Merchants Tavern – Kitchen Counter

I've eaten here this weekend and it's just crazy out of the bar, which doesn't make the food so great. But in a week night the food is still delicious and service super, but you can hear each other. All our dishes were just mouth watery delicious.

The restaurant has a pleasant atmosphere and friendly staff, however the kitchen was quite slow. Our starters came out quickly, but our main dishes took an hour and a half to be served. We were informed that the fish would take longer to cook. When our meals finally arrived, they were delicious but quite heavy. The bar area was great, but the restaurant was lacking in some areas.

This in one of our favorite Shoreditch restaurants and we often come here! The food is delicious and the atmosphere is great, unfortunately they had two employees sick that really affected the service it was very slow but the guy on the floor did his best.

I've been before and I think the standards have broken down. The food felt overpriced for what we got and I thought the service was just ok. To clarify the food, it tasted nice, but there was not much money, e.g. just a large bowl of spaghetti hidden in it with a small amount of lobster. It did not feel refined enough to the price tag.

Lovely restaurant. Beautiful light and ambience; great service; top notch food