Brasserie One in City of London, Westminster

Brasserie One is a reasonably priced oasis in Westminster, which is ideal if you want a conversation over a meal. I have always found the service to be very good, with good food and wine. The menu is limited, but I have always managed to find something worth having and that I like. Worth checking out. I keep returning.

A well kept secret - excellent location & very lively due to several Xmas parties in there too but only added to the occasion - it was our office Xmas lunch too &, if anything, felt slightly under dressed without my Xmas jumper. House wine very good value. Didn't think the mushrooms really went with the satay sauce for starter & the Xmas pudding was totally ruined by the addition of cloves - unexpected & totally overpowering, especially if you don't like cloves. The turkey, on the other hand, was truly magnificent & probably the best I've ever had in a restaurant. Overall, a very good meal in a lovely setting for a very reasonable price. We will be back.

Overall, it was a very nice experience. Food was delicious, and we will definitely be returning.

Visited Churchill War Rooms with my wife and son, on 11th December, it was my son’s birthday so needed to find a nice restaurant nearby. It was a Christmas a la carte lunchtime menu and was very good value, a nice selection and well presented. The staff were very friendly, and service was fast and efficient.

We have been to the Brasserie for our Christmas lunch for many years. It has recently been refurbished and the new refurbishment is a great improvement. As a fairly large party we appreciated the help and attention to detail when planning prior to the day. The service on the day was very good, quiet but attentive. The Amaretto Stollen Shot following the main course was a nice touch.

Really superb lunch with sea fresh fish perfectly cooked veg and a panna cotta to die for

My first experience at Brasserie I was very enjoyable ....The food service and ambience were excellent and extremely good value Will definitely return and would not hesitate to recommend to friends

Fantastic service and catered very well for my vegan needs

Good food at an amazingly reasonable price. Quiet ambiance.

As always excellent fantastic venue to meet clients and contacts in the construction industry. Exactly what the ICE set out to provided when it set up 1GGS.

We always to to go here when in Westminster. It is usualy fairly quiet and the service, food and wine good in a very relaxing location in the basement of a ver grand building.

Can't really review. They cancelled our reservation because we were a few minutes late. I can say it's hard to locate as there is no outside signage that we could find and that caused us to miss by a few minutes.

This was our first visit at this restaurant but hopefully not the last. Both of us found all the dishes we chose were very well cooked and nicely presented with the portion sizes exactly as we would expect from a special lunch. The rump of lamb and Bakewell tart were particularly tasty. Also, bearing in mind that we shared a bottle of champagne plus a carafe of wine the total bill struck us as being very reasonable. Anybody who enjoys good food served very professionally and in quiet surroundings (it was lovely to have a conversation without having to shout) would really appreciate this restaurant. Thank you and we look forward to coming again.

Food was good. On a Thursday lunchtime there were only three other tables occupied, the room is rather plain so lacked ambience.

Although it looks a little like a 'café' the food and service were excellent and there was a good wine list. For a relaxed, informal lunch it was perfect.

Nice food and service was very good. It was very quiet at lunch.

Very good place for lunch or dinner. The restaurant is in a nice building and it is quiet. The food is good and not really expensive.

The brassiere in the Institute of Civil Engineering is truly a five star experience while keeping their delicacies in a reasonable price range! They have a good mix of starters, main courses and desserts that fit our need for certain intolerances. Our host gave us a worm welcome and always kept an eye for our needs. I recommend it both for private meeting as well as for a big event (business or party). Thank you for your hospitality!

Good service, smart restaurant. Good food well presented. Overall high standard.

The food was really good with generous portions. The service was very polite, thorough and attentive. The style of the restaurant itself is a bit bland in contrast to the Institute of Engineering building where it's located. The restaurant could also do with a sign indicating its location at street level.

Excellent food in a setting of restrained modern elegance, within a grand historic building in the heart of Westminster. Quietly attentive staff. The only slight negative is that it seems to lack customers.... Always many empty tables, despite its quqlities. Very odd.

Not a great choice to eat from the main menu (but to be fair I was already aware of that); however, the starters can be "beefed" up to provide an alternative main course. Food was good and tasty with no complaints from our group but the portions could have been a bit larger. Good attentive service plus a quiet and relaxed setting in this historic building. We very much enjoyed our visit.

Always excellent which is why I am a regular user for business meals.

Great spot in the area for a business lunch, prompt and attentive service.

Overall we were pleased but the menu selection (main courses) has been very similar for the last two years.

good food, pleasant room - excellent staff, who really made the lunch special.

We had lunch here midweek , the food was very good great flavours and well presented. The restaurant was spacious with a simple clean layout. The service was excellent and the house white was delicious and good value. I would recommend for a casual meal with no unnecessary frills and good value for good food.

My first time at this restaurant but it will not be my last. The whole experience was excellent from the warm welcome to leaving. The food was very good for both of the courses and the service could not have been better. A well priced restaurant for both food and wine and I gave no hesitation in recommending you pay it a visit

It's a good place to eat. The menu is quite interesting the service was good too as staff were all friendly.

This is in the basement of the Institute of Civil Engineers. But it's barely advertised so was empty when we went on a Thursday lunchtime. The food is great but they really need to promote the place more.

Menu is too complex and overpriced for the ingredients. The choice was limited. Wines were good. Service was a attentive.

A little Oasis in the heart of Westminster. Five minutes from Parliament, Horseguards etc. A good menu, great food and excellent house wines. Attentive staff without being pushy. Should be on everyone’s luncheon list.

ICE is just cool for a value lunch in less than 60 mins !

It was ok but really nothing special about this place - convenient for the location but not exciting. Food tasted ok.

Cannot recommend highly enough - fantastic customer experience: superb service, excellent food, superb wines and very good value for money. Brasserie One is a gem, a real find, so close to Parliament square the Division Bell sounds. Of special note, the service we received from Costin was outstanding - right from the moment we arrived to the moment we left. We shall return.

Celebration lunch Cannot recommend highly enough - fantastic customer experience: superb service, excellent food, superb wines and very good value for money. Brasserie One is a gem, a real find, so close to Parliament square the Division Bell sounds. Of special note, the service we received from Costin was outstanding - right from the moment we arrived to the moment we left. We shall return.

Didn’t realise this restaurant was in an office building!! But lovely restaurant, good food and lovely service.

A good place to have a business meeting in Westminster. Good quality food which was delicious and good service.

Excellent food, service was spot on -friendly and efficient without being too over whelming. Top find, has a private feel to it, would recommend it for a superb lunch spot

Very good food in an informal atmosphere - and good value

Two of us shared a selection of delicious half portions dishes to allow room for desserts, which were well worth it. Rose wine rounded off a very agreeable lunch before setting out on a Secret London Freetours guided walk. Would recommend the seaweed crackers.

I've used this place quite a few times now, and never disappointed. Menu for main courses is a bit limited - but the starters can be served as a Main, which adds choice. Especially interesting location to provide conducted tour to a guest. Good service, no complaint. LUNCH ONLY - no evening dinner.

I'm a regular visitor. Food and service are always great quality. At first sight, the menu looks a bit limited but visitors should see that the starters can be served as main courses, so that makes things better. Might be worthwhile if the waiters draw this to the customer's attention. Great location, of course.

Very good location for our group of friends coming from all parts of the UK. Food was very good and the service excellent. One Brasserie is ideal for lunch time discussions, no music and very comfortable ambiance.

The service was excellent with very tasty original dishes

We had exceptional service from Brasserie One. One of our friends was delayed, but there was no pressure for us to order even though she arrived 35 minutes late. The waiter explained the menu carefully and made us feel very welcome. The food arrived promptly and the atmosphere was very relaxed. Important for us was that the restaurant was quiet so we could talk and hear each other easily. We inadvertently stayed after the restaurant had closed, but we were unaware of this and were left undisturbed until we asked for the bill. The service and care we received was perfect and we shall return.

Good food, slow but acceptable service, dreary ambience

Excellent food quality and service.<br />Restaurant is a hidden gem tucked away in the Institution of Civil Engineers building in Westminster ;close to Houses of Parliament , and Churchill War Rooms.<br />During my visit from the US, was the perfect location for a private and quiet lunch with my brother and niece to enjoy a special Christmas lunch together

Just stop there before conference and had a quick bit. Not bad for a snack and a coffee. I found it very nice to find a place within the conf. center to stop for a while. Service was kind and prices I felt ok.

A very pleasant, quiet, lunch venue in the basement of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Service was good. Food was good. I have eaten there before and will definitely be eating there again.

I&#039;ve been using this restaurant for many years mainly to entertain business guests at lunchtime.<br /><br />By far it is one of the best central London venues for quality food served quickly &amp; respectful of time limits for a business lunch<br /><br />The Menu is excellent in it&#039;s use of high quality locally sourced seasonal ingredients. Never boring with the right portion control and attentive serving staff fronting highest quality unfussed food <br /><br />Hope this review doesn&#039;t make the place too popular for me to be guaranteed my next booking !

Excellent food, good service and a pleasant atmosphere for a business lunch, Thank you

As always, Brasserie One at the Institution of Civil Engineers was friendly, professional, with good food and the right level of service (not too much, not too little).

Really great restaurant in a central London location. Lovely menu with a wide range of choices including healthy options and starter or main course size. Lovely service; very unobtrusive , perfect for a business meetings. Great value menu; under £100 for 3 x 2 course lunch, wine & coffee . 2 mins walk from Westminster station.

Really great restaurant in a central London lcoation. Lovely menu with a wide range of choices including healthy options and starter or main course size. Lovely service; very unobtrusive , perfect for a business meetings. Great value menu; under £100 for 3 x 2 course lunch, wine &amp; coffee . 2 mins walk from Westminster station.

This part of Westminster can a bit spare for decent restaurants, resulting in those few getting quite busy at lunch hour. This makes it difficult to find a good place for a quiet and important business meeting involving a civil service contact. Brasserie One fit the bill perfectly. Excellent location, really good food and drink, and comfortable. Overall a positive experience. Brasserie One will be my Number One choice for a Westminster business meeting.

Restaurant was booked for my boss and she defined it as &#039;a very good place&#039;

Back here yet again; delicious food, well served in a pleasant atmosphere - just right for a business lunch.<br />Thank you.

Good choice from high-quality menu. Quick and unobtrusive service. Ideal for a business lunch.

Over-priced relative to the quality. Dull Menu. Poor Quality food. Poor service with surly waitress. Poor acoustic room. Best part was the wine and building. Generally represented a bad choice of restaurant and waste of money.

Overall okay. Lovely old building service very attentive. Food was ok but portions were very small for the main meal small steak and nine chips with a small forkful of cress.<br />3 of our party had ordered steak in varying degrees of being cooked all appeared exactly the same.<br />Pudding was okay and the special lemon posset was lovely.<br />Nice enough for s working lunch.

quiet gem inside a beautiful building. Attentive staff, wonderful food.

Out of the way location near Parliament with excellent food and service. The squash biryani was excellent as was the chicken caesar salad! Great ambience to boot!!

The food was excellent and the service was superb. Thank you - we&#039;ll return

I didn't even know this restaurant (which sits within the Institute for Civil Engineers) even existed until I was looking for a convenient meeting place for a business engagement. I was pleasantly surprised by the range on the short but perfectly formed menu. The staff were unbelievably friendly and helpful and the food was faultless. My starter - a Thai beef salad was fantastic and I have rarely had better outside of a Thai restaurant. The prices were excellent for this part of London and I have to say that the overall value for money was exceptional. I will definitely return.

Good food, excellent service and a pleasant atmosphere all combined to give us a great conversation over lunch. Thank you

I don&#039;t really blame Brasserie One - when this was TopTable, you&#039;d generally see a four-star review and expect something great. But since the switch to OpenTable, I have been to a couple of bog-basic places like Brasserie One and had middling meals - lured by a 4-star review here. The location is fab, but this is little more than a cafe for the institute and my steak frites was cooked no better than I might at home. So it was priced for central London, didn&#039;t deliver on the quality, but more than anything TopTable didn&#039;t help it manage expectations.

Hidden gem this. Fantastic location at the corner of Green Park, opposite the Treasury. The restaurant is in the basement of the Institute of Civil Engineers (think Thomas Telford), a wonderful Edwardian pile. Imaginative menu, nice wines, usually quite quiet so you can hold a conversation although sometimes there are groups which raises the sound level somewhat. Highly recommended but not a cheap lunch - think £30 a head including a glass of wine.

Fantastic location, 5 minute walk to Houses of Parliament, inside the beautiful historic building of the Institute of Civil Engineering Great food, with fast efficient and attentive service. If time have a look around the library and the new interactive engineering orientated educational displays. Children loved it!

The second time I have met an old business colleague for lunch here. Good menu and great staff - a hidden away gem of a restaurant..

Not our first time, by any means. We always enjoy Brasserie One and often meet friends there. Being a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, I used to entertain business people there before I retired.

The staff were very attentive to our needs and we felt welcome as soon as we entered the restaurant. The food was very well presented and tasty with the quantity being just right for a lunchtime meal.

Our first visit but will return. Very pleasant lunch with good food and service.

Went here for work&#039;s Christmas Lunch, set price for 2 or 3 courses was very reasonable and the food was excellent quality. Staff were very attentive. We were a small group but they also had a very large group and they treated us all very well.<br />I would definitely come here again.

It was better when it was a restaurant for ICE members only.<br /><br />Spoil by the inclusion of inappropriate non-members.

Ambience could be greatly improved by fitting some soft furnishings /curtains to reduce the reverberation time - in short the room is noisy!<br />The booking process was excellent with positive feedback not only for the immediate task but also a reminder before the event. <br />Food is good. I must learn to order half portions!

Felt like an upmarket staff canteen. The location is strange (based in an office block, albeit a nice one, next to their restaurant) which means it lacks ambience. The food is perfectly presentable (but not amazing) and staff very polite, but overall was pretty average.

Visited when showing family the London sites and wanted some good food. Service and food cannot be faulted but the ambiance and setting came as a big shock! Brasserie One is great if you work locally, but I felt bad taking my family to such a drab and lifeless spot. It totally lacks the ambiance of even an average restaurant, so please be ware of this!

Had a quick lunch here with some colleagues, i really enjoyed the shepards pie, in a smart environment.

I eat there several times a year and have been doing so for about 15 years. The quality never varies - it is always excellent. It is the ideal place to &quot;do lunch&quot; in the heart of Westminster.

Excellent as always. I can think of nowhere as good in the heart of Westminster/Whitehall. I usually have lunch there with people who know their way around central London, and they tell me that they too prefer it to other alternatives.

The exterior of this period building was smothered in plastic owing to a major building renovation and the entrance and exit was very difficult to find. The dining area had (probably been relocated) been affected by this work, but that was not made clear on booking. The menu was simplistic (I was only prepared to try the tortellini after struggling to find the restaurant), but was delicious. The surroundings though are somewhat basic, even at this price point, whilst refurbishment works are underway. I do hope the landlord will compensate this restaurant because the food is sensible and deserves a better sense of arrival until refurbishment work has been completed.

We needed somewhere in the Westminster area for a lunch after a family celebration and knew of this from friends and connection with the Civil Engineers (it's in their building). We weren't disappointed. The food was excellent with enough choice to suit each of us at lunch. We had a shepherd's pie, a tuna steak and two ploughman's and all were tasty and nicely presented. The staff were friendly and couldn't have been more helpful. For a meal in that part of London it was also good value. Don't be put off just now by the building work in the other part of the building and the need to enter by a side door and follow the signs to the restaurant.

It's a good place to eat. The menu is a bit limited but that's ok because the food was quite nice. The service was good too as staff were all frinedly.

Local aconchegante para um jantar e tormar algum vinho recomendo pelo ambiente agradavel e sofisticado não fica longe da Oxford Street o que é muito bom

If you are tired and hungry, but don't want to go out, this will do. Menu was pretty limited, but the food was good. Service was friendly but slow. Had to walk out once.

I have been having lunch here from time to time for over a decade. Initially for business lunches with Whitehall colleagues, and now that I am retired with former colleagues who have become friends. The ambience is quiet, calm, relaxing. The service discreet and friendly. The food freshly prepared and always superb. The wine list excellent. What else is there to say?

I'm regularly in this part of town for business and visit brasserie one every time I fancy some hot food. The food is high quality for the price especially given its location. Highly recommended.

This was a pleasant surprise, in a beautiful building with excellent service for a group of ladies out for lunch.

Probamos la comida del lugar y no fue deliciosa, atencion de froma rapida y amables, son serviciales para todo tipo de exigencia

I used this venue for a convenient business lunch which was perfect as it wasn&#039;t noisy and has a bright feel to the room.

Very good value and tables far enough from each other for business conversation. Well located for Westminster

Brasserie One a nice restaurant in Great Georges Street ; The meals are excellent and also a friendly service. Very good desserts.

Great food, pleasant and attentive service, and a good place for conversation over a business lunch

Hidden in the Institute of Civil Engineers building on Great George Street, Westminster the Brasserie One provided an excellent lunch in a quiet atmosphere. Very welcoming and attentive Matre D&#039; serving good quality food and wine. Well worth the visit.

A very good lunch for a party of 11 in a splendid building in a grand sort of a way. Staff were particularly helpful over disabled access,

Brasserie One has a regularly changing seasonal lunch menu based on a modern European style. I tried turkey for main course and cranberry shot. Although on the expensive side, this restaurant provides you a memorable time.

Once food, well presented and deliciously cooked. Good central location with a nice range and friendly staff

the food and service at brasserie one are good. no problems there. the atmosphere however is institutional and sad. i chose this location for a work meeting and was embarrassed. this restaurant is acceptable for dining with people you already know and if they don&#039;t care about such things.

I have been coming here to meet with colleagues for a dozen years and the standards have never wavered. The ambience is a relaxed, modern interior with well spaced tables, located in the basement of the historic Institution of Civil Engineers in Great George Street off Parliament Square (which is why it is little known - even though it is open to the public). The menu is well varied but short enough that every dish can be freshly prepared, and the resulting quality shines through. A good place for a leisurely lunch and a conversation.