The Cork & Bottle - Leicester Square

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   Lisa

   VIP

   Seattle

   11 reviews

   5.0

   11 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Cozy wine bar with delicious bites and an impressive wine list and attentive staff.
   

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   Paul

   London

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent service, fine food, a pleasure as always.
   

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   Nick

   London

   15 reviews

   5.0

   15 reviews

   Dined on December 21, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great atmosphere and even better wine! The cheese was very good as well!
   

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   Robert

   Essex

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on December 21, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Four of us have been having the Christmas menu for several years now and this year [21/12/24] was the best [Christmas] food we have ever had. We are frequent customers, not as often now as previously as we have retired; we have been frequenting the C&B for l30 years, lovely environment, food and wine.
   

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   Kester

   London

   4 reviews

   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on December 21, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   An oasis of calm on Leicester Square. We have been often and always have a great time. Considering the central London location the prices aren’t bad. Recommended.
   

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   Robert

   London

   14 reviews

   3.0

   14 reviews

   Dined on December 17, 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   Nice wine and ambience obviously and the staff were pleasant, but my experience was spoiled by severely lacklustre vegetarian options. A ball of burrata with bread and beetroot puree is a starter, definitely NOT a main course. Gnocchi or risotto are similarly pitiful and unimaginative vegetarian options, inexcusable in the modern West End. For my meat-eating friends, simply presenting a small shepherds pie in a dish on a plate is not a main meal either. Why are we expected to purchase extra side dishes to make a "main course" complete? Pleasant but I won't be returning.
   

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   Lucy

   New York City

   3 reviews

   3.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on December 17, 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   Cheese board was woeful - basically cheap and cardboard bread and basic grocery cheese chunks in small portions, barely presented. Not worth the price.
   

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   Katie

   Hertfordshire

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on December 14, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   I absolutely love this restaurant! It’s a perfect haven under the hustle and bustle of Leicester Square. The atmosphere is warm and inviting, the food is consistently delicious, the wine list is wonderful and the service is always top-notch. A hidden gem in the heart of all the city!
   

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   Ian

   Surrey

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on December 12, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Another fabulous evening at The Cork & Bottle. The staff are knowledgeable, wine choice excellent food good and atmosphere has always been brilliant. We are looking forward to returning very soon.
   

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    Pamela

    Yorkshire

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on December 11, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Fantastic atmosphere. You go through an unassuming door just off Leicester Square and find yourself in a crowded cellar bar. When we were there they had opened a Nebuchadnezzar (not sure of spelling) of red and were serving from it which added to the buzz. The food was excellent and the wine delicious. We will definitely go back.
    

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