Marquess Tavern

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   Jane

   London

   4 reviews

   2.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   Food good but long wait between courses main and dessert took over 2 hours - staff attentive and pleasant got a free wine as dessert took so long to arrive.
   

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   alex

   London

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on December 8, 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   Feel sorry for the waiters and kitchen. Totally understaffed and too many covers to handle. We were sat an hour after our booking time, and waited an hour for our food to come out which arrived wrong and at different times. I got my main two hours after ordering Food was really salty, mismatched, and tasted microwaved. It was like an episode from Fawlty Towers so at least it was an entertaining experience… I heard there are new owners and they should be reviewing their strategy here if they want to keep running!
   

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   Susan

   Essex

   3 reviews

   4.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on December 1, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Good value, portion siz just right, will eat here again.
   

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   Camille

   London

   2 reviews

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   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on November 30, 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 2

   Food was decent, but it took ages for the food to arrive. Then it was wrong. The service was poor - not anywhere plan on returning to anytime soon
   

   Marquess TavernResponded on December 2, 2024

   Thank you for your feedback! I'm pleased to know that you found the food satisfactory. However, I apologise for the delay in getting your order. It can be frustrating when the service does not meet expectations. I hope you will consider giving us another chance in the future.
   

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   James

   Dublin

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 24, 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   We were seated 45 minutes after our booking, had to clear the table of the previous seatings glasses ourselves and when we went to order food we were first told it would be a 20/30 mins which changed to 2 hours. No apology given and 60 minutes wasted. Will not be back.
   

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   Debbie

   London

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 24, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Had to wait half an hour for the table we had booked. A couple of the party never got their food till about 15 min after they brought the first meal out. There were items missing on a couple of the roasts that never got resolved Despite the above the food was excellent and the staff were trying their best and were very polite.
   

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   Jess

   London

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 17, 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   We waited over 1hr 15 mins after ordering our food and asked 2 waiters and we still didn't get our food. When it finally arrived it was cold so we ended up leaving. Very disappointing.
   

   Marquess TavernResponded on November 18, 2024

   I'm really sorry to hear about your experience. It’s frustrating to wait so long for food, especially when it arrives cold. I understand how disappointing that must have been, and it’s not what you expect when dining out. I hope your next experience is much better! Thank you for sharing your feedback.
   

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   Craig

   London

   16 reviews

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   1.0

   16 reviews

   Dined on November 17, 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   An hour and 10 mins for starters to arrive. Then another hour and 10 mins for the main courses. My pie was cold. My friend’s roast chicken dinner was a quarter of a chicken for £18.50. It took us 45 mins to flag someone down to finally bring the bill. Only come here if you have all day to spare and don’t mind cold food
   

   Marquess TavernResponded on November 18, 2024

   Hi Matt, I’m really sorry to hear about your experience. Waiting over an hour for starters and main courses is frustrating, especially when the food isn't served at the right temperature. It sounds like the service was also lacking, which can really dampen a meal. Hopefully, they can address these issues to improve for future customers. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
   

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   Luke

   London

   3 reviews

   2.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on November 17, 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   I last ate here around 10 years ago at which point this pub had a great reputation. I'm really not sure what has happened in the time since... We were a party of 3 for Sunday lunch with prior booking. It took 20 minutes and prompting of a waiter to get as far as receiving menus. When food orders were taken there was no wine list. That arrived 10 minutes later, after which there was a further 20 minute wait before I decided to go and order drinks at the bar and bring them over instead. As a sign of how disorganised things were a chef was bussing dishes in and out of the kitchen... 75 minutes after arriving the food was served. Maybe just a bad day? Fair enough if so, and if the food were exceptional or even just ok I could forgive the poor service, but it was just so poor - mealy, frozen roast potatoes, watery cold cabbage, congealed gravy and everything seriously over-seasoned. This was replicated across three different roasts. I don't like to leave negative reviews and sympathise with how hard it is in the restaurant industry at the moment but this experience fell so far short of what could be considered a good experience that I want to write it in the hope that management will read it and look into getting their house in order. Ambience was nice though! 1/5
   

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    Felix

    Sydney

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 17, 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 2

    Service was shocking, obviously seemed like they had a lot of new staff who had no idea what they were doing. Our meals took over an hour to arrive but they did comp us a free round of drinks for our troubles. There was one manager holding the entire place together. Food was delicious once it arrived. Will be back but hope they have fixed their service issues
    

    Marquess TavernResponded on November 18, 2024

    Thank you for your feedback! We're glad you enjoyed the food, but we sincerely apologize for the service issues you experienced. We appreciate your understanding and patience, and we're pleased to hear that the complimentary drinks helped a bit. We’re working on training our new staff to ensure a smoother experience in the future. We look forward to welcoming you back and hope to provide you with a much better experience next time!
    

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