The best restaurants serving Seafood food in St James's City of London, Westminster London

I went for random visit. The interior design looks so beautiful. I haven’t had chance to eat anything from there.

The star rating forces me to choose between average and very good. Infact it was neither..better than average but not "very good". The staff were helpful in getting me accommodated at a table rather than the bar, as I had booked in error. They took our order promptly and all, at this point, was great. The taramasalata starter was good but the potted shrimps was odd...a (very) few rather tasteless, shrimps floating in a bath of melted butter rather than the more solid version I've usually eaten. The oysters, Irish, were great. Sadly the main and sides were a bit of a disaster. Not sure if the chef is a heavy smoker or has a tremor causing him to upset the salt pot but my skate wing (well cooked) was bathed in a brown fluid which resembled seawater in taste and salinity. This also applied to the sautéed greens...almost inedible with the saltiness. I raised this with the staff who tell me they will "mention it to the chef"....in a restaurant from the Michelin guide such a basic error should not happen. The puddings were fine.

Booked for an early lunch with a friend and we were both underwhelmed. The good points….lovely buzzy atmosphere, great seeing the food prepared and pleasant service. However, some of the food felt distinctly undercooked - runny and soft e.g. piquillo with smoked eel (couldn’t taste any fish and was squidgy and not a pleasant texture), cuttlefish croquettes - they were cold inside and the filling mushy though the taste was ok, the tortilla was swimming in liquid….was it undercooked egg? Not very pleasant. The skate was overcooked on one side and it’s not a good look when the best thing you had was the pear salad. Based on our experience we decided we wouldn’t eat at Barrafina again.

It was all wonderful, thank you to all the hard working staff. You made my birthday meal a special one :)

A typical, excellent English type restaurant with good food, interesting decor and architecture in handy location at end of The Strand. Friendly waiter been there for years.

Best steakhouse in town and a wine list to match. Wife’s birthday with our two young daughters who absolutely love this place. Sebastian & Carlos took great care of us and made it night to remember. One of the best gin martinis - stirred not shaken with olives!

Good food, but the stuff did not propose nothing probably they were confused but there were kind and thankful, the area is nice to eat but still there is something missing there