Reviews by Sebastian

Maze (Restaurant)
28 January 2007

I took my boyfriend here for his birthday and it was the nicest meal I have ever had. We had the chef's 7 course dinner and it was exquisite. The cocktails were fabulous and the service was exceptional. I cannot recommend this place highly enough. For the quality, it's not as expensive as you'd expect. Will definitely be going there again!

Dusk (Bar)
11 January 2007

I'm sorry, but this has to be THE most pretentious bar in the whole of London. A friend of mine had her birthday here and not only were we not allowed to give her her presents (everything had to be stored by the door), but the bar was cramped, the staff rude and extremely slow.

Case in point: after waiting for over half an hour for the floor service to produce the first cocktail of the evening (the cocktails were nice but nothing special and nothing that original either), when we dared to try and buy more there was a further inordinately long wait at the bar. Such was the wait, three of us ended up waiting at different points with orders for the table to try and expedite matters. When one of us was served finally, after ordering some of the drinks, he was told that that was his lot as the barman had other (female) people to serve! Thus leaving half our table without drinks.

To add insult to injury, they have the audacity to put in their menu that Dusk bar is like a West End bar, but without the pretentious attitudes. What a joke. And it was mis-spelt! It got so bad waiting for a drink that a couple of us ducked out twice to the bar down the road to actually have a drink, which was the main aim of the evening.

A thoroughly disappointing and extortionately expensive venue that I will never ever frequent again. Birthday or not.