Pied A Terre - London

I tried Life Bistro out for the first time yesterday. I ordered the sweet and sour oyster mushrooms and a couple of other items. I did an online order for pick up (no dine in). My main reason for not being satisfied is that the oyster mushrooms were not fresh. They tasted like I was eating mainly batter and I really couldn't taste the mushroom. I'm not sure if the sauce that comes with these is sweet chilli sauce. I just know I asked for a side of sweet chili sauce(which I paid extra for) and that was the only sauce I had in my bag. Shame on me for not pulling out all of the contents in my bag and thoroughly inspecting. I should've taken a photo to include in this review.

Lovely lunch experience in this Michelin star restaurant

It’s the kind of place where you bring your date and make sure nothing would go wrong.

Ich gehe immer mal wieder in Mechelin Star Restaurants und muss sagen, dass mich das Pied a Terre am wenigsten überzeugt hat. Die Gerichte waren mit wenig Finesse zubereitet und nicht sehr geschmacksintensiv. Schade fand ich auch, dass die zugehörigen Weine nicht besonders gut erklärt wurden. Ich mag es, wenn mir der bzw. die Sommelier etwas über den Wein erzählen kann, das war im Pied a Terre aber nur beschränkt der Fall. Ebenso war der Service leider nur mittelmäßig. Gegen Ende wurden wir regelrecht durch die Gänge gejagt und es wurde um uns herum bereits aufgeräumt, während wir noch am Dessert waren. Zugegebenermaßen kamen wir recht spät 8.30 auf der Website ist jedoch beschrieben, man könne bis 9 kommen. Wirklich schade, aber das Pied a Terre kann ich nicht empfehlen.

Just come from a tasting menu dinner at Pied a Terre. Frankly very disappointed. 2 of the 7 courses of the vegetarian tasting menu were quite inedible. One so salty that everyone left it, and a stuffed tomato full of bland and mushy rice which I couldn’t bear to eat. The matched wine with the over salty Jerusalem artichoke was thin and acidic to the point of undrinkable and the Riesling was entirely overpowered by the (admittedly delicious) lime sorbet though they forgot to serve the promised Greek yogurt part of the dish to the non vegans on the table. Not worth to £200+ per person we paid for a tasting menu with matched wine. To be honest, I am rather surprised that they hold a Michelin star given the mediocre food and experience.