Bouzy Rouge

neopup

I'm with Nev 21st November 2009

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I am with Nev on their review as this is the place my husband and I ate at last night and the place was a shambles!
The surroundings are dated, to say the least, in fact the place looks like a 70s sleazy club.
The staff - well, lets just say we didnt leave a tip for good service.
Water glasses were used to serve wine and then we were just left with the bottle of water. I guess we were supposed to drink from the bottle.
The food - the worst food I have had in a long time. There was nothing nice about it at all.
The place was roasting, and heaving with a hen party and a large birthday party. So rowdy you couldnt even talk between yourselves.
I was intrigues by Kitty89 - who is/was a waitress at this place and commented on Nev's review to say that Nev didnt know the difference between braising and fillet steak - well Kitty honey, you clearly havent got a clue as you state that the owner pays £60 per fillet. Laughable!!!!! I take it you mean £6 cos if you did mean £60 you clearly live in cloud cuckoo land. Either way its all down to cooking - so it simply means that the chef hasnt got a clue; which was backed up by my disgusting meal last night. It was (apparently) a rack of lamb. Well I eat rack of lamb often and this was not a rack of lamb as there is no fat on a rack yet my lamb last night was mostly fat. But hey ho, it probably cost £50 to buy in so how dare I complain!
Bottom line is, this place is a sleazy joint, catering mostly to large parties so if you want good food, nice decor and ambience give it a very wide berth and head somewhere nice such as the Olive Tree or the Oxford Brasserie. They will show you how its done and Nev, the Brasserie will serve you the best fillet steak in town!!!

mazphd

sleazy booze 23rd March 2009

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For steak and meat you're fine. Anything resembling a vegetable is less appealing - but then why come here when the emphasis is on meat, meat, meat. Generally slap dashed and lacking inspiration. Could do with a new menu!

Likely to be a lively atmosphere as the restaurant is contained in a small and twisted alice in wonderland setting - used to be a cellar.

Wine menu is nice, again lacks anything to really get the palate going.

In short it's 'fine', but could do with a shake up.

Staff very attentive, and manager Mark is attentive to feedbacks. Hopefully he'll read this and get Bouzy Rogue a better profile - perhaps a change of name?...

ceedoubleu at 24/03/09

I went there years ago and it doesn't sound as if it has changed much which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

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Imicola

A bit different from the norm, but very good food! 22nd March 2009

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Went here on a Friday night - it was pretty busy. The decor is a bit different from most restaurants - a little eclectic, but very nice and it creates a nice atmosphere.

The menu had some interesting choices on it - I was most disappointed that someone had already ordered the last portion of wild boar, so I had to go for quail instead, although that was very tasty. Also you get to choose a selection of veg side dishes to go with your meal which includes more interesting choices than the normal chips, potatoes, peas, carrots etc! We had sauteed potatoes and leeks and mushrooms.

Overally, it was a very nice experience and I'll probably go back again!

LucyLu

Best Steak in the UK!! 15th February 2009

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I have been here a couple of times with family and my Fiance, and we all agree that the only place you will get a better steak is America!

We love the steak so much there it's the only place we will go for a steak! fantastic!

Jacqwei

Jacqwei 29th December 2008

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This is a firm favorite the food is very good.The service is on the ball. The place is small and can get very busy, you need to book well in advance most weekends.A great place for a romantic dinner for two or a family celebration.

NEV

2nd worst resturant I've ever been to... 22nd November 2008

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I've never written on these things before, but just had to let people know about the 2nd worst resturant I've ever been to. Ok, very friendly staff will not have a word said against them, but that's about all this place has to offer. A 70's nightmare. So this would have been fun and perhaps added somehing to the evening but when the food is so bad it just added to the nightmare. The crockery is striaght from my grandmother's wedding set and paper napkins not a good start. So the food - shocking. A chicken mayo starter with prawns and rice, was a sandwich filler from the Co-Op and at £6.40 would expect a whole lot more. The girlfriend have pizza mushrooms, cheese and bacon in a mushroom, you can't go wrong but again at £6.30, its a bit steep. Mains, you must be having a steffi Graf, a fillet steak my arse (braising at best). The girlfriend's chicken wrapped in filo pastry again was so wrong. Chicken looked processed and the jelly sauce was far too sweet and was swimming in it. We had to have a look at the desserts and were hopeful that a Black Forest Gateaux would take pride of place, but our hopes were dashed and so we were unable to complete our 70's night out. Perhaps we missed a trick about the kitsch/70's thing, but the food was so bad you just couldn't forgive the place. The wine selection and veg sides were good though. In times of the credit crunch save the dosh and give this place a wide berth. A £10 M&S meal deal would have been so much better. Simon

kitty89 at 26/11/08

I work at the Bouzy Rouge and would just like to set a few things straight. Just so you know the fillet steak we use is £60 a fillet so if your so unsophisticated pallet you can't tell the difference between braising steak then do you really have a right to judge. The fact you would rather have a meal deal from M&S I think says more about you than the restaurant, and if you want to talk about processed food I think you should look a bit more closely at that. Also, as you can see no one else agrees with your comment and no one has found it helpful.

disco_stu at 09/01/09

I actually joined trustedplaces to tell the world how wrong this guy is. I've been eating at the Bouzy Rouge for a good 8 or 10 years. I go there because I love food and it's clear that the people who run the place and work there do too. It's true the Restaurant is unpretentious - It's a basement restaurant off the High Street, there are no square plates and they don't pipe Zero 7 through the sound system. If i had a penny for all the posh London Bistros that i've eaten in that serve crap food, i'd have enough money to eat in this fine Restaurant every night. Nice People. Nice atmosphere. GORGEOUS FOOD. No Crap. Most peope that I know that have eaten at this restaurant will tell you it is either their favourite restaurant or one of the best in the area.

neopup at 21/11/09

Kitty89 - just to put you back in your box - albeit a bit late in the day I know - I found Nevs review helpful and also agree with it. In fact you will see it encouraged me to write my own review above.

Incidentally, whether or not you think M & S food is bad, good, processed or whatever, it is a MASSIVE improvement on the food served at Bouzy Rouge.

My smoked haddock starter was full of bones, unlike the smoked haddock you buy at M & S. My rack of lamb (the waitress said it was rack of lamb) was fatty and disgusting - unlike actual rack of lamb, al la M & S, which actually has NO fat.

If you work in Bouzy Rouge I would suggest you still dont know what good food is either!

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wileycat

The most wonderful random restaurant! 4th September 2008

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I was invited to the Boozy Rouge for a leaving party. Its behind Lush next to the Bargate Centre, you go downstairs into this really nice restaurant. The staff there are wonderful, always helpful.
Then you get to the food, very good menu, not limited in style or number of dishes really either. The food is superb, a little pricy but very worth paying for.
Would create a great romantic atmosphere for that special dinner!

emwarren

Romantic setting fantastic food 18th November 2007

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A lovely restaurant ideal for either a romantic meal or a (older) family meal as the menu is more suited to an adults pallete. However the food is delicious, with a mixture of dishes,steaks and vegetarian food aswell as a great opportunity to try new foods.