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Bermondsey Square Hotel Gets a Roasting For its Restaurant

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Bermondsey Square, Tower Bridge Road, London, United Kingdom, SE1 3UN
September 14, 2009 at 3:58 PM | by juliab | 3 Comments

Poor old Bermondsey Square Hotel. Things were looking so great for it before it launched, but it simply doesn’t seem to have lived up to expectations. We didn’t think much of it when we went round in May. Neither did the Observer, which published a particularly scathing review.

And now Time Out has joined the sorry chorus with its review of the hotel’s restaurant, Alfie’s. First up, the decor: “the only thing swinging about it is a hanging ball chair,” they say. “The rest of it is very slick, in a hotel restaurant sort of way.” Ouch!

As for the food – the “determinedly British” menu (ham and eggs, coronation prawns) gets a mixed reception, but the “definitely British” service earns a big thumbs down. The verdict? “Average food, average service, a sarky chef and a £70 bill”.

Hmm. Wonder how long it’s going to last?

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  1. juliana

    HotelChatter Editor

    i had high hopes too...

    But i guess we can't really say it's just working out the kinks anymore, can we?
    September 14, 2009 at 6:28 PM
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  1. Nell Hegarty

    HotelChatter Member

    Bermondsey Square Hotel receives excellent reviews

    Make up your own mind........... check out the numerous excellent hotel reviews including Times Online, Attitude, Express.

    Consistantly positive feedback from credible journalists from Conde Nast Traveller, Independent and ES highlight Bermondsey Square Hotels growing fan base.

    September 15, 2009 at 7:01 AM
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  1. juliab

    HotelChatter Contributing Editor

    IMO

    having been really looking forward to it and then hugely disappointed, i think the problem is mostly one of living up to hype and expectation. when it was being built, we were told it was going to be this swinging 60s funkfest, but going round the rooms - the standard ones, not the suites - there just isn't any sense of that. if it had been billed as a new, low-key hotel in an up-and-coming hood, then it would have lived up to expectations. but saying it's going to be the hippest kid on the block - especially when you're launching at the same time as the sanctum - and then having your only 60s reference as some photos on the walls and some chairs in the lobby - that can only be a letdown.

    moral of the tale - never over-egg the pudding. maybe that's why they've changed the prs since launch.
    (also, incidentally, the times reviewer talks about lucy in the sky with diamonds being a famous elton john song, so i'm taking that review with a pinch of salt...)

    September 15, 2009 at 11:39 AM
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