Madison Restaurant

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   Gordon

   New York City

   2 reviews

   2.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

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

   The view from the roof top looking over St Paul’s is amazing. Sadly that’s where it ends. The food is nice but nothing that would justify a price tag of £174 for 2 courses, 2 glasses of cheap champagne for 2 people. The service is pleasant but nothing close to restaurants similar is price range in London. If you want a view, it’s great but expect to pay through the nose for a very basic dining experience.
   

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   Janis

   New York City

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 3 days ago

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

   Beautiful Restaurant and food excellent but drinks very expensive still overall a good experience and I will go back. You do get water complimentary Beautiful Views of St Pauls and very welcoming the only negative is I felt a tad rushed but it was bust and a Sat evening.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   VIP

   London

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined 4 days ago

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

   Great vibe as always. Staff are always so accommodating to me.
   

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   Aidan

   London

   4 reviews

   3.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

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

   The restaurant is very nicely decorated with great access to the views of St Paul's Cathedral. That's really as good as it got. The place was very loud. The food was not very good quality and really overpriced for what we received. Had the food been up to standard then the price would not have been an issue. We had cocktails and these did not taste very nice. Perhaps more training in this department.
   

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   Marie

   VIP

   London

   42 reviews

   4.0

   42 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

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

   This is a lovely restaurant and experience. Lovely ambience. Food is very good. Drink is expensive.
   

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   Fiona

   London

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 February 2025

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

   Fabulous evening at this restaurant, lovely food and overall really great experience.
   

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   Alec

   Yorkshire

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 February 2025

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

   Detail matters. Slow service, no one to take coats, drinks missed. 3rd visit and this is a bit of trend.
   

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   Akan

   Hampshire

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 14 February 2025

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

   The service was exceptional. Our host provided outstanding and welcoming service, going above and beyond to ensure a memorable dining experience.
   

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   Shenay

   London

   27 reviews

   3.0

   27 reviews

   Dined on 14 February 2025

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

   Positives: Lovely view of St Paul's. Staff and service was very good, food was delicious. Not so good; Tables are very close together so you have very little space from other diners and it's the wrong kind of intimacy. We had finished our starter and mains and ask to delay the desserts and was told we can't due to time... we had only been there 40 minutes, when we provided this information they did delay the dessert. Lastly 15% service charge was a shock 😲
   

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    Emils

    Inverness

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on 14 February 2025

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

    Did the Valentine's menu, didn't expect it to turn into a McDonald's due to it though. The entire evening was rushed through, we were shuffled through a 3 course meal in under 45 minutes, when the default for restaurants at this level would be you actually get to enjoy the evening, you have the table for 2 hours. This felt like they were maximising turnover to try and cram as many people in as possible. The menu itself was also not that amazingly executed. Fillet steak with the only options being medium or well done, and the medium I got was very much a medium well. Why even offer fillet at that point, just get ribeye that'd benefit from it. The chips on it came out room temp as well. The dessert had "lava cake", we didn't spot the "cold" in front of it, so got effectively a frozen puck of chocolate cake with ganache in the middle. Not sure whose idea, but felt pretty disappointed by it, why call it lava cake, the "lava" is the key word in the name there. It's just a slab of ganache if it's cold. Live band was also pretty loud and made it hard to hold a conversation throughout, but I'd forgive that if the food was in order and we weren't rushed through it to free up the table as soon as possible. Only good side was service, no notes, pretty spot on there. Overall for ~£150 pp plus drinks you can get SIGNIFICANTLY better options in London, Brasserie Zedel as a particular example will do much better and probably for cheaper. Any of the Ramsay grills around the same area will be around the same price point, offer fillet steak the way it's supposed to come, and not serve room temp chips with it.
    

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