Rowley's in City of London, Westminster

Wonderful dinner. Food is absolutely gorgeous and staff very lovely. Recommendations were perfect. We enjoyed our evening in a quiet and very authentic place.

Rowleys is not as good value as it once was compared to other restaurants but the steak is really delicious and all the staff are great. My favourite place for a steak this year

Good but food choice limited and too much garlic for our taste

Excellent meal, especially the Steak

Service very slow and inattentive initially. Each course took ages to come to table. Not bad, but not great.

I’ve been going to Rowley’s for many years but it feels like it’s changed and not in a good way. Another reviewer said that it has lost its USP under new management. Let’s hope it recovers again soon. My experience today was good/ average but not exceptional as I believe it used to be.

As per usual, another great meal. A sophisticated and better quality L’Entrecôte….I highly recommend.

Rowley's situated in Jermyn street is a fine restaurant and worth a visit. The menu is not extensive but sufficient, shame there is not a set menu at the lunch sitting. The sirloin was on the tough side so would suggest the Fillet which was excellent as was the Sea Bass. Four Gin and tonics, two bottles of wine + four starters, four main courses and three puddings with service -£426.80, so not cheap but to be fair, service and ambience, very good (coffees were poor quality). As one of our group was celebrating a birthday, a birthday treat was promised but not forthcoming. Would I go again?…Yes, I would.

Bern coming here for 25 years!!! Best steak house in London

Lovely place to eat . Tables spaced nicely , high ceilings, really well thought out. Service was great.

Unfortunately, we had to leave as they only serve fish and chips for lunch, which is not stated on the menu on OpenTable. As we are not able to have meat on a Friday, this left us with very limited options. We have been before and love the restaurant so will definitely go back, just not on a Friday!

Having had very good experience and meals at Rowley’s many times, unfortunately on this occasion (06-12-24), my order of a “rare” although “fatty”entrecôte steak arrived perfectly cooked only then to be burnt by the slow table burner as I ate my meal ! Due to having half eaten the steak I chose not to complain at the time; not until I was paying and leaving the restaurant. In “hindsight” clearly this was a mistake as on reflection both the experience and the meal was “spoilt” ; the meal was paid in full, as this was not about the invoice. For the price paid I feel that this was not good value and feel very disappointed.

This really is top class, from the attentive service to the quality of the food. My friend and I had an amazing evening. Old fashioned authenticity at its very best.

A pleasure as always. Rowdier than usual, as is expected at this time of year, but it in no way detracted from a lovely lunch. Thank you.

Great service and super food, loved it. The restaurant had loads of charm

We had items missing from our meal and the service was very hit and miss. The waiter went off to get one of our missing items and just never came back leaving a meal incomplete. Maybe through embarrassment no one came near us. We piled up our plates and asked for the bill. Won't be going back, seemed to be run by inexperienced staff...

A perfect bistro!! Exceptional food and service. One of the best venues in London for casual perfection.

Great lunch, steak and chips, good quality, well cooked with charming staff. Very recommendable.

We had a fantastic evening at Rowleys. Great food and wine and well looked after by staff. A real treat.

Beautifully served by very attentive manager and staff: the steaks were quite delicious and it was wonderful to find Rowleys doing so well

Waiting time for a burger is about 1 hour and then it comes cold. Unacceptable at this price level. As regulars for years, we have now crossed this restaurant off our list

Elegant, understated bliss. Wonderful food, wine and service. We thoroughly enjoyed every moment.

Nice place but I had steak and for the price I would expect better. It was chewy and some gristle. For £41 it should have been better. I cannot fault the friendly staff.

excellent as always celebratory dinner

Great service. Very disappointed with the menu choices which were different to the menu online.

Great food and hosting - lovely post show meal and very much recommended

The staff are so polite, meal was served quick and don't get me started on the dessert.....amazing!

As always great food and service. Steak delicious as was the chicken

Great service from the moment we walked in the door, very nice meal and the steaks were excellent. Sticky Toffee pudding to follow always a favourite.

This was our first time dining here at it won’t be our last. The steaks were delicious as were the fries. Good friendly service

They need to sought out the draughty door -which also doesn’t close properly. A semi-circular velvet curtain would also be an improvement. Failing this do not sit near the door - a shame because the back of the restaurant is not so inviting. The sides are overpriced at £8 for a few green beans. I had the daily special - a lemon sole which was delicious- if swimming in a bit too much butter. Considering this was £42 this should have come with chips as the steak dishes do.

We ordered 2 different types of steak, cooked two different ways. When they arrived, they looked exactly the same in every way. Sirloin v ribeye. I mentioned this to the waiter , who said they were different cuts, but that they were the wrong way round, so we switched identical steaks. The salad I ordered was wrong, so had to be changed. Service - nice lady server. Others a bit to chummy. Disappointing meal - I wouldn’t go back.

Excellent restaurant that is nice and quiet. The food was superb, especially the encrote steak & unlimited fries. The staff very friendly and helpful. Really enjoyed our time and would highly recommend.

We enjoyed an excellent dinner very good food well and cheerfully served. Not that cheap but it is Central London! We will be back.

We had a lovely meal, after a visit to the theatre

As a solo diner travelling, it was a very pleasant quiet dinner. Entrecote steak & fries very nicely done.. Will return

We had a wonderful evening with family. We enjoyed returning to Rowley's once again after 40 years. The meal was as good as we remembered on the occasions we visited during the late 70s/early 80s! The ambiance was lovely as expected. Many thanks for an enjoyable 70th birthday celebration!

Excellent service and great food. Can recommend this restaurant for great ambience in a central London location.

Pleasant lunch venue with simple menu choice, well presented with attentive service.

Top restaurant. Excellent food, good wines, attentive staff, great ambience.

Friendly staff, delicious food. A regular haunt many years ago. Glad to have ‘found’ it again

We ordered French onion soup and chateaubriand. The food was presented very well and tasted great. The service was prompt, and they were very friendly. The ambiance was elegant.

Found this hidden gem in Piccadilly and it did not disappoint! We started with calamari and chicken liver parfait, which was amazing and sticky toffee pudding to finish (the best I’ve ever had!) but the main attraction was the Steak!! We had the sharing plate and it was incredible with unlimited fries! The staff were so lovely and friendly and the atmosphere felt very cosy and tucked away from the chaos of Regent street!

Obviously great steak, but kind and warm service and good wines lead to a straightforwardly yummy steak and chips.

We met old friends for lunch -were served by a delightful young man Ben and a lovely young lady whose name I’m afraid I didn’t catch - calamari to share to start with snd 3 entrecote steaks and one burger - all delicious washed down with excellent reasonably priced wine

Thoroughly enjoyed our dinner at Rowleys. The service from the girls that work there was excellent. Our Cote de Beouf was sensational and cooked to perfection. Cannot wait to return soon!

We had a very good an happy lunch at Rowley's. But oh dear, the cost was exorbitant. The beef menu started at £42 (it says £38 on the web) so we went for the burger and fish & chips. For starters we had calamari. I am sure the burger was £24 (not £19 as on the web). With two glasses of wine each and coffee afterwards the bill came to £162. At these prices, my old familiar haunt has just become excessive and I would rather go somewhere more upmarket. The service was not that great either, with cutlery being dropped all around us. What a shame.

Arrived 5.30 said we needed to leave by 6.30, ordered immediately, two steaks. By five to six no sign of food so I asked what was happening. After a few minutes told that kitchen had not received the ticket for the order but would now cook the meal. Food arrived 6.05 so had about 20 minutes to scoff down very average steak. Unsatisfactory experience. And because there were no other diners while we waited we could not but hear staff conversations. Paid our bill (we should have left when we learnt the kitchen never got the order) minus the service charge. Avoid.

this place really in the bee knees. Great steaks (and v sensible rest of menu) Top draw service and very sensible wine list. If you are a steak fan and love authenticity, Rowleys is the place to go. The unlimited fries help!

Overall a great experience. Food was very tasty and the pace of service relatively good. Nice cozy spot and well located.

Best steak I have had in London for a while! Rowleys offers a truly unique and traditional dining experience. It has a great atmosphere and the staff are super friendly and offer great service. This is no doubt going to be my go to steak restaurant going forward!

Really? Location ✔️decor ✔️staff✔️ambiance ✔️ dining experience- yep it’s overpriced steak and chips

Very kind ! Nice atmosphere! Tasty food! I will eat again!

Great food. Lovely welcoming environment for lunch. Will definitely visit again.

Superb as always. I have been going for years. Always an absolute delight.

Rowley's a bit of an institution. Everything is done proper and the place is neat. Their chips are unlimited and certainly worth having seconds of. I thought the service was impeccable and very friendly without being overbearing. The price/taste ratio left to be desired, although I had a wonderful meal.

Always delivers what's expected. I've been visiting for about 40 years and only had one disappointment when we took our godson and his sister there about 2 years ago.

If you like traditional values and value, this is a great place. Great food and attentive, discrete but attentive service in a timeless environment then try here.

The food didn't live up to expectations. Steak had no flavour. Sea bass was good but veg swimming in butter. Desserts were ridiculously small portions as well as bread basket. They had no sparkling water and couldn't make a Bloody Mary, in a Steak restaurant!!

Wait staff and food were great - hard to find a good steak AND good fish in a restaurant and they had both - very enjoyable dinner - thank you!

Great Food. Great service. Great atmosphere. Great place.

Good restaurant in the heart of London. Specialty steak, set in building with beautiful tiling al around the room. Food is very good, staff very friendly , this is our 4th visit not in London often but usually try and get a table here.

I've visited this restaurant on and off for decades. Principaly for the entrecote steak and frites. Finished in gorgeous garlic butter at table. Still on the menu. Interesting interior (used to be a pie shop). Friendly welcome. Comfortable interior. I prefer the tiled front area. Not too large menu, excellent wines; many by glass. The steak was so-so this time. Not tender. Certainly a nice lunch restaurant when shopping or for pre theatre dinner

Tasteful sober interior. White linen on the table. Friendly service. Good food. Very good value for money.

Staff and food were excellent. We had booked a table by the window, but when we arrived they were occupied. Staff came over and said one was nis empty and moved us. Delightful staff indeed. We use Rowley’s a lot and I had put down via Open Table that it was our wedding anniversary. We have always in the past been offered a free drink. Staff were obviously not made aware.

Booking for 17:30 before going to the theatre. Really good food good service in a good location.

Food was amazing - and service was outstanding! Would recommend Rowley’s to anyone who enjoys a great steak!

We dined for a pre-theatre dinner and the restaurant was quiet. The service was exceptional and the food was cooked perfectly. A great place to eat and dine in the heart of London.

Facility beautiful! Service great! Food wonderful!

First visit Restaurant empty Lovely ambience Despite being empty service was slow. Annoying things like when main course arrived I ordered a glass of wine. Did not appear until meal almost finished. Food OK. Had steak (famous for). Overpriced undersized.

Some of the best food we’ve eaten so far! A classic London spot.

Fantastic restaurant, great service, unbelievable food.

Excellent service and great food. Very friendly environment

Very good staff but it was a quiet evening so there were fewer demands on them. Overall, a pleasant experience.

Love going to Rowley’s when in London! Always delicious and service is always stupendous!

As Good As Ever - super meal on Thursday night & very well looked after by Hazel & her colleagues. Delicious steak & extra chips, what could be better, other than the sticky toffee to follow. Utterly dependable, quality food in great surroundings

Perfect restaurant with great staff, lovely ambience and delicious food. Sirloin steak is recommended.

From the moment we walked in we were treated like family. The hostess and waitstaff were top notch. The food was amazing. Steak and Chicken dishes and the fries were excellent. but stay for the sticky toffee pudding. the best!

All three of meals were excellent. An overall enjoyable experience!

My first visit to Rowleys, lovely conveniently located restaurant. Service was perfect, meal was excellent, I had a burger and can honestly say that the meat was the best seasoned I have ever had! I will definitely return v shortly! 5*

Exceptional service, excellent food and wonderful setting

The staff are very welcoming, polite and efficient and Rowley’s can be relied upon to produce a consistently good meal on every visit.

Having been a few times over the years we have seen Rowleys be a bit of a hit and miss especially with staff. On our most recent trip it was on form. Our waitress from Joburg was attentive and helpful, having only just joined and the food was consistent with plentiful nice crispy fries.

Excelente opción 100 % inglesa, amable y la comida fenomenal

Excellent food & staff. Great touch with the personal heaters to keep the steaks warm. Much more personal & high-class than other similar places I've been, like entrecôte.

Definitively better than Entrecôte, not even a competition.

We had lunch here yesterday and this was the first time in about five years! Covid etc. we chose not to have starters and went straight into main courses! I had the rump steak cooked with garlic and chips. The steak was cooked to perfection. Probably because I cooked it!!!! I had crème brûlée for dessert and that was to die for! Special thanks to Aisha who served us. First class!

Assuming you like steak, this is a great place to get a really good steak. If you don't eat meat there are very good fish options and, for everyone, a great dessert menu.

Goddess excellent and the staff, superb. So professional and wanted to make sure we were happy. We were. Thank you for a wonderful time

A bit overpriced for what it is. The food was ok for this type of restaurant, nothing special. For the same price you get better value in other places. The place wasn't busy at all but it still felt like they might have been understaffed. There were plenty of empty tables but still we saw some people being turned away. The food took a while to come out and it didn't come out at the same time, so some of us were waiting while others had almost finished their plate, and this was consistent for each course. The cheesecake should have been just a matter of cutting up a slice and plating it, but somehow it came out much later than the sticky toffee puddings which needed to be heated up. The sticky toffee pudding wasn't very good, the person who ordered it didn't want to finish it.

An institution. 6 out of 5 stars

Food great as always. Seems to be a new team of staff, who were absolutely superb and great fun

The food was very good and the staff run a relaxed and welcoming restaurant. Recommended if you want a very good meal in a civilised environment right in the centre of London.

Delicious steak and good crispy chips. Beans were excellent and good choice of wines

Even though we miss the ribeye, we had superb fillet steaks and absolutely enjoyed the food and experience. The only thing is that we prefer the sauce on the steak to be served separately. This is one of the many visits we've had to Rowley's, and we're very happy with the dining experience!!

Arrived without reservation and still wearing work gear, but we were shown to a table without any bother. 3 of us had fish, very tasty. Would return.

Came here for a pre-theatre dinner. I had the pre-theatre menu which at £50 for three courses and a glass of bubbly (which I managed to sub out for OJ) is pretty good value for the quality of the food. I started with the calamari which was lovely. I followed this with the sirloin steak with fries and their signature garlic and Roquefort butter which was really good. I finished off the meal with sticky toffee pudding which was very soft and moist. Service was great, really friendly and professional and I managed to get a three course meal in an hour. Will definitely come again.

A repeat visit to our favourite London restaurant. Food perfect and service fantastic including particular thanks to Bojidar for looking after us so well. Look forward to a return when in London Thanks Mike

Glad to return to one of our favourite restaurants. Original core steak menu seems to have been expanded to cover alternative dishes, (must appeal to some visitors I suppose 🤭) but high standards of food, wine and service maintained.

Amazing place to eat. The atmosphere is always great and the service first class. The food is extraordinary and the staff are extremely accommodating and friendly. One of my favourite places to eat in London.