Reviews Fredericks Restaurant

Chic establishment, well presented dishes, a lack of creativity but the service is top notch. Would recommend for a formal lunch with the in-laws!

This established Islington restaurant is tucked away in Camden Passage. It has maintained the same theme since it's opening thirty years ago, classy French cuisine. I love the open, bright interior, the walls decked with large modern artworks and plants scattered amongst the tables to give diners more privacy. In the summer, you can sit in the charming walled garden. The cocktail bar is just as loved as the restaurant itself, offering a variety of delicious and creative cocktails. I cannot resist their classic peach Bellini.

The menu changes seasonally but always offers a range of mouthwatering choices and maintains some of it's classic dishes. One of my favourite dishes I have eaten here is a scallops and chorizo starter, cooked perfectly and packed with flavour. Prices are quite high so this is a place to save for special occasions but the atmosphere and food are definitely worth it and they also offer a great set menu for £19.

FREDERICK’S - REVIEW - 17TH APRIL 2012
I’d been recommended to try Frederick’s, which is a lovely looking family run restaurant and bar on Camden Passage in Islington. It’s size is deceptive from first glance with little tables seated outside, but once inside it stretches far back into a big conservatory with a high ceiling. It is spacious and decorated plainly but very tastefully with neat white tablecloths on each table.

The menu at Frederick’s has a European feel with quite a Spanish influence and has enough choice but you can see each dish has clearly been carefully chosen to give a well thought out and varied menu.

Frederick’s serves a set menu all evening on Monday’s and Tuesday’s until 6.45pm other week nights which is 3 courses and coffee for £19. The normal menu is much more expensive with main courses averaging at around £20 so the set menu is really good value. We decided to opt for that.

After being served some delicious homemade focaccia and sampling a couple of cocktails (the Amaretto Sour was very good and complete with Maraschino Cherries), my diner tried the ribs and I had padron peppers with chorizo and rocket for starter. The ribs were tender and juicy and coated in a tasty sauce and the chorizo was smoky and went perfectly with the slight bitterness of the peppers and peppery rocket.

For main, I decided to keep to the Spanish theme and went for the Salt Cod Fritters with tomatoes and Aioli and my friend had the Lamb with couscous. The latter was cooked to perfection with the lamb just a little pink and wonderfully juicy and the jus complimented the couscous allowing it not to be too dry. The fritters were soft and fluffy and just melted in the mouth.

For dessert we decided to share both cheese and biscuits and a pudding. The dessert consisted of little sugar coated doughnuts which were like Mexican Churos and came with a naughty but nice Praline Creme. The cheese board came with water biscuits, Cornish Yarg and grapes and the cheese was good but I couldn’t help feel that more than one cheese would have made it much better as it was a little bland.

We finished with a warming cup of fresh coffee and some little handmade truffles which was the perfect end to a great meal.

The service in Frederick’s is fantastic and you really are looked after from the moment you arrive. Staff are always on hand to top up your water, pour wine and just generally look after you and make you feel special and wanted, which is how it should be when you go out for dinner. The restaurant itself had a really cosy, pleasant feel to it and it’s wonderfully romantic and a perfect place to go with your partner for dinner.

I think I may have found one of my new favourite London restaurants. Frederick’s, I will definitely be back again soon.

Superb venue with quality food and fantastic staff. Had a private event at Frederick’s. It was an exciting and wonderful day for our family, and the team has been instrumental in making it a success. Andeea has been incredibly helpful and accommodating with booking the private room, menu selection, venue decor, and any queries or requests we had. On the day Frank and the team have ensured our guests were well looked after. The food was delicious and the service from the staff was faultless. Absolute gem and will be coming back.

Nice modern interior decor which is quite a surprise especially given restaurant sign on the outside. Food was nice but nothing mind blowing. The lamb chops and panna cotta dessert were our favourites.

We had a fantastic lunch today. The service was exceptional, just loved the ‘smiley’ server who loves chocolate 😁 The non alcoholic cocktails were great and the food was high quality, with great ingredients Special mention to the chocolate fondant 😋 We were there 2hrs and felt no pressure to leave once we’d finished and were still chatting Great venue

For reasons I don't want to dwell on, we had to book a wedding reception in something of a hurry recently (on a completely separate note can I just say how delighted we are to have recently become parents). We were delighted Frederick's was available and honestly everything was perfect, I cannot recommend highly enough. The food was even better than I had expected and the service was top notch I would hand on heart recommend to anyone!

Excellent restaurant. Great premises, beautiful art, nice tables and chairs and the overall atmosphere is magical. I had a great night with my fiancé. The service was flawless and also very helpful. Amazing selection of wines and very funny and prepared sommelier. The waiters were friendly and skilled. The only thing we would not give 5 is the food. We found the quality of what we ordered quite average. We definitely come back to try the meat, probably the best item on the menu. But being the menu limited, every plate should excellent. Definitely recommended for a date and also for families.