Scoff and Banter Covent Garden in Camden

Reservamos una mesa para 7 sin ningún conocimiento previo del restaurante. Simplemente pasó y el menú en la ventana parecía atractivo. ¡Que hermoso lugar! La comida era absolutamente deliciosa. Excelentes entrantes: mini pudines de Yorkshire con rodajas de rosbif y deliciosos pasteles de cangrejo. Luego teníamos todo, desde el pastel de pescado y el pastel de pastor hasta una hamburguesa. Terminado con crumble de manzana y una mini bagatela excelente. El personal no podría haber sido mejor. Los platos principales tenían alrededor de 11 o 12 libras. Estamos todos aquí por tres meses y puedo ver que este lugar será un firme favorito.

Durante un aguacero espantoso y ya empapada y fría mientras que visto lo que parecía un refugio exclusivo. Fue una visita espontánea y resultó ser un descubrimiento agradable en la plaza en el Raddison Leister. La sopa de naranja jengibre estaba bien caliente y se sirve con rebanadas de pan abundante, encantador. El café era excelente y el juego en calidad por Daniela que nos sirve. El almuerzo era relajante y delicioso. En nuestro grupo disfrutamos de un precioso naranja chocolate postre extra con salsa de chocolate. El espacio fue superior en detalles, pero no menos importante, poco cargada.

Nos aprovechamos de teatro ofrecen cena disponibles con entradas para el teatro. 2 campos y copa de vino. Después de leer las críticas anteriores, estaba preocupado, pero mezclado me complace decir que nuestras comidas eran excelentes. Personal amable. Fueron capaces de ofrecer alternativas de menú para mis hijas de productos lácteos en la tolerancia.

Vinimos aquí como un grupo de ocho a través de una reserva de última hora opentable. Después de tener algunos problemas para encontrar el lugar, hubo un poco de confusión con una camarera bastante grosero acerca de si había una mesa para nosotros (ella dijo que había que sentarse en el bar, cuando de hecho significaba que había una mesa en la zona de en frente del bar, que estaba bien). Pero una vez nos habíamos sentado, era la navegación simple; entre nosotros probamos varias de las tartas y el pescado y patatas fritas (servidos con salsa de curry), que eran encantadores, disfruté especialmente mi pastel de pescado con una guarnición de kale. Los precios no estaban mal, aunque nos sentimos engañoso cuando ninguno de los principales venía con algo así que necesitaba pedir lados además. En general, pasamos una noche estupenda y lo recomiendo si estás en la zona y quieran una tarta preciosa para la cena.

Un buen lugar para su teatro antes o después de comer. El personal es muy atento y el mobiliario son preciosas. Hay un chef menú especial 2 o 3 platos que cuesta £18 o £22 o dependiendo de cómo muchos campos. Elegimos el menú a la carta que tenía buenas opciones y no muchos (demasiados a menudo significa que es producido en masa). Teníamos el abadejo con patatas y guarnición, y fue una buena porción de tamaño. Muy agradable. También teníamos un flan y, de nuevo, muy bonito. En cuanto al precio, bien estás en teatros de Londres, así que no esperes pagar más. Las bebidas son sin embargo un poco caro gran copa de vino era de más de 8 libras! Sin embargo, volvería de nuevo y vale la pena una comida cómoda cuando va a ver un espectáculo.

Un té me costo cupnof más de 4 libras, lo cual es ridículo.

Fue recibido por el personal amable, y pedimos algunas caras de cerveza y vino. Menú principal almuerzo parecía tentadora, pero era más de lo que estábamos buscando. Pedí y me dieron un menú alternativo. Cuando la comida llegó mi codornices huevos no tenía blanco y de mi esposa sandwich palitos de pescado pescado gris y no había manera que iba a riesgo. Ella retiró el pescado y disfrutamos de un chip butty. Se disculparon y nos preguntó si queríamos algo más. No nos cobraron por el bocadillo de palitos de pescado pero era £25.67 para hongos en tostadas, una cerveza pequeña y un gran rose..

Just back from a fab weekend away in London to celebrate my husbands birthday . We pre booked a meal at "Scoff & Banter" where my husband ,8 year old grandson and my self had dinner . We were not disappointed from being greeted by our waitress for the evening "Andrea" who was delightful throughout our meal to the food which did not disappoint I can just say that the icing on the cake was when my husband was serenaded by 3 lovely waitresses with a cake singing happy birthday ...5 stars for service, ambiance and value for money

El nombre describe bastante lo que mi amigo y yo hacer cuando juntos (estoy seguro que los primeros en hacer broma), así que nos fuimos para una cena antes del teatro, y el servicio era amable y rápido. La comida era deliciosa (yo tenía las correderas de cerdo desmenuzado y mi amigo tenía el pastel de pescado, ambos deliciosos), aunque no hay ningún lados como estándar por lo que considera de conseguir.

Just had a drink but service was good, and food on other tables looked yum , one to try next time I think

We had drinks & a selection of starters on our first evening which were delicious & exactly what we were looking for. Breakfast was also in the restaurant which was so fresh & plenty of choice. Combine that with friendly, polite staff....what more could we ask for.

Popped in to shelter from the heat and it looked so cool and invitingDecided to have a CosmoBartender very welcoming , chatty surroundings very smart looking.Drink was poured to perfection, well worth the stop Great for people watching too

The place feels more like a cocktail bar than a restaurant, a feeling reinforced by the seating - I felt like I was sitting on a rather lumpy sofa. The people next to us were having an early afternoon tea. Food was ok but a bit ordinary. Try the pies, which were good. With so much competition around in this area this place needs to decide what it wants to be.

We had a meal here Good Friday and have to say for the price the worst meal I have ever had out in a restaurant. Also very busy and extremely noisy. Certainly would not recommend. We had Shepherds pie with a teaspoonful of insipid cabbage which would have disgraced a school dinner.

great breakfast served in this hotel. polite and helpful staff, food lovely and hot, very tasty too, if there was anything not on the buffett you could ask the staff, nice relaxed atmosphere,

There is no question that the staff took care of us. For my party of 6, nothing was too much trouble and multiple wait staff were so very helpful without being intrusive. Chatty, noisy, friendly, elegant kind of place and clearly popular (though I like quieter restaurants myself, but that is a personal choice). As for food, hm. Very good, is my feeling. No heights of excellence; I guess it was a bit over-hyped in the comments here. My sister loved the bone-in shepherd's pie; me and my mum were pleased with our sea bass - crispy and delicious with a faint taste of aniseed, though underseasoned. Dad happy with his ale pie. My side of kale ('winter veg') was lovely and fresh though I was deeply unimpressed with the 'sauteed' potatoes, which in my experience should be crispy and wonderful - and just sat there, vaguely grey-brown. Given that you pay separately for sides, I wasn't ecstatic. Oh, my starter of king prawns was TOUGH as all hell, and the scallop shell it was served in appeared to leak all over the table. The sticky toffee pudding was very good. But again, not excellent. BEAUTIFUL crockery, water jugs, glasses. Everything looks great. Prices are really reasonable. So much to recommend it - again, staff, you were so lovely - but not sure I'd go back for the food...

Until recently I'd never been to Scoff and Banter, but as it's so close to Donmar Warehouse, I thought I'd try it for a pre-theatre meal. I was impressed - very good meal, the most charming, attentive, helpful service I've experienced for a long time, and good ambience and atmosphere. Have already paid it a return visit and had the same positive views. A cut above many of its rivals in the same price range.

Visited to celebrate my wife's birthday with my family. We booked the Afternoon Tea. The food was fantastic along with the service. We arrived nearly 2 hours late due to road closures in London but this was not a problem and we was not rushed in any way. My 7 year old received a "Matilda" book and her bespoke, child friendly, afternoon tea. Loads of Choc !!!! & Cream !!! Highly recommended !!! Will certainly return to try something else on the menu !!

We went there for a family lunch. The place is nice, tidy and calm but the food menu was just quite interesting and we were all having great expectation. The food was cold and the dessert (ice cream) was not even close to what we were expecting in this kind of place.

I really wanted to give this restaurant four or five stars, but I just couldn't.Plus points:- It's in a great location, in the Seven Dials area (near Covent Garden)- The decor of the restaurant is warm, soft, inviting and cozy- You can hear yourself speak, which is a rarity in restaurants these days!- The service was very goodNegative points:- The food. It just wasn't great. In such lovely surroundings and with great service, I really expected more. But my chicken just didn't taste great. There weren't a lot of gluten free options. There also weren't a lot of veggie options, although my friend loved their veggie pie - about the only thing she could eat!

The house restaurant of the Radisson Blu hotel in the bustling West End-Covent Garden neighborhood, Scoff and Banter offers a contemporary take on the eccentric (to Americans and others) English traditional menu. "Bubble and Squeak," Shepherd's Pie, Cumberland Pie, and other pub food specialties are presented with seriousness and some flair. The location is great--around the corner from a pack of West End theaters--and the room comfortable and spacious. If it feels a bit generic, like an up market hotel in any major city in the world, so be it. The prices are moderate and the service just fine.

We went in for a quick meal before Romeo and Juliet. Didn't expect much since it was in a hotel but it looked better than other choices. It was a great surprise how delicious it was! I had the two course special: celeric soup and Cheddar Spinach Turnovers. The soup was interesting but I didn't love it. The turnovers were terrific! Flakey with mashed potatoes and spinach stuffed inside. My husband had the pork sliders off the regular menu and he also enjoyed them. It was a real shame that we had to rush-it would have been so nice to savor it. Plan to go before a show and leave enough time to enjoy your meal. Probably it's a good idea to tell them you have to make a show-it took quite a while, though I'm sure the quality of the food required the time.

Called and booked a lunch reservation, was asked if it was a special occasion and advised it was my mothers and grandmothers bday and really didn't think much of it. Well we arrived to a warm welcome and enjoyed every minute of our two hour dining. From the fish and chips, to the steak and ale pie and desserts was truly lovely. Then I was quietly asked whose bdays it was, the waiters then came out with candles and cupcakes, singing happy birthday!!!! It was so unexpected and thoughtful. Brought my mum and Nan to tears. Excellent service, fantastic food, lovely location and surroundings and reasonably priced. Definitely returning customers!!!!

Great service-staff friendly and attentive, food-great choice and delicious, ( staff recommendations for extra sides), drinks- a decent variety of wines and beers (we tried quite a few!) and price-great price for central London. Highly recomend.

We walked up from Trafalgar and it started to drizzle. The street cafes were suddenly all full. As we turned into Leicester square the heaven 's opened and we dashed into the first covered place round the corner. It was opposite the Theatre Ticket booth so we expected it to be another very busy spot but we were lucky and found a corner table with a view of the park area, and out of the rain! I went inside to find the Ladies room and discovered it to be a Radisson Blue hotel which we had experienced in Stanstead airport. Very nice inside with huge open windows, but we were happy to be outside.We tried the fish and chips, and a vegetarian pie. Both were excellent. I am finding the UK very good for vegetarians these days, and comments were that the fish and chips were the best yet.

A gem of a find in the heart of Covent Garden. Cannot fault the service and the food is outstanding. A pre-matinee theatre treat that made out day complete. From the waiting staff who were superb with kiddies to geriatrics, to the excellent food presented with pride, this restaurant is truly exceptional.

Visited again last night before seeing Beautiful. This has now become our go to pre - theatre restaurant. Excellent food and service at a reasonable price followed by a great show make for a memorable evening.

My wife and I ate here on June 10th during our trip to London. We ate inside, in the spacious dining room with the huge comfortable armchairs. I had the fish and chips and my wife had the steak and kidney pie with beeps and tatties. Both were delicious. For dessert my wife had the Eton mess and I had the sticky toffee pudding with salted caramel ice cream and caramel sauce. It was to die for. Absolute bes dessert I have ever had. The three ingredients were separated instead of the pudding sitting in a pool of sauce. The service was terrific.

We popped in on a Thursday evening with no reservation but it is a big restaurant and we were shown to a table for two. The food was delicious, I had shepherds pie and it tasted amazingly good. Dessert was also a traditional dish with a twist and equally delicious. The wine was a little expensive but overall I felt the bill wasn't too bad.

Came here with a friend... the restaurant is huge and soon filled with customers. Beautiful interior, excellent customer services and good food. There was no rush by the waiters to kick us out so we had a good catch up over good food.

The service here was very good and the fish dishes and artisan bread we had were nice but the onion soup we both had was pretty bland and needed some white wine and cheese to give it more flavour. it was also served in a tin mug which was odd for a supposedly upmarket restaurant. The Eton mess was just ice cream with a few pieces of broken meringue on top, doused in very sweet raspberry sauce and the ice cream was also drowned in the same very very sweet sauce. The food we sampled did not justify the prices charged.

Great food service and atmosphere. Good value. Thoughtfully presented a birthday cake!! Highly recommend.

Thank you too all the lovely staff who served us on Saturday you made it a perfect evening we will definitely be visiting again

This was our first time eating at Scoff and Banter and certainly won't be our last - food was great and reasonably priced. Staff were attentive and very friendly. They didn't appear to be waiting for our table so we had more drinks after our meal and didn't feel under pressure to rush - we'd been to a matinee performance and this just was the perfect ending to our perfect day.

This is a beautiful, modern restaurant that offers traditional British food. There were some dishes that we were not familiar with and the waitress was very helpful in describing them and helping us to select our meals.Their menu includes a variety of fish, chicken, pork, beef and vegetarian dishes. We also tried bubble and squeak and neaps and tatties for the first time. All of the dishes were very good.

We enjoyed a great pre-theatre meal at Scoff & Banter. The smoked haddock fishcake and prawn cocktail starters went down fabulously with a glass of prosecco. For mains, we enjoyed the steak and ale pie with a variety of vegetables and a glass of the superb Cabernet Sauvignon. Excellent, friendly service and a great atmosphere. We look forward to a return visit.

Great Breakfast with high quality choices- smoked salmon on buffet and fruit bowls blueberries, raspberries and strawberries :)

I've been here last Saturday, the location is great just close to Covent Garden square. It was really busy but they squeezed us in the bar, the service was amazing and the food delicious. If you would like to have great food and service I truly recommend this place.

Found this place when looking for a comfortable place to eat and relax before travelling home after a few days in London. Food was lovely - we tried the shepherd's pie with cabbage and it was delicious - piping hot and nicely served by Leonardo our charming and friendly Italian waiter. Would definitely return.

Really poor food. Slow service. When eventually the main courses arrived one steak and ale pie was stone cold. Straight from fridge/freezer so one of our party of 4 waited even longer and watched us eat. Avoid.

Nice place for dinner in centre of west end, good food and nice staff team, would return, nice its part of the Radission which is a beautiful hotel.

We ate here before our visit to the theatre. The food was superb and the service excellent too. We did not have to wait long for anything.The lamb which we had was cooked to perfection, melting in the mouth. The sweets are also sublime. If I was visiting London again I would certainly visit their Covent Garden restaurant again - it is a great place for a birthday celebration.

A wonderful restaurant! Great food, lovely ambience and the staff were amazing. Could not fault this restaurant!

Visited scoff and banter at Covent Garden last night for my mums birthday. The waiting staff were very helpful and lovely, the decor is was attractive with a relaxed atmosphere and most importantly the food was fantastic

We had an amazing dinner at scoff and banter! Since the first minute the team was lovely, friendly and Chatting. They gave us several recommendations about different dishes. Highly recommended pulled pork burgers and fish cake! We will come back soon to visiting Monmouth st S&B

We dropped in here for lunch after visiting the British Museum. We hadn't realised that it was part of the Radisson. We found it a restful oasis, the toilets were spotless and the only jarring note was the choice of music. The food was excellent, very tasty and the service was satisfactory. The linen was crisp and fresh and the glasses sparkling. We are looking forward to visiting again

I had a great pleasure having my birthday meal at Scoff&Banter. The food and service was excellent for unfordable price in central London. Couldn't ask for more.

Not expecting much from a 'theatre and meal' deal booked at the last minute, I was pleasantly surprised to receive a tasty, 'chef produced' meal in a very well located restaurant close to the Cambridge Theatre. The food and cocktails came in good time and were enjoyed by all

Took my daughter for the Matilda afternoon tea, it was lovely, service was really great and nothing as too much trouble. Thank you x

Yes, been to S&B once before. We decided to return as we enjoyed it the first time. We enjoyed it the second time. Looking at the desert menu, however the chocolate crisp didn't reflect it's name. I left half of it.

Very pleasant Sunday afternoon drinking fine Spanish wineBeen here before for cocktails that were more than ok Enjoyable

We were a table of two each time we entered. We signed on for the breakfast "special" through the hotel Radisson where the restaurant resides. I would say the staff try their best but the cooks cannot cook eggs to suit at all. Every morning we attended for breakfast (4 days) we saw waiter staff running egg dishes back to the kitchen as I needed to happen with mine. On one occasion I ordered eggs over easy/light, they came to me well done. On another, I ordered an omelette lightly fried, it arrived from brown and over done (at least for me), there was a second and third attempt to correct, but each time it came back deep brown. I mentioned that the cook/s do not seem to know how to cook eggs, the staff just looked at me with an expression that said, yes, you are right. The staff did not need to affirm anything for me, I witnessed it over and over. We also had a dinner, which was not half bad. I gave the review only 3 as the seating is horrible, you are placed on top of another table (right beside) you cannot and I mean cannot leave your seat for the buffet or any or reason without knocking the other table or spilling your coffee and theirs all over. You are often placed right beside the computer system and where the waiter staff chat, awful. Also, the decor needs updating and the seats need to be refinished because if you sit on a bench and for a party of two someone must sit on a bench seat...it is so deflated as the foam has compressed into a paper thin wafer. You are literally sitting on a board in a hole and can hardly reach the table. The staff will bring you a large back cushion that will rise you up but once again, try and leave your seat, good luck. I suppose if you are full of spirits you will not notice or care. I would give 4 stars to staff and 2 to the restaurant so I must give a 3 overall. I will not return. Just so that everyone knows why we ate breakfast there so many times if we were not satisfied...when you arrive you are tired and often frustrated as the hotel made so many mistakes with our account, no room ready, etc that you sign on for a special price for the breakfast and once you sign on you must take it or you pay anyway, there is no negotiation to try to get out of that...we tried...even that was messed up by the hotel, as they has us down for only one breakfast, yet we were a party of two and we signed for both people. We ate dinner there due to a credit from our travel agent due to a mix up...so we had many opportunities to review the restaurant, over and over again.

We stopped off here for a drink... We had a bottle of very nice wine, but the service, although smiley, was poor..We had to pour our own drinks even though at least 3 waiting staff walked past our table. They were quick to take the empty bottle and ask if we wanted another one...Annoyingly they charged us 12.5% service charge... To open a bottle of wine.

My family took me here for lunch and it was a great meal, good atmosphere and good service. It gets very crowded, so best to book but plenty of choice and good afternoon teas as well [we watched other people tucking into their tea as we were having a late lunch].

On my first night in London, I had no plans and no idea where to go. I wandered and wandered and found myself in the lounge here. So glad. The cocktail list is fantastic. Creative and delicious. The food was wonderful having the salmon cake and the lamb rump. Plenty of flavor and loved the atmosphere. Wine list was serviceable and just had a great night. Thank you.

Really good service, the waitresses were very friendly. The food was absolutely delicious and the sticky toffee pudding was fabulous!

Pre- theatre meal - excellent service ambience and service - also very efficient - would highly recommend

We visited on a Saturday evening before the theatre for a drink. Whilst the cocktails were delicious but expensive at £9.50 the service was shocking! They were not short staffed as there were plenty of visible staff however we waited far to long for our drinks. A member of staff even came back to us after 20 minutes asking what we had ordered!!!! Two ladies next to us who were there actually before us never got there drinks and left! I will not be returning because of the service.

Following a successful evening with work colleagues in April, I thought it would be great to take the family for a lunch to Scoff & Banter Covent Garden yesterday. The food was indeed very good yet the ordering of the wine and staff behaviour thereafter left me a very unhappy customer.The wine list is short yet has some good quality wines on them. The first wine I ordered was in stock but had just been delivered hence was not cooled hence I had to make a second choice - a bottle of Chablis by Bouchard & Fils. Yet when the waiter arrived it was a completely different wine that the waiter would have simply served without making me aware of it. As I recognised the mistake immediately, I was told that the wine in question was not in stock but I could have a discount on the bottle which quite frankly would have been the realistic value of the bottle. Hence I ordered the 3rd alternative.Making the maitre d' aware of the situation I was then greeted with a hostile attitude to the subject which truly put another angle to the poor experience yesterday!If you vary your wine list then I think it would be appropriate to advertise it accordingly on the wine list - it is simply a case of up-dating a page of A4 paper according to Trading Standards. Once a customer is being misled, one would expect a friendly and professional customer service attitude from the person in charge hence I would strongly suggest that Eva receives some additional customer service training! Yet I shall not come back to check it out and hope that other customers won't have the same experience!

Buzzing atmosphere on a Friday evening. Our server Andrea an extremely pleasant lady and nothing too much trouble for her and another young lady whose name I didn't note unfortunately. It is in an area where you are going to pay a bit of a premium, but the premises are quite classy and the prices are not outrageous. The cuisine is English. We all had and enjoyed the whitebait starter which came with quite a spicy sauce. Mains were mainly pies which again went down very well. As has been noted sides have to be paid separately, I think most if not all were £3 and the portions are generous. The sticky toffee pudding dessert was pronounced "delicious". A cup cake with candle and scattered berry fruits accompanied by a staff chorus of Happy Birthday for the birthday celebrant in our party was a nice touch. A most enjoyable evening overall.

Stayed at the Radisson Blu on 30th April 2016 and ate dinner here at Scoff & Banter and wanted to let you all know what a great restaurant this really was. Now I'm not saying that it was cheap neither was it tremendously expensive for a restaurant in the middle of London but I have to say that the food was fabulous.Both myself and my husband had the rib eye steak which I can honestly say was probably the nicest steak I have ever tried....yum yum !I had my steak with Sauté potatoes with caramelised shallots with winter greens, caraway butter and a red wine gravy - my husband had the steak with polenta chips and some of my winter greens and also had the red wine gravy. The steaks were cooked to perfection :-)Couldn't fit desert in sadly but made the most of the cocktails, I had Russian rocks which was delish :-) They weren't cheap at £9.00 per go but nice for a treat and truly scrummy.The staff were great and very helpful - We would deffo recommend :-)

We booked in here after a visit to the theatre, we were met by a friendly girl at front of house who showed us to our table, we immediately had another girl take our drinks order, we were shown the menus and given time to choose, the starters came and were generous in portion and very tasty, the mains again left us feeling satisfied and that we had had value for money, the staff were attentive at all times but not all over you and always very friendly, would go back again.

Went here for a quick lunch. It looked pleasant from the outside. No problems with the food we had sandwiches and they were good. The service was not reactive . It seemed like the place was empty yet the staff were fully occupied with doing something but not looking after customers. Also the furnishings were also tired with the seating needing some attention.

Good food and pleasant service and not as outrageously priced as so many other restaurants in London.

At first we thought this place was amazing. The service was great, friendly attentive but not over the top. Our cocktails came quickly and they were incredible. The starters we had (salmon fish cake and prawn cocktail) were delicious. But then the mains ruined our experience, to say we won't be going back. The steak pie was great (£12 for a single pie no side) but the side of chips and gravey were both tasteless. The steak was basic not what you would expect for £18 and that is literally just the steak you have to pay extra for sides, paying separately for parsnips and separately for carrot mash and another price for the tasteless peppercorn sause. Both mains left a greasy residue in our mouths. For how much choice there is of other restaurants in the area this was overall disappointing, especially for the price.

Lovely food. They squeezed us in even though it was a busy Saturday afternoon and we had not booked.We had lovely starters and tried 3 different pies between us. Service was excellent food was tasty. Would definitely come back again though there is so much choice nearby...Nice bottle of Pilsner too :)

This is a really nice relaxed restaurant, with excellent cocktails. I really enjoyed my whitebait starter and shepherds pie. I also had bubble and squeak with bacon that was excellent

Very friendly and helpful staff, delivering great service. Very tasty food, quite basic in terms of presentation, but good flavours.

Fantastic for couples date night! Great atmosphere, friendly staff, good food and tasty cocktails!Great night had by all!

We booked this restaurant for our sons 18th birthday . Nice table and pleasant staff. Wonderful cocktails. Menu is quite small all vegetables are extra cost but good portion. Nice starters, main course was nice but slightly overdone especially the fish and the chicken. Didn't have desserts as too full. Overall a nice lunch and lovely attentive staff.

The service was good though could have been a bit more tentative given it wasn't very busy. The food was delicious and fairly priced for lunch. Would come back

I visited with a friend on a Friday evening as neither of us have been to the chain before. We booked but the restaurant emptied out once the pre-theatre crowd had moved onto their shows. The decor is really cosy and the seats are so comfy. The toilets are also very clean and flashy!The food is what I've knocked a point off for - the classic pub-grub style dishes are somewhat limited. My pork sliders were fine and my friend enjoyed the shepherd's pie but it wasn't anything to write home about and not a venue to bring any foodies! However, for the central location the price point is very reasonable.The staff and drinks really make this place. The service was spot on - reminiscent of a high-end restaurant more than a mini-chain. When we mentioned we wanted to move to the bar area for cocktails after dinner, a table was found in the bar and reserved, our drinks orders taken in the restaurant and there waiting for us at our new table in the bar - excellent!Overall it's a great location for a pre-theatre bite or a cosy catch up with a friend where the location, service and drinks are more important than the food.

Great food in a very nice restaurant staff were extremely helpful and food delivered to the table really quickly.

Pour le repas du soir. Très beau décor feutré dans le restaurant, très bons plats, excellents desserts, particulièrement le gâteau toffee avec crème au caramel salé. Bon rapport qualité et quantité prix. Service adéquat et courtois, quoique un peu lent.

I tend to immediately ding a restaurant a few points for originality if it's a chain, but the crew at Scoff & Banter seems to have figured out a good formula, so there's no sense penalizing them for making it convenient with multiple locations. The fish was perfectly prepared, and I'm kicking myself for NOT ordering the sticky pudding with sea salt caramel ice cream. My friend had it and offered a bite - and it was delicious!

We had drinks in there before going to the Cambridge theatre to see Matilda and breakfast the next morning as the Scoffe and Banter is part of the Raddison Blue where we stayed. Very nice place to meet up and the Breakfast was one of the best we have had in hotel.

Scoff and Banter is a bar/restaurant located within Radisson Blu Edwardian Mercer Street Covent Garden, very convenient for the West end within walking distance of many of the places we visited including the Royal Opera House Covent Garden (5minute walk).The bar and restaurant staff were all most attentive and courteous always greeting us with a smile. Ben the bar manager greeted us and shook hands when we arrived, nothing was too much trouble to him which was so much appreciated, this was our second stay at the hotel. There is a varied menu for breakfast, with a plentiful amount of food served, similarly the lunch menu, plus sandwich light meals also available, the sandwiches were so large we shared on the second day, as they were served with chips and side salad, very filling.! Overall the bar/restaurant was of a very high standard, which was very much appreciated by us both.

This is our second visit and it was just as good as the first. Very much recommend to other families. Food was delicious and the staff provided excellent service.

Had a very special experience had the Matilda themed afternoon tea with my daughter. We both had a lovely time and really enjoyed the experience,the staff were friendly and helpful and made me defiantly want to come back again thank you

The food here is always lovely.. we didn't eat here this time but we did last time.. Always fresh and hot. Bar & Restaurant staff always around, always ready to help and serve with a smile on there faces!

Walking by this restaurant before going to the theatre and tried it by chance. Friendly service, finding us a table quickly on a busy evening. The food was delicious and served promptly, in fact it was the best meat pie I have had for a long time, beautiful pastry and tasty filling with well cooked vegetables. Altogether very satisfying!

Took my mum on Easter Sunday and we had the 3 course set menu plus a choice of cocktail or prosecco (booked through open table). The restaurant is lovely, busy but not too busy or loud, very relaxing in fact. Food was good, especially the sea bream I had and cocktails were yummy too. Service was pretty much spot on, attentive and very polite. Would definitely recommend for a drink or food. Afternoon tea looked lovely too that some people were having! Thank you!

Expensive (£37.99 for adults and £17.99 for children) for what we paid. Perhaps a bit more variety for the children would have helped. Seven and nine year olds tend not to eat bland sandwiches these days!

Chose Scoff & Banter from Open Table, just looking for something informal for an early pre-theatre dinner. Went for the 3 course special at £25.50 per person including fizz or a cocktail. Nice atmosphere and attentive, friendly staff. Food probably would have been better from the A la Carte menu rather than the special deal, and not sure how the bill ended up at £68, but after a very complicated explanation of deductions and adjustments from the waiter, it was time to leave and go to the theatre so it wasn't questioned further. Anyway, it was OK but there are better places around Covent Garden.

I needed a place to eat before we saw Matilda! We got a table straight away which is amazing for London and the service was quick and friendly! The food was delicious and affordable! Defiantly be back!!

Dags att introducera Afternoon Tea för barnen, det här var ett bra ställe! De körde en mindre/billigare variant till barnen med mojitomocktail och inte lika många smörgåsar och bakverk, smart! Utbudet var lagom, fyra smörgåsvarianter, två var. Två fruktscones (underbart goda!!), med sylt och clotted cream, översta lagret med bakverk bestod av jorgubbstartar, chokladtårta, en annan tårta samt jelly med färska bär och prosecco (min personliga favorit!). Vi gick därifrån nöjda, mätta och belåtna! Ett plus för trevlig och omtänksam personal dessutom!

This is a pleasant restaurant with good food but nothing particularly special. When we arrived, the member of staff wanted to seat is in the bar rather than the restaurant where we had booked (one of us is in a wheelchair). She did not know there was a ramp available. The service was attentive and the food good, but surely not the best British food ever, as their website suggests. The banquette seating was uncomfortable as I could not actually teach the table from the sofa! I don't think I will be back.

Both evening meal and breakfast were high quality. There were parts of breakfast you served yourself but the cooked part was ordered and served by staff

Booked a post theatre meal online, having never used Scoff and Banter before, however have passed the Leicester Square restaurant which always looks busy and welcoming.The online booking offered three courses and a glass of Prosecco or Cocktail for £25, which we opted for. The food was all beautifully cooked, and presented, and the staff really attentive and helpful and smiley :-)Overall a really pleasant dining experienceThe only point I would make is Scoff and Banter is tucked away in the back of the Radisson Blu Hotel and proved quite hard to find. Perhaps this should be made clearer on the website

Found this place on a Friday evening and found a table without reservation! Had great food (good onion soup, fish&chips, lamb with smashed potatoes). Very helpful and kind staff. A little bit too noisy the main room.

Delightful fresh sandwiches and cakes for afternoon tea. Served with lots sweet treats and a glass of champagne. Would recommend to anyone.

Overall the food was good and the staff were pleasant. The only negative was really the time it took to get anything to eat or drink. We had booked for 7pm and not an issue waiting 10 mins to be seated however it then took a further 20 mins before our drinks order which meant we also ordered our food and then another 15 mins before our drinks came ( 2 bottles of wine and 1 beer no time consuming cocktails ) 40-45 mins before a drink I feel is poor. Please note the restaurant wasn't busy there were plenty of free tables so cannot offer that as an excuse.

A lovely afternoon tea to take children to,food was amazing ,service was very good,lovely gift for kids,,a lovely afternoon was had by all

Very tasty cooked breakfast on both mornings. Perfect poached eggs! Toast only cooked on one side but ok.

We visited Scoff and Banter, Covent Garden in November to enjoy the Matilda afternoon tea. We were spending the day in London to celebrate my sons 4th birthday. I am a big afternoon tea lover and therefore my son chose for his birthday treat to have his first afternoon tea and was very excited about it. I chose Scoff and Banter as it seemed from the website to be tailored to children and we liked the idea of receiving the Matilda book which we could then read on the train journey home. We arrived at 13.40 and was sat down at our table fairly promptly which was booked for 13.45, the afternoon tea started well with the lady that showed us to our table getting a cushion for my son so that he could sit more comfortably at the table. The restaurant wasn't particularly busy and we had been waiting about 10 minutes with no waiter appearing, no menus, we thought this was strange but didn’t like to complain until another couple came in and were immediately seated, menus given and drink orders taken. We then called a member of staff to ask about menus, we were given menus (although with no apology) and ordered our drinks. Two tables arrived after us and fairly quickly received their drinks. We were still waiting and again had to call over a member of staff and ask about our drinks, by this point we had been seated for 35 minutes. We asked how much longer our food would be, we were told a few minutes. The afternoon tea finally arrived at 14.30, 50 minutes after we arrived. Eating out with children can be difficult enough without a 50 minute wait, luckily we had an activity book which amused my son for some of the time. There was not once any apology from the staff and if anything they look confused that we seemed annoyed. The afternoon tea tasted okay although the sandwiches were slightly stale and after sitting there so long we hurried our food in order to get on with the rest of our day. We asked for the bill and I refused to pay the service charge which had been included. At this point I was waiting for the Matilda book which had been advertised but the staff didn’t mention it so I asked. The waitress gave a mumbled response about it being finished, I asked her to repeat as I didn’t understand and she gave me a piece of paper to write my address and said a book would be posted to us. Based on the service received I would be very surprised if we do receive the book and am left feeling very confused as to why we didn’t receive one on the day. I am so upset that part of my sons birthday day out was spoilt by this experience and the terrible service by the staff and certainly not what I would expect from an afternoon tea which appeared to be targetted towards children.We will definitely not return to any Scoff and Banter restaurant in the future.

Downstairs from our hotel, the Raddison Blu Edwardian, it was our breakfast room. We didn't think of trying it for dinner right away but are glad we did.

Hubby and I stumbled across this restaurant within the Radisson Blu hotel after our visit to the National Portrait Gallery on a Saturday afternoon. Spent a nice leisurely couple of hours enjoying a lovely meal and a couple of glasses of wine. The food was quite tasty and the service was attentive without being intrusive. Ambience was adequate...relatively quiet even though there was a baby shower and afternoon tea being served. We do recommend a visit and would go back should our travels bring us to London again.

Lovely for lunch. Would highly recommend the set menu. A relaxed place for meeting friends and perfect place to watch the world go by from the window seats. Superb shepherds pie

great if you are with a friend and you do not want a pub, quite small but we were lucky to get a table, really nice wine served in beautiful glasses and very well priced, which makes a change

The staff were absolutely wonderful when we visited. They were very attentive, helpful and friendly. The food was lovely and there was a good offer on a set menu. Great evening!