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Black Blue

Black Blue

215-217 Kensington Church Street, W8 7LX, Kensington and Chelsea, United Kingdom

Steak • British • Steakhouse • Gluten Free


"I visited this restaurant with my wife on 17/10/19 and this was our second visit. Eventually we were heading to the Royal Albert Hall for a concert but decided to use this restaurant as we had found it very nice on a prior visit. The restaurant is just around the corner from Notting Hill Gate underground station. Very convenient. Firstly, the staff are very attentive and polite without being obtrusive. Several waiters served us during this visit and all were excellent. We both chose the king prawns with garlic sauce as starters. The prawns were very impressive and tasty. I chose a sirloin steak for my main course, served with thin fries and a side salad plus peppercorn sauce. They cooked it absolutely perfect. A very lovely meal and a quite large piece of steak. My wife chose a chargrilled chicken salad which she really enjoyed and found very filling. Finally we both finished with an ice cream mine topped with an expresso coffee. Very nice indeed. To complement the meal my wife chose a glass of rose pinot Grigio and I had a carafe of a very fruity Sauvignon Blanc Wairu) The restaurant has a very nice ambience and during the early evening candles were put on each table. A very nice romantic touch. Whilst we were there the restaurant was reasonably busy but not noisy which we liked. All in all another superb return visit to this restaurant which we thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you to all the staff including those in the kitchen who made the evening so wonderful."

The Sun In Splendour

The Sun In Splendour

7 Portobello Road, W11 3DA, Kensington and Chelsea, United Kingdom

Pub • Sushi • Asiatic • British


"A really poor experience for a pub which is local to me. I have only ever been here once and it’s safe to safe I won’t frequent again. I arrived before my friend, and was greeted by a friend member of staff who welcomed me in. My friends then arrived 10 minutes later, to which they were given a hostile reception, and what only can be described as an interrogation into a simple empty pub, bar two tables, including the one I was sitting on. When my friends did join, we were very aware the table we were on was booked from 6.30. We then moved to another, which was booked from 7.30, as we were asked to leave which was totally reasonable as we knew this before sitting down. When we left; an extremely abrupt and rude bar woman told us ‘there’s room for you outside’ when all tables had a 6.30 booking but very few were filled, it was 7.35. When I further enquired about the table, she insisted people were on their way. She then said to us ‘I don’t know what you want me to do, I’ve offered you outside, don’t be so rude; what more do you want’ I then went outside as clearly we were not welcome in freezing November, and swiftly decided to leave. Such a shame to have such a poor experience, please do not come to this pub, as clearly they fo not want to build a customer report nor do they have any customer manner. There are many great pubs around, please head to them and avoid this place at all costs!!!"