Just an amazing place. The food......The people.......The Drinks. Just love this place…read more Great place to hang out with friends or a date.

We arrived 15 minutes early and were seated right away. Nice dining room in a basement…read more We ordered drinks and waited, and waited. Finally our host came over, it had been 20 minutes no drinks. We only ordered a martini and a vodka soda. Martini's seem to confuse the English. We finally got drinks and ordered. We both had the Sunday roast. It arrived sloppy looking, the potatoes were very hot as was the gravy. The meat, veg and popover were room temperature. The meat was so thinly sliced and not very tender. A huge disappointment! It seems like they were just relying on the gravy to make the dish. Service and food very lacking.

Great food. Great service. Nice selection of eclectic dishes. We would definitely come back.read more

My partner and I enjoyed this restaurant around 11am on a Monday. We were looking for breakfast and…read moreI had this place on my list. Thankfully, there was no line and we grabbed a seat immediately. There were quite a bit of people outside Kuro Bagels and Kuro Coffee nearby! As a tourist, I didn't know anything about this place, I simply noted it as somewhere to have breakfast. It was really cozy inside and I loved the seating downstairs. The music was nice and added to the ambiance, the service was all very helpful too. I had a cappuccino and the Turkish eggs, everything was really good! Doesn't seem like much but really fills you. Happy to have been able to enjoy this place!

My first review of 2020! I was in Europe for 2 weeks recently, and my meal at Duck & Waffle was one…read moreof the best breakfasts of my entire trip! This place definitely lived up to the hype and my friends' recommendations! My friends and I arrived in our fairly large group of 8 on a Sunday morning, and were seated after a quick wait. On to the food! While everything on the menu looked yummy, I figured I had to go for the restaurant's namesake and order the duck & waffle, lol! It was crispy and tasty! The fried egg and waffle were a great pairing with the duck! We also shared a couple orders of foie gras crème brûlée! It was a little bit gamey, as I expected, but overall, very delicious! This was my second time having foie gras on this trip, and I figured I should indulge since it's illegal back home in California. As far as the service goes, they were very kind and accommodating of our fairly large group. This was a great meal, and I highly recommend a visit!

Duck and waffle is a place I will forever keep coming back to anytime I'm in the UK. What's…read moreincredible to me is that they are truly open 24 hours and at any point in the day you can go and have the entire menu. I love their duck tacos and their croquetas the most. Always paired well with a nice glass of wine and the views are incredible being as they have the restaurant on the 40th floor looking out across the entire city. Always a good time when I get to go there and staff is always nice and helpful with recommending new dishes to try.

Food was GAS. They gave us fat portions, pancakes had like 5 pieces. Eggs in hell were so good, one…read moreof the best i've had. Eggs Benedict was so good, the poached eggs were literally perfectly cooked. The service was great, they were so nice and accommodating and funny. I love the style of the restaurant too. So worth it.

My parents live in W8 and we're all huge fish & chips fans. The way London (esp. KHS) changes,…read moreit's hard to retain a fave F&C place (with closures & such). So when we visited in 2024, the parental units said "We found our fave F&C place, Balans." So me & the boy went one night for dinner. About have full and we were seated right away & a server was with us in a few minutes, his name was David. Wow, what a fantastic person! He was charming, around when needed and I feel I cannot say enough good things about him. Onto the meal, I had the F&C (ofc) and the boy had the roast chicken. The PU's were not wrong, literally the best F&C I have had in a very long time! The alcohol prices were better than the local pubs & the ambiance here is out of this world, just beautiful! Do yourself a favor & eat here.

This place is soooo nice. Inside had the history of the building. Staff were attentive and very…read morenice. Service was fast and prompt. Food - Wow. The salad was fresh and delicious. My fish and chips was superb. Michele's dishes were amazing as well. Dessert offered but no room We would definitely return.

The most average, middle-of-the-road institution in London, and the Covent Garden location is…read moreperhaps the true median of the whole lot. It's fine. Your fish and chips will be fine. Your burger will be fine. The duck will be fine. Coming for breakfast and getting an omelette? Your breakfast will be fine. Just getting some chips and a G&T? They'll be fine. The people attending to your meal? They're fine. The interior? Fine-ish. will you be blown away? Absolutely not. Will you be disappointed like you might be by some of the other nearby tourist traps? Probably not. Will you be left with a vague sense that perhaps you should make better life choices? Guaranteed.

Bill's gave me the pancakes I didn't know I was really looking for. Bill's was offering some…read moreBiscoff pancakes which hit the ball outta the park. They were delicious in all the right ways, the only item I was missing was some sort of savory compliment. Employees were kind and felt very welcoming. Overall a good spot for breakfast!

Found this place from reviews. Late lunch was pretty empty compared to the dozen places we passed…read moreon main roads that were busy. Sat outside in fabulous lil courtyard all alone. But after 10 mins we had to move inside due to the "smokers lounge" created by several rando ppl hanging around. Hristo was our server - so great with the recommendations and letting us sample an item. So much help. We got fish finger, focaccia sandwich - awesome fish, soft bread, delicious tartar sauce, and the chips were rockin, nice and crunchy. Also got the lentil soup (amazing - we fought over it) and salad (nice toppings) and grilled cheese (yummy) & added side of mac & cheese (super gooey & cheesy). Last my wife got the Hippie Bowl (decent but she loved all the other items more). Everything was so good, and we had so much food we were stuffed because we ate almost everything. Last the lemon meringue was so awesome - best I can remember!! Overall the best food we ate in this trip!

Classis French bistro style ambiance with a nice casual feel and mixed menu…read more This was our first stop after arriving in London from an overseas flight. We were able to grab a reservation for an early dinner the same day. They had the front door/windows open so it feels as if you're dining al fresco, but still inside the restaurant. I was hungry and ordered the steak and fries. The steak came with a pat of herb butter. You can only choose med-rare or well-done. So of course, it was med-rare for me. It was delicious with fantastic flavor, enhanced with the melting herb butter. The fries were crisp and delicious. I don't know what type of sauce came with my steak on the side, but I ended up dipping my fries in them, and it made it a different experience. Thankfully I had room for dessert, so my wife and I split the Birthday Dessert Box. No it wasn't anyone's birthday, but the menu describes this as a golden chocolate orb with vanilla ice cream, honeycomb, chocolate strands, freeze-dried raspberries, gold flakes (didn't notice these), and the server pours hot salted caramel sauce on top when it arrives. This was divine! What a great way to end a fantastic dinner.

Abysmal service. There's a difference between a leisurely dinner and being forgotten about. My…read moreexperience here was was firmly the latter. On top of this, there were mistakes on the bill. Food was mediocre, but that wasn't the bad part :-( Experience here was a far cry from The Original Ivy unfortunately.

excellent meal, excellent service, ambiance was amazing. Menu had lots of options. Loved the entire…read moreexperience.

Perfect place for a full English breakfast if you're traveling solo or have a few hours on your own…read more(also, delicious mochas!) English breakfast is my absolute favorite - I've had it multiple times in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and the US, and thought the experience was lovely. I could have married the tomatoes; they were just a bit sweet and perfectly grilled. Black pudding texture was spot on, not too dry. Mushrooms were fresh. It was starting to get busy by the time I was finishing up, but I didn't feel rushed. Definitely earned an instant recommendation from me to fellow travelers the next morning leaving our lodgings!