Ivy Market Grill

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   Lucy

   Brighton

   34 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   34 reviews

   Dined today

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Always a delight to visit - service en point and the food never fails to deliver
   

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   Ian

   Norfolk/Suffolk

   5 reviews

   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent meal with great service, only downside I couldn’t get a pint, had to buy two bottles at £7-50 each !
   

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   Nicola

   Surrey

   5 reviews

   1.0

   5 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 2

   Sadly not a great experience at all. They literally forgot us!! We ordered food in advance for a colleague before she arrived as she only had 40 minutes spare and we just ordered simple Squid for her. After her arriving and 40 minutes later our food had still not arrived. I had asked several staff what was happening but they seriously had no interest and we didn’t seem to have a particular waitress/waiter. She took her food away in a box later for her meeting and my other colleague and I had our food which was cold ! They said we didn’t have to pay for the food in a box. We also got free coffee- but this didn’t make up for what turned out to be a stressful lunchtime with terrible service and cold food! Won’t be going back there.
   

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   Natalie

   London

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   Great food but the service let it down. Very attentive to start with and then after our plates were cleared we could barely get anyone’s attention and yet the restaurant was busy throughout our visit.
   

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   Massimo

   London

   5 reviews

   3.0

   5 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 2

   Good value for money. The waiter was kind and accommodating, but I noticed a few gaps in professional training.
   

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   Michelle

   London

   4 reviews

   vip
   3.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   90 minute booking took 2.5 hours as table wasn’t ready and service was extremely slow. Also out of Sunday roast on Sunday!
   

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   Fiona

   Hertfordshire

   10 reviews

   5.0

   10 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   After initially being seated with lots of people passing (despite specifically asking not to have this) they swiftly moved us to a much more comfortable table. The food was absolutely delicious - love the zucchini fries, son had roast chicken & it filled him up! The chicken Milanese was very tasty. Extras are quite expensive but food was worth it. Recommend the caramel chocolate bomb! It was my son’s 21st and we really appreciated the complimentary desserts/candle. He really enjoyed the whole meal & staff were very attentive - thank you! Look forward to returning soon.
   

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   Luke

   Manchester

   1 review

   vip
   2.0

   1 review

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 5

   VERY DISAPPOINTED. We used to love The Ivy Market Grill in Covent Garden and took our children for a pre-Christmas treat on Sunday. The service to start was slow and it took us a while to get our bottle of wine. We had the chicken roast dinner which was ok, but we have had better food there. The disappointment was at the end of the meal when we wanted to order coffee, we were told that we needed to vacate our table as we had been seated for 2 hours (we had just spent £350 on food and drink). We understand that they need to have a certain time limit, especially when busy, but we felt our meal was cut abruptly short and we were not treated respectfully. This restaurant is an expensive affair and we felt like we weren’t treated to an experience worthy of the cost. Very disappointed
   

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   Mike

   Kent

   2 reviews

   2.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   Understandably busy but lack of personality and friendliness from staff . Also very cold as both doors were left open as people queued to get in - not ideal if you were sitting close to the entrance . Food was very average.
   

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    A

    London

    2 reviews

    3.0

    2 reviews

    Dined 5 days ago

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 4

    This was our 2nd visit to the ivy and we were very disappointed. Poor choice on the menu and not good value. £70 for 2 fish and chips and 2 glasses of wine.
    

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