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Yauatcha - review by mandylayton

Rating: 4.5

Location: 15 Broadwick Street, W1F 0DL, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7494 8888

Went for afternoon tea with the family. The food is excellent and the quality and range of green tea's are superb. The service is not very good though. I kept asking for water and after asking for the forth time I went and got it myself from the bar. It is a mystery to me how varied the service can be when the food is so great and actually pretty reasonable priced.]]> Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:38:57 +0000 /review/uk/london/restaurant/1852o7p/yauatcha892967382 51.513742 -0.135295 Yauatcha - review by mandylayton http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/restaurant/1852o7p/yauatcha
Yauatcha - review by mandylayton

Rating: 4.5

Location: 15 Broadwick Street, W1F 0DL, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7494 8888

Went for afternoon tea with the family. The food is excellent and the quality and range of green tea's are superb. The service is not very good though. I kept asking for water and after asking for the forth time I went and got it myself from the bar. It is a mystery to me how varied the service can be when the food is so great and actually pretty reasonable priced.]]> Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:38:58 +0000 /review/uk/london/restaurant/1852o7p/yauatcha935608610 51.513742 -0.135295 Yauatcha - review by mandylayton http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/restaurant/1852o7p/yauatcha
Yauatcha - review by mandylayton

Rating: 4.5

Location: 15 Broadwick Street, W1F 0DL, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7494 8888

Went for afternoon tea with the family. The food is excellent and the quality and range of green tea's are superb. The service is not very good though. I kept asking for water and after asking for the forth time I went and got it myself from the bar. It is a mystery to me how varied the service can be when the food is so great and actually pretty reasonable priced.]]> Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:38:58 +0000 /review/uk/london/restaurant/1852o7p/yauatcha1279936937 51.513742 -0.135295 Yauatcha - review by mandylayton http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/restaurant/1852o7p/yauatcha
Yauatcha - review by mandylayton

Rating: 4.5

Location: 15 Broadwick Street, W1F 0DL, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7494 8888

Went for afternoon tea with the family. The food is excellent and the quality and range of green tea's are superb. The service is not very good though. I kept asking for water and after asking for the forth time I went and got it myself from the bar. It is a mystery to me how varied the service can be when the food is so great and actually pretty reasonable priced.]]> Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:38:58 +0000 /review/uk/london/restaurant/1852o7p/yauatcha185571230 51.513742 -0.135295 Yauatcha - review by oledoe http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/restaurant/1852o7p/yauatcha
Yauatcha - review by oledoe

Rating: 4.5

Location: 15 Broadwick Street, W1F 0DL, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7494 8888

Hey, not just the dim sum, also the wee cakes and pastries are delightful.

(their web site is at www.yauatcha.com)
]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:26:44 +0000 /review/uk/london/restaurant/1852o7p/yauatcha504248420 51.513742 -0.135295 Sketch - review by sarah2009 http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/restaurant/117286x/sketch
Sketch - review by sarah2009

Rating: 3.7

Location: 9 Conduit St, W1S 2XG, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 0870 777 4488

Website: http://www.sketch.uk.com

Tags: lively, international, good value, brasserie, vegetarian, french

I had dinner with friends in the Gallery last week and wow! I have never seen anything like it before; the food was delicious and we were entertained by the most amazing video art projections. I will definately visit again soon, if not for dinner then just to the bar.]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:55:56 +0000 /review/uk/london/restaurant/117286x/sketch1578895198 lively international good value brasserie vegetarian french 51.512295 -0.141839 Sketch - review by sarah2009 http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/restaurant/117286x/sketch
Sketch - review by sarah2009

Rating: 3.7

Location: 9 Conduit St, W1S 2XG, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 0870 777 4488

Website: http://www.sketch.uk.com

Tags: lively, international, good value, brasserie, vegetarian, french

I had dinner with friends in the Gallery last week and wow! I have never seen anything like it before; the food was delicious and we were entertained by the most amazing video art projections. I will definately visit again soon, if not for dinner then just to the bar.]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:55:56 +0000 /review/uk/london/restaurant/117286x/sketch1204274857 lively international good value brasserie vegetarian french 51.512295 -0.141839 Sketch - review by sarah2009 http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/restaurant/117286x/sketch
Sketch - review by sarah2009

Rating: 3.7

Location: 9 Conduit St, W1S 2XG, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 0870 777 4488

Website: http://www.sketch.uk.com

Tags: lively, international, good value, brasserie, vegetarian, french

I had dinner with friends in the Gallery last week and wow! I have never seen anything like it before; the food was delicious and we were entertained by the most amazing video art projections. I will definately visit again soon, if not for dinner then just to the bar.]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:55:56 +0000 /review/uk/london/restaurant/117286x/sketch1793649851 lively international good value brasserie vegetarian french 51.512295 -0.141839 Sketch - review by sarah2009 http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/restaurant/117286x/sketch
Sketch - review by sarah2009

Rating: 3.7

Location: 9 Conduit St, W1S 2XG, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 0870 777 4488

Website: http://www.sketch.uk.com

Tags: lively, international, good value, brasserie, vegetarian, french

I had dinner with friends in the Gallery last week and wow! I have never seen anything like it before; the food was delicious and we were entertained by the most amazing video art projections. I will definately visit again soon, if not for dinner then just to the bar.]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:55:56 +0000 /review/uk/london/restaurant/117286x/sketch816821039 lively international good value brasserie vegetarian french 51.512295 -0.141839 Tea Palace - review by stantoncarlisle http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/food/1m52c86/tea-palace
Tea Palace - review by stantoncarlisle

Rating: 4.0

Location: 177 Westbourne Grove, W11 2SB, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7727 2600

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

Don't be fooled by the refined tasteful purple front, the freshly pressed table-clothes or the traditional look of the waiters. This a place of total, absolute indulgence - for any Tea Connoisseurs, that is. The prices are almost as high as the quality. Some of the Japanese Green teas trot out at over £10 a pot. There are some awesome Green Teas here - the White Monkey is subtle and excellent. Cheaper but robust and uplifting is the Iron Goddess of Mercy Oolong Tea - great taste, buzzy and fat-burning. Refined tea drinkers on a quest for the adventurous might enjoy the fruity but nifty White Snowbuds. The cakes are all homemade looking and I've seen Sloaney types munching their way through a two-tiered cake trays of them. The cafe has the feel of an old-fashioned english tea-shop, like the kind you'd read about in Somerset Maugham. Who-ever put this place together is a tea addict/fanatic with a discerning taste. The tea menu is amazing and wide-ranging. The overall quality of the brews is fabulously high - they follow rigorous Oriental methods. On the whole its pricey but well worth it.]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:04:07 +0000 /review/uk/london/food/1m52c86/tea-palace2027937270 51.51452 -0.19934 Tea Palace - review by stantoncarlisle http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/food/1m52c86/tea-palace
Tea Palace - review by stantoncarlisle

Rating: 4.0

Location: 177 Westbourne Grove, W11 2SB, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7727 2600

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

Don't be fooled by the refined tasteful purple front, the freshly pressed table-clothes or the traditional look of the waiters. This a place of total, absolute indulgence - for any Tea Connoisseurs, that is. The prices are almost as high as the quality. Some of the Japanese Green teas trot out at over £10 a pot. There are some awesome Green Teas here - the White Monkey is subtle and excellent. Cheaper but robust and uplifting is the Iron Goddess of Mercy Oolong Tea - great taste, buzzy and fat-burning. Refined tea drinkers on a quest for the adventurous might enjoy the fruity but nifty White Snowbuds. The cakes are all homemade looking and I've seen Sloaney types munching their way through a two-tiered cake trays of them. The cafe has the feel of an old-fashioned english tea-shop, like the kind you'd read about in Somerset Maugham. Who-ever put this place together is a tea addict/fanatic with a discerning taste. The tea menu is amazing and wide-ranging. The overall quality of the brews is fabulously high - they follow rigorous Oriental methods. On the whole its pricey but well worth it.]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:04:07 +0000 /review/uk/london/food/1m52c86/tea-palace1283116780 51.51452 -0.19934 Tea Palace - review by stantoncarlisle http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/food/1m52c86/tea-palace
Tea Palace - review by stantoncarlisle

Rating: 4.0

Location: 177 Westbourne Grove, W11 2SB, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7727 2600

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

Don't be fooled by the refined tasteful purple front, the freshly pressed table-clothes or the traditional look of the waiters. This a place of total, absolute indulgence - for any Tea Connoisseurs, that is. The prices are almost as high as the quality. Some of the Japanese Green teas trot out at over £10 a pot. There are some awesome Green Teas here - the White Monkey is subtle and excellent. Cheaper but robust and uplifting is the Iron Goddess of Mercy Oolong Tea - great taste, buzzy and fat-burning. Refined tea drinkers on a quest for the adventurous might enjoy the fruity but nifty White Snowbuds. The cakes are all homemade looking and I've seen Sloaney types munching their way through a two-tiered cake trays of them. The cafe has the feel of an old-fashioned english tea-shop, like the kind you'd read about in Somerset Maugham. Who-ever put this place together is a tea addict/fanatic with a discerning taste. The tea menu is amazing and wide-ranging. The overall quality of the brews is fabulously high - they follow rigorous Oriental methods. On the whole its pricey but well worth it.]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:04:07 +0000 /review/uk/london/food/1m52c86/tea-palace100521531 51.51452 -0.19934 Tea Palace - review by stantoncarlisle http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/food/1m52c86/tea-palace
Tea Palace - review by stantoncarlisle

Rating: 4.0

Location: 177 Westbourne Grove, W11 2SB, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7727 2600

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

Don't be fooled by the refined tasteful purple front, the freshly pressed table-clothes or the traditional look of the waiters. This a place of total, absolute indulgence - for any Tea Connoisseurs, that is. The prices are almost as high as the quality. Some of the Japanese Green teas trot out at over £10 a pot. There are some awesome Green Teas here - the White Monkey is subtle and excellent. Cheaper but robust and uplifting is the Iron Goddess of Mercy Oolong Tea - great taste, buzzy and fat-burning. Refined tea drinkers on a quest for the adventurous might enjoy the fruity but nifty White Snowbuds. The cakes are all homemade looking and I've seen Sloaney types munching their way through a two-tiered cake trays of them. The cafe has the feel of an old-fashioned english tea-shop, like the kind you'd read about in Somerset Maugham. Who-ever put this place together is a tea addict/fanatic with a discerning taste. The tea menu is amazing and wide-ranging. The overall quality of the brews is fabulously high - they follow rigorous Oriental methods. On the whole its pricey but well worth it.]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:04:07 +0000 /review/uk/london/food/1m52c86/tea-palace1119013604 51.51452 -0.19934 Mon Plaisir - review by amandaharrison http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/restaurant/1154f8/mon-plaisir
Mon Plaisir - review by amandaharrison

Rating: 3.9

Location: 19-21 Monmouth Street, WC2H 9DD, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7240 3757

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

Tags: lively, family & home feel, business, crowded, expensive, french

I haven't been for years but I was very much looking forward to a return trip to Mon Plaisir. After hunting high and low on Monmouth Street to find it (a sense of direction was never my strong point)I entered into one of those traffic jam situations when everyone stands around looking gormless with a kerfuffle of coat-taking and the like.

It was worse for me as my nose was chilly wind-induced running(nice)and the first thing I did was to ask for a tissue which got 'em. By the time I was offered a serviette (napkin?)my host thought I was being most strange just hovering there not going to the table.

Anyway. At the table, I sat myself down, and said host offered me a sip of his kir royale, saying it had taken him ages to get a drink. I don't know about you but that's not what I want to hear when I go to a restaurant. I want to unwind from the journey before being hassled head-first into ordering food.

So I had to do that wave thing and try and catch the eye of a waiter/ress/ron ANYone to get me a drink, whilst trying to hold a "hello how are you isn't this nice thanks for inviting me to lunch" conversation. With my nose running. Not good.

Food was just OK. I didn't have the snails as I was going to the dentist the next day and didn't want to freak him out, particularly as he looks like he should be in a boyband. I had scallops (too salty) and I forget what else, and I only went last week. Just shows. I think there were all sorts of comfort food on the menu from what I recall, coq au vin and the such, but nothing waved any flags at me.

Happy to be taken (sort of); I wouldn't host lunch there myself.]]> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:10:53 +0000 /review/uk/london/restaurant/1154f8/mon-plaisir1660995129 lively family & home feel business crowded expensive french 51.513822573856 -0.12792911295666 Mon Plaisir - review by amandaharrison http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/restaurant/1154f8/mon-plaisir
Mon Plaisir - review by amandaharrison

Rating: 3.9

Location: 19-21 Monmouth Street, WC2H 9DD, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7240 3757

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

Tags: lively, family & home feel, business, crowded, expensive, french

I haven't been for years but I was very much looking forward to a return trip to Mon Plaisir. After hunting high and low on Monmouth Street to find it (a sense of direction was never my strong point)I entered into one of those traffic jam situations when everyone stands around looking gormless with a kerfuffle of coat-taking and the like.

It was worse for me as my nose was chilly wind-induced running(nice)and the first thing I did was to ask for a tissue which got 'em. By the time I was offered a serviette (napkin?)my host thought I was being most strange just hovering there not going to the table.

Anyway. At the table, I sat myself down, and said host offered me a sip of his kir royale, saying it had taken him ages to get a drink. I don't know about you but that's not what I want to hear when I go to a restaurant. I want to unwind from the journey before being hassled head-first into ordering food.

So I had to do that wave thing and try and catch the eye of a waiter/ress/ron ANYone to get me a drink, whilst trying to hold a "hello how are you isn't this nice thanks for inviting me to lunch" conversation. With my nose running. Not good.

Food was just OK. I didn't have the snails as I was going to the dentist the next day and didn't want to freak him out, particularly as he looks like he should be in a boyband. I had scallops (too salty) and I forget what else, and I only went last week. Just shows. I think there were all sorts of comfort food on the menu from what I recall, coq au vin and the such, but nothing waved any flags at me.

Happy to be taken (sort of); I wouldn't host lunch there myself.]]> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:10:53 +0000 /review/uk/london/restaurant/1154f8/mon-plaisir134088293 lively family & home feel business crowded expensive french 51.513822573856 -0.12792911295666