The Montagu in City of London

Beautiful restaurant, lovely staff. Food was less exciting.

Had a meeting here. Wonderful place. Tea was decent but the espresso was excellent.

I had never heard of this place, until I realised I had some Hyatt points due to expire soon, and started searching for restaurants at Hyatt hotels (of which there are not many in London). We ended up visiting for dinner on a Sunday evening. The restaurant section was pretty much empty throughout the meal, although the adjacent bar/snack area was much busier. The décor was nice, with soft undertones, giving the place a cosy feel. I liked the menu structure, split into distinct snacks, veg, seafood and meat sections with the recommendation to pick a couple of items from each section. The two of us ordered the bread, bubble & squeak, potato croquettes, artichoke, seafood scotch egg, lemon sole, scallops, baby chicken and the lamb. It sounds like a lot of food, and it was, but the portion sizes are quite small and we did finish it all. We also both tried the chocolate hazelnut dessert. The food was excellent! Many different items, but all of them were really well done and professionally presented. It was hard to pick any faults. We had our two young kids with us, and even the stuff we ordered from the kids menu was very good. They do a really nice Old Fashioned as well.Service was friendly but a bit slow. Our server was also attending to tables at the adjacent bar area. He seemed to be thinly spread and it was difficult to get his attention. That said, the food was delivered at a reasonable pace, especially considering each ‘section’ of the menu was served individually, effectively making it a 5 course meal. The bill (before deducting Hyatt points) came to £285, of which £85 was spent on drinks. This felt a bit excessive, definitely ‘hotel prices’, even though this was not a particularly posh hotel. Although I can’t knock the food, I would have expected far more attentive service, and a more refined atmosphere as well at this price point.Overall, this was a surprisingly good meal. We came in with average expectations, just trying to use up some points, but ended up enjoying some excellent, Michelin star quality food. Shame about the service and pricing, but I would still consider a second visit.

Nice place and lovely staff but just about average food and service. Asked for the kids menu and we never received. Had to ask twice for other things, didn't have any juices available for brunch time, food was average and incredibly expensive for what it was. In summary nothing about this place differentiated it here from other places. Not worth eating here... for brunch anyway.

Tried to force everyone on the table to order food even though some of us weren't hungry and our family was staying at the hotel. Would really expect a bit more understanding from this type of an establishment.

Halal available on request. Good service. Lovely 5 star setting. Tasty food.

Had the most amazing meal here on October 12. Service was exemplary as was the food. Highly recommended!

Really really good seafood, the octopus was fantastic, and the crab choux was great as well. Relatively small menu though.

We wanted to have a quiet but extended Xmas dinner and discovered this place. We had drinks, chips, rosemary potatoes, bread for starters, tart and portobello mushroom for mains and the highlight was my mousse in dessert - absolutely light and airy!The decor was beautiful and there was even a fireplace were we moved to for dessert and coffee. Just the right kind of attention from staff - overall lovely experience.

Loved this restaurant, visit it every single time I am in London. Didn’t see oyster on the menu this time tho, would love to see it back on sometimes later :) still in love with the contemporary food however. Liked the welcome mulled wine for the Xmas season! Great staffs!! Very friendly and helpful!