ELBP Review

Wonderful views (...the panorama, rather than the politics & economics!)

Lovely and quiet on the weekend when the city bankers etc aren't working. Pretty good shopping through Canary wharf underground station. Nice bars which overlook the water. Shame about all the cranes around.

Please do not bother to book this restaurant. Sadly, the only reason it has any clientele is it's catchment area in Canary Wharf. It was 90% empty on a Saturday night, which should tell you all you need to know. Given there are so few good restaurants in the Wharf it would be an idiot restaurateur who failed to offer a menu of well-cooked decent meals, albeit at wharf prices. But they couldn't even do that. The 'tomato and onion salad' comprised soft tomatoes that had been frostbitten in the fridge, were tasteless, rotting and mushy, yet over salted and with no onions or dressing. To describe it as a salad and charge more than 4 pounds was laughable. I sent it back and asked for sprout tops. They were undercooked, over salted and over greasy with too much butter.The salmon and haddock fish cake was bland, soggy, mushy and again over salted. MacDonalds do better buns than the one my partner was given on his scallop and shrimp burger, which was served luke warm and again over salted. The chips were average at best and the pudding was a bought-in cake soaked in sugar syrup with two bits of pear the size of a postage stamp described as 'pear tart'. We paid 12.5% service charge for perfunctory politeness and no one even taking our pudding order till we called the Maitre D. To add insult to injury the manager had decided to hire a DJ playing clapped out disco tunes of twenty five years ago presumably to add 'atmosphere'. I would imagine a desperate manager at a loss as to know why his establishment is being avoided at night and labouring under the illusion that he/she has a successful restaurant because it is full on lunchtime weekdays. What folly! Only because it is local to so many businesses has this place managed to make money. PLEASE can the management change the music/lighting and awful menu and pay the bloody chef a decent wage. To have such a well designed venue so poorly run beggars belief in 2016. The demotivated staff need to be re-educated to engage with the food and the punters but it is the manager that needs the most education. And if you must have a DJ, try paying someone who can read a room and provide what is needed. TRY HARDER AND STOP INSULTING US AND YOUR STAFF.

Probably the tallest building in the U.K. It houses many premium brands and investment banks. The DLR passes through and there is an underground station that looks like Tellytubby land close by. A good place to visit

Great views across Canary Wharf!

Not my kind of menu - but presentation was good, food was of a high standard, and clientele is as is to be expected in the Wharf.

A staggering skyscraper that can be seen from so many other locations in London. Standing tall alongside other buildings in the area, it is wonderful to see up close. Nearby to other beautiful garden spots and spaces, it is delightful to walk around the general area and take in the many sights to see.

In this locality, there are shops and many choices of places to eat and you are close by the water which makes it all the more enjoyable. It is always a pleasure coming down to this area which I always find to be clean and welcoming.

hectic financial hub with tall skyscrapers set in canals with wide variety of shopping and eateries

Nice place to visit which is totally different to traditional London

Lovely building. Great shopping area too and great transport links into zone 1. One of the best and most iconic buildings in London

Bronze Lion, HSBC, 8 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London
One of a pair of bronze lions guarding the main entrance. These are copies of a pair nicknamed "Stephen" and "Stitt" which have stood outside the Bank's Headquarters at 1 Queen's Road Central in Hong Kong since 1935 by W.W. Wagstaff.

Brilliant development and one can square being my favorite building at CW

Great open space. Nice place to chill with friends, etc.

Horrible horrible place. There is no signage on how to get to the DLR or the Jubilee Line and there is noone there to help you. Hate it.

Although there is a security presence to help, I found the maps here very confusing. They don't show you where you are, it was missing some items and how the other nearby shopping centres relate isn't clear.

Again this is a clean and safe area . And safe to let your guard down and relax

I was at the Robot Garden. Lovely location but Street food portion was disappointing

Quite corporative environment. Luxury shops and nice restaurants.

Was here for a business meeting I was impressed with the level of security and the cleanliness of the place and the friendly demeanour of the security staff and those on reception.

Easily accessible from the Canary Wharf station. A truly spectacular piece of architecture. If you are visiting someone, you may want your contact to inform the reception at least 24 hour beforehand to avoid them having to come downstairs to pick you up.

It is very impressive what has arisen here in the Docland area. You should look at it.

I hate this place, awfully confusing and waaaay too many people.

I went to this place thinking that because it was so rated it must be good . . .

OMG !!!!!!

This place is terrible - the food it awful sub grub cheep food. Too much salt and dishes so bad they looked suspiciously like food made off site and shipped in. Atmosphere was terrible - helped to be so by a DJ that needs to give up his evening Job.
Sadly the service was not that good iether,

If you take anyone there, you'll be doing as I did, apologising to then for such awful food and an awful place

Even if I have the same food for a third of the price I would have felt ripped off.

Steer well clear

Good shopping and business complex, improve in more helping staff for newcomers could be better

Good place to visit staff really friendly a welcoming environment definitely recommend people to visit, a brilliant and vibrant area with quality.

A bit of space surrounded by the glass towers. Sky hardly visible, not a place for people with a head in the clouds...

Lots to do around here, bars, restaurants, a shopping center. Very nice.

Very classy location in London with great shopping and food venues nearby. Well connected and very clean and maintained. Fantastic views!

Quite opulent but slightly dated, all polished marble. Cleaned by a generally great operations team.
Access to 3x underground shopping areas all linked by a rabbit warren of corridors.
Transport links to Stratford, London City Airport, the city and north west London via regular DLR and Jubilee line Tube.

Good place to hang out after a busy day's work I can imagine especially on a Friday. Visited here with a friend after an afternoon tea elsewhere to have something to drink with a snack. We had looked forward to Pimms but they did not serve that. Opted for the Prosecco instead with a sharing platter of various speciality fries. It got extremely busy and a bit rowdy later. So, three stars because of that and no Pimms. :-(

Great place for conferences, this has been the case since the Romans! Go and have a look downstairs to see the wall.

Great place, attracts lots of performances.
The mail is also good

Lots of variety of both food and drink.
Worth venturing above ground occasionally, especially to visit Davy's Wine Bar

Office building with bars and restaurants inside. Great views of London from the upper floors