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KOL London Reviews
Unique restaurant but we left hungry
I understand the artistic angle to this experience but no restaurant should leave you hungry, especially if you are paying almost 300 pounds for 2ppl. Well, we were hungry and they need to figure this out, imo. Food - was okay. First 3 dishes were
Nice lunch
Quite surprised by some of the reviews - we had lunch there for my husband’s birthday and absolutely loved the food! Everything was tasty, and service was great. The only reason I’m not giving it 5 stars is because we felt they were slightly stin
Incredible. Exceptional service!
Absolutely amazing restaurant! Beautiful menu and the most special meal to celebrate a 30th! The service was exceptional - never experienced service so good! Jake and the team were outstanding, delivering the smallest and most special touches to mak
Modern Mexican Restaurant in London
Amazing food and service but expensive. The mezcal sharing is very suprising and definitely something i haven’t seen earlier. Especially when you have something to celebrate this is a restaurant to go.
Fantastic
The food here is unbelievably good. Everything about the restaurant is great- service was efficient friendly and helpful. The menu is unlike anything I’ve ever had before with lots of innovative ideas. I lived the way they’ve subbed in local ingr
Incredible meal from start to finish. It's really nice going somewhere a little bit different to all of the standard places. A lot of Michelin star restaurants feel a little bit samey; however, this one really stands out as something special and
Mexican spice fine dining style with a lovely atmosphere and understated but brilliant service
Arrived for a birthday lunch with my wife. Seated and the Mexican adventure began, from start to finish the service, food and wine was exquisite. Service was never in your face just very relaxed but so on the ball. It was nice to have the dishes exp
Memorable for many reasons
Fantastic food, beautifully presented, every dish an absolute winner. I personally feel it’s the most interesting Michelin starred tasting menu I’ve eaten in London, and the service was extremely professional and friendly. I didn't find it p
Sublime. Just sublime.
Exquisite food - what an imaginative menu. Superb service and wonderful surroundings. Perfect spot for the truly special occasions.
Tasteless
Tasteless and pretentious cooking. Really expensive for what it is. Nice decor and ok aesthetics justify a second star.
Avoid like the plague
The Food and Wine here is outrageously expensive and frankly rather poor. The meal was over £800 for two and despite being a fan of taster menus this one and the accompanying wine flight was hugely disappointing. Some of the courses tasted rather na
Wow
Best food experience I had in London in a while. Superb. Definitely coming back. The plating was exquisite but the taste was mind blowing, so simple yet layered, complicated tastes.
Top food and service as always
This is the best resturant I have been in, food، and staff are excellent as always. We have been coming here weekly for 2 years almost
Pleasant but quite a bit short of outstanding
We visited on a Saturday lunchtime. Our first impression was of an attractive restaurant and warm, welcoming staff (though the waiting was a bit fumbled from time to time). We took the tasting menu with drinks pairings. By and large this was creati
Avoid!
Very nice staff who worked hard but the food and atmosphere were massively underwhelming. No idea how this restaurant got so over hyped. No dish truly impressed over our very slow 3 1/2 hours spent in the restaurant. And all this came with a very la
Great Mexican experience
A very good original Mexican cuisine. The menu is very special in it’s tastes but a bit heavy too. Dishes are served in a fast tempo. The service is good and friendly. Don’t forget that a service tax is added to the bill.
Incredible!
Truly amazing spot in London! The staff were extremely friendly, knowledgeable and on top of service. The dishes were excellent! Delicious, balanced and creative use of local products to show case Mexican flavors. Highly recommend!
Different and flavourful
Really good food. Tastes and presentation different from what you usually get. Super friendly service and nice atmosphere
Not worth a Michelin Star
In my opinion KOL should have the Michelin star taken away, I actually don’t understand how they got it, in the first place. I’ve been planning to visit the restaurant for over a year, finally I made the trip to London to try it and it was a tot
Overhyped Disappointment
Securing a reservation at this establishment felt akin to hitting the jackpot – after months of persistent attempts, driven by an enticing trailer that hinted at an unforgettable culinary adventure. Upon arrival, the restaurant's aesthetic matched
Creative, exciting, unusual
Creative, unusual, delicious small plates of food with exciting taste and texture profiles. Great sommelier. Came away wanting more. Casual ambiance. Expensive. Chef was in the kitchen.....
Average at best
The food looked pretty but that’s about it. The taste was average at best. The pairing (mezcales) with the food was bizarre as it was more of a mezcales introduction class and did nothing to complement the dish.
Great service and atmosphere some amazing food but a few misses
Great experience at kol with very attentive and informative service, a good wine list with some interesting choices that you don’t often see and a strong menu. The food was very different and some courses were an absolute hit whereas others were
Good food, but not good value.
The ambience, service and food is good however in my view it falls short. More than anything it comes down to value and expectations. A meal for two, with only two drinks each came to just under £500. For that I expect something really special/memor
Out of this World
Dinner was truly unique & far beyond my expectations, particularly liked the cerviche, halibut tacos & chilli gelato dessert, Do go earlier to sip some unique cocktails at the bar too, enjoy
Some good, some bad, mostly average!
Visited Kol in mid December and it was very hit and miss. Similar to other reviews we thought the food overall was very bland. There were a couple of very good dishes such as the langoustine tacos. Other than that most were average, in particular the
Meh
We were looking forward to eating at KOL during our visit to London, but were disappointed. It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t very good. I saw previous reviewers’ comments about the food being bland and I disregarded them because it can be hard to
Worth the wait
It took a while to get this reservation, but it was worth the wait. Outstanding food and service. Very nice atmosphere. Our party of 3 had a great time. Maybe the best meal we've had in London this year.
Fantastic
Cool room. Big table with plenty of space. Welcoming friendly staff. Food was fantastic. One of the best meals I’ve had in a long time. Interesting, varied, delicious. Couldn’t be more different from a stuffy French dining experience in a good wa
Excellent Mexican food and margaritas
Went to Kol last night for a friend’s birthday. The tasting menu was fantastic, with the highlights being langoustine tacos and asada (wagyu tacos). Excellent margaritas which somehow didn’t get me drunk, even after four. Great, friendly service
KOL review
After ages finally got a reservation and visited the anticipated KOL. The food was great until the dessert appeared to our dismay and utter disbelief there was a large piece of plastic found baked into the flan which we could not see and ended up eat
Don’t believe the hype
I visited KOL with six friends, after reading numerous positive reviews about it being the only Mexican restaurant in London with a Michelin star. Prior to to us arriving, one of the guests was ill so I notified the restaurant that we would be five.
Life-changing Mexican dining!
Incredible. Thought we knew Mexican food til we came here! Each dish had so many new ingredients we’d never had before and could’ve easily had a hundred more of the freshly made corn tortillas. Life-changing. Staff were so attentive and made this
Worst Food Experience in many years: to be avoided
We had been looking forward to this restaurant also because we love Mexican food but this has nothing to do with it and the flavours that come from these recipes are mostly terrible, in my view. We had the tasting menu and only a couple of dishes (ou
My best bite of 2022
The langoustine taco at KOL was my favorite bite of food for the year! We really enjoyed the entire meal, service was friendly, the wine pairing was interesting and the atmosphere was pleasant. We never missed lime or avocado and thought the use of B
so-so
The cooking is very bland - it is a bad sign that the server encouraged us to season the slow cooked beef ourselves (shouldn't the chef have done that?) For a restaurant of this calibre, it is disappointing that the entire meal is accompanied by tort
Really disappointing
I really don’t like to leave a bad review but… This shouldn’t be up there with other 1* Michelin restaurants. The waiting list was very long and restaurant very hyped but the experience was lacklustre for a 6 course tasting menu. The courses ha
Bland and disappointing
As other reviewers have said, the food here is quite bland. Actually very bland. Actually the blandest Michelin starred food I’ve eaten in London and I’ve eaten at more than 50 of the currently starred restaurants. I felt the need to post this
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