Galvin at the Athenaeum - London

Date: 12.04.18 Time: 16:39 the mood: the athenaeum is a five star hotel in london in the heart of mayfair and piccadilly. just a short walk from both hyde park green park tube station. galvin in the athenaeum is the hotel's restaurant of Michelin-starred london chefs chris and jeff galvin. a light decor but a bit dated given the great selection of options in the locality. sometimes it's just about eating. I liked the fact that they cover a nice selection of seating options as well as a few tables for couples in semi-private cabins, but screens on each side give them an element of the private sphere and noise protection. the food: I chose the slider (hot dog...read more

Reading the brochure and dining at Galvin provide two totally different insights. We had dined here 2 years ago on a trip to London and found it was OK not outstanding, but as we were staying in the hotel we tried it once and were indifferent about the food and service. This week, again staying at the hotel, we gave it another try but were even more disappointed with the service, the pricing and the quality of the fare. We each had beetroot ricotta on sourdough for an entree nice enough good start at 8.50. Our mains choices were crab lasagne cold pasta in some sort of gel left most of it on the plate and a pork chop that was served cool to cold and was very dry. To...read more

The staff is really friendly and nice however: the tea is not that good. the couches are not comfortable. the service is really slow. the breakfast is not special and rich! I expected much better for a 5 stars hotel restaurant!

Was not worth the £35 a head at all. The setting was pretty, atmosphere cozy, our server Mike was the perfect waiter, however the food fell flat. The scones were dry and crunchy, the cakes were average , the sandwiches lacked flavour. I have had better in Australia. What a disappointment.

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