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The best pork dishes I ever had in my life. In general very friendly and warm small local restaurant. You must try their food. I will go back again and again.

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Sorry to say this didn’t live up to expectations.

We had been looking forward to our visit for months and we were very disappointed.

The restaurant itself is beautiful and was very busy on the night of our visit which was great to see. We were promptly greeted warmly and taken to our table upstairs.

The first thing we noticed was how close our table was to the next. We weren’t concerned because of Covid it was more of the fact you could have reached out and touched the person on the next table. It meant that conversation had to be discreet rather than being relaxed.

It was rather noisy and on many occasions neither of us had any idea what the staff said when describing the dishes, we had to keep looking at the menu.

A nice touch was the little stool for the ladies handbags and the draw for the menus and even battery packs for your mobile in case your juice was running low.

It was the food which was a real let down. The canapés and bread were probably the best part of the meal and we had high hopes. It looked stunning especially the scallop (see photos) but unfortunately the flavours and textures didn’t necessarily work for us.

I’m a big fan of desserts and just didn’t get the doughnut and the sherbet of mastic crystals at all. There was no flavour a real disappointment and no idea what the little “caviar balls” were for they were a very weird texture with no flavour.

Just no wow factor here and for the price we didn’t feel it justified. The location and building are stunning and there are a lot of overheads and staff to pay which justifies the need for high prices but we just really came away disappointed feeling it wasn’t worth the price tag. It was busy though so maybe it was just us? But when the bread is the highlight of the menu it does make you wonder….

Hype? Michelin status? It’s busy and good for them after a very tough few years with Covid, escalating prices and all the other things hospitality has had to deal with but I’m afraid it just didn’t live up to our expectations.

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Breakfast at Hide - the French toast was absolutely delicious. The smoothies were tasty but very small considering the hefty price tag! Service was disappointing. Everything took an absolute age - if I had been in a rush I would have been absolutely pulling my hair out. We spent an unbearably long amount of time waiting to order then waiting to catch the attention of someone when there was a leak from the bar causing water under our table then waiting for our drinks to be brought over from the old table (we had started to carry them over ourselves and were told 'no, don't worry, we'll bring them over for you' and they did but it took far too long) then waiting for the bill, then waiting to actually pay the bill. I wonder if maybe they were understaffed due to COVID or something. From what I could tell there were junior staff dressed in brown and more senior staff dressed in blue. Two blue coats was definitely not enough. The woman in charge was polite and competent, but clearly run off her feet with too many things to do at once.
We've been to Hide Above previously and really enjoyed it. The Hide breakfast was also delicious but so slow that I was very tempted not to pay the service charge.

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Loveless and soulless. If you want a shallow experience surrounded by subordinate simpletons then this is your place.

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Let me explain. This place has energy, generally hip clientele it seems, but it tries too hard. This French inspired wine bar has a heavy door that is nondescript to reveal a dark space over 2 levels. The door seems to only welcome the initiated, perceptive enough to know how to push it open, and has enough power to budge it; almost should fail the fire marshal inspection as asafety issue. Then you are greeted by at least 3 groups of service staff: the black suits, the white puffy shirts and the tray holders - almost a bit science fiction dystopian. The black suits check on you to make sure they pour everything including the water. The puffy shirts buzz around frenetically walking way too fast, dizzying back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, quite disruptive. Then the most disturbing practice is the tray holders that stand around holding large trays containing all the plates of each dish being served, which is HEAVY!! Why they can't bring out the dishes carried from the kitchen with servers directly to the table is hard to understand. Are the puffy shirts forbidden from the kitchen because they have to run too fast and get nowhere? It just seems cruel and unnecessary and even our kids noticed why the tray holders are doing that job, a job that no restaurant we have visited seems to have imagined necessary. Despite how frenetic and fast the puffy shirts move, despite how the entire dinner service is prefixe menu so that the kitchen has to only make the same dishes for every table, the dinner dragged on for 3 hours. This is a very long time even for London. At the end, we left remembering the gimmicks and distracting service, less about the food. Hide!!!

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Overhyped, Overpriced, Underwhelming
Presented with the 7 course taster menu- after ordering we found the a la carte menu.
The plates did not live up to the Michelin star billing.
The menu may change but one of the course options was roasted chicken - hardly adventurous - with the other option being Wagu Beef at at extra £36 to the bill.
There are far better restaurants offering genuinely creative dishes in their tasting menus.
The Hide is a tsar with no clothes

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Went last week but still niggles hence this review. We love to eat out and are lucky to do so fairly regularly at Michelin starred and non starred. Yes we had looked at the website, photos and menu, so were aware of the prices but it was all somewhat disappointing. The ground floor restaurant felt very plain and ordinary with little atmosphere and big windows onto the street like the car showroom next door. Wish we’d had the set menu which looked better value but didn’t fancy it much so went A la carte. Kohlrabi and pear very fresh taste and lovely flavours but 5 about the size of ball bearings felt more like an amuse bouche rather than a starter, followed by a small disc of monkfish. We know Michelin star is all about flavour and presentation, not huge portions but I would be disappointed if my guests went home hungry and disappointed. Of course it’s all, literally, a matter of personal taste but cabbage and swede are not expensive ingredients and don’t warrant the big bill at the end. FYI they add 15% service which they then say is discretionary but they obviously know it’s embarrassing to ask for it to be removed/reduced especially when the waiting staff were good. We’re used to paying this price but it’s always been much more satisfying. We’ve also eaten equally nice, but more realistic portion sizes, more expensive ingredients and overall much nicer for a third the price. Over priced ( very) and under delivered.

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One of the best, if not the best meal I’ve ever eaten.
I’m a serious foodie, dining at Michelin restaurants are a bit of a hobby of mine. Hide delivered in spades of gastronomy delight, innovation, a bit whacky and not pompous.
We dined upstairs. A lunch menu at £55 a head. Probably the best part was the amuse bouche: so exciting and a promise of what was to come.
And what came delivered in spades. I won’t bore you with what we ate, but just tell you to go. You will not be disappointed.
Loved it.

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I had a reservation and was shown to my table. I decided to order for the lunch set menu. The staff didn't show/ explain how I can order from the drinks menu and I had to ask them to bring me the drinks menu. I couldn't find the beer selection from the tablet and asked the waiter and he didn't know as well He had to ask another colleague to show me the beer selection on the tablet. My starter came really quickly even before my drink was served. Unfortunately they forgot to provide a knife on my table and I had to ask for one.
Food was generally good but service could be improved.

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A really fantastic, luxurious treat of a meal.

I had read a couple of mixed reviews beforehand so I was not sure what to expect. Yes, it is expensive but we both agreed it was the best meal we could remember having. The service was incredibly welcoming, and special mention to the wonderful sommelier.

The wagyu beef is an indulgence but out of this world delicious. The cooking! The sauce! it's hard to pick favourites from the tasting menu but the halibut was another piece of incredible cooking.

Thank you for a brilliant experience

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This place offers a good interpretation of international cuisine. The burrata was pretty delicious, and the pea soup excellent. The dessert was a little strange in flavor, tho. The martini upfront was quite nice. All in all a good experience at an acceptable price.

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