Latest reviews for Cafes & Coffee Shops in St Luke's, London, United Kingdom

Napket - staff with BO by charltonboy

charltonboy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:00:14 +0000

Review by charltonboy

Rating: 1.00

Phone: 020 7352 9832

Website: http://www.napket.com

Tags: breakfast, takeaway, delicatessen

Can't comprehend how they can make such a dogs dinner of running a small, unimaginative cafe, the food was blans, the seating uncomfortable and when I complained the French tosser called Christophe - whom he said was "le boss" had terrible bad breath, body odour and an attitude to match - take it from me - you'd be better off eating doog shitCan't comprehend how they can make such a dogs dinner of running a small, unimaginative cafe, the food was blans, the seating uncomfortable and when I complained the French tosser called Christophe - whom he said was "le boss" had terrible bad breath, body odour and an attitude to match - take it from me - you'd be better off eating doog shit

Ben's Cookies - Cookies by spokane12

spokane12 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:19:24 +0000

Review by spokane12

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7589 9155

Website: http://www.benscookies.com

are meant to be like this. Big and chunky with plenty of taste, bite and chew. I really like the peanut butter cookie and the oatmeal and the chocolate and ... okay I like a lot of cookies. But can you blame me. Try them all. Unlike Millie's the cookies are weighed - so the price is always different. The milkshakes here are okay but not awesome. Just go for the cookies - get a range of them and find your favourite. They sometimes do kind of like a cookie of the week and original flavours. Great for a cake day and very hefty and filling. These are not for the lightweight. The price is around about Â£1 a cookie but like I said, it is done by weight so that can vary. I have not tried the tea or coffee.are meant to be like this. Big and chunky with plenty of taste, bite and chew. I really like the peanut butter cookie and the oatmeal and the chocolate and ... okay I like a lot of cookies. But can you blame me. Try them all. Unlike Millie's the cookies are weighed - so the price is always different. The milkshakes here are okay but not awesome. Just go for the cookies - get a range of them and find your favourite. They sometimes do kind of like a cookie of the week and original flavours. Great for a cake day and very hefty and filling. These are not for the lightweight. The price is around about Â£1 a cookie but like I said, it is done by weight so that can vary. I have not tried the tea or coffee.

Raison D'etre - Just an average experience by Tigerlily21

Tigerlily21 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:49:57 +0000

Review by Tigerlily21

Rating: 3.00

Phone: 020 7584 5008

Tags: quick bite, takeaway, crowded

While the sandwiches are decent and the coffee is good, the cafe (on the two visits I made) was jammed with screaming teens. The location is also a bit shabby for South Kensington. For the price, it's just not that special. I won't go back.While the sandwiches are decent and the coffee is good, the cafe (on the two visits I made) was jammed with screaming teens. The location is also a bit shabby for South Kensington. For the price, it's just not that special. I won't go back.

Top Floor @ Peter Jones - Crowded, noisy and only OK by Izabel_blue

Izabel_blue — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:31:51 +0000

Review by Izabel_blue

Rating: 2.00

Phone: 020 7730 3434

Tags: crowded, lively, good brew

There aren't many places to stop for a decent coffee and cake around Sloane Square and there is almost always room to sit upstairs at Peter Jones. The food is good enough (for the price), the coffee is OK, but the wonderful views are most likely obstructed by screaming kiddies running rampant around the place.

On the flip side, this is a very child-friendly place - lots of thought has gone into children's options, etc.

It's *very* popular at weekends though decent during the week. I'd avoid at peak shopping times. There aren't many places to stop for a decent coffee and cake around Sloane Square and there is almost always room to sit upstairs at Peter Jones. The food is good enough (for the price), the coffee is OK, but the wonderful views are most likely obstructed by screaming kiddies running rampant around the place.

On the flip side, this is a very child-friendly place - lots of thought has gone into children's options, etc.

It's *very* popular at weekends though decent during the week. I'd avoid at peak shopping times.

Cafe Montpeliano - Viva Italia by david_2001

david_2001 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:08:29 +0000

Review by david_2001

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7225 2926

Website: http://www.cafemontpeliano.co.uk

Tags: italian, cultured, takeaway

This restaurant is directly opposite/next to Bonhams in Knightsbridge and hence has a very stylish eclectic mix of clientÃ¨le and decor.

The lay-out, ambiance and lighting is quite extraordinary with a tardis like feel that you would not perceive on entry.

This is a restaurant for grown up children with the Matradie being the head of your surrogate family.

Montpelier is a feast for the eyes as well as the spirit, sit back and enjoy with your friends or wander in on on your own.

Be aware that there is a cover charge so you will not be able to pop in for a lunch time coffee, the benefit is that you will not be jostling with the local tourists.

This restaurant is directly opposite/next to Bonhams in Knightsbridge and hence has a very stylish eclectic mix of clientÃ¨le and decor.

The lay-out, ambiance and lighting is quite extraordinary with a tardis like feel that you would not perceive on entry.

This is a restaurant for grown up children with the Matradie being the head of your surrogate family.

Montpelier is a feast for the eyes as well as the spirit, sit back and enjoy with your friends or wander in on on your own.

Be aware that there is a cover charge so you will not be able to pop in for a lunch time coffee, the benefit is that you will not be jostling with the local tourists.

Bluebird Cafe - Bluebird Flies Off Course by johnbc

johnbc — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:05:22 +0000

Review by johnbc

Rating: 2.00

Phone: 020 7559 1000

Website: http://www.bluebirdcafe.co.uk/

Tags: breakfast, slow service

What price two cups of black coffee with hot milk on the side in London (Not Paris!)? ï¿½6.40!!! This was some time ago so I thought I had better review The Bluebird Cafe again as any venue deserves to have an updated revue. Well its January 2008 and the Bluebird Cafe is still off course -unlike the London pigeons which circle and wheel before parking themselves constantly on the early Victorian terrace almost opposite.

The comments below are still accurate BUT there was an inkling of a new dawn earlier this month with the arrival of a young new chef and an unfamiliar menue. Whilst this lacked the trademark fish and chips the food was excellent. Good enough to entice us back again several times despite the coffee, which gets smaller and more expensive. Hooray you might exclaim anticipating warmer spring days and openair eating at the Bluebird. BUT today my wife was waiting for a roquefort salad and waiting... and waiting and waiting... meanwhile a large gentleman on the immediate table, who was apparently part of management, was joined by an equally large person whom we believe may be the Bluebird's head-chef. To my wife's irritation whilst she waited, several large dishes were bestowed upon the two of them at regular intervals. Then the Cafe's new chef was called in to join the table (but not to eat!) - what my wife overheard dismayed her - the new chef was taken to task and told NOT to put too much (?) per portion of a dish on the menu.

Clearly the excellent creativity of the new chef is being reined in by the bean-counters whose credo like that of great actors appears to be "Less is More" - we shall see.....

Old review>
We have been going to the Bluebird Cafe since it started; after all its just across the King's Road fom my house. It also has a large off-pavement seating area which catches the sun for a lot of the day. There have been a number of constants with this unique location on the King's Road, namely constantly changing staff and managers, very slow service and the fact that if a lunch menu item proved reasonable and popular it was unfailingly removed!

However it gained a loyal local following of regulars until just recently.....

The trees in tubs (suggested by my wife several years ago) arrived and with them a purge of old staff and managers. A new menu too.... unsuspecting we ordered our usual black coffee with hot milk on the side and were surprised to see the bill - a mistake surely! But no - after the VAT and service charge had been added the bill had gone sub-orbital to just under ï¿½6.50!!!

The picture was taken at after midday on a sunny week-day - usually this would have meant a queue waiting for a table outside but obviously no longer. The regulars have fled to more reasonable places on the King's Road and even passing trade seems to be baulking at the prices on the menu.

Such a pity that a unique venue should go this way... Let's hope they review their prices soon - even tho I need the exercise by going further afield I do miss popping across the road for my caffeine fix! What price two cups of black coffee with hot milk on the side in London (Not Paris!)? ï¿½6.40!!! This was some time ago so I thought I had better review The Bluebird Cafe again as any venue deserves to have an updated revue. Well its January 2008 and the Bluebird Cafe is still off course -unlike the London pigeons which circle and wheel before parking themselves constantly on the early Victorian terrace almost opposite.

The comments below are still accurate BUT there was an inkling of a new dawn earlier this month with the arrival of a young new chef and an unfamiliar menue. Whilst this lacked the trademark fish and chips the food was excellent. Good enough to entice us back again several times despite the coffee, which gets smaller and more expensive. Hooray you might exclaim anticipating warmer spring days and openair eating at the Bluebird. BUT today my wife was waiting for a roquefort salad and waiting... and waiting and waiting... meanwhile a large gentleman on the immediate table, who was apparently part of management, was joined by an equally large person whom we believe may be the Bluebird's head-chef. To my wife's irritation whilst she waited, several large dishes were bestowed upon the two of them at regular intervals. Then the Cafe's new chef was called in to join the table (but not to eat!) - what my wife overheard dismayed her - the new chef was taken to task and told NOT to put too much (?) per portion of a dish on the menu.

Clearly the excellent creativity of the new chef is being reined in by the bean-counters whose credo like that of great actors appears to be "Less is More" - we shall see.....

Old review>
We have been going to the Bluebird Cafe since it started; after all its just across the King's Road fom my house. It also has a large off-pavement seating area which catches the sun for a lot of the day. There have been a number of constants with this unique location on the King's Road, namely constantly changing staff and managers, very slow service and the fact that if a lunch menu item proved reasonable and popular it was unfailingly removed!

However it gained a loyal local following of regulars until just recently.....

The trees in tubs (suggested by my wife several years ago) arrived and with them a purge of old staff and managers. A new menu too.... unsuspecting we ordered our usual black coffee with hot milk on the side and were surprised to see the bill - a mistake surely! But no - after the VAT and service charge had been added the bill had gone sub-orbital to just under ï¿½6.50!!!

The picture was taken at after midday on a sunny week-day - usually this would have meant a queue waiting for a table outside but obviously no longer. The regulars have fled to more reasonable places on the King's Road and even passing trade seems to be baulking at the prices on the menu.

Such a pity that a unique venue should go this way... Let's hope they review their prices soon - even tho I need the exercise by going further afield I do miss popping across the road for my caffeine fix!