Café Murano - St James

4.3

1715 Reviews

£26 to £40

Italian

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2 people

Mar 1, 2025

7:00 PM

Innovative
Romantic
Good for special occasions

A restaurant from Angela Hartnett and Group Executive Chef Samantha Williams, serving a regularly changing, seasonal menu of Northern Italian dishes in a relaxed yet lively environment.

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Dining style
Casual Elegant
Price
£26 to £40
Cuisines
Italian, Mediterranean
Hours of operation
Lunch Tue–Sat 12:00 pm–3:00 pm Dinner Tue–Sat 5:00 pm–11:00 pm
Phone number
020 3371 5559
Website
http://www.cafemurano.co.uk/
Payment options
AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress
Executive chef
Angela Hartnett
Private party facilities
Both our Cafe Murano’s have private dining rooms and event spaces for corporate hire or to enjoy with friends and family.
Private party contact
Ivona Novak & Ingrid Budryte: 020 3535 7880

Location
33 St. James's Street, London, SW1A 1HD
Neighborhood
St. James's
Cross street
Jermyn Street
Parking details
Metered street parking is available in St James Square and a secure NCP carpark 2 minutes walk away in Arlington Street.
Public transit
Less than three minutes walk from Green Park Underground Station (Jubilee, Victoria and Piccadilly lines), five minutes walk from Piccadilly Underground Station (Piccadilly and Bakerloo lines). Well served by multiple bus routes.
Additional
Bar Dining, Beer, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Non-Smoking, Outdoor Smoking Area, Private Room, Wine

What 1,715 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

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4.3

4.3 based on all time ratings

4.4Food
4.4Service
4.2Ambience
4Value

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1,715 Reviews

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Topher
VIP
London
12 reviews
3.0
12 reviews
Dined on November 11, 2024
1. Overall 3
2. Food 5
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
This is an excellent restaurant. The food is delicious and the service was very good. My reduced rate for it comes because the person who welcomed us claimed we didn’t have a reservation and my guest who arrived first was made to feel uncomfortable and as if it was her fault. In fact, they did have a reservation and eventually found it on their system. We didn’t receive an apology for that experience, which isn’t the level of service I’d expect
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OpenTable Diner
London
1 review
3.0
1 review
Dined on July 8, 2024
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Cafe M is one of our favourite restaurants, and this was the first time it’s been other than excellent. The arancini and the starters were great but the pappardelle was very overcooked and I couldn’t eat more than half of it. I would have ignored the matter, everyone is entitled to mess up, but when I informed the Maitre d’ about it, he made it much worse by apologising and then saying “I’ve taken your coffee off the bill”. In other words he was acknowledging that there was a problem, but it wasn’t really worth anything. I would have been a lot happier if he had said something on the lines of “I’m sorry and I will have an immediate word with the chef to see how this happened”. Giving me a free coffee on a £200 lunch bill was a derisory gesture and one which felt that he considered my complaint to be insignificant. Just to give you a little context, last Tuesday, my wife and I returned to London after 6 weeks at our house outside Siena. One of my favourite dishes whilst there is Pappardelle alla Lepra, so I don’t consider myself a pasta novice. Sorry for the lengthy post, as a journalist, am used to being paid by the word.
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Greg
VIP
Los Angeles
21 reviews
4.0
21 reviews
Dined on January 2, 2024
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
great Italian food. professional service. great pre-theater value.
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AndrewS
London
5 reviews
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on December 5, 2023
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Another lovely meal, great choices available and impeccable service
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TonyB
London
8 reviews
3.0
8 reviews
Dined on August 7, 2023
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 3
They should offer more choice on the menu. A couple of the pasta dishes are rather bland and disappointing. Needs a refresh!
Café Murano - St JamesResponded on August 13, 2023
Dear Mr Tony, thank you for taking the time to leave this review. I was clearly disappointed to read you did not enjoyed our pasta selection. We had a full team of chefs on Monday and there should have been no issue with the execution of the dishes, please accept our sincere apologies for your disappointment. We would of course like to make amends. Please do not hesitate to contact us at reception@cafemurano.co.uk and we'll be happy to discuss this further. Warmest regards. - Mara
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cherry
London
46 reviews
3.0
46 reviews
Dined on July 10, 2023
1. Overall 3
2. Food 4
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 1
This place has changed (for the worse) tremendously. Terrible terrible service. Cold welcome, did not have my booking despite I booked through OpenTable. 1 hour and 25 minutes into our time at the restaurant, the waiter drops the bill on the table (without us asking at all). 1h40 mins into our time, he comes along with a card machine and the restaurant, wait for it, was half empty (Monday night). I enjoyed the food but it’s less sophisticated that it once was but this type of awful service is a definite put off for me. Never again
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DrTim
London
32 reviews
5.0
32 reviews
Dined on June 6, 2023
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
A last minute booking at 6.00 for a pre-theatre dinner. Booking made on Opentable, confirmed to me by email as usual, but hadn't been received by the restaurant. Not a problem though, they found us a table and we enjoyed an, if quick, excellent dinner.
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OpenTable Diner
VIP
New York City
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on March 14, 2023
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
perfect place for dining and value for money
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OpenTable Diner
New Orleans
2 reviews
4.0
2 reviews
Dined on February 13, 2023
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
No record of our booking but found us a table anyway..
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AndreaF
VIP
London
30 reviews
1.0
30 reviews
Dined on January 2, 2023
1. Overall 1
2. Food 1
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 3
First time we eat at CM SJ was very good. Second time? I can only give credit to the Italian waitress managing, basically, alone the all room. Taking the order was an adventure. At 20 o’clock menu choices were already finished. After some compromises order was placed. Main courses were not hot, 1 raw ( fish course ) and poorly presented, the pasta looked good but so salty you couldn’t taste anything else. At the end we sent back the food and asked for the check. The waitress, professionally, informed us that there was nothing to pay. Ultimately arrived home and ordered from Deliveroo. Maybe it was better to don’t open and wait the 3rd of Jan.
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Café Murano - St James is rated 4.3 stars by 1715 OpenTable diners.

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2 people

Mar 1, 2025

7:00 PM

33 St. James's Street, London, SW1A 1HD

Additional information

Cross street
Jermyn Street
Neighborhood
St. James's
Hours of operation
Lunch Tue–Sat 12:00 pm–3:00 pm Dinner Tue–Sat 5:00 pm–11:00 pm
Price
£26 to £40
Cuisines
Italian, Mediterranean
Dining style
Casual Elegant
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
Metered street parking is available in St James Square and a secure NCP carpark 2 minutes walk away in Arlington Street.
Public transit
Less than three minutes walk from Green Park Underground Station (Jubilee, Victoria and Piccadilly lines), five minutes walk from Piccadilly Underground Station (Piccadilly and Bakerloo lines). Well served by multiple bus routes.
Payment options
AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
Executive chef
Angela Hartnett
Additional
Bar Dining, Beer, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Non-Smoking, Outdoor Smoking Area, Private Room, Wine

Website
http://www.cafemurano.co.uk/
Phone number
020 3371 5559
Private party facilities
Both our Cafe Murano’s have private dining rooms and event spaces for corporate hire or to enjoy with friends and family.
Private party contact
Ivona Novak & Ingrid Budryte: 020 3535 7880

Café Murano - St James

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