Pillars Restaurant — Restaurant in London

This is a teaching restaurant which offers exceptional value. The seating area has been adapted from a classroom or lecture area, so does not quite achieve the ambiance of an intimate restaurant. The welcome was good. I ordered a zero alcohol beer but was brought an opened bottle of low alcohol beer which I declined, asking for cranberry juice. This came quickly but with ice which I did not want: two assumptions. My partner had a warm salad which she enjoyed and finished before my soup was cool enough to taste: it was very good but served too hot. Our main courses and desserts were very good. Coffee and one glass of wine for my partner were inexpensive. Overall a good experience if you like dining...

Lovely food, but maybe not quite as hot as it should have been. We had to ask the waitress for a copy of the Christmas menu as we were not given one. Other guests were handed a menu when they arrived. No wine list was offered and when we asked for one, the waitress brought the drinks list, not the wine list. We had to ask again and the wine list arrived with another waitress. Lack of attention to detail and supervision by the overseeing management. Surely a senior person should be watching the students and correcting them if necessary. I saw none of this happening. All in all, an enjoyable Christmas lunch, but a lot of important...

This is such a brilliant idea, and makes the meal really interesting when you get to observe the trainees. The food was excellent and we enjoyed guessing what they had been learning about this week based on the menu choices!

It was hard to book, and I think we booked about 3 or 4 months in advance. However for the price it’s excellent value for money and a fun evening out!

We ate 3 courses and left in exactly 1 hour and I think the attentiveness of the staff made it a very efficient, pleasant and enjoyable meal! We will be...