Shakedown Bar & Restaurant

Eve R. • 2 reviews

August 29, 2024

7/10

I booked this as a pre theatre meal for me and my 14 year old daughter, who loves Italian food. On arrival I was surprised to find that it was a restaurant in a hotel and was almost entirely devoid of any other customers and therefore lacking in any atmosphere. The chilled hotel lobby type music did not help as it didn’t lift the vibe. Our first server was not particularly welcoming, but the waiter that we had at the end of our meal was really personable. And our drinks took quite a long time to arrive given the number of customers! We enjoyed our meal - the pasta in particular was really excellent and we have holidayed in Italy a lot! I would definitely recommend the pasta to others. … but overall I was disappointed to pay a lot of money for food in a restaurant that felt very flat and not in keeping with a treat night out for a young teen.

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Trish C. • 25 reviews

July 25, 2024

9.5/10

A very enjoyable meal a few hundred metres from Tower Bridge. Staff were friendly and helpful. The seafood soup was delicious

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Monica T. • 7 reviews

April 14, 2024

5.5/10

No menù a la carte on the weekend, only brunch menù. The full breakfast was not fresh.

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Matthew G. • 12 reviews

April 15, 2024

8/10

Lovely restaurant, great service, good menu variety, rubbish pizza, otherwise very nice.

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sabrina s. • 1 review

April 30, 2024

10/10

good food good service

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Fernanda H. • 17 reviews

April 16, 2024

9.5/10

Very quiet. Good happy hour deal.

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Holger B. • 6 reviews

April 24, 2024

10/10

Fast and super friendly service. Delicious Burger and Pasta.

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Amy R. • 1 review

April 21, 2024

6.5/10

We booked on fork but when arrived told restaurant was shut. They said they cld accommodate us in a different bar tho which was fine and helpful. However, took ages - over 10 mins when not busy - to take order tho and when after 25 further mins we had still no drinks, went and asked for them. Food took an hour!! When it arrived, we still had no cutlery and when I went to get some as kids were starving, waitress was very shirty with me. Broccoli was lukewarm, as was steak. Food was tasty tho. I think we might have been unlucky as we arrived 3.30 on day of London marathon and if kitchen wasn’t open etc but they perhaps shld not have let us in if they cldnt cope - and no one once referenced the long waits or the fact we had to go up several times to ask for things and to check on where food/drinks/cutlery were. If we had paid full price, I wld have been furious but didn’t mind as it was a Fork offer…

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ELwin L. • 7 reviews

April 13, 2024

10/10

My friend and I had dinner at Shakedown Bar & Restaurant. Both food and service were excellent and restaurant setting was very comfortable. Our server Anhelina was very friendly and helpful as she made sure my friend who was visiting London from Germany had her coffee with the foam showing the English flag! We had a lovely evening and I would recommend others to visit. Bring my friends there next week.

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Catherine G. • 17 reviews

April 15, 2024

9.5/10

Fabulous food and Fabulous service! Anhelia (possibly spelt her name wrong) was our server and shw was fantastic! She gave some great recommendations to try. I look forward to returning

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Tony E. • 3 reviews

April 6, 2024

8/10

The food is really good in general, menu is a little limited, and the issue I had were the portions not being big enough, starters and mains. Because this restaurant is linked to the hotel it can be very quiet and doesn’t quite feel like a hustle and bustle restaurant you would get in central. Overall we enjoyed it but could be improved with these pointers.

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jas l. • 8 reviews

April 6, 2024

5/10

the restaurant was almost completely empty but still pretty slow. food was nice but not particularly exciting, we felt quite rushed as the staff were packing up around us to close.

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Inna K. • 1 review

November 25, 2023

10/10

The manager and the staff were very welcoming and polite, The food was delicious. We liked everything. Thank you for the perfect evening!

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Anne H. • 8 reviews

November 2, 2023

10/10

We dined using a 50% off all food. I’d have happily paid full price because the food, service and ambience was perfect

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Alicia G. • 2 reviews

August 5, 2023

4/10

The restaurant looks nice. However the service was poor. Despite being almost empty, they took a long time to serve our brunch dishes, and even some extra bread sliced when ordered. The food was nothing special, even a bit disappointing.

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Shereen L. • 1 review

May 14, 2023

4.5/10

I called to book as it was a booking for 3 days out so didn't want to leave it to chance on the Friday for Sunday and was transferred to the bar by reception it took a while for someone to answer they told me to book online and rudely hung up the phone without another word. When we arrived at 1455 for our 1500 booking the bar was locked up. We asked reception who said to try the breakfast room. We went there and they said the bar was closed and they had no booking for us. I showed the young man the confirmation he said that I must have forgotton to confirm it. Then I showed him this too he said he would get someone else. A lady came and made us go through everything again then she managed to find our booking. They unlocked the bar and quickly set a table they did bring the tea which was fine the sparkling cocktails were odd with a half dead flower garnish and granulated sugar in the bottom a simple glass of prosecco would have been preferable. Overall you get what you pay for and this was affordable so we had low expectations if we had not had the stress of the booking and the coldness of the staff both on the phone and inperson at the start I would have scored higher. I would beware of booking if this was for a special occasion.

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Hanne O. • 2 reviews

April 2, 2023

8/10

Really lovely atmosphere is a serene space. We were pleasntly suprised that it wasn't too crowded or loud. Coffee was below average, but food was great. No streaky bacon though :/

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kwok chun Y. • 1 review

March 18, 2023

9/10

The staff are very polite, friendly and provides us with quality services. The food is fresh and also freshly made. The food in general is not too salty and the dessert is not too sweet, just meet our needs. The steak is cooked exactly as what we have ordered 'medium rare', that is cooked outside, and a little bit red inside, very soft. The ice cream is quite different from other restaurant which is not easy to describe, may be the signature of provisioners. We like it. The atomphere of the restaurant is peaceful as well as relaxed. In overall, the dinner gives us an unforgettable satisfaction.

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Kathryn Q. • 1 review

March 8, 2023

10/10

The staff were really helpful with our group request and the food was delicious and really well priced. Nice atmosphere with the music too! Would definitely recommend!

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Natalie M. • 2 reviews

March 6, 2023

5.5/10

Ok food. Nothing to write home about. Good venue for a meeting, spacious and private tables. But wouldn’t go if I was meeting a friend for a night out.

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