Earlier this week, I met some friends for dinner at Kettners in the heart of Soho – expecting the usual faded ex-hotel grandeur serving an affordable Pizza Express menu.
Alas, it's no more.
It's been refurbished and now offers a new brasserie menu. The cheapest glass of wine in the champagne bar costs £7.75 with 97p 'optional' 12.5% service charge automatically added and rounded up to £8.75 for no apparent reason. The restaurant prices weren't quite so shocking. Seven of us each had a main course plus dessert or coffee, and shared three bottles of wine and mineral water for £32 per head including service.
On relaunch, Matthew Norman gave it possibly the world's worst restaurant review scoring 0.5 out of 10.
More recently, it's been a bit better. Cater & Hotelkeeper review.
Two lessons...
As a supplier: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
As a customer: Be sure to check the latest reviews before you go anywhere.
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