There was a nice ambience."
• "Love the venue and setting."
• "The 'nearly outside' ambience was really nice, big open windows and an airy feel, made it very inviting."
• "The setting was nice - good location, beautiful scenery, amazing atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Nothing that diminishes the use of the space, just lacking in the finish that it needs to be classed as luxury."
• "Whilst the decor on the roof terrace was nice, the inside somehow lacked ambience."
• "The decor could do with a refreshing, marks on the walls, lampshade with bits missing etc."
• "It’s gone so downhill with the food and service was extremely slow in the afternoon and staff super rude."
• "The air conditioning wasn't working and I was very cold in the night, it was also very noisy as it's facing the main street."
• "The restaurant is a noisy little glass box."
• "Everyone was wearing jackets and looked obviously cold at the tables."

Location

Pros:

• "Location, location, location :-) can't beat a rooftop in this part of town, although the view itself is not so jaw dropping."
• "The hotel is so strategically located in a area that gives onto some of the best sights of the City."
• "The rooftop has amazing views, delicious cocktails and food."
• "We dined at the top floor with 360 degrees view over Shoreditch and Liverpool Street!"
• "They control the queue quite meticulously to ensure guests at the rooftop have adequate space to the enjoy the outdoor weather."

Cons:

• "The hotel location is a bit noisy because it’s right in the heart of the city scene (A10 map area) so a lot is going on."
• "The view is ok."
• "I'd love to say it was worth it because of the view but that's not much either."
• "Not much of a view, portions are minuscule whilst flavours are quite standard."
• "Really hard to find the entrance though as not on boundary street!"