The Victoria Stakes — Restaurant in London

Edited September 2023: Came here 2 times, First time having the salmon and it was the best salmon I ever had.

I had high hopes for the pricey roast. However unfortunately it was very tasteless, apart from the actual meat according to my wife. The potatoes was not crispy and tasted old.

I had the vegetarian roast and it was very bland, unfortunately and also very very dry. I had to have a lot of salt on it and used a whole extra gravy jug to soak it.

Some honest feedback as well, with vegetarian Roasts, it's really weird when the roast is made of vegetables, pumpkin, sweet potato etc, all same texture, when the plate is filled with vegetables anyway. Just make a nice nut roast with nuts, mushrooms, cheese and eggs, to create a juicy piece of different thing to have to your vegetables. I'm not a vegetarian because I love vegetables or because I wanna be healthy, I just don't like eating animals. I think most veggies agree. The Victoria Stakes is definitely not the only Place that gets this wrong, if anything, 70% of the vegetarian Roasts I've had is bland and not nice. I was just a bit disappointed and would love to come back and change my rating when, if, you would consider another vegetarian alternative on the menu.

Old review from me: We came and had the salmon main course. OH. MY. GOD. I think I dare to say it was the best salmon I've ever had. All 4 of us had the salmon and all 4 loved it. And we are all food snobs 🤣 only thing to mention, my wife Is allergic to avocado and she asked for it to be removed which was done but then the dish was alot smaller cos the avocado was one of the main ingredients in the meal. So would've been nice to have more of something else instead :)

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Second time at this pub and the most recent visit was very disappointing. Its a lovely pub, with a nice outside area. The servers are great. However, we ordered the steak that comes with cauliflower puree, green beans and "potato dauphinoise". we asked for it medium rare and when it came out there was not a pink streak to be seen, one of the steaks actually looked grey. We told the very nice waitress that this was not medium rare so she took it back. When she returned she said the chef would make another even though 'in his opinion they were medium rare' (we actually have eyes so we knew they were NOT). The chef is clearly incredibly stubborn, cannot admit when he is wrong, and still made it incorrectly the second time, with some bits being rare/blue and other bits well done. At that point we were starving so I just ate it anyway, but my friend could not get through hers. Luckily the very nice servers discounted the bill and removed one of the steak dishes from the bill. Considering how much food we ordered and our original bill would have been over £100, I would have thought the chef would have the decency to admit that it was cooked wrong and not send out a very sarcastic comment with the waitress. Message to the chef - learn what medium rare steak looks like, especially when you are charging over £30 per steak dish. Also, that was NOT potato dauphinoise, it was a stack of potatoes with no...

A bit disappointing really. We were there for a Sunday roast, and despite the pub being quiet with lots of empty tables we were there a total of 2 hours, 20 min wait for a drink, 45 min wait for a roast and a further 25 min wait for desserts. I was also really disappointed when I saw on the menu they only have the price for two or three courses, however when the bill arrived everything was charged separately (I would have just been happy with one course) so they should be a little bit more transparent about that. The beef on the roast I will say was cooked to absolute perfection and definitely the Bloody Mary was the best one I’ve had in ages, however my roast potatoes were not crispy they were doughy, a little on the hard side and lacked any real flavour or seasoning. If I came back here I would definitely go for the fish and chips as it looked delicious and was a huge portion however quite disappointed with the roast. Not enough gravy on me and due to the slow service there wasn’t any staff around to ask for more gravy. The Eaton mess was also hugely disappointing, one tiny store bought meringue ( despite on the website saying everything in made in house) with a small smattering of cream and a sprinkling of frozen berries. My friend had the sticky toffee pudding however and he said it...