The Wolseley Review

Good English breakfast, but too overrated. 18.5 pounds and even a slice of bread is not included. For a slice of bread, pay 1 pound on top.

Superb place with great food, albeit a bit on the expensive side

Really good afternoon tea. Service. Very enjoyable.

Quick lunch, spectacular restaurant which used to be a car showroom.

Fabulous place. Expensive but quality and portion size make up for it!

Nice atmosphere, decent food, lousy service. Waiters running around everywhere but none of them interested in answering menu questions, taking drink orders, checking in to see how the food was. The atmosphere is neat. The food was fine (nothing great but not bad). However, I would not return based on the service.

A bit expensive, but stylisch. Food is nice but simple. Wine is to expensive.

Disappointing. I had to wait for ever to be even asked what I wanted. Their tea blend is nothing special, tasteless. Good scones.

Food was delicious with good wines to match. I loved the high ceiling and the spacious feeling of the place. The service was ok. The atmosphere very lively. Altogether good experience.

Simply amazing. Great brunch atmosphere and decor. Delicious coffee. Can't wait for another special occasion to indulge.

One of the nicer places to go to for afternoon tea, although I've had breakfast there number of times, chill atmosphere and nice fab deserts.
Smoked salmon is also fab and this is the only place that I try a fish sandwich! It was beyond my expectation!

Probably best Eggs Benedict I've ever tried. Great place for Saturday brunch if you can get a table.

An institution. And by far the best Eggs Benedict I have ever had (and I had quite a few)... very attentive and professional staff living up to the expectations one could have for such a historic place. Thank you Wolseley Team!

The food is great and there's a good variety, but more importantly the service is absolutely fantastic

Lovely restaurant, beautiful decor, friendly atmosphere and delicious specials!

Breakfast here is very good and incredibly classy. Afternoon tea is also good here.

Excellent place for a brunch, nicely located near Piccadilly, to go shopping afterwards or simply take a stroll down green park nearby.

Beautiful interior. Food is decent, bit it's quite expensive for what it is.

Although I booked a table three or four days ago, they made me wait more than a quarter of an hour at reception

It s overrated and so expensive

The decors very good

The food isn't distinctive taste it's just plain

I had breakfast, so I don't know what lunch and dinner level is

Classic bistro dining in incredible surroundings. All done well and beautifully presented with classical service.

Always have a wonderful time here. Food is delicious, service is impeccable and you can t get a better atmosphere for a special occasion

Food was okay but expected much better for the price.

The English equivalent of a posh TGI Friday, there are open 8am to midnight, have a small menu which never changes.. It's a beautiful setting, the staff are nice but it's not a real restaurant... A beautiful setting but the food tastes like this tis the millionth time the chefs had cooked it... Which is probably true, on a side note, the doorperson spends all her time on her phone, so just get the door yourself

A great dining room in London. You need to book but the brunch here is fantastic.

We'll worth a visit if you're a tourist.

Afternoon tea was a wonderful treat delivered with excellent service. 15 min wait for a table even though we'd booked, but well worth it.

Enjoyed an amazing afternoon tea at The Wolseley. All of the staff were extremely gracious and attentive. This was our first tea experience and the staff did not hesitate to explain things well and described each sandwich, pastry, and scone along with the various tea options. We loved the Afternoon Blend and the Caramel tea. It is quite a lot to eat and we declined their offers for complimentary replinishments. We were not ready for dinner for quite some time. It is not an inexpensive experience, but it is well worth it and I am so glad I stumbled across their option for Afternoon Tea. The building is stunning.

My boyfriend and I had the afternoon tea and it was not good. I would say the food was fine. I made a reservation the night before and was really excited to Wehave high tea while visiting London. We were seated immediately, which was nice, but it was all downhill from there. We decided to split the afternoon tea and each get our own pot. I ask for the carmel tea, but the waitress doesn't seem to understand. I point to it on the menu and she nods. Then when the tea comes it is chamomile. I decide to be polite and not demand a new pot. The food was boring and bland. Sandwiches were practically tasteless. The desserts were fine but we only got three. The scones were good. Staff was fine.
I live in a rural area full of hicks hnd farmers and we have a better local tea place than this overpriced hotel does.

Nice atmospere and luxury place. Feel posh. Staff needs to be trained better, wrong order plus food was not anything special. I like the location and the decor inside, It look very nice and historical. Great atmosphere. However, I do not need to visit this place again I think.

Historic architecture, excellent good, great service

It's a beautiful building and it's a beautiful restaurant. That's where my compliments end. I don't have anything good to say about this restaurant. Hapless staff who think they are too good to be serving. Out of a group of four I had ordered a soup as a starter. There was a spoon on my table setting. The waiter had to ask who was having the soup! Normally, I would find this hilarious, but given the attitude of the staff which started right at the front door, I found it obnoxious. They need to drop the attitude. Their menu from the past also needs to catch-up with the 21st century. It's expensive for not the best quality food. The above-mentioned soup was salty to the point of being inedible. Sorry! This is London. We have far too many options to put up with nonsense!

Wonderful!!! We didn t have reservation and the staff made all things and gave us a table! The server was amazing and veryyyyyy friendly with my kids!

Fantastic place for a hearty English breakfast and refined.

Beautiful site. Tea Time very average. Perfect home

Brilliant buzzy place for lunch, delicious food and great service

Should have their bug breakfast at least once or twice. Very nice and beautiful place.

Elegant and traditional with excellent wine list and high prices

The food is ok but the service is awful. Too expensive.

My oysters were not properly shucked! They were all still attached to the shell. They were delicious, though. The restaurant was noisy with tonnes of hen parties. I paid more for my food at this brassiere than I did at a world-famous Michelin-starred restaurant in Smithfield on St John Street. I wouldn't visit again.

Went for afternoon tea. To be honest, it's not as special as I was expecting. Incredibly busy and no atmosphere. You're cramped in also. We had booked a table but when we arrived we had to wait around 10 minutes for it, which I wouldn't have minded if there was somewhere for us to wait rather than standing at the entrance. There were quite a few people waiting so was crowded.
The waitress looked puzzled when I asked her if she could hang up my coat. For the price of everything, you would expect 5* service, but I'm afraid to say it wasn't. I can recommend much better places for afternoon tea in London that really make it an experience rather than just at a restaurant

Really special place to visit while in London. Step back in time in these grand surroundings with classically set tables and uniformed staff. Nice to see black jacket and stripes still being worn. Excellent, beautifully prepared and presented meals and attentive service.

The food is very good, but it's really all about the experience. Lovely old-school, French-style restaurant with fancy service and a beautiful interior. Worthwhile experience if you don't mind shelling out a few extra pounds for it.

Beautiful decor. Food good, but by no means fine dining. It's competent cafe food.

High tea? More like high anxiety. Expect to wait 20 to 30 minutes to order. When you get your food, expect to be ignored after that.

The food was mediocre at best.

Excellent restaurant. Excellent food excellent, attentive service. Expensive, but you get what you pay for, and good for special occasions. Will definitely return.

proof of how just having buzz in a room takes unremarkable food at extravagant prices and makes a great dining experience. it feels like a club you are pleased to belong to.

Second time here for afternoon tea, still really enjoyed the experience which isn't too expensive

Horrible service!

Called ahead to reserve a table for breakfast, and was told that they where fully booked but they accepts walk-ins , arrived and was told the wait would be up to 30 min (fine by me, I don't mind waiting for quality).

After a while we where shown to our table seated right next to the entrance, (horrible location but okay, still optimistic), the staff then keept accepting people for walk-ins and the bar got full and the entrance packed, we then had to spend the next 20 min fighting off waiting guests that kept sitting down at our table (they where thinking it was a waiting area I guess,) after 20 min with no attention from staff (except when they where yelling to each other across our table!!)

You will get a better service at McDonald's

Beautiful deco but food and service is average. As a fairly well know establishment trying to maximise profit, they put the tables so close together that you are almost sharing conversation with the next table.

It was my last day in London and I was so lucky to get these fresh scones.

One of the best place i know. The services are excellent. Moreover the staff are very friendly. You will see variety of option. Decor of the restaurant is just outstanding.

Been waited outside for more than 30 minutes despite reservation. If you cannot handle the number of customers, don t accept it. Very irritating. PS. However, they gave us complimentary glass of champagne and apologised for the delay. So my initial one star is now changed to three.

Lunchtime was very busy and waited a good 15mins before being asked for drinks. These then took a further 20mins to reach the table (mainly as they had to change the beer barrel). The food was average, nothing out of this world but very expensive just because of the location. The waiter was a trainee and very nice, he made the experience a little more delightful. On the whole I wouldn't recommend.

Nice decor and decent menu for afternoon tea; however, felt a huge pressure to be in and out of the restaurant quickly by the pace of the environment.

Nice but very pricey. Very busy. Mix of afternoon tea, lunch and early supper. Little chaotic! Not as good as it used to be.

Had a good experience for dinner. The s pace and service is excellent and three primary draw. Food was of good quality; oysters, coq au vin, and kedgeree

Favourite brunch places in London. Especially as they are one of the few places to serve an Arnold Bennet Omelette - which is a must if you like fish and eggs in the morning.

I guess for an old car show room and an ex bank, you would naturally have higher expectations of a restaurant. You will not be disappointed. There is an air of past grandeur, but no new car smell or teller clerks behind imposing desks. You do however get the sound of PDQ machines being punched as you will for sure exceed your , touch-less Amex limit, and you will see the odd limos or Uber dropping off outside.

The welcome and service is impeccable, the table cloths starched and the food equally professional.

If you can organise your diary app to remind you to book for 3 weeks time, go and eat from the all day menu.

Next book The NED in Bank, and see larger brother of the Wolseley.

Wonderful decor, classic London restaurant transporting you back to a period old as time. Charming interior, lovely atmosphere, the service is great and the food is delicious (schnitzels are a must)

We just love this place, will soon be visiting again

We did afternoon tea at the Woosley and it was okay. The food was decent, but either they were extremely busy or just didn't give us much attention. We ordered tea services for four and received tea service for one. We had to ask about the others.once we received our tea trays the food was good enough. It was very noisy and busy. Probably would not pick for tea again.

Absolutely wonderful, we had the lovely room at the top for a colleague's 60th birthday. Divine afternoon tea, great sandwiches and the most wonderful lemon meringue eclair. Well looked after and they provided very up market doggy bags.

Posh old worldly place in a beautiful historic room with grand vaulted ceilings.