Barbican Lounge in City of London, Westminster

Most reviews here are way out of date. It is a useful refuge prior to a concert but has no food and limited anything. You are welcome to bring in purchases from the other outlets at Barbican.

They blamed COVID They blamed staffing Time to blame them Out of all ALL (the many arts we support) the Barbican members lounge is bottom of the London barrel finally. Arrived 10 mins before (absurd and variable) opening time and got barked at by RUDE staff lighting tea lights (obviously his skill set is limited to Arson as shortly later the building was evacuated for a fire) then told to wait outside. To add the lounge no longer serves any food, it was always some drama. As it always is... They can't make/won't a cocktail. And the staff are rude and nasty. Do yourself a favour and cross the hall to the FABULOUS newly owned Barbican Bar & Grill!

Got here prior to a show. Very crowded and got just about the last stool in the place. While I was waiting saw people come in look around and then walk out. Situation not helped by the first arrival in a group claiming seats for friends not here yet. It is usually fairly OK here but not so today. Asked for a Martini but they only do the cocktails on the menu. The Members Lounge would be great if moved to one of the disused, much bigger, cinemas.

The Members lounge is a great spot for a sit down before a show. The bar staff were friendly and polite and very good with drinks. I thought the prices reasonable. They don't do coffee They stop doing food at 6.15 but I understand that you can bring food and hot drinks in from the café downstairs. The lounge is pleasant and relaxing and Barbican membership is worth it just for access here. There are gents toilets at the far end and through the door and on the right. Don't know where the nearest ladies is. It is so much better than waiting in the noisy, busy foyer, where sometimes you can't get a seat.

Ich bin gerade hereingekommen und habe vor meinen Meetings nach einem Ort für ein schnelles Mittagessen gesucht, und ich wurde mit einem großen Willkommen begrüßt. Das Essen ist lecker.

内装がとてもおしゃれで、さすが、国会前？という言葉が適切なのかわからないが、非常にきれいな内装でした。部屋内も清潔感があり、非常によかったと思います。４点にした理由は、入口のベルを鳴らしても人が５分ぐらい出てこなかったので、忙しいかったのかちょっと残念でした。また、機械を使用してのチェックインですが、人が機械操作をしている最中にあーだこーだ話しかけ続けるコンシェルジュは何がしたいのかよくわからなかった。

We found this place to be perfect for a mid afternoon informal business meeting. The restaurant was almost empty and the helpful staff were pleased to serve just drinks.

悪いと思ったところだけ・大浴場用のハンドタオルと客室の手拭きタオルが共用だった２つ用意して欲しい・大浴場にバスタオル回収ボックスがあれば客側もホテル側も便利なのでは・1600円の朝食ではないかなと感じた、これは人によるかも上記以外は悪いところはありません、素晴らしかったです。

La sala de miembros necesita una reforma pero ir allí es una delicia. Eva es tan sensible y respetuosa con los huéspedes que se siente bienvenido en cada visita. Ella es la luz en un ambiente muy oscuro y triste, establecido por las luces bajas. Sin embargo, siempre es una experiencia cómoda. 4 estrellas seguro. Estoy deseando que llegue mi malbec

Is was a great afternoon,at Barbican we sit out side and with this weather was great service very friendly staff.😁😁

Arts centres often have a range of nice eateries, and this is no exception. A very trendy place to eat, where you can be surrounded by the arts community of the whole of London.

Staff always friendly and make sure the delicious and well priced food comes out in good time. the perfect pre-event dinner

Aunque el recibo sugirió que le contamos a Trip Advisor nuestra experiencia, este estúpido sitio no tiene idea de su existencia. ¡Bien hecho si has llegado hasta aquí!En el Nivel 1 del BARBICAN CENTER en Londres, está el Salón de Miembros. Debes ser miembro de Barbican para entrar, pero si no lo eres, ya te estás perdiendo grandes descuentos en las Artes y todas las tiendas aquí.El Members 'Lounge está en el nivel 1 y es un oasis para pre show, intervalo y después de show drinks y snacks. Observas el ajetreo del espectáculo: asistir a las multitudes, la arquitectura y las cambiantes esculturas del vestíbulo, y obtienes tus bebidas y comida de bar servida en la comodidad de tu mesa mientras otros preparan colas en los bares abarrotados para tomar tragos que tienen que tragar en vasos de plástico.Ahhhh. . . la paz, la relajación.Y. . . Aún mejor, eres residente, no vas a ir al show esta noche. Tenga una botella de oferta especial. Relajarse. No te preocupes por apresurarte con la multitud del espectáculo.Gema oculta. ¡Disfrutar!

Eva was very nice to us. We were in dry january and she kindly suprised us with a mocktail :D ! Service is good and waiters and waitress always aswer to our request.

Fuimos para una copa y un aperitivo antes del teatro. Agradable ambiente relajado y EVA la camarera fue muy amable y servicial. La botella de vino a £12. 00 era genial. Sin embargo, la charcutería fuente al mismo precio era horrible. Sin imaginación alguna. Dos piezas de jamón, cuatro rebanadas de salami, cuatro piezas de pan seco, tomates asados y vinagre balsámico. Ni siquiera un hojas de lechuga! He comido mejor en algunos de los restaurantes de cadena conocida. Volvería para una bebida, pero no comimos allí de nuevo.

This is a buzzing yet attractive place to catch up with friends and taste some lovely food. Slightly on a pricey end but nicely presented and matching the atmosphere

Esta es una ubicación central, aparcamiento y maniobrar alrededor puede ser muy difícil su una enorme jungla de cemento! Sin embargo, una vez localizado y sentado es una experiencia maravillosa de deliciosa y la experiencia. Comida deliciosa, fresca y bien presentado con maravilloso aroma y presentación, pero sobre todo sano y sabroso! Disfrute de @

بجوار مركز باربيكان ، لذلك أسهم مناظر جميلة ما يجعله مثاليا للنظر في حين وجود بعض الطعام والشراب . لا قيمة سيئة ، وسهلة جدا للوصول إلى ، مع الموظفين لطيفة كذلك.

Excellent healthy food at a reasonable price. A very good display of food and drink at a reasonable price for a London venue. If the weather is good, sitting outside, is a bonus.

Bra restaurang inte långt från st Paul's katedralen. Trevlig personal och prisvärd god mat. Det var kyligt i April, men vid fint väder är det säkert mysigt på uteserveringen. Underbart att sträcka på benen och vila öronen för en lantis i det annars stimmiga London.

Este fue un magnífico restaurante en un lugar característico. La selección de tapas era excepcional y siempre nos aseguramos de que cuando estábamos en la ciudad. Ahora sólo es otro lugar de hamburguesas, sin duda bastante buena si dirigido por s - Searcy pero aún...

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El servicio es muy lento. Casi imposible sentarse porque los estudiantes con computadoras portátiles pasar el día allí aprovechando el WiFi gratis. Los inodoros escaso y es inaccesible para aquellos con una discapacidad. El uno disabled Loo normalmente ocupada por incluir personas adjudicatarios.

Restaurant closed a couple of months ago but open table still confirmed booking. Replacement is a burger place with boring menu.

Esto había sido durante algún tiempo mi bar favorito y relajado restaurante para llevar amigos, pareja y familia. Realmente interesante y con frecuencia cambiante comida, una buena lista de vinos y cócteles, además de una bonita estancia relajada terraza de verano, mis sofás favoritos en Londres y lo mejor de todo, el personal es estupendo. Todo lo que tan cerca de casa sumó a mi bar favorito en Londres.

This restaurant no longer exists and I have made two bookings through OpenTable but no one had the courtesy to inform me.

The restaurant is now called Bonfire and only sells burgers, chips & grilled chicken etc. The staff are as lovely as ever but I miss the Lounge, the food was great. The atmosphere isn't as relaxing and truthfully, put me in mind of Nando's. You order at the counter in a similar fashion. Food is good but not exceptional.

We were welcomed and looked after very nicely before our show To Kill a Mockingbird, nice job guys, very pleasant evening.

Great for pre-theatre - quick , pleasant service and the right kind of menu

I am disabled and the staff are really helpful and seating super comfortable. Will accommodate wheelchairs if needed. All in all the tapas was wonderful and we went onto the theatre with no problems. Will certainly go again.

The food is a regularly changing menu of interesting small plates, Always good vegetarian choices and always a decent selection of wines. But there is so much else to like about it too: It is smack in the middle of the city, great for me as it is half way between home and office. It is always less busy than the better city venues which can be heaving. You also don't tend to get the egregious braying city boys in there either, tends to be more the arty types that would go to the Barbican. What I like most about it is that it is one of the few places where you feel equally welcome just to have a glass of wine or to eat - a very European attitude. And a lovely outside terrace in the summer overlooking the lake and fountains.Oh, and the staff are really charming, My favourite staff in any London venue/

We had a very good pre-theatre dinner here. The variety of menu options was very good, and the service was great. We started eating outside, but when it began to rain we were quickly moved indoors with no fuss.<br /><br />The server recommended 3 small plates each, which was a little too much for us. We could easily have shared 5 between the 2 of us.<br /><br />It&#039;s a little expensive, but not outrageous.

We chose the pre-theatre menu, which included a glass of wine and 3 tapas dishes. Not only did we have to wait in-between tapas dishes when they should have all been brought together, 3 different waitresses came to take our order, and they obviously were trying to rush us as they collected the plates before we&#039;d barely finished! The waitress although very nice and friendly admitted it was a big rush before the play started....Not conducive to relaxed dining. Also, when the bill was brought, it showed as nearly £ 90! They made a mistake, which was quickly rectified, but we were reluctant to play £44 for our tiny and substandard meal ( wine wasn&#039;t great either). For such a great location, it could do a LOT better in every way. Shall not be going there again.

The food here is excellent. I've been several times, have taken friends there, and would eat here again at the drop of a hat. The food is beautifully thought out, well-prepared and well-presented. It's a relaxing environment and has a lovely terrace overlooking the Barbican lake.

We visited mid evening, mid week. We had to wait well over five minutes just to be seated. We then had to wait well over 15 minutes to place our order. Seemed that the waiting service was a complete mess. Waiters/waitresses had clearly been on the training course on how not to make eye contact and ignore customers. When we finally got some attention, the waitress said she'd return momentarily to take our order. She didn't. Nor did the next waitress. I eventually got up and went and cornered a waiter to place our order. The food though was of a very good standard.... Except that we later ordered a further small dish.... after 15-20 minutes it still hadn't arrived so we chased... it clearly wasn't being cooked and we asked for our bill and then the dish arrived (the bill had the dish taken off) So, good food, dis-organised service

The small plates were a bit pretentious and Masterchef. Quality was quite good but we prefer decent starters, main plates and desserts. The dessert in contrast to the mains were pure stodge. Wine was good but £8 overpriced at £26 for a bottle of Sauvignon. Waiters were pleasant. I hear the venue is going over to a chicken and burger joint in a few weeks - groan: too much of that sort of crap junk food on the market.

the food and ambience were excellent but what happened to the service? <br /> we ordered the meal around , or even before, 6.45 and it did not arrive till 7.15. The show started at 7.30 so we had to eat fast, spoiling our pleasure and your chef&#039;s good work

Five of us going to a concert arrived for a meal at different times. Totally unfazed by this the service was sensitive to each individual need - offering advice on the menu which was full of choices. Including accommodating the vegetarian. Timed perfectly to make the first notes of the concert we left very satisfied.

Wonderful and substantial tapas plates , lovely outdoor eating area and great service.

The food was let down by the slow service. Waited for a drink for ages and then loads of people waiting to pay their bill when we should have been taking our seats for a play.

Good food, pleasant atmosphere. Would recommend. The service was well-times and the waitress was very friendly.

Lounge/bar offering pre/post theatre drinks and food with excellent fixed price menu with 3 dishes and a glass of wine. Quality of the food was excellent and enhanced by being able to eat outside on a sunny early evening. Efficient and friendly service with relaxed atmosphere.

Catering very much for the pre theatre crowd my second dining experience here was good but not special. All food comes a litter too quickly, some of it very good and some not so. Not a cheap meal but would return for pre theatre.

we came here for after matinee theatre snacks and had six plates between two of us. There were a couple of dishes off which seemed a bit odd at 5:30, but what we had was delicious - the lamb meatballs especially. <br /><br />Ambience is a bit works canteen and the table staff really shouldn&#039;t be spraying tables to clean them which are less than a foot from our food, but it was a bargain at £40 for a light lunch size meal and a couple of drinks.

We hadn&#039;t expected too much from a 6pm pre-theatre offer, but were pleasantly surprised. The service by 2 young Italian waiters was highly efficient, friendly and enthusiastic. The small plate tapas offer was varied, generous, tasty and enjoyed by all four of us. Great value at under £20 a head, including 3 small plates and a glass of wine.

We had an early supper here. Lots of small dishes, each tasty and beautifully presented, including a vegetarian platter (£12.50 of hummus and roasted vegetables), pea and rice balls, polenta with mushrooms and asparagus, chicken pieces. All good quality ingredients. Pleasant atmosphere and service, perfect location for Barbican concerts and decent view across the Barbican 'lake'.

The service was very good. The small plates are very small but the food was very tasty - you might need about 5-6 plates between two for a main meal. Desserts are much larger and probably could have been shared between the two of us if we hadn&#039;t been so greedy!. Overall an enjoyable but slightly pricey meal.

There were no big meals, but we ordered a lot of the small meals so it was a plus because we got to try a bit of everything. The dessert menu is amazing! Presentation is top class. Came to around £20-£26 with the Tastecard offer

Had very little time before our show but the staff were attentive and efficient. The food was very good and, as it was tapas style, meant that you could get on with plates as they arrived, which they did with very little waiting and nicely spread out.<br /><br />I was saddened, however, to learn that The Lounge would stop serving this style of food in around six weeks and, by the sound of it, changing to a chicken/burger type of place. There seemed to be no shortage of people enjoying what was on offer and, whilst I had mentally filed this away as somewhere to come back to when I had more time to savour the dishes, I don&#039;t think I will bother now.

Attending Beth Hart at the Barbican with friends booked a table for us and pleased I did. Arrived for 5.15 and restaurant quite empty but quickly filled up and there was a really nice relaxed but busy atmosphere. Staff friendly and attentive and as we had not been here before were able to advise us on what and how much we should order as eating later on in the evening. Table was maybe a bit on the small size for glasses, water and our tapas selections but we were able to move things around. We had ordered two tapas each and a further two to share. Food was delicious and was just enough to take us through the evening. Would recommend the whitebait and humous. Rose and red wines good as were the beers. An outside area available for warmer weather. Will definitely book again when we are again at the barbican. Enjoyed by us all.

really disorganised service, waitresses were rushing around and didn&#039;t seem to be assigned to any specific tables. 1 of 3 of our glasses of wine turned up, after asking twice the other 2 finally arrived 15 minutes later. The food all arrived at different times without any explanation. We had the pre-theatre menu and the food was good but the terrible service made timing to actually get to the theatre rather stressful! When we explained to the manager why we would like the automatic 12.5% service charge removed from our bill she looked like she couldn&#039;t care less. Definitely wouldn&#039;t go back.

We enjoyed a very tasty pre dinner tapas meal in this well located restaurant. The staff were excellent and we had a fun start to our evening in the Barbican.

An excellent place for a meal before a concert or the theatre. Small plates of food with delicious flavours served quickly by efficient and courteous waiters. Excellent range of choices to mix or match.<br />Our guests named it the best for this tapas-type of meal. Modest range of reasonably priced wines but a good choice of other drinks. Horror of horrors; we learnt that the restaurant was changing caterers in 2 months. Disaster on the horizon - burgers and chips. Why does the Barbican repeatedly shoot itself in the foot (eg. the new, CHAOTIC foodhall).

The Tapas concept is an ideal way to eat while enjoying the rest of the Barbican. Service has improved immensely over the years and there is quality and invention in the menu. <br />We heard that the Lounge is to close which if it is true would be a great loss.

A quick drink turned into a couple of hours of tapas &amp; cocktails, prior to seeing Phillip Glass. We sat for a few minutes in the sun enjoying the fresh air, until the temperature dropped, inside we sat amongst the great &amp; the good of Boho London, all enjoying the lavish attention of the bartender mixing up some real delights. Our tapas, just the right amount not to overfill us. The Barbican itself as patrons will know is A concrete construction with little or no soft touches, which is why the ambience created by the staff with the interior design of the lounge is all the more surprising. Excellent place to come before your night out.

In the retro nice feel of the Barbican with its art deco, the lounge comes with lovely selection of small plates/tapas and drinks. There is a great terrace when the weather is nice. Recommend it!

I&#039;m glad that I booked for the Lounge at The Barbican because it was very busy. Service was just quick enough but the staff were very polite and friendly. Food was tasty and hot.

Very good, but every option was very spicy. This is not typical of tapas and<br />very good might have been excellent!

Great tapas options with a child menu and pre-theatre special menus. Friendly and pleasant. Great vibe.

I have never had a bad meal at this restaurant. It is tapas style so can be difficult to work out how much to order, and the staff are not too much help in this regard. The presentation is excellent too, and there are some unusual touches - sweetcorn panacotta anyone? Delicious! If there is no show on at the Barbican, then it is usually very quiet and soulless - why don&#039;t they do special promotions to the thousands of Barbican residents?? When it&#039;s full - it rocks!<br />Downside - it can be quite pricey - especially if you have a cocktail or two. Overall 4 stars.

I visited Barbican Lounge for lunch with my account manager for a business lunch. We were asked if we had visited before, which we hadn't - and advised to order 2-3 dishes to share. The food was speedy and tasty. The only reservation I have is that I like my vegetables and the menu seemed to be lacking good raw vegetable dishes (when I asked what vegetable dishes they had, they suggested an aubergine dip - not quite what I was expecting). My favourite dishes were Pan fried red mullet, pea, mint and blue cheese risotto balls and the Beer battered tiger prawns - don't think you can really go wrong with prawns deep fried in stuff. The cocktails were lovely. The waiter recommended some sort of martini with marmalade. It was OK but I am a savoury gal and don't like sweet stuff too much, my dining partner had a basil martini which I enjoyed FAR more. Well it was nothing a couple of glasses of prosecco wouldn't correct. We were far too full for desserts so skipped that. We happened to visit on a day lots of open university students were graduating which was nice - lots of photos being taken on the terrace. I hope to come back in the summer as the terrace is beautiful - but that I mean it has a nice view and it's always nice to sit somewhere hidden to people watch in the summer, isn't it?

The contemporary tapas menu is a nice idea but not quitr carried off. The menu is a little misleading which resulted in dissappointment with the dishes that arrived at the table. This would be quite easy to rectify to make this a vrry goid pre show dining option.

Tasty tapas, the house white we were served matched perfectly. Would be good for a pre-show meal. It was very warm inside though, the waitress said it's either freezing or hot! The place was almost full, seems popular.Better seating here than in the Food Hall (please will designers learn that sitting on a wooden seat with no proper back isn't going to make for a pleasant eating experience!)

Lovely food as usual. Will be really nice in summer on terrace.

I would highly recommend the pre-theatre dinner at the Barbican Lounge.<br /><br />The tapas was excellent and beautifully presented. Service was 1st class. <br /><br />My only complaint is that after the restaurant had already added a 12.5% service charge, I had to opt-out of giving an extra gratuity when paying the final bill.

Superb pre show tapas. Busy buzzing restaurant with good food and excellant service. Great fun experimenting with large choices of dishes.

Went on a Saturday night without booking, which was stupid, but the pleasant maitre d' found a place for us in this busy restaurant. Tapas dishes fresh and delicious, wine good and fairly priced, service swift and friendly. In day time I'd imagine the views would be pleasing. This was our restaurant of last resort in the area, to be honest, but everywhere else was full. But I'd make it my restaurant of first choice, coming again to the Barbican. A very agreeable surprise. Four tapas dishes, a bottle of wine, a further glass of wine and coffee came to £54 without tip. Which is just fine.

Some were tastier than others, but the wide selection means you can share easily. We enjoyed the variety available.

Very much enjoyed the tapas dishes we tried. Quick service even though the restaurant was quite busy.Will be returning.

Good range of small plates, including plenty for vegetarians. The discount makes it worth being a Barbican Member. Can be a bit of a crush before the performances start. Try going there about 7:30, and then take in a movie at the BFI.

Very good food. Restaurant got quite busy by 7 so I advise you book. Waitor was as attentive as he could have been with such a full restaurant.

Pre-theatre the place is buzzing but by 7:45 it&#039;s easy to walk in and get a table in a quiet atmosphere. There&#039;s plenty of time to get your orders in before the kitchen closes at 8:30 and then ther&#039;s no hassle for as long as you want to stay. The bar stays open!

The Lounge looks better than it has done for years, (some) great furniture, not over-lit , an has an amazing position . Perfect location, overlooking the fountains and lakes, an international destination for Architecture, Music, Theatre and Art. Amazing sunsets for EC1. I have read that this Level 1 bar / restaurant is to be taken over soon by 'well known London Chef' Thank Heavens! After several visits for concerts / shows I give up until the takeover. Hope that the reincarnation offers more choice and is at least value for money if (even) more expensive. Maybe we were very unlucky - on several visits? Atmosphere was all wrong for a key Arts venue. International stars delivering amazing music downstairs, Euro-Pop in the restaurant, my group felt that we were intruding on a staff leaving party the last time we tried. Don't bother trying to eat in the Barbican Members room either . Overpriced cold snacks in a corridor, over the top service for dips and bread! Only the Level 3 Gin Joint (terrible name, embarrassing) management seem to know or care about what they are doing - at a price. GJ saved by one or two great cocktail makers, just don't look at the vile 'animal skin' bar decor. The Barbican cafes / restaurants overall: A classic example of no ownership or vision by management. The food quality and amount has, on more than one occasion, been insulting. The Barbican Levels 1 and 2 used to be a treat - the ambiance matched the sophisticated architecture and programme. Hoping that the change will be for the better and includes a proper members room, with a view, on the next menu.

Food was very nice -we opted for the 6 tapas and two glasses of wine between two of us option, and it was all hot when it arrived and very nice.

Its a nice restaurant with good views out over the terrace and water. And its perfectly situated for concert seats in the balcony!!! And they at least have a loo but my husband was not impressed by the mens . <br /><br />SO very convenient - but none of us found the food really enjoyable. My husband and I thought the food was anaemic. It&#039;s attractively presented but is a disappointment in taste having no clear or interesting flavours. We had the cauliflower starter which was okay but was served with a tasteless white sauce. The houmus was alright but served with bread, and only 4 pieces, and it took too long to get more. The salmon cured in anise and served with a fennel mousse and crisp fennel sounded nice and looked good but again was just too tame and the mousse uninteresting. The shortbread served with it was crisp but had no particular flavour nor the white filling. We tried lots of other dishes but no-one really enjoyed their choices. One of us received his choice of meatballs so late that he did not have time to eat it. So go there if you need to but its nowhere near gourmet. We arrived at 6pm in an almost empty restaurant and ordered wine and starters. our friends arrived by 6.15pm and it filled up suddenly. Everyone else succeeded in departing before us. We took our bill to the till to escape in time.

We had a lovely afternoon, cake was delicious, many thanks!

We needed a quick bite before the cinema and this was perfect. Service was efficient and the food arrived promptly. We had a selection of ham, bread and tapas dishes to share between 3 of us and there as plenty. A larger portion of bread would have been nice (the plate of ham an salami didn&#039;t come with bread included)

We were the only diners that day. The food was ok but not remarkable and service was slow.

one order didn&#039;t come, one order was wrong, food was okay, atmosphere poor

We had a really nice meal at the Barbican Lounge, before going to see Antigone on Saturday. The food came very quickly and was really tasty and the service was excellent. Would definitely book again.

We had a lovely pre-concert dinner here. We had done no research beforehand, but we were more than satisfied. The reception and service were prompt, friendly and helpful. The food arrived as it became ready and every single dish was delicious. We had two mains and a side each and we couldn't finish all of it. We would definitely eat here again.

We were attending the Barbican for a dance show and this was our very first visit, we booked the Lounge, we were met warmly, sat prompt and has wonderful food and service. Me and my Daughter love Tapas and it was delicious, between two 5 plates would be plenty. We also loved the Barbican Bornstar Cocktail, that alone would be bring us back! Our waiter was also fab, infact the table next to us were simply rude for no reason and yet he stayed focussed on delivering 100% customer satiscation! We will be back.....

When they say &quot;small plates&quot; they really should mean &quot;tiny plates&quot;! The food itself was OK though the prawns in batter were a bit rubbery due to being overcooked. <br />The service was also very slow even though it didn&#039;t appear to be that busy when we got there. I think the management should consider getting more staff prior to concert/theatre times. We had to keep trying to get the waiter&#039;s attention for drinks, etc.<br />Not bad, but there are areas needed for improvement if we are to go here again to eat.

Having never been to The Barbican we needed somewhere to eat before our 7.30 pm concert and this place proved ideal. The service was very quick, choice on the menu was great for sharing a few small dishes and value was good too. Would definitely return and would love to try the outside terrace in the summer!

The food was tasty, good size portions and came quickly. The only criticism I would have is that there was a pre-theatre set menu, and this was not provided to us. The waiter only gave the full a la carte menu and seemed surprised when I asked if they did not have a pre-theatre one (which I know they did have). I would have expected both to have been offered tous. Other than that - food was lovely.

Service is a bit chaotic (probably due to the fact most of the crowd arrives and leaves at the same time for shows) but there is a very wide choice of delicious tapas. Red Mullet with chorizo ratatouille is very flavoursome, and so it the aubergine cream.

Nice place, fast service, lovely tapaz type food, in the Barbican so ideal for your pre-theatre meal. A bit more money though than at some other places nearby and might be a bit too close to other diners, enough to hear what they are talking about. But for pre-theatre it is a perfect option.

We had a good pre-theatre experience but it would have been improved if the decor were a little warmer and brighter. However, the food and the service were good although we weren&#039;t initially offered the pre-theatre menu, which works out cheaper than ordering tapas separately (and includes a glass of wine), and had to ask for it.

A great surprise in the Barbican. I was very short of time as I was waiting to enter a concert and I found this place, with very good quality food in small portions and quickly cooked. A very recommended place if you want to attend any of the Barbican events

An excellent pre concert meal, very good service. My wife and I enjoyed it immensely.

My third and final visit to the Lounge. We arrived early to an early reservation, only to be taken past a series of empty tables right to the back corner, and lo, that was our table. Granted on a Saturday they were inevitably due to get busy but having reserved a seat I expect better that our table and view: a corner and a window onlooking concrete and cement.<br /><br />To make matters worse, the tables at the back were tightly packed together. Meaning that when the table next to us was occupied some 45 minutes later, there was no space to escape without asking occupants of two tables to get up. Ridiculous.

Four of us enjoyed a great selection of food at the Barbican Lounge - lamb meatballs, chicken skewers, spring rolls and much more - and the humus and breads are all delicious.

We had lunch recently as a family with two small children, aged 6 and 4. The food was tasty and well-presented. The chicken skewers went down a treat with our children as did the duck spring rolls. My husband and I enjoyed other small plates and overall the food although not outstanding, was very good. <br />The service was amazing, we had two very friendly waitresses who kept the children entertained by making paper boats out of the discarded menus! <br />I would definitely recommend The Lounge as the outdoor seating area must be stunning in the summer.

Great food... good service. We had an enjoyable meal before heading into the theatre. First time visit, and would definitely go back if I found myself at the Barbican again.

We chose 4 small plates between 2 of us and were able to share . Although looking small that was a substantial amount of food. Each dish was a different flavour and texture , making choosing the best rather difficult. We would happily recommend this restaurant.

After 30 years the Barbican has nailed it with its level 1 restaurant The Lounge. This is in between the ground fllor self service cafe and the really smart restaurant upstairs. Lakeside view, terrace for fine weather, a good choice of small plates. Service is prompt, efficient and friendly. Reasonable, short wine list. Chairs could be a bit more comfortable The cocktails stand out: the negroni excellent on two separate occasions, gimlet also passed (my husbands stiff) test.

We had a party of 4 for lunch and we took the lunch deal at £12.50. There was a good range of food on the menu and we all enjoyed it. The service was very good. It was a cold day so we couldn&#039;t sit outside but I think I&#039;ll return to sit outside when the weather improves.

This was the second tie we&#039;ve eaten here, both times before going to see a show at the Barbican Theatre, for which the Barbican Lounge is perfectly located. The first time was a Saturday evening and with friends, so we were looking for something a little special. This more recent occasion was just two of us, midweek, for a quick bite before the theatre. On both occasions the food has been really good - an interesting selection of taps with some unusual dishes too. The place has a bit of an institutional feel so I&#039;m not sure we&#039;d rush there unless we were at the Barbican anyway. But beware the prices - it&#039;s not a place for a cheap snack: 3 tapas dishes (between us, not each!), a glass of wine each and coffee (which was not great) came to close to £50. I&#039;m sure we&#039;ll be back as we&#039;re regulars at the Barbican, but we&#039;ll keep more of an eye on the cost of what we&#039;re ordering if we just want a quick midweek snack.

Four of us met for a pre-concert dinner at Barbican Lounge. This has always been a good place to eat and it was again a very enjoyable meal. We can recommend the humus, lamb tagini, chicken skewers, king prawns, crab cakes and more - but do leave room for the lovely desserts.

The 6 tapas set menu was excellent - plenty for 2 people. The accompanying wines were disappointing - rather thin. Service was charming and very efficient. We will go back.