Smith's Bar & Grill

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   LEWIS

   Bath

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined today

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   I was kept waiting for ages at the door while the hostess was on the phone. Ordering was ok, but the basket of bread was inedible as it had been heated in a microwave and was like chewing gum. We weren’t charged for it, but we wanted some nice bread! The waiter just said ‘that’s our bread’. We each had a salad: a Chicken Caesar, but the chicken was overcooked; a crab salad that was nearly all baby spinach with perhaps 25 grams of crab; and a Thai salad that had a sweet chilli dressing that was sweet, but little chilli. We won’t be going back.
   

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   mark

   VIP

   London

   22 reviews

   5.0

   22 reviews

   Dined today

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Best steak house in central London. Great service, the rib eye was outstanding. We will be back soon.
   

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   Rebecca

   VIP

   London

   18 reviews

   5.0

   18 reviews

   Dined today

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Recommended for the people looking for something fresh.Ribs is the Best I have ever taste. The coctails are awesome, this place has the perfect vibe.
   

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   Oliver

   VIP

   London

   20 reviews

   5.0

   20 reviews

   Dined today

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The food was good. Close to hotel. The fresh pasta with truffle was so good. Also the fries and appetizers were very good.
   

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   James

   London

   51 reviews

   5.0

   51 reviews

   Dined today

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Excellent breakfast - highly recommended - great menu and fresh ingredients
   

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   Felicia

   VIP

   London

   2 reviews

   1.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   Food came out cold, waiters were not attentive but the restaurant decor was nice
   

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   jake

   VIP

   London

   24 reviews

   5.0

   24 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Booked here twice for dinner, great cocktails (happy hour 5 to 7pm) and mocktails and good range of beers. we had the lamb and steak with fries, to die for! Really laid back chilled vibe, highly recommend!
   

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   paul

   VIP

   London

   22 reviews

   5.0

   22 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Definitely worth seeking this one out. As per other reviews, a nice chilled vibe with friendly and accommodating staff. The burger is really good and done perfectly - but equally this place serves vegans and vegetarians as well. It would take a lot not to keep the casual diner happy such is the selection of tasty things on offer. For anyone reading this review and looking for somewhere to eat this evening, go for it as you will not disappointed.
   

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   Andy

   VIP

   London

   22 reviews

   5.0

   22 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Booked here on our second night in London and ended up going the next few nights of our visit in London! Great food and fabulous that most of the menu is or can be adapted to be gluten free. I'm coeliac and had no problem with cross-contamination. The staff are great, there's a fabulous selection of cocktails/drinks and a really nice atmosphere, can't recommend it enough.
   

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    Judy

    Melbourne

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined 2 days ago

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 3

    The food was abysmal - as in extremely poor quality, of the sort you would find in a chain buffet where people go for quantity, not quality. I understand it was the soft launch day of the Bottomless Roast menu. Hence, the restaurant was particularly crowded. However, I expected Smith's to have been better prepared and able to accommodate the number of people that were there, particularly given their typical prices for the menu options. For example, the chateaubriand is charged at more than £40 when having roast as an a la carte option. It came out looking like old meat, GREY, tough to chew and well-done. The piranha that we ordered after tasted much better at half the price point. I did not bother asking to have it redone because we had to wait an hour and 10 mins to receive our mains, meaning for a booking at 8:15PM, we ate at 9:45PM after finishing our starters at 8:35PM. The starters were also shocking. The ricotta pockets were dry and stale with a pile of deli ham next to it that did not add much other than making it overwhelmingly salty. The carpaccio did not taste fresh and was covered in sauce to mask this. The smoked salmon was strangely warm and also did not taste fresh either as the texture was somewhat mushy. Dessert was also underwhelming with the churros raw in the middle and barely browned before being served. The chocolate fondant was passable but honestly tasted as if I had purchased this from the Tesco dessert section and the ice cream selection was smothered in dessicated coconut which did not add anything to the ice cream and added an unpleasant texture. The saving grace were the waitstaff who were extremely friendly, approachable and accommodating. You could tell they were trying their best with the amount of people and orders going around.
    

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