Riennas Restaurant — Restaurant in London

I can’t quite explain why it’s taken so long to return to Riennas. But all I can say now is that after today’s fabulous lunch our next visit will be that far away. This was a fantastic dining experience with great food and the friendliest of service. All I want to add is that if you haven’t been yet then pick up the phone and book a table now.

As soon as we walked through the door we received a lovely warm welcome before being escorted to our table. Once we got comfortable we were presented with the menu and informed of the day’s specials. We then ordered a bottle of the Kleindal South African Chenin Blanc 2022 while we decided what to have. The menu consists of appetisers , oysters , lobsters , steaks , surf and turf , fish , meat , pasta and side dishes. Once we’d had a chat with Anna who was an absolute delight throughout we placed our order.

STARTERS - We began with the Mussels in a white wine and garlic sauce as well as for myself I opted for the Seafood Pot of the special’s which consisted of tiger prawns , calamari , prawns and mussels. Both dishes were delicious and the quality of the produce was amazing.

MAINS - Here we both decided to have fish starting with my wife’s choice of Sea Bass with white wine , tomato , prawn and chilli sauce served with sauté potatoes. I chose the Smoked Haddock with a poached egg and served on a bed of mash potatoes. We also chose a green beans and cauliflower cheese to accompany the dishes. Both dishes were fantastic and cooked to perfection.

DESSERTS - After a nice little break where my wife and Anna decided to talk to each other in Italian we moved on to dessert. Now they may have looked like old school desserts you used to get in a pub but here they were elevated to the next level. The Sticky Toffee Pudding and the Apple Pie which were both served with custard were amazing and the presentation was stunning.

We finished with a coffee to bring to an end a fabulous dining experience and definitely one we want to repeat very soon. I know quite a lot of locals rate this restaurant highly and I’m now delighted to say that I have joined them. So if you haven’t managed to visit RIENNAS yet then I would highly...

I’ve heard a lot of amazing things about this place, but it was incredibly disappointing.

We booked months ago and paid a £50 deposit. When we arrived we didn’t even have a table! They took 10 minutes to evict people off of their existing tables and squished us in the middle of the room. After paying £50 to book a table, you’d expect we’d have somewhere to sit!!! It was uncomfortable.

The service was subpar and the staff rolled their eyes at my partner when he asked for cutlery that wasn’t there. In addition, on numerous occasions our tables weren’t cleared and we were not offered additional drinks even once - even though our glasses were empty. We tried to get the staffs attention but we were ignored.

My family enjoyed their food, they had multiple fish dishes as well as steak. However the lamb was bland and really tough. I wouldn’t recommend it. Plus basic vegetables of green beans and broccoli are around £4 each which is simply a con.

When it came to the bill, we noticed that they didn’t deduct our initial deposit (easy mistake to make). Once deducted we noticed that two additional drinks had been put on the end of the bill as well as a £30 service charge. Even once the deductions were made, we were still expected to pay the £30 service charge! Despite the menu saying that groups of 5 are charged a 10% service charge, we were charged a whopping 22%. In addition, the staff were shocked that we didn’t want to pay a 22% service charge due to the lack of service. They were quite rude about it.

I like to think that myself and my family are understanding after working in hospitality. However I will absolutely not...

We arrived 30 minutes early... planned on sitting outside to enjoy a cocktail and a ciggy but none of the fire pitts wore on so I asked the waitress if we could put them on? She sa8d that they don't have the gas bottles to ignite them so we wore given a blanket instead so we waited for our table whilst we wore shivering. Eventually our table was ready so we sat down. Good atmosphere everybody was enjoying themselves the place was buzzing. Waitress came over and gave us the specials quite quickly as she had tables to wait on. I chose the crispy beef in a sauce for a starter which was quite nice. I chose the filet steak and baby ribs. Baby ribs came drowned in a bbq sauce which to me wasn't anything special (overly to sweet) but the meat was soft my steak came on a plate on its own chunky chips came in a basket fryer.why do the chips come separate there's not enough room on the table to put everything quite pointless! Steak was luke warm and looked well dry so I cut a piece and my thoughts wore accurate very dry hardly had any flavor at all so I asked the waitress this tastes well done so the waitress came with a plate spoon and fork and took my steak away leaving me with chips minute later she came back with a steak carved up to show me how medium to well it was and she slid the steak back onto my plate I took another bite and still no flavor and dry piece of meat. I chose not to eat the steak and ate the chips. I left the restaurant feeling very disappointed £106 out of pocket. They did take my steak off the bill so thank you for that! I went home hungry so i made a slice of toast and...