Criterion Restaurant

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I booked for the latest possible sitting for lunch (14:15). An elegant setting instantly recognisable from scenes in Batman: Dark night rises!

We decided to opt for the set 3 course menu and we weren't disappointed as the quality of the food was excellent. In hindsight it did leave me thinking I should have tried the steak! In all the food certainly justified the price.

The drinks seemed a little overpriced and our bottled water was removed from the table before we had finished it, which annoyed the guv'nor!

This aside, I would still recommend the Criterion to friends as a good pre/post show restaurant.

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we celebrated our anniversary and wanted somewhere special and the criterion lived up to that,

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Place was empty, which might be expected on a Sunday evening. Pre-theatre menu was [$] for 2 courses, with two vegetarian mains and starters. Tagliatelle was overly seasoned, but salmon looked good. Good date restaurant, although with so many restaurants in the area, I probably won't be back.

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We had dinner at 6pm before going to the theatre. The staff are efficient and extremely friendly, the service is excellent, the food was delicious. On the whole, I can't fault this restaurant. It is so lovely inside and in such a splendid location for the theatres of the West End, slap bang in the middle of town, you'd expect to have to pay a lot more for such good food.

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Excellent post-gallery lunch with good wine (sensibly priced) and great food. The fillet steak was particularly fine. Staff were friendly and relaxed. Atmosphere a little old-school but we weren't interrupted every 5 minutes, which is always good.

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It was a friend's birthday. Food was good although it took a long time to arrive. We did not care much because we had time to wait. The place is wonderful but the chairs are not so comfortable.The staff are very friendly but I don't think they understood us fully. We asked for a second Cranberry juice which never arrived.Overall it was a good experience because of the ambiance and the friendliness of staff.

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We dined at 17.30 hrs, in a very relaxed atmosphere. Service was excellent, but not rushed. Very suitable for clients living out of town to have a meal after for example a visit tothe theatre and then cantching a train home.

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Haven't been to the Criterion for many years. And returned for dinner this week to be very pleasantly surprised. Everything was first class. Food, Service, Ambience. Slightly more expensive than I had anticipated, but this never spoiled a really wonderfully relaxing evening.

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We were looking for a memorable setting for a pre-Christmas lunch celebration with friends over from the USA. We asked to change table and this was done cheerfully and efficiently. Good food served with style in a beautiful room.

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Wonderful experience, gorgeous historic interior. The staff were very attentive and friendly although not very professional. The food was very good. Having been told we could only have the table for two hours and hurried along at the start, we actually stayed for three and a half hours and were not asked to leave. The Friday night pianist moved seamlessly from Green Day to Gershwin and added greatly to the already wonderful atmosphere. Despite the quality of the food, it would have been a very expensive 2 hours, for an entire evening however, it was just about right. We all hope to go back. A sommelier would be an improvement to the restaurant.