Grumbles

Grumbles reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   SYLVIE

   London16 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on April 12, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Overall a good local restaurant. We were able to sit outside in a quiet street for Central London.
   

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   Steve

   Kansas City3 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on April 1, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   We had a very enjoyable experience eating at Grumbles. I would recommend it very much. Not high end, but very relaxed and pleasant service. Nice wait staff. Food was good, basic but very well prepared and presented. Reasonably priced and we were glad we ate there, would eat there again.
   

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   Jeremy

   London9 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 27, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Have been going to Grumbles for decades. Unique restaurant in that part of London especially as Victoria area has transformed Grumbles retains individuality lost in other establishments.
   

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   Corinne

   London4 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 23, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   A lovely, bijou bistro. Lovely food, great service, good ambience.
   

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   Lucy

   London6 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on March 20, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Coming back after about 20 years. Service and ambience great. Food a bit more basic and not as good as back in the day, but assume that cost pressures are high! Felt like it was expensive for what it was, but perhaps location driven
   

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   ecotait VIP

   Washington DC66 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 15, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Love the food — both set menu and ala carte options. Service is great. It’s a cozy restaurant— not too many tables which makes it very personalized, but you’ll wan to book ahead. Escargot was delicious.
   

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   Tony

   London2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 6, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   My family and all our friends rate Grumbles more highly than any other restaurant in the area for its friendly, welcoming atmosphere, its simplicity, the quality of the food, speed of service, and attentiveness of the staff. We basically go hardly anywhere else. It is just a tiny bit off the beaten track, in Pimlico (Churton Street), but only 5 to 6 minutes walk from Victoria Station (straight up Wilton Street past Sainsburys, on into Denbigh Street, left at the lights and it's on your right) - so easy to get to, and well worth the effort. The staff retention rate is also most impressive - some have been there years, betokening a happy working atmosphere which transfers itself into the overall feel of the place. Tony Marshall
   

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   PaulC VIP

   London2 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on March 1, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   Food was great and it has that wonderfully local feeling with a lively clientele. I remember it from when I lived in the area in the 90s so enjoyed the return visit even though the waitress waiting downstairs was brisk and quite frankly offputting in her cursory service 
   

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   Sophie

   London2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 28, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Lovely meal and experience as remembered from when I used to come here regularly for my liver and bacon fix :-)
   

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    SYLVIE

    London16 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on February 23, 2025

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4

    Had not been to Grumbles for many years, but found it unchanged. Good food, service and ambiance.
    

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