manxie Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Looks interesting, the City Centre is in need of something a bit of a notch up from the chains to raise the bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Is it in the old Tuckwoods premises? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthedog Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Is it in the old Tuckwoods premises? Yes, that's the one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topnosher Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 It has never been advertised as a "Steak House" as it states it is a "Grill Room and Seafood Restaurant" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topnosher Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 It has never been advertised as a "Steak House" as it states "Grill Room and Seafood Restaurant" We went on wednesday. The meal as expected was very good. I had crispy Monkfish and it was superb. Of course it should be for £16 plus extra for sides. Will we go again, yes if it takes off, we were the only diners. Obviously the service was good. However our first bar request was out of stock and my wife settled for a Saphire & tonic. My pint of Perroni was £4. We decided on a Rose for wine as I was on fish and my wife on meat. Would you believe it this was out of stock too. I doubt either had ever been in stock despite it had only just opened. The restaurant has been tastefully decorated from what was my evey saturday breakfast venue (Tuckwoods). The City Centre needs a good restaurant and this can be it. Oh it definately is not a Steak House, it's a class restaurant creating fish & meat delights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topnosher Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 http://www.londonclubsheffield.co.uk Sample menus available online It will be good if this place does do well because town is too full of chain restaurants. I've not sean the menu yet but hope he will be doing a few new dishes, crispy monkfish is getting a little boring!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Yes, that's the one. Ah, no access. great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombielover Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 I'm booked in tonight. I'll let you know how it was.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombielover Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Right, we booked for 9:30 as it was a party of ten as it was one guy's birthday. First impressions are good, the décor is classy but understated. We ordered drinks at the bar in the restaurant & were then ushered into a separate room at the back of the main area. On the way through we noticed our table looked already set up for us (it wasn't busy). We were sat on two large tables which were unlit for our drinks. The drink order came quickly enough & was correct. We then sat for around 25minutes until the bar tender asked if we were ok, to which we said we were waiting to be taken to our table. She said it had been ready for a while. Why weren't we told? We sat down & a waitress came over & told us that they's run out of a few things, & a few starters were limited. We ordered the starter & main, then she came back some 10 mins later to re-check the order, re-affirming that only 4 crab cakes were left & asked again how many did we order. The starter came within around 15mins & one starter (crab cake) was missing so one poor chap had to wait a further 10mins for his starter to come. I had the chicken liver & foie gras pate which was very nice but slightly under seasoned. All the crab cake dishes were under seasoned but I tasted one & it had a good flavour albeit only just warm. Then some 30 mins later the head waiter (I assume) came over & apologised & then re-took our mains order again saying the waitress had a meltdown due to the chef shouting at her. This guy defused a difficult situation & acted in a very professional manner to reslove the problems, as the birthday boy wasn't too happy & by this time it was climbing the hill to 11 o'clock. Anyway, the main course came & most people has steak of some description, all were cooked perfectly. I had the château briand which was cooked perfectly & was to be fair an amazing cut of meat. All the steaks were served with a tomato & mushroom, chips, gratin or veggies are all extra, disappointingly. Interestingly the porterhouse on the online menu was £25, on the restaurant menu it was £32. The château briand on the online menu was £32 on the menu in the restaurant is was £45. I thought this was unforgivable & due to the long list of complaints about poor service, menus being incorrectly priced, etc etc, the manager knocked the bill down to £177. This was between 10 people & it included all the drinks, starters & mains. I felt sorry for the manager actually, as the dufus waitress was mainly to blame for all the mistakes. But on the plus side, the food was very good, exceptional in fact & like I said the château briand was faultless. I will be returning to The London Club, & hopefully, they'll have ironed out the teething problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ab6262 Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Right, we booked for 9:30 as it was a party of ten as it was one guy's birthday. First impressions are good, the décor is classy but understated. We ordered drinks at the bar in the restaurant & were then ushered into a separate room at the back of the main area. On the way through we noticed our table looked already set up for us (it wasn't busy). We were sat on two large tables which were unlit for our drinks. The drink order came quickly enough & was correct. We then sat for around 25minutes until the bar tender asked if we were ok, to which we said we were waiting to be taken to our table. She said it had been ready for a while. Why weren't we told? We sat down & a waitress came over & told us that they's run out of a few things, & a few starters were limited. We ordered the starter & main, then she came back some 10 mins later to re-check the order, re-affirming that only 4 crab cakes were left & asked again how many did we order. The starter came within around 15mins & one starter (crab cake) was missing so one poor chap had to wait a further 10mins for his starter to come. I had the chicken liver & foie gras pate which was very nice but slightly under seasoned. All the crab cake dishes were under seasoned but I tasted one & it had a good flavour albeit only just warm. Then some 30 mins later the head waiter (I assume) came over & apologised & then re-took our mains order again saying the waitress had a meltdown due to the chef shouting at her. This guy defused a difficult situation & acted in a very professional manner to reslove the problems, as the birthday boy wasn't too happy & by this time it was climbing the hill to 11 o'clock. Anyway, the main course came & most people has steak of some description, all were cooked perfectly. I had the château briand which was cooked perfectly & was to be fair an amazing cut of meat. All the steaks were served with a tomato & mushroom, chips, gratin or veggies are all extra, disappointingly. Interestingly the porterhouse on the online menu was £25, on the restaurant menu it was £32. The château briand on the online menu was £32 on the menu in the restaurant is was £45. I thought this was unforgivable & due to the long list of complaints about poor service, menus being incorrectly priced, etc etc, the manager knocked the bill down to £177. This was between 10 people & it included all the drinks, starters & mains. I felt sorry for the manager actually, as the dufus waitress was mainly to blame for all the mistakes. But on the plus side, the food was very good, exceptional in fact & like I said the château briand was faultless. I will be returning to The London Club, & hopefully, they'll have ironed out the teething problems. £177 for 10 people, starters, mains drinks etc RESULT:hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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