Reviews Relais De Venise - City Of London Branch

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Sharon Burrows
+5
Never been before. Relaxed atmosphere, prompt and attentive service. Great not having to think about what I'm going to have to choose as menu is a fresh green salad dressed in a delicious dressing, followed by medium steak served to perfection with skinny salted fries on a hot plate with a yummy dressing. It's a smaller than average plate that it's served on but what I hadn't realised is the waitress comes round again and fills your plate once more. Your food stays hotter for longer and tastes incredible. Creme Brulee to finish. Excellent meal. House red was good too. Overall a great experience. Top Tucker!!
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Jesse Clare
+5
I love this place ! Simple concept and well executed ! Great laid back atmosphere , will be visiting again soon!
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Andy Gurnell
+5
Excellent food and service. Very reasonably priced for London too. Only complaint is the tables are very close together.
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Jeremy Hennequin
+5
One of the best steaks in London!
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David James Brooks
+5
Yummy yummy, steak in my tummy. Horsey horsey, secret recipe saucy. Oh. And there's salad.
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Jesmond Murray
+5
My first visit and was superb - steak cooked to perfection and did not expect 'seconds' !!!
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Rich Simpson
+5
Steak served as it should be. Beautifully rare with a few fries in the side
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Alexander Bayliss
+5
Perfect
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Abhay Kochhar
+4
It is a very good place to go for French food. Chips and fries here are really delicious. The whole atmosphere of the restaurant is really cool.
Oct 20, 2018
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Farida
+5
A must when I am in the city. The food is excellent and the secret sauce delicious. The service is very good too. The only problem is the waiting time at lunch time
Mar 18, 2018
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S.K
+5
Paris'in meshur restaurantlarindan biri..Adindan da anlasilacagi uzere burada sadece Antrikot yiyebilirsiniz.Baska bir yemek yok menude..Ince dilimlenmis patates esliginde mukemmel bit Antrikot yiyorsunuz.Kapinin onunde en az yarim saat kuyrukta beklemek olmaza daha da keyifli olurdu.Mutlaka deneyin,seveceksiniz👍👍Iki kisi 250-300 TL max bir hesap odersiniz
Sep 13, 2017
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Sean
+4.5
Great lunch spot. Just the right amount of meat for a Monday lunchtime. The secret herb sauce was subtle but tasty. Well cooked fries.
Inside is a typical French/London city restaurant. Leather and wood style.
A touch expensive at just shy of £25 per person for a small amount of meat and lots of fries but on the other hand the wine list is well priced. The service was spot on, very warm and welcoming.
Worth a look if in the area.
Mar 08, 2016
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Rav
+3.5
Steak n Chips, what's not to like about that!! Love the concept: turn up, queue up until a table comes free and once seated place your order for rare, medium or well-done. Unfortunately the 'secret green sauce' which accompanies the steak contains dairy (I am lactose intolerant) so my plate was a bit dry and lacked something. Can't believe I am saying this but I missed not having the option to order a side of vegetables to accompany my meal.
Jan 05, 2016
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Quiet Eating
+4
A lovely branch of a lovely chain. The original in Marylebone is excellent and the Bank branch is no slouch either.  I especially like how they give you your steak in two servings so it is kept at just the right temperature.  And the sauce...  Mhmmm.  To die for...  Ask for extra if you can.  You tummy and mouth will thank you but your waistline won't.  Recommended for a decent steak at a decent price.  Just be aware that everyone else has the same idea as well, so there might be a bit of a wait.
Jun 18, 2015
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Dr Mike
+4.5
Good Lunch. Enjoyed the dressing on the salad, made it fabulous! Very French with the mustard. The steak sauce looked a little strange, but complimented it well. The double serving of a rare steak ensured that it didn't go cold during conversation Wines limited, but good. Much more relaxing than spending time looking at menus with staff waiting
Sep 30, 2012
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Sabrina G
+4.5
Le Relais de Venise (City). Arrive after 12:15pm and you can expect to wait up to 30 minutes some days, but the truth is, if you have the time, it is a meal worth waiting for. Packed with mostly male City suits and banking types, with the occasional women thrown in for good measure, the City branch of this world famous formula of restaurants is just the thing the Square Mile seemed to be missing.

The concept is simple, with just a single item on the menu, a simple green salad with walnuts and vinaigrette, followed by a straight forward Entrecote steak with bottomless quantities of proper 'Frites' and an oozily unctuous 'secret sauce' that is the real star of the show. A rich butter sauce, made with herbs and absolutely stacks of garlic, which when drizzled over your steak and fries, is absolutely heavenly. Don't make the mistake of eating here when you aren't really hungry, because with two rounds of meat and as many fries as you can gorge yourself on, this really isn't 'Nouvelle Cuisine'. Great value, it has to be said, with a fixed price of just £19.50 per person.

For the brave among you who manage to continue on to eat more, the desserts are really the stuff of dreams. They are famous for the incredibly naughty stack of delightful little profiteroles, filled with vanilla ice cream (rather than cream) and bathed in the most sinful dark chocolate sauce you could ever imagine. They are also do some wonderful cheeses and wines, so i ask you, what's not to like?

The only warning I would give is for Vegetarians. This is NOT a restaurant for you. We did once take a vegetarian colleague with us to lunch here and hilariously she had a small plate of cheese with endless fries. Cheese and chips at £19.50? Erm, I think even the non-veggies among us would pass!
Apr 19, 2010
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Michael Szeto
+4.5
Very good steak frites. Came here on a Monday night with a coupon for a free bottle of wine. They only serve one dish here but they do it very very well.: steak frites.

The steak was very tender and flavorful, cooked medium. The frites were delicious--some of the best I've had. Crispy and soft on the outside. The steak was already sliced--which was a bit odd but the great quality of the steak really made up for it being pre-sliced. The salad was good --though I think it was covered with too much sauce.

The dish is served in two helpings. They split it up and serve you the second half after you finish the first. They say doing this makes for a better dining experience--and it seemed to make it more relaxed and enjoyable.

The service was very attentive with waitresses checking on us at the right moment.

Only complaint: they didn't serve butter with the bread. A bit odd for a French restaurant in my opinion.

I will definitely make it back to Relais de Venise. It's reasonably priced for such a great dish.
Dec 05, 2009
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Velvetypie
+4.5
By the way, there is only one thing on the menu: Trimmed Entrecôte Steak “Porte Maillot” with its famous sauce & French fries and Green salad with walnuts, £23.00. You can bring your vegetarian friend along. On their website, they say “We welcome vegetarians.Start with a green salad with mustard vinaigrette topped with walnuts, followed by a selection of cheeses and accompanied by frites plus a dessert of your choice, £23″. Salad and Cheese. Hallelujah.
Mar 02, 2014
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Odo
+4.5
A place I felt in love since the first time I went was Le Relais de Venise. What is not to love, good meat, fries, and a spectacular secret sauce€. The menu can'€™t be more simple, one main, one dish to rule them all, one dish to find them, one dish to bring them, and in the darkness bind them. The Place The place a French brasserie, winning formula since 1959, when Paul Gineste de Saurs bought an Italian restaurant called Le Relais de Venise in Paris to distribute his family wines, he kept the tacky Venetian decor, add a sign that said L'Entrecote and gave to his costumers a salad for starter and then steak frites but with a twist in the sauce, and voila immediately success. Four locations under the original name, Paris, London two times baby? London twice today, yes City and Marylebone, and New York, but three branches of the family operated by Paul's children are expanding the business around the world.
Mar 18, 2012
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Cherie City
+4.5
Le Relais de Venise offers diners a set menu of a green salad with French dressing and crushed walnuts followed by steak frites covered in their 'secret sauce
Mar 21, 2011
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SolGi
+4.5
In the beginning I thought that I was going to wait in the queue for a long of time, but it was too short. We ordered very quickly, the service was excellent and the food was of very good quality. You dont have many choices as the menu is limited to few dishes but you will discover there what does refill means ;-)! On top of these the deserts were fabulous!!! See you soon with the free bottle of wine for our next visit! Kind of you!
Dec 15, 2014
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Sarah Guershon
+4.5
If you're an indecisive person who loves great steak, this is the place for you! There's only one menu option : green salad with mustard vinaigrette topped with walnuts, followed by steak frites, all for just £24. All you need do is tell your efficient waitress how you like your steak cooked.

They bring your steak out in two halves; the first half with regular chips, and the second with fresh chips. Both are cooked to absolute perfection and smothered in their delicious secret recipe sauce. If you're not too full, there is a wide selection of desserts to choose from too.

The decor is typically French; lots of dark wood and waitresses wearing old fashioned black and white uniforms. The presentation of the food leaves a little to be desired, but when it tastes as good as it does, what does it matter?
Nov 20, 2014
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John
+4
Heard about this French steak place in Paris for being one of the best in the city, and thought I'd give it a go for lunch. L'entrecote don't do reservations so be sure to arrive early with a complete party. What they do do is a house salad followed by one dish (sliced fillet steaks with French fries) for just over 20pounds, and that they do pretty well. An added bonus is that the portions served in halves to ensure your food remains hot and fresh throughout your meal. Desserts are sublime with a selection of chocolate infused cakes, fondues, meringues, and others (all in French of course). I came with a group of 4 and with a bottle of wine and desserts the bill came out at around 35 a head. Definitely come here again!
Apr 18, 2014
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Bee
+5
The food here is simply amazing! They only have one set menu which starts with a salad and then the star of the show which is the steak and fries. In addition, they ask if you want your steak medium or rare and you can repeat the steak and fries 2/3 times. I really enjoyed the sauce, it tastes like peppercorn sauce with mustard and I would come back for it alone. I finished the meal with some of their desserts. The profiteroles with dark chocolate are 10 out of 10. Also tried their ice creams and the cinnamon one is amazing! This restaurant is a great place to come for a celebration or a catch up with friends. If you go make sure you are there when they open as the queue forms really fast. When I arrived i got a table immediately but a 45 minute queue is expected if you show up after they open. Most of the staff is really welcoming and I would give my experience a 9/10.
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Tosin Salisu
+5
Great food, very nice portions. The steak is so much better if cooked rare. Staff were nice & quite accommodating which is to their credit, taking to into account how busy it is. You would to have to queue, but that’s part of the experience. The house wine is pretty decent as well.
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R Eren
+5
Food, atmosphere and service was absolutely perfect. The staff were very friendly and attentive. Queues are slightly long I’d recommend arriving before opening to be seated otherwise you will have to wait for minimum 40 minutes outside. Thank you!
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Lovina Bhagchandani
+5
Totally Recommended if you're a steak lover. They have a set menu only for lunch... this included a salad with mustard dressing, pieces of a classis French baguette, the steak is served either rare, medium or well done, no in between here! We went for teh rare and it was perfect. You can add on drinks and desserts! The servers were delightful, quick and happy faces. You need to wait in a queue to get a sear as they dont take reservations but totally worth the wait.
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Harry Inuk
+5
Wonderful dining experience in town! No need to choose what to eat! Only one set menu available for less than £30 including a starter salad, steak and chips. Excellent value and perfect house wine! Efficient service and you just need to let them know blue, rare, medium or well done for the steak. Everything was so good especially the unforgettable house sauce! Will definitely come back again!
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Toby White
+5
This place is just so good. It does steak and chips only and it does it to perfection. No waiting foods out in a shot, house red is great, cheese and port to finish are superb. Just go, you won't be disappointed.
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Eurico Afonso
+5
Great atmosphere with a real buzz around the restaurant. The steak was well cooked, mopped up with a delicious sauce and served with perfectly crunchy fries. Definitely worth the hype.
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Erin M
+5
Incredible! This resturant definitely deserves the status it has! The steak/sauce and chips were delicious as we expected. The starter was a simple salad but with super tasty mustardy dressing. The meat was cooked to perfection, my partner got blue and I got rare (both were exceptional). The fries were crispy and delicious. The portion sizes were great, the meat is served to you in two servings to stop the meat from getting cold and overloading the plates. £30 for the set menu was great value for money considering the quality. We went here on a Wednesday because we wanted to beat the queues we’ve heard about, we were in the queue at 5.45 we got straight in at 6. The servers there were also lovely and attentive. I highly recommend.
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Chris S
+4
I've been to one of these restaurants in Geneva and glad to say the format hasn't changed. Just steak n chips preceeded by a salad. Food was good. Service was prompt. In and out in less than an hour (Friday lunchtime). This place has a queue so arrive as early as possible.
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S Seth & Associates
+5
Awesome steak, sliced. Two helpings allowed. Melt in the mouth with great sauce, good wine and a lovely salad to begin with. An experience!