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Café Murano - St James, London,

Café Murano - St James

4.3
4.3
1715 Reviews
£26 to £40
Italian

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2 people
7:00 PM
  • Good for business meals
  • Fancy
  • Great for happy hour
A restaurant from Angela Hartnett and Group Executive Chef Samantha Williams, serving a regularly changing, seasonal menu of Northern Italian dishes in a relaxed yet lively environment.
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Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Elegant
  • Price
    £26 to £40
  • Cuisines
    Italian, Mediterranean
  • Hours of operation
    Lunch Tue–Sat 12:00 pm–3:00 pm Dinner Tue–Sat 5:00 pm–11:00 pm
  • Phone number
    020 3371 5559
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Executive chef
    Angela Hartnett
  • Private party facilities
    Both our Cafe Murano’s have private dining rooms and event spaces for corporate hire or to enjoy with friends and family.
  • Private party contact
    Ivona Novak & Ingrid Budryte: 020 3535 7880
  • Neighborhood
    St. James's
  • Cross street
    Jermyn Street
  • Parking details
    Metered street parking is available in St James Square and a secure NCP carpark 2 minutes walk away in Arlington Street.
  • Public transit
    Less than three minutes walk from Green Park Underground Station (Jubilee, Victoria and Piccadilly lines), five minutes walk from Piccadilly Underground Station (Piccadilly and Bakerloo lines). Well served by multiple bus routes.
  • Additional
    Bar Dining, Beer, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Non-Smoking, Outdoor Smoking Area, Private Room, Wine

What 1,715 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

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4.3
4.3 based on recent ratings
  • 4.3Food
  • 4.5Service
  • 4.4Ambience
  • 4.1Value

NoiseModerate

1,715 Reviews
  1. Topher

    VIP

    London

    12 reviews

    3.0

    12 reviews

    Dined on November 11, 2024

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4
    This is an excellent restaurant. The food is delicious and the service was very good. My reduced rate for it comes because the person who welcomed us claimed we didn’t have a reservation and my guest who arrived first was made to feel uncomfortable and as if it was her fault. In fact, they did have a reservation and eventually found it on their system. We didn’t receive an apology for that experience, which isn’t the level of service I’d expect

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  2. OpenTable Diner

    London

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on July 8, 2024

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Cafe M is one of our favourite restaurants, and this was the first time it’s been other than excellent. The arancini and the starters were great but the pappardelle was very overcooked and I couldn’t eat more than half of it. I would have ignored the matter, everyone is entitled to mess up, but when I informed the Maitre d’ about it, he made it much worse by apologising and then saying “I’ve taken your coffee off the bill”. In other words he was acknowledging that there was a problem, but it wasn’t really worth anything. I would have been a lot happier if he had said something on the lines of “I’m sorry and I will have an immediate word with the chef to see how this happened”. Giving me a free coffee on a £200 lunch bill was a derisory gesture and one which felt that he considered my complaint to be insignificant. Just to give you a little context, last Tuesday, my wife and I returned to London after 6 weeks at our house outside Siena. One of my favourite dishes whilst there is Pappardelle alla Lepra, so I don’t consider myself a pasta novice. Sorry for the lengthy post, as a journalist, am used to being paid by the word.

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  3. Greg

    VIP

    Los Angeles

    21 reviews

    4.0

    21 reviews

    Dined on January 2, 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    great Italian food. professional service. great pre-theater value.

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  4. AndrewS

    London

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on December 5, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Another lovely meal, great choices available and impeccable service

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  5. TonyB

    London

    8 reviews

    3.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on August 7, 2023

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 3
    They should offer more choice on the menu. A couple of the pasta dishes are rather bland and disappointing. Needs a refresh!
    Café Murano - St JamesResponded on August 13, 2023
    Dear Mr Tony, thank you for taking the time to leave this review. I was clearly disappointed to read you did not enjoyed our pasta selection. We had a full team of chefs on Monday and there should have been no issue with the execution of the dishes, please accept our sincere apologies for your disappointment. We would of course like to make amends. Please do not hesitate to contact us at reception@cafemurano.co.uk and we'll be happy to discuss this further. Warmest regards. - Mara

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  6. cherry

    London

    46 reviews

    3.0

    46 reviews

    Dined on July 10, 2023

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 1
    This place has changed (for the worse) tremendously. Terrible terrible service. Cold welcome, did not have my booking despite I booked through OpenTable. 1 hour and 25 minutes into our time at the restaurant, the waiter drops the bill on the table (without us asking at all). 1h40 mins into our time, he comes along with a card machine and the restaurant, wait for it, was half empty (Monday night). I enjoyed the food but it’s less sophisticated that it once was but this type of awful service is a definite put off for me. Never again

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  7. DrTim

    London

    32 reviews

    5.0

    32 reviews

    Dined on June 6, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    A last minute booking at 6.00 for a pre-theatre dinner. Booking made on Opentable, confirmed to me by email as usual, but hadn't been received by the restaurant. Not a problem though, they found us a table and we enjoyed an, if quick, excellent dinner.

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  8. OpenTable Diner

    VIP

    New York City

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on March 14, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    perfect place for dining and value for money

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  9. OpenTable Diner

    New Orleans

    2 reviews

    4.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on February 13, 2023

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4
    No record of our booking but found us a table anyway..

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  10. AndreaF

    VIP

    London

    30 reviews

    1.0

    30 reviews

    Dined on January 2, 2023

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 3
    First time we eat at CM SJ was very good. Second time? I can only give credit to the Italian waitress managing, basically, alone the all room. Taking the order was an adventure. At 20 o’clock menu choices were already finished. After some compromises order was placed. Main courses were not hot, 1 raw ( fish course ) and poorly presented, the pasta looked good but so salty you couldn’t taste anything else. At the end we sent back the food and asked for the check. The waitress, professionally, informed us that there was nothing to pay. Ultimately arrived home and ordered from Deliveroo. Maybe it was better to don’t open and wait the 3rd of Jan.

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Café Murano - St James is rated 4.3 stars by 1715 OpenTable diners.

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2 people
7:00 PM
Google Map for Café Murano - St James

33 St. James's Street, London, SW1A 1HD

Additional information

  • Cross street
    Jermyn Street
  • Neighborhood
    St. James's
  • Hours of operation
    Lunch Tue–Sat 12:00 pm–3:00 pm Dinner Tue–Sat 5:00 pm–11:00 pm
  • Price
    £26 to £40
  • Cuisines
    Italian, Mediterranean
  • Dining style
    Casual Elegant
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Parking details
    Metered street parking is available in St James Square and a secure NCP carpark 2 minutes walk away in Arlington Street.
  • Public transit
    Less than three minutes walk from Green Park Underground Station (Jubilee, Victoria and Piccadilly lines), five minutes walk from Piccadilly Underground Station (Piccadilly and Bakerloo lines). Well served by multiple bus routes.
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
  • Executive chef
    Angela Hartnett
  • Additional
    Bar Dining, Beer, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Non-Smoking, Outdoor Smoking Area, Private Room, Wine
  • Phone number
    020 3371 5559
  • Private party facilities
    Both our Cafe Murano’s have private dining rooms and event spaces for corporate hire or to enjoy with friends and family.
  • Private party contact
    Ivona Novak & Ingrid Budryte: 020 3535 7880
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