Rowley's Restaurants Plc
Restaurant - Ethiopian in London
113 Jermyn Street
London
SW1Y 6HJ
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Old Fashion Dinning
We were tipped of recently about this lovely litle restaurant near Piccadily. We wanted somewhere that did steak and we were pleasantly surprised about Rowleys. This small yet bustling restaurant is quaint and old fashioned with a great atmosphere for a long evening meal. The service was brillant and we were looked after very well. The menu is small but caters to everyones needs (fish, meat, vegetarian etc). The food was a amazing and full of flavour. As the steak we recommended to us, that what we want for. A large steak cooked to perfection with a herb butter on top. It was succulent and left us feeling very full. It's a little pricey, hence the reason why we took my parents (cheeky I know, but it wasn't overtly expensive), but we all had a great meal. The only negative is the endless chis you get with your steak (don't be fooled by free food). These were shoe string fries and we wished that they were slightly chunkier. I'm being picky now!
A User - 12/09/2008 | report this review
..on a bad day
Having read Sue's review of Rowley's I was quite tempted to try them out as they reminded me of one of my favourite restaurants called "Le Relais De Venise L'Entrecote". Both seem to share the same entrecote with a secret butter sauce and superb french fries. However I'm afraid on this particular Rowley's was completely out gunned by Le Relais de Venise.Lets start with the good points. The inside decoration is beautiful with its originally tiled walls and ceilings and great stained glass windows... except from that I'm having trouble thinking of other good points.Now I do accept that restaurants can have some bad days. This one was definitely one. Now I don't quite understand why since the restaurant wasn't full at lunch time but everything was extremely slow. It took one hour from the moment we ordered our entrecote for it to be delivered. The shocking thing was that once it arrived it was lukewarm at best. Thus prompting the thought that it had been ready for some time but the waitress forgot all about it.So slow service and cold food. When I was a student I had worked as a waiter and in those situations I offer the table some free coffees and see if I can remove parts of the bill or at least seriously discount it. No such thinking was made by our waitress and it was only after I strongly complained that action was taken and our bill was reduced.So why the 2 stars instead of 1. Because as I said I do believe that restaurants can have some bad days. Now I wouldn't go back to Rowley unless if I was invited there. For now if I want a great entrecote with delicious fries I'll stick to Le Relais de Venise
A User - 09/02/2008 | report this review
Old-Style British Class
Rowley's is a old-style 'British' restaurant located in the heart of the gentleman's shopping paradise that is Jermyn Street. The building that houses the restaurant is the actual building where the now famous Walls meat business began back in 1790. Today the restaurant, that opened in 1977, still has the original tiled walls and ceilings and fab stained glass windows.We dined here for lunch with some friends from out of town. Our meal was very leisurely and enjoyable. Service was great - our waiter was hilarious and the food was really good.We has the Rowley's house special - Entrecote Steak and secret herb butter, which is left to sizzle on the table, and is accompanied by an unlimited supply of 'the best French fries in London' (or so they claim). If you manage to get through all of your steak they will bring you out another serve for only a few pounds extra.
A User - 02/03/2007 | report this review
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