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.

I always go to Mechelin Star restaurants and have to say that the Pied a Terre has convinced me the least. The dishes were prepared with little finesse and not very taste-intensive. Too bad I also found that the associated wines were not very well explained. I like it if the the sommelier can tell something about the wine, but that was only limited in the Pied a Terre case. The service was also, unfortunately, only moderate. Towards the end we were chased through the corridors and it was already cleared around us while we were still at dessert. Admittedly, we arrived quite late 8.30 on the website, however, is described that one can come to 9 . I'm really sorry, but I can't recommend the Pied a Terre.

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.