Anning Rooms Restaurant — Restaurant in London

Having just become members we visited the restaurant for the first time and really liked it. The staff were lovely. The menu was small but the food was very tasty. I enjoyed the fishcakes with a side order of skin on chips. The coffee was also very good. Other reviews have said how the place is very noisy and busy. It was very quiet when we went about 2pm on a Sunday so we may just have hit a quiet time but it was calm and relaxing away from the very crowded museum areas. Service was a little slow but not annoyingly so. Tables and chairs were functional and we did notice that, at that time of day, a lot of them were in strong sunlight so we moved to a shaded table. That might be irritating if only sunlit tables were available. I would think there were about 25 tables but there is also the lounge area upstairs. There was a notice up saying that work would be starting soon on large scale improvements. Hopefully that does not mean the restaurant will be closed for a long period? On the whole we thought it was a very pleasant place to enjoy a...

We had an afternoon tea here today. It costs £35 per person so even though not hugely expensive for London it was not cheap either. We did enjoy the vegetarian sandwiches and the cakes offered. However there was a major letdown that was the atmosphere. the room itself is nothing special, with simple plastic and metal chairs and tables. And what's worse full of noisy kids with their tablets with the sound on and all the mess they make eating. So if you wanted a pleasant and a bit more upmarket experience for your afternoon tea look elsewhere. If you just want to hang out with your kids at the museum and then get all the cakes then...

we went as a group of 6 (4 adults and 2 children) and had most of the menu. pretty much all of it is incredibly unhealthy, especially for children. the squids were inedible due to the amount of salt in it; the soup was served with a slice of ciabatta bread drenched in oil (what was the side of butter for then?); the fish cakes were deep fried and again drenched in oil; similar story for the ciabatta with mushrooms. everything was served simmering in oil and salt. considering that 90% of the customers were families with kids, this...