Skylon london reviews

Offering good views over the Thames, this restaurant provides a buzzy atmosphere and a relaxing environment.

The cuisine has often seemed like an afterthought here, but was mostly well-rated this year. For 33 years we've been curating reviews of the UK's most notable restaurant. In a typical year, diners submit over 50, reviews to create the most authoritative restaurant guide in the UK. Each year, the guide is re-written from scratch based on this survey although for the edition, reviews are little changed from as no survey could run for that year. For me it's a friendly menu with quite a lot of attractive options and good enough to be a useful spot to know. I also love the space - though on my visit it was bizarrely dominated by having John Bercow bellowing at the next table. View more nearby restaurants ».

Skylon london reviews

W hen the Royal Festival Hall opened in , at a pivotal halfway point in our social history, midway between the outbreak of war in and the invention of sex in , food was still rationed in Britain. Optimism was heavily rationed, too, in a country that was economically paralysed by warfare and by Washington's disdain about bailing it out, and this elegantly modernistic building and the Festival of Britain it housed were designed to project a sense of hope about a gleaming future of peace, prosperity, democratised high culture, chocolate and bananas. Laying the foundation stone in , Clement Attlee probably didn't foresee the day when cooks would cease fretting about getting half a pound of sugar on the black market, and would learn to speak freely of their "food philosophy". But isn't that the way with unshowy Labour PMs? As we learned last week, after driving to Fife for dinner at a Gordon Brown-recommended Cantonese restaurant where the most popular dish on the menu was chicken curry and chips, they have no philosophy of food themselves. Puolakka comes from Finland, a land of racing drivers, mobile phone manufacturers and endearingly crazy, platinum-haired people, but not widely admired for its cuisine. That clumsy "not to forget" provoked a childhood memory of my own - of my mother talking to an endless sequence of Finnish au pair girls in very loud, exceedingly slow pidgin English. Puolakka certainly can, although perhaps not as well as she imagines. The real selling point of Skylon, having said that, isn't the food but the river view through colossal windows, this being about as fetching a vista of the Thames as the South Bank has to offer. Inside, the Wembley pitch-sized space is light, airy, desultory and thoroughly joyless, with such fripperies as faux-medieval lamps a sort of jousting knight's helmet and opulent displays of sunflowers doing nothing to infuse it with life and soul. Learning later of Terence Conran's involvement in the refurbishment did nothing to send me scurrying for the brandy and the blood pressure-testing kit.

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Published 22 February By Lisa Moore. You can find Skylon, named after the iconic structure built for the Festival of Britain in , on the third floor of the Southbank Centre. As we walked inside, the first thing that stood out were the five colossal centrepieces that hung from the ceiling. These almost UFO-esque installations reminded me of stacks of cards slotted next to one another in a chic oval shape, and they gave off a nice golden glow.

Skylon london reviews

We usually come here for drinks prior to going somewhere else. The last time I was here for lunch was a long time ago with family. As far as I remember the food was good.

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We were pleased to note that all beef served at Skylon comes from sustainable Hereford cross cattle, which is sourced from Taunton in Somerset. If you want to know what inspires the industry's movers and shakers or what your favourite food loving celebrity likes to indulge in then you'll find it in their Seven Sins. I also love the space - though on my visit it was bizarrely dominated by having John Bercow bellowing at the next table. Offering good views over the Thames, this restaurant provides a buzzy atmosphere and a relaxing environment. Los Angeles French. Food 1. My calf's liver, pan-fried and served with glorious caramelised endive and a citric sauce, was perfectly melty but lacked big flavour. That clumsy "not to forget" provoked a childhood memory of my own - of my mother talking to an endless sequence of Finnish au pair girls in very loud, exceedingly slow pidgin English. San Francisco City. Restaurants London Waterloo SE1. Login Join. Lamb in three cuts -shoulder, fillet and kidneys - was "lovely and pink, and very good indeed, although not improved by the vegetables", which included a gratin of Swiss chard. Atul Kochhar. The staff were friendly, the food was good, and the cocktails were a nice start to the evening.

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Los Angeles Italian. The meat was certainly tasty, and was cooked well. Food 4. Service 2. Create your own review. Best British, Modern restaurants nearby. Login Join. Inside, the Wembley pitch-sized space is light, airy, desultory and thoroughly joyless, with such fripperies as faux-medieval lamps a sort of jousting knight's helmet and opulent displays of sunflowers doing nothing to infuse it with life and soul. We put the spotlight on the industry's most recognisable faces in our new interview segment " Seven Sins ". Each year, the guide is re-written from scratch based on this survey although for the edition, reviews are little changed from as no survey could run for that year.