The Garrison

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   hazel

   London

   4 reviews

   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

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

   Just fantastic all round, wonderful fool and service. Nice casual atmosphere timing of all courses spot on
   

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   Philip

   New York City

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

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

   Some tables are very small. I am a stronger person so we had to switch tables cause it didn’t fit. but they were super helpful. it was quite loud but the food was really good and the place is pretty. but in average a realy nice restaurant
   

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   Donald

   Los Angeles

   11 reviews

   5.0

   11 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

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

   Great food as always, service slightly slow given staff shortages but didn’t impact on enjoyment of evening.
   

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   Antoinette

   London

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined 3 days ago

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

   Very good. The ambiance and food is excellent, it's a lovely spot for great food and wine.
   

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   Erin

   London

   4 reviews

   4.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

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

   The restaurant was lovely with a lively atmosphere. The servers were very friendly but seemed a bit overstretched probably due to the restaurant being full up on a Wednesday evening so service was a bit slow for one course. The portions were a bit on the small side for the starter and side but very delicious.
   

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   Tom

   London

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

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

   A restaurant that clearly cares. About the food, the atmosphere, the guests. Relaxing, informal but special at the same time. Loved it.
   

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   LOUISE

   London

   7 reviews

   5.0

   7 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

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

   Sunday lunch was great - good meet, good potatoes, plenty of veg, perfectly cooked and nice gravy. One of the best roasts in London for sure. Only slight gripe is the seats down stairs not super comfortable- too high for the table.
   

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   A

   London

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined 7 days ago

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

   I’ve been going to The Garrison for circa 15 years. I don’t know if it changed hands, but about 5 years ago the quality dropped. We had a lovely waitress today but past trips it’s been a mixed bag of indifferent staff with poor knowledge of food, zero knowledge of wine and limited customer service verging on not trying. But overall there’s a corporate feeling behind the eclectic furniture- an attitude of pack in the customers, serve middle quality food, and get them out the door fast. Today our main meal was in front of us within 5 mins of ordering it - we still hadn’t finished pre-food drinks, and the food was served cold and needed to be sent back. We had two courses - just over £200 bill for 3 of us. Plus we discovered the service charge doesn’t go to the staff. All in all a disappointing decline of a local restaurant. It’s become a blatant money making machine. I hope The Garrison ups its game considerably. But for now there are much better choices elsewhere.
   

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   nicola

   London

   8 reviews

   3.0

   8 reviews

   Dined on December 7, 2024

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

   We had a girl's Christmas lunch for 8 people on Saturday and were seated at the high table. We have all been to the Garrison over the years (from it's beginning) and it still remains one of the nicest little places to go along Bermondsey St. It's buzzy & cosy with lovely interiors. The high table isn't the most ideal as it's right by the kitchen and for the shorter people amongst us, not the most comfortable getting up and on the seats. But as it was the only table available when I booked that was the compromise. The xmas set menu was very reasonably priced. The roasts were good and my cod was lovely although the 'mussels' it was advertised with were - I'm pretty sure - actually clams. Or if they were mussels, they were the teeniest ones I'd ever seen! Due to it being so busy the turnover on tables is quite quick so once we'd eaten it was very much a 'we will get you the bill' scenario so we did feel a bit rushed sadly. The Garrison still feels like a trusty old friend - some of the food fell a bit short in places (eg the Burnt Cream pudding) but we left having had a lovely time and an enjoyable lunch and that's the main thing.
   

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    Rian

    London

    5 reviews

    2.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on December 7, 2024

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

    We arrived to a rather unwelcome greeting and luckily 1 member couldn’t join as the table we were put at was a booth which was extremely tight I had to flag someone over to give us menus and order drinks again not very welcoming I booked a Christmas get together but didn’t realise I had to prebook the Christmas menu so we had to choose from the standard menu which I was very disappointed with The food arrived and was very small we should have been recommended to add some sides as I ordered steak and literally had a plate of steak and a few crisps (dairy free they swapped the small mash) We all felt it was very over priced for what we had eaten I won’t be returning as there are lots of better places in London
    

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