Flesh & Buns Covent Garden Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "As for the food it was delicious!"
• "The food was absolutely delicious!"
• "The lamb shank and mixed sushi board was incredible."
• "AMAZING FOOD and great value for money."
• "The food was amazing!!"
• "Food is really great. Every dish from Korean sesame chicken wings, all our bao buns dishes and chocolate fondant were faultless."
• "Food delicious and fresh."

Cons:

• "Now despite having an overall good score in the taste department I will dock a point as there isn't anything unique here."
• "The food was bland - the pork tasted of nothing. Chicken flavourless."
• "The grilled spatchcocked half chicken flavour was a bit off the mark for me."
• "The food was plentiful, but it wasn’t great."
• "The food has become more and more average with the prices inversely proportional to its falling quality."
• "The main of salmon bun was plain, bland and bare."
• "The fish in the ceviche is not the freshest and lacks flavour."

Service

Pros:

• "Came for bottomless brunch - great food and attentive service."
• "Staff were friendly and accommodating."
• "The service was fantastic - friendly and kind even to offer us a free portion of Korean chicken wings that was an order mistake."
• "The service from Adam was great."
• "Adama was really helpful and was always checking our table was satisfied."
• "Really incredible food with great service."
• "Service was excellent and facilities kept clean."

Cons:

• "Service was almost non existent. Waited 30 mins just to get the check."
• "Moreover the manager was rude and disrespectful to us."
• "Service wasn't great and a little slow."
• "Friendly waiters let down by slow kitchen."
• "Service was bad but as expected. Servers were busy, which is no surprise, but forgetful."
• "Service was pretty okay. Didn’t clear plate as other dishes arrived and when we asked for the bill we waited 20 minutes and asked multiple times until we could actually pay."
• "Waitress was always absent and gabbing with colleagues so couldn’t ask for stuff when needed."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Really nice atmosphere, food was all very tasty."
• "Excellent ambiance, and a great selection of Japanese whiskeys."
• "Great friendly service and the place has a busy atmosphere during the evenings."
• "Nice restaurant, and ambience."
• "The atmosphere is very authentic."
• "Really enjoyed the atmoshare with the dim light setting and ambience."
• "The ambience was very warm and the decor really made you feel as though you were in Japan."

Cons:

• "Table was sticky and I ended up having to clean it using wipes."
• "The only thing that did bug me was the lighting inside, barely could see a metre away since lighting was so dim!"
• "The restaurant is quite big and didn't seem to get very full which takes a bit away from the atmosphere and decorations."
• "Restaurant did not look clean, quite grubby, with no real style."
• "Ambiance: No music in our section, lights were very bright."
• "Always quite noisy which isn’t for everyone."
• "You’re sitting cramped alongside often obnoxious neighbouring tables."

Value

Pros:

• "All great value for money."
• "For £40, this is a really good option with remarkable value, especially considering its location!"
• "Overall a great value brunch!"
• "Incredible bang for your buck."
• "The pre theatre menu which is excellent value for money."
• "Cocktails great value."
• "The tasting menu is great value."

Cons:

• "Definitely a bit pricey, with relatively small portions depending on what you get."
• "Just felt like a rip off overall, save your money and go to the seven dials market next door."
• "Massively disappointing for the exorbitant price you’re paying."
• "The final bill was pretty hefty."
• "Overly priced. Massively."
• "Sadly, I find the menu very expensive."
• "Overall quite disappointed with the experience and would not eat there again for the price we paid."