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Rotunda Bar and Restaurant

Kings Place | 90 York way, London N1 9AG, England (Chiswick)
+44 2070142840
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Ranked #4,347 of 11,732 restaurants in London
Hours:
Sun - Sat 17:00 - 22:30
Mon 11:00 - 15:00
Tue - Sun 12:00 - 14:30
Cuisines: British
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Dining options: Reservations, After-hours
Neighbourhood: Chiswick
Description: Anglophilic epicureans eat your heart out ��� the Rotunda Bar is an amazing gourmet restaurant in the heart of King's Cross that will seduce your British tastebuds with everything from stellar Sunday roasts to hog roasts and a to-die-for English strawberry Eton mess. This neighbourhood gem overlooks the Battlebridge Basin and has a large canalside al fresco terrace for summertime dining, and the menu is like an organic orgy direct from the restaurant's own Northumberland Farm. We highly recommend the Northumbrian beef and ale casserole with horseradish dumplings and the poached Cornish haddock with spinach, a poached free-range egg and mustard cream. The Rotunda is a stylish choice for schmoozing, cocktail dates, Sunday brunch and hearty dinner parties.
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London, United Kingdom
Senior Reviewer
10 reviews 10 reviews
3 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 7 cities Reviews in 7 cities
6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 May 2013

On the positive side, it is in a lovely location with nice views of the waterways. However, the food was terrible and overpriced. I ordered the most expensive steak on the menu and it was tough and tasteless. One of the worst steaks I have had in London. I then ordered Rhubarb Crumble for desert and asked for it without... More

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GreenandFortune, General Manager at Rotunda Bar and Restaurant, responded to this review
24 May 2013

Dear customer, I firstly would like to apologise for your recent visit at the Rotunda. We do pride ourselves on having our own farm so regarding the comment on your rump steak, it is something that we as a company are working hard to get to the bottom of. We think that it may be a bad rump. We take... More

Farnham, England, United Kingdom
2 reviews
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 May 2013

A great location with lots of potential that sadly does not live up to it. t looks as though it should have table service but you have to go to the bar. They had some outside tables that you were not allowed to use unless you were eating - virtually all of them empty. We did sit down at a... More

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GreenandFortune, General Manager at Rotunda Bar and Restaurant, responded to this review
24 May 2013

Hi there, Having recently joined the Green and Fortune team, I would like to personally apologise for your bad experience at the Rotunda restaurant. The team has now been briefed to use flexibility or to seek a manager in circumstances such as this one. We are in the process of changing the bar menu to a simpler back and front... More

London, United Kingdom
Top Contributor
66 reviews 66 reviews
25 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 22 cities Reviews in 22 cities
35 helpful votes 35 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 May 2013

We can walk here from where we live, and the first really sunny day of the spring arrived today, so that's what we did, had lunch up here at Rotunda. There are tables outside on a terrace that overlooks the Canal, and the wildlife is very pretty, as are the barges. However the entire terrace is in the shade, due... More

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Chicago, Illinois
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 April 2013

Ate here the night we arrived in London, on concierge's recommendation. I had very well prepared Dover sole. It would have been better if the server had filleted the fish before I started to eat, but the taste was great. A bit noisy (but it is a bar/restaurant, so somewhat to be expected). We'd go back.

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Surrey, UK
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 April 2013

We ate in Rotunda at Kings Place between concerts on a Sunday. The restaurant is light and contemporary and has a pleasant outlook on to the canal. Our roast beef was of excellent quality, as were the roasties and came with a reasonable selection of vegetables. Staff were well trained and courteous. The price is comparable with similar restaurants and... More

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Chicago, Illinois
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 April 2013

We dined at Rotunda the evening we arrived in London. It features farm to table dining. My sirloin was outstanding and perfectly cooked to medium rare! The service was excellent. The outdoor section was not available, and the large noisy bar is immediately connected to the restaurant which makes the room pretty loud. The staff were extremely accommodating. There was... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 April 2013

We visited this restaurant as it is in the concert venue of Kings Place. Our concert was due to start at 7.30 and out table was booked for 6.00. The bar just inside was very busy and lively with people obviously having a after work Friday drink. The atmosphere was buzzing! The restaurant inside was slightly more sedate and we... More

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London, United Kingdom
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 March 2013

While it must be difficult to get everyone in and served between 18.00-19.30 when the concert starts, they do advertise special pre-performance menus so they ought to be geared up for it. It was frustrating, therefore, that the service was slow and there was some confusion as to whether we had ordered from the fixed price menu. The bill had... More

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Twickenham
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 March 2013

Now this was the place to have a Mothering Sunday lunch.Kings Place is only a 5 - 7 minute walk from KX and StP stations and located on the Regents Canal at the back of the concert and cafe venue.Yet this doesn't seem to have come to peoples' notice yet. A great winter salad followed by rare roast beef overflowing... More

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London
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 March 2013

Great location and surroundings. Not cheap but good quality food and original menu and good service.

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