Magdalen in Southwark - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Such a great experience, so sad to see this restaurant is gone now . Where are you ? Would love to try your food again soon

Our first visit and we will return. The menu is relatively limited, which I prefer and there was also a special (venison pie for two). All our courses were excellent, although the fish stew portion was a little small and could have done with a few extra pieces of fish in it. The layout of the restaurant groups diners into three separate areas so it feels quite intimate.

A marvellous wonderful restaurant ceases this Saturday - such a shame, one of my favourite places to eat - varied and excellent menus. Will miss the Polenta Ragu ....

No point in saying how lovely this place is, because it's closing

We had a great dinner. Unfortunately, it will be the last. We are very sorry that Magdalen is closing...

La comida está bien - caro, pero no está mal. La mayor decepción es el ambiente: no hay ninguno. Estábamos arriba paquete que es como estar sentados en la parte trasera de su tía MARGARET'S dormitorio y estar tirado algo de comida cada vez. No es genial por 60 libras por cabeza. V decepcionante. He oído que es cerrando y yo no estoy sorprendido. Tienes que trabajar un poco más duro en la creación de una experiencia gastronómica agradable hoy en día.

This restaurant is fit for those who enjoy well cooked food invariably cooked with meat that is not everybody&#039;s taste: rabbit, squid, sweetbreads etc. but cooked beautifully. It&#039;s intimate burgundy coloured walls and wooden floors provide undistracting focus on the food. <br />We enjoyed the all of our courses and our wine. The service was knowledgeable, slick and sympathetic. Because of the intimate nature of the place diners were respectful and quiet, certainly not a restaurant that would benefit from noisy families or large groups. <br />Unfortunately, I learned that this favourite of mine is to be sold, a sad day for London.

We have made the Magdalen our yearly get together lunch with our friends from Chicago when they visit. It&#039;s the 4th year we have done this, and the food, service and surroundings are perfect. It is a shame that this was the last time, because we learnt that the restaurant is closing. We&#039;ll just have to find out where the staff set up elsewhere, hopefully!

Sorry to see Magdalen close. Good luck to the owners in their new endeavour.

Magdalen is wonderful and I&#039;m so very sad that it&#039;s closing. Fabulous friendly staff who are knowledgable about the menu and wine list. Lovely atmosphere. Delicious food. Perfection.

Absolutely brilliant restaurant, cannot fault the service, food or wine. Menu is small but that means that the food has had careful attention.

Well managed great restaurant. They know wine, food and service. They recommended decent priced wine and good amount of the food. They planned release noise design so we could relax in the restaurant.

Desde el saludo inicial, a través de la mesa de la comida excelente y el servicio maravilloso, no podía más. Precio de Magdalen El personal son luminosas pero no agobiante, el menú de frescos y de temporada. El vino no es barato pero bien de precio para la calidad. Sin duda volveremos.

I am very very sad that this has closed now! What an amazing place however. So if it does reincarnate somewhere else - I am there!!!!

Service was excellent, loved my main course of venison. Kitchen most helpful in producing beautifully presented and am told tasty vegan meal without fuss. Most enjoyable evening.

Excelente comida y servicio. Lo raro en Londres para conseguir un restaurante de precio razonable que sirve comida británica moderna de un nivel tan alto. Encantador ambiente y decoración. Mi mejillones al azafrán y puerros fueron las mejores y el pollo excepcional. Postres muy ligeramente decepcionante, pero en general excelente.

Magdalen is one of our favourite restaurants but our Kat meal there was disappointing. Duck liver parfait and brioche was unrefined and not memorable. Both the beef brisket and calves liver were uncharacteristic you underdone not melt in the mouth. Normally it is 5 stars all round

Went for a date and had an excellent time. Food was brilliant (I had the offal and it was delicious which is something I never thought I&#039;d say). Very relaxed and the complete opposite of so many London places where you&#039;re rushed in and rushed out. Staff were attentive and knowledgeable but didn&#039;t interfere. Thanks!

Very tasty - complement to the chef! Simple cooking which allowed the ingredients to shine. Had a taste of my friends&#039; dishes and they were all yummy

Just not worth it for the price. Precise cooking but flavours lacking.

Good food and service in a cosy environment, pricy but well done

A lovely, cosy, unpretentious neighbourhood French bistro. Here, it&#039;s all about the food. High quality ingredients, beautifully presented and served by friendly staff. The standard is consistently high.

This is such a lovely find near London Bridge. Service was perfect and great food.

Great food but wine prices are high as are the drinks.<br />Bit tight on bread

Food was really good, shame it was really cold, AC was on, not too sure why in the middle of winter and unfortunately there was a very loud table of business men next to us!

Starters and puddings sensational , atmosphere gloomy . Had to ask waiter to take coats and he informed us there was a hanger near the loo. Not really the service you expect at these prices.

Esta parte de la orilla sur del Támesis si uso a ser muerto como un dodo. Pero el ritmo de rejuvenecimiento de la zona se ve muy de la burguesía. Magdalena ha estado aquí durante un número de años en un edificio bastante antiguo y elegante que estos cambios han ido alrededor de ella.

Excellent service and good food made from well-sourced ingredients.

Excellent choice for game (in season) and traditional English cooking at its best with a modern flair - this is one of the best restaurants in London by far, tucked away in a quiet corner of Southwark. A must-go if you seek the best.

Vino para un almuerzo de negocios y encontramos un buen ambiente para eso. Mesas razonablemente bien espaciados y un montón de tela para reducir el ruido de fondo para chicos sordos nosotros antiguo. El servicio era amable y eficiente. La comida era interesante, sabroso y muy buena relación calidad-precio por el dinero con una cena de 2 platos por sólo 16 libras. 50. Mi anfitrión me gustó su entrante de cangrejo en tostadas, disfruté de mi escabeche de remolacha con huevos de pato y puré de anchoa. Los platos principales eran también muy aceptable. Mi Toulouse salchichas con panceta de cerdo y frijoles blancos estaba bien hecha y sabrosa. Caldereta de pescado de mi anfitrión bien, aunque más estratégicamente servilleta podría haber ahorrado la camisa de un error del operador ocasional fork! La comida fue regado con una botella agradable de puertas Sauvignon Blanc. Sin duda, comer aquí en el área.

He estado en este restaurante varias veces, pero el nivel ha bajado. Aunque la comida era normal, con precios elevados, el servicio era pésimo. Mi abrigo fue robado y el personal era extremadamente servicial y no mostraban ningún entendimiento o cualquier resolución. Nunca volveré y sentirse muy decepcionado.

Le cadre est cosy et cossu, sans ostentation. L'accueil est sympathique et professionnel. La carte, bien que limité dans sa variété,offre des choix suffisants pour les goûts différents. Et la cuisine est parfaitement réalisée, un sans-faute. Et donc une adresse à recommander sans hésiter.

Fui con mi esposo durante un temprano almuerzo de Navidad y estaba seguro, después de leer algunas de las críticas. A la llegada al restaurante, antes teníamos incluso nuestros abrigos fuera y se sentó, nos preguntaron si queríamos agua. No sabíamos que teníamos que pasar nuestra propia abrigos y sentimos que esto debería haber sido un trabajo para los camareros.

We've been before and had a knockout meal, about 18 months ago. Went again recently and it wasn't anywhere near as good. Nice menu, nice wine list, nice people looking after you and a nice dining room but the meal was just not up to the standard expected. I had venison which was leathery and took some chewing. Everything else on the plate was cold by the time I got through it. Splendid dessert though but it didn't quite make up for the disappointment of the main course. Won't go again now.

I dined with a small group of friends in the downstairs L-shaped room. Ambience was pleasant, friends chatting on the other tables, the sound level facilitating conversation. Table setting was conventional and stylish. The menu has a selection of about ten starters, ten mains + one or two specials with a few of them left when we dined at 7 30 pm, half a dozen desserts, &amp; cheese board. The wine list has a good selection - probably thirty white and thirty red wines, several additional types (sparkling, orange, dessert, ports etc.). About five white and five red wines are available by the glass, and some fizzy ones. The wines start at about £25 and go up to £100 per bottle, glasses perhaps £6-£10 - a bit on the expensive side if you want a recognisable wine label, but the less well-known wines we selected were very good. The food was good. The waiter recommended the crab on toast starter and I was not disappointed. All of us had poultry of one bird or another, this being a Christmassy sort of dinner; everyone liked their dish but nothing was outstanding. Service was obliging and friendly; there is a 12.5% service charge added on to the bill, I hope the staff are well enough paid.

My 3d time at Magdalen, enjoyed it every time. I find the atmosphere nice without being fancy, very easy to feel comfortable. The food was really good - had the potted crab and then the rare goose breast, which came as advertised and was a lovely belated Martinmas feast with its accompaniment of red cabbage. The cheeses were outstanding and serviced with a few nice extras, but nothing which could detract from the leading actor (the quality of the cheeses themselves). Service was very competent, friendly and extremely helpful (I have a &quot;wing down&quot; so can&#039;t carve meat). Thoroughly enjoyable and I will be back, whether with my wife, business colleagues or just a solitary dinner in a very nice place that eases the pain of working late.<br /><br />One other thing to mention is that I really like the seasonal changes in the menu, very good choices <br /><br />Wine list is good, too - nicely assorted incl. good selection of half bottles / by the glass.<br /><br />Price level seems very fair given quality and location.

the component parts of this place just don't quite stack up. the staff although attentive weren't really helpful - especially when asked for advice. the dishes are OK but not special when the venue promises something more. The dissonance this leaves you with causes a vague lack of fulfilment. the menu is good anglo/french fare - potted crab, soup, pheasant, fish stew, venison etc. but none of it reaches above what you would expect in simpler restaurants than this. being charged for an extra plate of bread galled a bit too.

Food was delicious. the service was pleasant and efficient. Thanks!

Hosted a team Christmas lunch here for a small group. The restaurant had a reasonable menu, while not overly extensive it had sufficient choice for everyone to find something they wanted. Also a good wine list including some higher end reds with equally high end prices, but also some quality wines at more reasonable costs. The service was friendly and efficient. The food was excellent and everyone felt it was exceptional quality. Overall the cost of the meal was quite expensive and probably not a venue for a basic tourist lunch but certainly worth a visit if you are looking for a special meal for two or a small group.

Excellent food and service, as usual. A very special place.

I have been wanting to visit this restaurant for some time and on the whole it was a tad disappointing. First things first - the menu and the food was very good especially the terrine and the fois grois pate. We also had a lovely welcome on arrival but that's the good stuff over with. We ordered pre dinner drinks of Prosecco from a waiter and shortly after the sommelier came over and took our wine choice. The wine came quite quickly and before our pre dinner drinks so we tried to cancel but it was too late. On telling the sommelier we had ordered Prosecco he informed us they didn't sell it - only a sparkling Vouvray. The waiter did not tell us this and yet happily took our order. Instead of a desert we all opted for cheese which was a fixed selection of three types for £10. None of us wanted the Stilton so we asked for only two cheese options each however we were informed that if we did this we would be charged individually for the two cheeses at £5.50 each, ie. £11 for two cheeses, rather than £10 for three! We said this made no sense whatsoever. We left.

Food and service was very good, authentic French flavours.

Not my first time here and probably not my last, however the service was not up to the expected standard. I appreciate it&#039;s Christmas and therefore busy but there really is no excuse for having to be reminded to bring our wine to the table.

I&#039;m a huge fan of Magdalen, but sadly it was not on form. We had a table booked at 8.00pm (so not late) and on arriving we were told one of the mains was off. On ordering, we were them told the starter most of us had ordered was also off. Given the limited menu (c5 dishes per course) this was not good at all.<br />Also on arriving, it&#039;s the first time I&#039;ve not been greeted and my coat taken. The later arrivals had the same experience.<br />I hope this is a one-off blip as Magdalen is usually a cracking restaurant, please prove this to be the case!

The three of us really enjoyed our lunch at Magdalen. Always an interesting menu, the halibut main dish was excellent. The Gruner Veltliner was a good choice to accompany a lunch-time meal and was reasonably priced. Pleasant staff and friendly welcome.

We had a lovely meal at Magdalen, the staff were friendly the food was delicious. I would recommend and go back.

Two of us came here late-evening for a main course and dessert and it was perfect. The ambience is English bistro, dark red walls, white table linen, plenty of space between tables. We enjoyed the pork loin with excellent crackling and interesting vegetables and the chocolate pot with marmalade ice cream, washed down with a very nice house Viognier. The service was rapid, friendly and unobtrusive.

Excellent, concise menu. Really good and professional, friendly service. Food was superb. Well worth visiting.

Very fine dinning in relaxed atmosphere. Great menu, intelligent staff. The gingerbread ice cream was to die for. Have already booked a return visit.

Quiet venue with delicious carefully cooked meals. Sauces are particularly delicate. High quality produce &amp; really well cooked.

This was an absolutely fantastic find and I can&#039;t believe I haven&#039;t been here sooner despite having worked on the same street for years! The menu is mouthwatering it was really hard to choose what to eat. This is one of the few places where you look at the menu and just don&#039;t care how much it costs because it&#039;s been so clearly well thought out. The meal was absolutely spectacular and you could taste all the elements. Everything was mouthwatering - highlights were the pork terrine with spiced clementines, the pheasant (melted in your mouth, so flavoursome) and the mince meat tart that had the perfect balance of mince meat. Can&#039;t recommend this place enough!

Visited for a late lunch with friends. Service was a little hit and miss by the young boys but friendly and relaxed.Had the roasted onion and Vacherin to start which was tasty but cold. Fish soup for main which was very tasty. Friends highly recommended the rump of beef to share. Venison was also declared a success.Shared a plate of good Neal's Yard cheese. White pudding with poached Winter Fruits also good.All in all, quite pricey but a lovely atmosphere and good food.

This was our first visit here as local Londerners. Not disappointed at all. Food first. Two outstanding starters, one of monkfish liver, the other of potted devon crab. Both so full of flavour. Our main courses comprised smoked haddock in a very well cooked sauce, fish stew (again above the norm), yorkshire reared pheasant breasts with excellent veg. and an amazing damson sauce/jelly. The whole was a delight. However, the least appetizing dish to look at; the beef brisket, was outstanding in both cooking and taste. Does not look pretty, but what a taste! We could not fault any of the desserts. However, the one not to miss involves a clementine sorbet like no other. So impressed, we asked the waiter for the recipe and got it. Now for the downside, for us. Cocktails, unless you have a particular palate , avoid. I expect a restaurant of this calibre to serve Prosecco.(I do not like champagne). Their Vouvray alternative, not that great. Two good wines with the meal, but I should not need to ask for a good Cahors red to be served slightly cooler than it came out of a very warm rack. Would I go again: yes.

Absolutely delicious food - with unusual ingredients. The goose was exquisite - for example. Attentive service. It would be helpful if there was another vegetarian option for the mains... but otherwise a great success.

Delicious lunch, especially their fish stew! Warm and cosy restaurant, good, fast service.<br />A welcoming and friendly place.

A cosy restaurant close to the Thames near London Bridge. High quality food with excellent service. Very good wine list. No hesitation in returning or recommending.

We went to this restaurant on a special occasion. Great food, good menu , vacherin cheese starter tasty, venison delicious and pork equally good. Best Lemon posset with cassis I have had . Cheese selection good . Good service . Really lovely menu, relaxed venue and I would highly recommend

Lovely seasonal menu, cosy atmosphere, delicious mains and puddings. Professional service. Not the cheapest but not too expensive. Good wine list but not many beers!

A great spot for a business lunch or evening meal. Good food and you can have a conversation without lots of background noise.

Carte originale et tres variée même si courte, sur un thème fusion british/French vraiment intéressant. Carte de vins ramassée mais riche et raisonnable.Les cuissons des poissons, volailles, viandes sont justes, le saveurs bien traitées.Le service est amical et chaleureux.À recommander !

Turned up at 7 pm on Saturday as per booking, was excited to try the only Burmese restaurant in London. It was closed. Disappointing.

Very good food. Service too slow and distracted though.

The food was delightful and everything we expected. Service was efficient and non-intrusive. I was cautious about coming as I had read some negative comments here but, thankfully, my two guests and I had a very enjoyable time.

This was my first visit to Magdalen and I am definitely looking forward to returning. As you walk in, the first impression is one of a warm and uncomplicated decor with lots of wood, giving the atmosphere of an upmarket Parisian bistro. The welcome was immediate, friendly and unfussy. As we were waiting for one of our party to arrive, we were invited to have a drink at the bar, where we were served promptly, and later not hurried to the table. All three courses were excellent, but the rump of beef (for two) deserves special mention! There is also a good wine list, at not extortionate prices. Service was efficient and professional throughout, and well &quot;paced&quot; in sympathy with our progress through the evening (we were the last to leave). I would recommend this restaurant without hesitation.

This is a regular(ish) haunt. As always the greeting was comforting and welcoming. Great M'aitre de who clearly has a great memory and an intuition for how people like to be welcomed back. The food is just perfect for the lunch I was hosting, I was the only returnee and wanted my guests to feel it was worth the taxi ride from The City. They did. Short but varied menu. Superb service, polite, not overwhelming and efficient. One guest asked for advise from our waitress, it was given with confidence but without any leaning toward the more expensive choice. All guests said it was brilliant food and service and I know them well enough to know they would happily have given constructive criticism if it had been merited. Perhaps the proof is that all said they couldn't wait to return

Everything was a delight: great food, great service, great ambiance. The set menu is good value but the a la carté won&#039;t break the bank either. Cooking with precision and passion for great ingredients. Highly recommended.

This is a regular(ish) haunt. As always the greeting was comforting and welcoming. Great M&#039;aitre de who clearly has a great memory and an intuition for how people like to be welcomed back. The food is just perfect for the lunch I was hosting, I was the only returnee and wanted my guests to feel it was worth the taxi ride from The City. They did. Short but varied menu. Superb service, polite, not overwhelming and efficient. One guest asked for advise from our waitress, it was given with confidence but without any leaning toward the more expensive choice. All guests said it was brilliant food and service and I know them well enough to know they would happily have given constructive criticism if it had been merited. Perhaps the proof is that all said they couldn&#039;t wait to return.

Went here with colleagues for an early Christmas lunch.The service was a little wooden initially.The food was excellent, all diners were delighted with their choices, even our vegan in the party, after a slight confusion, even though we informed the restaurant in advance.My started of smoked salmon was delicious, and main of Hare very tasty too.

I&#039;ve been to Magdelen on many occasions since it opened and have rarely been disappointed. Short but interesting menu, good quality ingredients and attentive service. A very good neighbourhood restaurant at the weekends and equally good for business during the week.

Nice setting and pleasant ambiance; décor looks great. Food was good - not blown away by it, but good enough.<br />The one thing that really put us off was the service - the manager was great, gave us some good wine advice and made us feel welcome, but the other two staff members were just completely soulless, uncommunicative .&#039;Eh?&#039; was the common answer to any question we asked and whilst we were standing with our coats in our hands not sure where to put them, the waiter just vaguely pointed us towards the corner of the restaurant where we could hang up our coats, while he could have easily taken them from us. The elderly couple next to us told the waitress that they used to come to the restaurant many years ago and were obviously there to relive a fond memory, but just got a cold shrug from the waitress, they had to fetch their own coats and didn&#039;t even get a goodbye or a wave from the staff when they left, I felt embarrassed on their behalf.<br />This could be an awesome restaurant, would be nice if guests were actually made to feel welcome!

Superb imaginative food for lunch at reasonable prices for the area. Attentive friendly staff. Only complaint is with layout. Only tables for two were right next to the door, on a cold day or squashed in on the route to the lavatories.

Extremely good food, presented to a very high standard without pretence. Would highly recommend.

I use this place for business lunches. Service is attentive but never interruptive. Food is really lovely, with often quite a bias towards fish. Desserts are a strong point IMO. It's not cheap, but decent, freshly cooked food shouldn't be.

The Magdalen is a most elegant small restaurant - traditional furniture ,linen tablecloths, interesting pictures on the wall but nonetheless succeeds in achieving a welcoming and relaxed ambience.<br />The menu is short but provides ample choice and ingredients are carefully sourced. There is just enough innovation to distinguish it from the merely traditional.<br />My meal - potted crab and roast rump of beef with caramelised shallots and a gratin of potato and English cheese was very good indeed and I certainly would have included one of the interesting desserts had it not been a week night!<br /><br />I thought that the wines were reasonably priced considering the area and clientèle with a wide range and good producers.<br />The service was well paced and organised and we enjoyed our evening there very much.

It&#039;s a hidden gem this place. Good solid cooking that&#039;s inventive without trying too hard. Desserts are a high point.

It is very professional and high class service perfect for a special occasion or when you want to impress. Sadly I find it all a bit cold. Weekday lunchtime - every diner wore a suit and no women were dining there at all. The food was tasty and presented well but the menu a bit pretentious. However as the food tasted good it gets a very good rating from me overall.

We were given a lovely table for 6 where it was easy to talk and hear the conversation.<br />The fixed price lunch was perfect for our gathering....50 years since we met at school!!

The food here is great and the serivce is great too.

the restaurant is really small, reservation needed.Great place where to stay and eat really well (and I'm Italian !!!)everything was good - the best restaurant I found in London

A very pleasant dining experience in a small but very neat restaurant. Not quite a five because of a couple of small items: The staff were friendly but a little &#039;odd&#039;. Hard to explain really but couldn&#039;t really warm to them. The food was very good but they forgot our side dish. Can&#039;t really put my finger on it and shall certainly try it again at some stage but just didn&#039;t feel at home.

The restaurant is bigger than it looks from the outside, but still feels intimate. Food was good - modern British with a bit of Mediterranean. Staff were good, and very accommodating- allowing us to shift our booking back 45 minutes! Although quite noisy, we had a good time, and would come again.

Booked a special lunch here after a trip to the Shard. Excellent set menu and superb service. Two choices for each course, but both were delicious and good value. We had a problem with one dish and the staff couldn't have been more helpful and lovely. Thoroughly recommended.

The kitchen was in good form. The food (&#039;modern British&#039;) is always reliable here in my experience but dinner this time was a step up: perfectly cooked middle cut of pork with interesting and flavoursome autumn veg caught my attention, in particular. Generally, the dishes we had (three of us trying different things) were confidently put together, the cod main probably the least successful for us.

Amazing restaurant! Menu is very diverse with unique choices.

I must admit that we regularly use Magdalen for special occasions but I also use it for business lunches, because the food is always at least very good. Our latest trip for my wife's birthday was again excellent. We started with the San Daniella ham salad with pear and toasted almonds.I had the baked cod, with Hispi cabbage – they always do greens so well – and she had the lamb.This was followed by cheese for me and my other half had some delicious chocolate thing.Excellent coffee, service was very good and we had a fantastic time.

OK, so I love Magdalen, and I&#039;ve been going there since it opened. But there&#039;s a reason for that and that is that is simply so consistently great. <br /><br />Our latest trip for my other half&#039;s birthday (she loves Magdalen) was as excellent as ever. This time we had the San Daniella ham salad with pear and toasted almonds. <br /><br />For my main, I had the baked cod, with Hispi cabbage – these guys always do greens so well – and she had the lamb and fried potatoes. <br /><br />This was followed by cheese for me and my other half had some delicious chocolate thing. <br /><br />Excellent coffee, service was very good and we had a fantastic time.  <br /><br />Keep up the great work.

Having dined here a few times I had always been impressed by the standard of food and service. On this occasion our starters were mixed up and the grouse was served up raw on the underside. No real apology for the raw grouse other than sorry it wasn&#039;t to my expectations. I don&#039;t think raw grouse fits anyone&#039;s expectations.<br />This may have just been a blip on a busy Friday night, as otherwise it was a very pleasant evening.

we were surprised by the find. Quite small, but the food was good. No messing around, except a bit too salty tonight! Would have been nice to have slightly less potatoes as we don&#039;t like waste. Will likely return in the future. <br />We had the beef and rump steak. Could have done with a little more bread to start. <br />More choice for dessert would have been good, but I guess if they change the menu frequently it might work

A Tuesday evening meal with friends. Food excellent and quiet efficient service.

Really nice meal - not cheap but good value. We were very late for our booking but the waiters were very accommodating and didn&#039;t rush us at all, the food came really quickly and was fresh and tasty. There was an excellent selection of wine for £20-30 a bottle. We all had a great time and really enjoyed our food and the experience. Will definitely go back and would definitely recommend.

Business lunch at Magdalen - great menu and lunch offer meant we had some fantastic french cuisine for the same price as a typical sandwich/coffee chain. Food was excellent combined with good service. Will definitely be back.

We booked Magdalen as we thought £16.50 for two courses was good value. Due to our bus being diverted we were 40 minutes late for lunch. We phoned the restaurant to let them know this and they were incredibly kind about it.<br /><br />The service was excellent and out two courses were extremely tasty and beautifully cooked. I would recommend this wholeheartedly for lunch although I know it is good for dinner too.

We went for the first time on Friday night. The service was absolutely outstanding. And the food was some of the best I have had. It was a really lovely evening and we will definitely be coming back.

I was only in Magdalen for about an hour but in that time I was able to form a strong opinion of a refined, traditional neighbourhood restaurant with attentive service, an inventive menu and fine food. I must have walked past 100 times and never noticed it. Now, thanks to my generous clients, I have a new string to my bow in the London Bridge area. I hope to come back to appreciate its delights at greater leisure.

Four of us dined here on a recent Friday night. I loved our table by the front window - quiet and comfortable. In this age of noisy restaurants it was very welcome! The service was pleasant and professional in the beginning but started to fall apart as the place got busy. Nothing terrible - just a little erratic. The menu was interesting but unfortunately the food was nothing special. We all had different starters and mains but absolutely nothing stood out. Fried potato side dish was like the remnants from the bottom of the chip fryer - they really shouldn't have served them. We probably won't rush back.

Food excellent, atmosphere better downstairs a little quiet upstairs

We had a great time on our anniversary. The food was excellent and the wine lovely. We followed recommendations from the waitress and were not disappointed. <br />The evening was quite expensive but worth every penny.

Great find. Excellent food, good conversation w/out shouting, beautiful ambience/decor make for a perfect experience.

Fantastic food and wine and brilliant service. I&#039;ve been to Magdelen&#039;s several times and it never ceases to impress. Would recommend to anyone who enjoys great seasonal food that&#039;s been taken to another level. Although not the cheapest restaurant it is outstanding value and worth every penny.

Most enjoyable, delicious food, excellent service, impressive wine list. Would go back anytime