On our first full day in the UK (from US), we wanted an authentic English meal. After sleeping in…read morefrom the time change, we ate around 1pm. The place is very quaint. The tables downstairs are a little too close for my liking. We went upstairs and found a cute window table, overlooking the alley below. We started with a pot of tea and debated the large menu for a while. I opted for the Caspian breakfast and my husband ordered the pork pie with a side of chips (fries). The presentation on both was great. I wanted to love the food, but it was just okay. The Caspian breakfast was a waffle with sweet cream cheese, topped with smoked salmon, poached eggs, caviar eggs and sliced avocado. The waffle and poached egg were cooked perfectly. I didn't care for the sweet cream cheese and ended up taking that off. The avocado looked pretty, but tasted underripe. It also came with toast. My husbands pork pie was okay. It tasted like a summer sausage in a flaky pastry. It came with a side salad with Stilton cheese and walnuts, which was also just okay. The server was very friendly and prices were reasonable. If I lived here, I would definitely try again, but I would order different foods.

As a foreigner when you think of an English breakfast or brunch experience what often comes to mind…read moreis the fairy tale inspired tea and toast enjoyed in a quaint bed and breakfast, and unfortunately this dream is often shattered when you realize that Starbucks, Cafe Nero, and Pret have more or less taken over the wonderful world of breakfast. Fear not - Mrs. Bridges Tea Rooms has preserved the traditional quaintness of a B&B in a way that caters to anyone and everyone, and it's absolutely excellent. Star 1: How were the service and atmosphere? Tucked away in a side alley, the location of Mrs. Bridges is as much a landmark as anything in Leicester, and once you step inside you'll understand why. The most comfortable of settings includes various tea rooms on two levels as well as an outdoor seating area that I was able to enjoy on what was a beautiful sunny Saturday morning. It was crowded at 1030, but I was still able to have a seat right away and service didn't lag. I can't stress enough how fantastic the atmosphere at Mrs. Bridges Tea Rooms is, and loved that even school age children seemed to really enjoy and appreciate it along with the expected adult crowd. Star Granted. Star 2: How were the portions relative to the cost? £6.50 is a beautiful price for French toast with bacon and maple syrup with a pot of tea for an additional £1.85. As you can see in the picture my portion was hearty and I was more than satisfied at the end of the day with what would have easily cost me £12 in London. Star Granted. Stars 3 and 4: How was the food? I'm not entirely sure whether the atmosphere or the fact that it was a beautiful day just made everything taste better, but my french toast was amazing even while being as simple as can be. There was nothing fancy here but there didn't need to be, and I noticed as I was sitting down that a steady stream of people were coming in for sandwiches to go that everyone was raving about (and kudos for having special sandwiches that rotate). There are some meals that you really can't even put a finger on with respect to what makes it so good, and this was one of those meals. Dual Stars Granted. Star 5: Would you eat here every day if you could? Mrs. Bridges Tea Rooms is a well known Leicester establishment whose appeal could possibly be bottled and expanded, but for now it's a brilliant gem in the center of England that I'd gladly visit daily. Star Granted.

Date of Visit: 30/1/26 (Friday)…read more With my wife and grandchildren (2). Bill: Pre-Snack Meal (poppadoms - and tray) Quite a different selection of "Pops" - £5.89 - Realy enjoyed. 3 x Kozhi Kurumulagu - £15.89 each - £47.67 Boneless chicken, cooked in a black pepper based sauce with onion, ginger, garlic and turmeric. Everyone enjoyed. 1 x Seafood Biriyani - £19.95 Rice, prawns (only 3), king fish (2 small pieces), Mussels (none) and Squid (none). Really tasty sauce with a bit of spicy kick. This had been recommended to me by a work colleague. I didn't mention the missing items at the time as I was with my grandchildren. In hindsight, I should have done. 1 x bottle Viognier - £31.75 - Good wine and well chilled, with a proper ice bucket. Bill Total - £113.51 All the staff were very friendly and attentive. Nice ambiance. There evening service starts at 18:00, but we arrived just before that time and they were open and other customers were already eating. I would return, but I'd mention the missing items about the seafood biriyani. Apart from that I'd order it again as I loved the flavours.

Very satisfied with my visit to Kayal. The food was delicious, service was excellent, and the…read moreatmosphere was lovely. Special thanks to Ebin for his polite and caring service. Highly recommended food place in Leicester! One of the best restaurant in Leicester.

3/3/17 - Booked for 12 noon…read more We arrived a bit early by 15 minutes, and found someone, but was quite brusquely told that they didn't open until 12 noon. I said we hadn't got anywhere else to go as visiting Leicester for another purpose, and could we just take a seat and wait. Well, the door would have been closed if it hadn't been for maintenance work being carried out, we were told...... Not a good start. However, sat at a table for two.... Just mention that we've visited Bistrot Pierre several times in Birmingham, and also in Torquay, so we are somewhat "anciens patrons". Plus several stamps on the loyalty card.. So what did we have? Initial drinks: 175ml - Dry white wine for my wife - £3.95 Becks Blue for me - £2.95 Presented with some warm bread and (unsalted) butter - FOC. My wife had two courses - £10.95 Starter Pate & Chicken/Truffle Main I had three courses - £16.95 Whitebait for the starter with a garlic mayonnaise - Plenty of whitebait. The rump steak main (a supplement of £3.95) - which I found to be rather tough and grisly. (Also ordered a glass of 175ml Malbec - £6.50) Sweet - Crème Brulee - Which is always good. My wife felt that the ambiance of the Birmingham restaurant is better. Staff were friendly that eventually served us (not the person who greeted us). The food came at a steady pace. All reasonably priced menu. Wines can be a bit pricey. Turns out to be my son's favourite restaurant in Leicester.

A very good and well priced French restaurant in central Leicester, located just up the road from…read morethe Town Hall Square. Menu is fairly mainstream, but food is well prepared, and it offers an extremely well priced Menu Gastronomique typically two evenings per month. The service has always been very good, and deserves particular commendation for the willingness to adapt even the notionally fixed Menu Gastronomique if dinners have particular needs.

Really really good food and a nice atmosphere i would 100% recommend for a nice brunch. It's on the…read moremore expensive side so i probably wouldn't go again just because i'm a student and can't afford to pay £11 for a piece of toast and smoked salmon with an egg on top. If i had more money to spend i would definitely come often !!

We we're walking around st martins square when we noticed the nice little cafe/brunch place and…read morewalked in after recently hearing good things. One of the cafes employees even came out, noticing us checking out the menu, and told us about the place and what they had, which was the start of great service throughout my visit. The cafe had a wonderful environment and very nice staff. I tried both the Greek yoghurt pancakes and the Nutella with strawberries pancakes, both were presented amazingly and were delicious. Portion sizes were great with 3 thick pancakes each and a healthy portion of toppings. The pancakes were fluffy and light but still filling and overall the best pancakes I could ask for. Service was also very fast. I would recommend this place to anyone who wants a nice breakfast. Warning: there is no English breakfast and apart from the pancakes the mainly specialise in egg dishes.

Delicious! What a great find. Each dish has its own distinct flavor. We had the meal for two…read more Started with chicken and corn egg drop soup which we had to stop eating or we would have been full. Then the crispy duck pancakes...oh my. Our entrees were sweet and sour chicken, a beef dish bursting with flavor, a veggie dish and scrumptious fried rice. So full and happy. Full of local Chinese people so we ate like the locals. An extensive dim sum and regular menu. Only negative was it was a bit noisy.

Giving this a 5 stars for the quality and price in Leicester…read more This is a cantonese/hong kong style Chinese restaurant that is well loved by even Hong Kongers themselves (my friends and their families love this restaurant). I think this speaks a lot to its quality and authenticity in terms of chinese cantonese foods. They do both dim sum (think chinese style tapas/small plates served in the morning and brunch), as well as usual chinese dishes for dinner. Definitely recommend this to any person who actually appreciates real chinese food instead of westernized ones.

We stopped by for just dessert and HOLY GOODNESS IT WAS FANTASTIC. The chocolate profiteroles were…read moredivine. I'll be back again for more dessert. Probably tomorrow. EDIT: Yep, I went back four days in a row, and each time it was ridiculously delicious. The Chicken Ravioli in particular was amazing!

We've just has a super meal at this restaurant. We'd been walking round an unfamiliar city centre…read morefor ages looking for somewhere to eat in an Artic wind and, it being Sunday, most places seemed to be shut. Then we found Prezzo. They instantly made us welcome even though there were 8 of us including 4 children. It wasn't busy so maybe they had time to give us lots of attention or maybe they are just good at their jobs. Once we'd been seated and ordered drinks the children seemed to be having problems choosing from the menu so we were asked if they'd like to make their own pizzas - of course the answer was "yes". Whilst the grown-ups relaxed reading the menu in peace and quiet and weighing up the merits or rissotto, pizza and pasta dishes, the children were taken to wash their hands, given hats and then helped to make their pizzas. The pizzas are cooked in a huge open pizza oven at the back of the restaurant so you can see your pizza puffing up and the cheese melting. My rissotto was yummy and the other grown-ups were equally happy with their dishes but what made this meal really specially was the way all the staff in this posh looking restaurant treated our children as welcome guests.

Great food here for a good price. They were not able to make the dish I initially wanted because of…read moreallergies, so I had the potato and spinach dish instead, which was almost the only thing I was able to eat on the menu, and it was really tasty! Wish I could cook spinach like that! I always like to try the chili paneer if I see it on the menu, this one was according to my liking - the spices and sauce and firmness of the paneer, mmm! It's a nice option for dinner as well as lunch. The staff were nice people and very accommodating with my allergy requests and took precaution with cooking methods. The ambiance is low key, but nice. My wife decided to go for a Blue Hawaiian drink, for some reason she seemed to think that would compliment a veggie south Indian lentil dish, as you do....I'm all for fusion and experimenting, it just looked too funny with all the traditional food and a tall blue glass umbrella drink next to a pot of brown dal. The brother in law said it looked like drinking half a bottle of toilet bowl cleaner.

If you want to eat good Indian food while being vegetarian, this is the place to be!!! Not to…read moremention their 5£ buffet, definitely try this place out if you're ever in the area!

I was very impressed with my last visit here for Saturday night dinner…read more After some champers in the bar downstairs, we were seated at the window on the middle floor. I had a decent chicken liver parfait starter, followed by a very decent stab at a pheasant dish. The food here is clearly prepared with care, and whilst it's perhaps fairly straight-forward, it's well-executed. A note on the service. For the starter I'd actually ordered the "chicken pinchos", but I'm a chronic mumbler. I mentioned this when the parfait arrived (which was neither on the menu nor mentioned as a special, so not clear where it came from) and they immediately apologised profusely and offered to replace it. I said I was happy enough with the parfait and not to bother. When the bill came, my starter had been taken off. The true essence of service lies not necessarily in being perfect, but being gracious if a mistake does happen.

I wandered around in the city centre, as is the norm, dismissing many venues due to the lack of…read morelife within, and found myself outside Case. The prices looked pretty reasonable really, although previous reviews had hinted at expensive, it wasn't that bad! Especially if the food was good. It has a very nice airy feel to it with white panelled walls and ceilings and dark wood floors. The greeting was bright and polite and my waiter cheerful and interested in the menu. I chose the soup, onion and garlic, and trout with pak choi and a side salad as main. I couldn't resist a glass or two of Primitivo red, and sat at a lovely little table overlooking the street (it's all upstairs) with a beautiful white tablecloth. Very nice indeed!

I went here with a mate to test the waters, so to speak, in preparation for organising a Christmas…read moremeal for the society I help run. All in all I was pleasantly surprised - not only was the food very good, but the prices are lower than the other all-you-can-eat Chinese restaurant nearby and the food, in my opinion, is nicer. The starters are roughly the same as the starters you get at other such restaurants: present and correct was the sesame prawn toast, the fried chicken wings, the crispy aromatic duck (with pancakes), the spring rolls and the dumplings. The mains, too, are fairly run-of-the-mill for such an establishment, with a range of options covering chicken, prawn, pork and the like and a range of tastes from sweet and sour to curry via black bean sauce. However, the devil is in the detail and they were all brilliantly executed (except for the lemon chicken, by which we were slightly disappointed). I was also impressed that the rice ran out much less often than you'd usually expect and I was also pleasantly startled by the availability of sushi and similar things in the buffet, which went down very well. In addition to all that, there was a teriyaki bar where you could get things cooked to order with your choice of sauce (although I was so full after sampling the extensive buffet I didn't get a chance to try it!). For pudding there were fritters available and a freezer full of tubs of proper ice cream to go with it, unlike some restaurants' desserts which are just sundaes kept ready in a huge freezer or a Mr. Whippy-style ice cream dispenser on the side with some marshmallows. I always appreciate a restaurant doing desserts that aren't just different arrangements of chocolate and icecream! All in all, I had a wonderful evening and I can't wait for round two later in the semester.

Chinese buffet. Pretty big and more expensive than other buffets in town although the food is…read moreessentially the same so I wouldn't go there unless someone else was paying! It's based downstairs so look carefully so you don't miss the entrance, which sports a (recently beheaded) terracotta warrior. It's clean and light, although the tables are as characteristically crowded as all these places are in Leicester. Wide choice of food, although finding the rice can be a bit challenging for some reason, however, as I say, especially at lunch go to the place on High Street - it's half the price for the same quality and service.

A perfect spot to host a pre-wedding family & friends get together !!…read more Everyone had a blast and enjoyed the setting ... Staff was exceptionally nice and helpful !

Great food, great service, great ambience! Intrigued to try the dinner menu next time!read more