Best Restaurants for Birthdays in Lambeth

We loved our lunch yesterday at Hawksmoor for my son's birthday. Seb was immediately greeted with a Happy Birthday as we arrived. Our server Paul was fantastic and my younger son enjoyed the banter with him (as did we all) yet he was also extremely professional and excellent at what he does. Struck the balance perfectly! Food was delicious. Seb loved the Happy 18th Seb message on his plate and secretly enjoyed having the whole restaurant sing him happy birthday! The wrong dessert came out for Seb but this was immediately rectified and we ended up keeping the extra desert at no cost so came out feeling extremely full up! Thank you again- you made Seb's 18th birthday really special.

Welcomed us as soon as we got through the door. Very polite and professional staff. Showed us to our seat at the bar before taking us down to the table. Always checked on us and was always smiling and put us first. The food service extremely good & the food and dishes was out of this world with extreme taste and flavour.

Another fantastic experience at OCB! Dinner this time rather than lunch for a group of 5 and same great service and delicious food. The place was busy and bustling but the waiting staff were very attentive and food arrived speedily. What more could you want!

My friend and I had a table booked for a late lunch at 15.00. I turned up at around 14.30, and it was no trouble at all that I was so early. We both went for the fixed price menu at £19 for two courses, and had the salmon rillette and chicken satay to start, followed by the haddock fishcake and shepherd's pie. My friend had a side of green beans as well. The food was all delicious, as usual at The Ivy, and the service was efficient and friendly - although our young waitress was asking us about the food before we'd had a chance to eat anything. The bill, with two glasses of House Champagne and a large glass of Sauvignon Blanc came to roughly £50 each including service.

Pretty decent restaurant. Covent Garden manic outside but at 19.30 here only 9 diners. Service very good and food ok but vastly overpriced. £ 50 for a small fillet steak !!!!. It was good but not that good. Served with microwaved chips. I dined alone. One g and t plus 1 small glass of pinot noir and a one shot expresso = £110. I know this is Covent Garden but not great value