Reviews of Tredwells

I do not normally give five star ratings for a restaurant but tredwells deserves it. Everything here was perfect all the way from the starters to the dessert. Not much to comment come and see it for yourself for the michelin green guide restaurant that makes sustainable food. Everything was perfect. Extremely recommended and i would love to go back here again anytime soon.

Visited Tredwells today and was thoroughly impressed by the food and service. I had the 5 course, plant based tasting menu which was exquisite! Really creative dishes and the perfect portion sizes. The service was excellent and just the right level of attentiveness. Couldn't fault any part of the evening. Highly recommend a visit.

A truly delightful place that has a great atmosphere, not overly loud so you can hear the conversations you’re having. Clean, tidy and the lighting is warming and welcoming. Staff very attentive but not overly so. A good amount of vegan plant based options that are exceptionally satisfying and tasty. Well presented food and not a particularly long wait, even tho the place was busy. Will be back for sure.

The Food Standards Agency rated Tredwells 4 out of 5 in January 2019, so overall fine. We arrived for a date night on Friday evening and were seated in a comfortable booth. The restaurant offers a nice amount of intimacy as tables are spaced out well and the level of music was thankfully low enough to make having a conversation easy. We went for two set menus, muscles, fish and ice cream and carrots, steak and doughnut .. obviously those are the simplified names ! The presentation and taste were lovely and the steak especially good, compared to my usual steak restaurants. Service was very attentive too. Overall a faultless dinner

Amazing service and great ambience. Solid starter and main offerings (the duck and hanger steak were both tasty and tender: see pictures), but the highlight for me was dessert: the chouxnut (pictured) and the caramel ice-cream dish were mind-blowing! Probably slightly too expensive for the mains, which is the only reason it's not a 5 from me.

Amazing experience from the first step in. Food was delicious delicious and service extremely friendly, helpful and efficient. Prices a little bit on the high end but all so worth it. Venison and scallops were definitely stars of the day for me however all the sides we've tried weren't any way worst. If you like sour taste, make sure you try gin and tonic cheesecake for your desert. I'm told that caramel afogato is also delicious. Definitely recommend the experience.

They waiter was arrogant he could not speak clearly in English and was rather rude he got our order wrong.The Maire D took over our tables as I asked for our waiter to be removed and she and her assistant were excellent When they did get the right good to us it was excellent The sommelier was very knowledgeable and help full. Had the waiter not have had such a bad attitude towards our table and actually got our order right the first time as you would expect then it would have been a five star rating all over the board but we didn't let it ruin our evening and would highly recommend 15/09/2019 Food and service excellent had great lunch in a great restaurant

Ate here utilising the OpenTable 3 courses with a cocktail for £29 offer, and it was such good value for money, even when buying vegetables and choosing steak at an additional cost. Came away completely full and sated after absolutely delicious food for every course: a sweetcorn mousse starter, pork main, and ginger cake for dessert. Wine list is pricey, but it is central London and it seems unfair to critise this when the food is so reasonable. Obviously their regular menu is more expensive. Decor is stylish. Service was friendly, but not always consistent. Again, seems churlish to complain.

We managed to get a table for four on a busy evening without booking which it was good. The ambience, decor and service were very good, but the food was not what we expected if you consider the price, it was good but nothing exceptional. I might visit again but not any soon. Bread was probably the most remarkable food if you compare it with other restaurants from the same range.

Good dinning experience. I really enjoyed the conversation with the extremely knowledgeable bar keep about old school cocktails. Food as expected remeber to order sides with your main or you will be disappointed. What for addition charitable contributions on your bill if you are a cheapskate and don't like that sort of thing.

What a great experience. Lovely food with a no rush friendly attentive service. I must say the service we received in Tredwells was the best I have received in the UK, especially the young Italian waiter who was very knowledgable and friendly and even went with my kids to help them "make" their own dessert. Fantastic. We had quite a few items off the A La Carte Menu as you can see in the photos and they were lovely.

Annie and I have been having fun trying out new restaurants of late – The Oystermen last month; Cinnamon Bazaar the month before. I suggested we went to Tredwells the next time and booked a table. I’ve been wanting to go there for ages as it’s one of Marcus Wareing’s restaurants and prides itself on creating dishes from the best seasonal British produce. Chantelle Nicholson is Chef Patron and is known for giving a great contemporary twist to British food.

Marcus Wareing brought his Tredwell restaurant to Covent Garden back in .... and it went on to win AA's London Restaurant of Year. A fantastic accolade for a 'celeb' Chef who keeps his profile quite low unlike others I could mention. <br/><br/>On a recent visit to the area for a musical, we took advantage of a pre-theatre set menu courtesey of Bookatable Star Deals. I will say that Star Deals are great. You can enjoy some great award winning restaurants, even Michelin, as they push to fill their early or late slots by offering some value for money deals. <br/><br/>Tredwells is a cute little casual dining spot just down from Seven Dials, opposite the ever busy Dishoom and iconic Stringfellows. Specialising in British seasonal food, looking at the menu I was happy to see some simply no-nonsense dishes as it was actually just what the doctor ordered.<br/><br/>For our starter we has Pork belly and ham hock raviolo with piccalilli and mustard and Brixham crab, brandade with cucumber, pickled celery and sesame cracker. Our main courses consisted of chargrilles lamb chop, slow cooked shoulder with broad beams and mint. I had chargrilled hanger steak, braised shallot with peppercorn steak which was cooked medium rare and was the most tender tasty meat I have tasted in a long time. We had a side of truffled macaroni cheese and smoked potato & gryere croquettes which were to die for. <br/><br/>Tredwells is lush. A place for gorgeous food and great service.

Tredwells regularly appears on lists of London’s top eateries, having been named London Restaurant of the Year by the AA. Located on bustling Upper St Martin’s Lane, Tredwells is a foodie haven with contemporary British cuisine by top chef Marcus Wareing. To celebrate my sister’s birthday, a group of five of us headed to the venue for dinner and had my expectations surpassed.

I found Tredwell's to be a mixed bag on the whole, but on the food side it was disappointing. Service was impeccable and very attentive but the quality of the cooking left something to be desired. The starter I ordered of ricotta and salt baked pumpkin was poorly seasoned, tiny in portion and really lacked flavour. The music bread before this was a nice addition but it had already been covered in oil, rather than letting us dip into another condiment, so it was greasy and hard to pick up. For my main  course, the real disappointment, the sea bream was undercooked, very pink and slightly cold in the middle of the fillet. The pea and parsley sauce was a nice touch, as was the breadcrumb on the top, but this was a really poor dish cooking-wise. Other than this there were some nice courses; lamp rump and gin and tonic cheesecake were greatly enjoyed by my partner but the restaurant could definitely do better altogether.

A bit of a mixed experience to be honest. We were a little early and sat at the bar for a drink. The guy behind the bar was making mulled wine which smelt fab and he chatted about how it was made and showed us the ingredients which was interesting. We were then taken to our table and we opted for the 3 course menu. All 3 courses were on the whole good, freshly cooked, hot, flavorsome and well presented, but I found the salted caramel just too salty and I couldn't finish it. The recommended wines were very good. Prob for me was at the end of the meal we asked for the bill and it was incorrect as the drinks were wrong , the second time it didn't have drinks on we'd had so we sent it back again, third time it was still wrong and it took 4 attempts in total which was a little embarrassing and annoying. Then, as we were paying cash, the bill and cash was whisked away and we weren't brought any change which, fair enough was only a few pounds,but when we'd already paid 12.5% service charge was a bit presumptuous. We really didn't want to cause any more fuss so after waiting 10min we left but change should have been brought. I'd go back if I was in the area again.

A friend and I came for dinner on a Wednesday evening, for the £26 for 3 courses & cocktail offer. The ambience was lovely and the waiters were friendly (kept topping up our water). There were couples and groups. Food was very well plated and delicious from start to finish. Especially enjoyed the lake district beef onglet main - so much flavour! The salmon sashimi style starter was superb as well. Only downside was that our cocktails didn't come 'on arrival' as suggested but only when we asked for it 20 mins after we sat down, at least it tasted good. Also, the triple-cooked chips are a little on the greasy side, you've been warned!

I’m always conscious that when I write a review, it’s a very personal experience that I’m sharing and of course, taste is a very individual thing. So, I’ve always wondered as to which is the more accurate, the opinion of one professional food critic or the combined opinions of many amateurs. With the advent of the internet, the door had opened for amateurs to share their opinions and I was disappointed with one of the critics I follow, Giles Coren, when he chose to post a diatribe against amateur critics.

I honestly can't figure out the reason of the mixed reviews. Just coming out of the place doubling our Open Table booking cost and couldn't be happier about it! Food was simply delish and staff lovely and attent. Specially recommend the pumkin soup and gingerbread mouse (superb!) and the Lake District beef onglet. Total must for those who enjoy food to the fullest!

This seems to be a restaurant quite clearly dividing opinion. Some of the reviews I had read before going were rave and some reiterated the notion of mediocraty but when I had a peek at the menu, I saw numerous dishes that had me going "oooh" and 'eeeee", enough to entice me into giving it a chance and making my own mind up.<br/><br/>And so hubby and I met another couple for an overdue catch up and were welcomed to our nicely positioned booth style table, away from the crowd and facing the bar. I liked the buzzy, casual-come-glamorous feel to the place and the waiter tending to us to the night had one of those sincere, un-pushy and genuinely helpful smiles. Apologies for the poor photos -the lighting was not brilliant and I hadn't seen my friends in nearly a year so frankly, I was lucky I even remembered to take photos!<br/><br/>I started off with the delicious elderflower and celery fizz mocktail. I've said it before and I'll say it again, us teetotalers often draw the short straw with these drinks and it's refreshing, literally and metaphorically, when you get a drink like this pushing the fruit-juice boundaries a bit.<br/><br/>Apparently, I was the only one wearing the badge of greed proudly that night as no one else opted for starter so I went to town by ordering the prawns with sweet corn, corn bread and prawn butter. I liked the consistency of this dish and the varying textures and learned for the first time that prawn and sweetcorn work rather well together. But the prawns themselves, unfortunately, were rater on the bland side. It was as if they had not been seasoned enough or marinated enough but simply left to rely upon the other ingredients that they were being served with, which is rather a pity as the starter had a lot of potential otherwise.<br/><br/>And a similar theme was to follow with my main course. I opted for the seabass with carrot and cashew. Once again, although the fish was cooked to perfection with a lovely crispy skin, what it lacked was any kind of real flavour and the rather bland strips of carrot and odd cashew thrown in for good measure, which sadly were not potent or memorable enough to serve as compensation for the bland fish.<br/><br/>Now the good news is that we didn't all choose so unwisely. My husband made the interesting decision to ask to have the starter platter (which is usually recommended for 2 people) all for himself but as a main course rather than a starter and this, perhaps, was a moment of genius on his part. I sat in complete envy most of the evening after trying his scrumptitous pork sliders, which had such tender meat and a fabulous smokey flavour (finally some flavour!), glazed chicken wings and bread with chorizo jam, which he kindly let me finish off. A delicious plate of food annd a highlight of the night. Our token veggie was not able to speak highly of his pea and courgette dumpligns, citing them to be tough round the edges and again, simply raher un-memorable. They do however whip up a rather good polenta chip!<br/><br/>You might think it strange that we decided to bother with desserts after this but my reasons were two fold, firstly, I had heard that the desserts here really are worth trying but secondly, I was still hungry! The salted caramel soft serve with honeycomb had been recommended to me and rather happily, it comes as a standard portion or a large, meanig that I was able to justify having 2 desserts and in case you're wondering what the other dessert I opted for was, it had to be the virtuous vegan chocolate brownie.<br/><br/>Now, this had a good soft conistency and had an earthy, nutritious feel to it and definitely was not too sweet or rich but unfortunately, the mistake I made here was having a bite of the ice cream and honeycomb first, which was so sweet that thereafter, the brownie simplly tasted bitter (although did offset the sweetness of the ice cream nicely) The soft serve was my hands down winner of the night and we agreed unanimously that the desserts came up trumps at Tredwells. I also tried part of the gooseberry cake my friend ordered and hubby's salted caramel praline tart was also divine.<br/><br/>So where do I stand in the great Tredwells debate then? Here is my issue. The prices here are not cheap and the portions are really rather small. I don't think you should be paying 18 - 20 pounds for a main course and having a starter and then still be left feeling hungry. I don't care how fancy or pretty the food is because for that price, you shouldnt finish a main course feeling like I need another meal. The menu is so diverse and they have some great ideas for ingredient combinations but they the fish dishes I trid just needed an injection of spices or flavour added to them and they would have been delicious, I have no doubts.<br/><br/>Desserts, they have nailed and that's why, with a bit of effort, I'm sure they have the potential to turn these 3 star reviews into 5 star reviews. Until then though, I found it a little too hit and miss and would probably only return for dessert because at present, for the price and for the celebrity chef status, it needs a bit of work.

Jazz music instantly ignites inside my mind the imagery of brass and copper, of steel and other cold metals – and how, under the guile of their owners, become animated and sing such heart-warming melodies. “Gin & Jazz” Night at Tredwells was an instant great choice for a Sunday night – not only because of alcohol and music, but also because it’s an eatery from Marcus Wareing Restaurants – the patron of the Gilbert Scott in King’s X.

We can all agree that Tredwell's has had some pretty mixed reviews since opening so I was a little hesitant but we were in the neighbourhood with old colleagues in tow and needed something with a style of food that would easily please all! <br/><br/>I was pleasantly surprised by the whole experience- the dining room was chic but still casual, the staff were attentive but not overwhelming, and the food was tasty. Nothing on the menu was particularly surprising or interesting but everything we had was well executed and hit the spot after the fews drinks we had earlier at the pub! <br/><br/>We had a couple of fish dishes at the table- both perfectly cooked, the pork was said to be a little on the salty side but the jus that came with it was splendid, and the calves livers also passed the test. The sides were a little sad but then again we did order the lettuce salad and mash so nothing new there! <br/><br/>I probably won't be rushing back but if I'm passing by again and the mood strikes, I wouldn't be adverse to it! Another likely situation would be if friends force me into the Dishoom queue... it is very possible I would duck across the road for a bit of Tredwell's lovely terrine to keep my energy levels up!

Often before heading to a restaurant for the first time I’ll have a look online at existing reviews about the place to know what to keep an eye out for and maybe to avoid. For my Sunday lunch visit to Marcus Wareing’s “modern British” Tredwell’s, I should have just avoided reading the reviews all together and let my gut (which is now a good bit larger after my Tredwell’s meal) guide me in the right direction.<br/><br/>The snide attitudes issued in write ups published in the Evening Standard and the Independent suggesting Tredwell’s was “cynical” and “passable” seemed to be just that – cynical and passable diatribe having at a successful chef for trying to bring something yummy to the high street.<br/><br/>What’s a restaurateur to do? Hide away in a cloistered Knightsbridge kitchen for the rest of his professional career or take a chance near Leicester Square with aplomb and a reasonable priced menu in a comfortable and attractive setting? I reckon the latter is a much braver – and in the long run considerably savvier – action than the former.<br/><br/>I liked my lunch at Tredwell’s. And if this “gateway” eatery might lead folks to hanker a more sophisticated experiences at Wareing’s two Michelin star restaurant at The Berkeley (never had the pleasure but have heard the raves) or his Gilbert Scott brasserie at the St Pancras Renaissance (have been a few times and absolutely adored it), then all the better.<br/><br/>Definitely a more down market take on dining out compared to his other venues, Tredwell’s offers an assortment of au courant dishes that err on the side of playful and hearty.<br/><br/>I savoured every bite of my starter course of prawns, white polenta and roasted garlic in chicken broth (£9.50) and thought my massive main course of Rhug Estate smoked slow cooked beef short rib (£29) was super satisfying. So what if it wasn’t all that terribly refined? Not to get all ecclesiastical about such things, but there’s a time and a place, ya know – and that goes for high street gourmand grinds as much as it does for fanciful haute cuisine. Sides like creamy kale slaw (£5) and chunky sweet potato fries (£5) did not disappoint while a damn fine made-to-order (and not on the drinks list) Bloody Mary impressed greatly. A “housemade” salted caramel soft serve (£5, with gratuitous honeycomb) was a treat!<br/><br/>Service was polite and on the ball (particularly from the fellows behind the bar). The dining area (all three floors of it!) was attractive, filled with natural light (even the basement to some degree) and pretty comfy too!<br/><br/>If Tredwell’s sounds like your kind of place to eat and drink, a great time to go might be from 5pm to 8pm on Sunday 19 April when the restaurant’s downstairs bar will host a special Gin & Jazz night with New York-based double bass player Rob Duguay and Parisian-born saxophonist Alex Terrier. The jazz duo will present an exclusive intimate live set ahead of their performance at Ronnie Scott’s on 20th April. The event will be priced at £15, which includes a Bebop cocktail (Gin, Aperol, Strawberry and Rhubarb) as well as a contribution of £2.50 to the Mousetrap Charity. The band will play from 5pm to 8pm.

Tredwell’s is the new restaurant by Marcus Wareing. In comparison to his flagship 2 Michelin star restaurant Marcus (recently renamed from Marcus Waring to Marcus), Tredwell’s does not aim to get a Michelin star and aims to serve people cheaper Marcus Waring influenced food in Covent Garden. I had read a lot of reviews of this restaurant, most of them negative. I generally thought this was because people wanted to be mean to Marcus Waring like people can to do with famous chefs, but when I went there, the restaurant had so many problems, I could see where the negative reviews were coming from. My boyfriend booked Tredwell’s for a Saturday night (on Valentine’s day) at 9.30pm, as they said they did not have an earlier table. However when we arrived at 9.15, they could seat us immediately and the restaurant was not even half full, so how they decided they did not have space before 9.30 is a bit strange to me. You can either sit upstairs or downstairs and we were sat downstairs. I quite liked the décor in brown shades but my boyfriend did not. Also what surprised us was how bad the service was.  There was only 1 waiter serving our area, which means we had to wait a long time for anyone to come to us (my boyfriend got up to get the menus himself as we were tired of waiting for them), take our order, etc… the service in general was un-attentive and not enough. The menu consisted of “snacks’, “starters”, “mains”, “sides”, “puddings” and children’s dishes. We ordered one snack, the “pulled pork belly, ginger & apple slider” for £3. The waiter tried to get us to order 2 of these, as for £3 you only got 1 burger, but we insisted on just having 1 and sharing it. It was small when it arrived, as we expected, but it was quite nice, with a soft bread and nice pulled pork belly filling. Quite nice few bites to start the meal. Initially

Recently I was trying to avoid the fuss of London's new restaurants opening, as I started to be a bit bored by the blogosphere who tweet and speak about the same most recently opened restaurant. I preferred to think outside the box, this is probably why this week I haven't eat LOBSTER. Two different restaurants opened this week, offering menu based around lobster, that is so déjà vu! I would prefer a restaurant with langoustines based menu, at least that would be a little bit different.<br/><br/>I wasn't planning to go to Tredwell's for the reason mentioned above but one of my friends received an invitation but she couldn't go so I thought I would give it a try. Tredwell’s is the new West End restaurant from Marcus Wareing and it is based in Covent Garden. <br/>The restaurant looked nice but nothing very original, everything was dark: furniture and walls. My attention went straight to the mirror… I didn't like them, I don't understand why new places try to pretend they are old and authentic by adding tinted mirrors.<br/><br/>We started the meal with one small plate, one jar and one small bowl, they brought all of them at the same time. Just saying that annoyed me...why do restaurants make things that difficult now, I will call all those three categories "starters" on a menu.<br/>This trend of smalls plates, nibbles, tapas, small bites, snacks, bowls, pots, jars [...] starts to be a bit ridiculous.<br/><br/>We ordered the pulled pork belly, ginger and apple slider, it was a mini burger. It was ok, the pulled pork was nicely cooked, only problem it was literally £2.5 for two bites of food. Pitt Cue Co which is 10 minutes walk away offers a tastier pulled pork burger for a cheaper rate per bite.<br/>This dish was my second favourite, courgette and ricotta fritters were crispy, the courgette were grated and combined together with the ricotta. The whole mix melted on the mouth easily and the pine nut butter went very well with it. <br/>The dish below is probably the best example of this new ridiculous trend: the chicken liver mousse. <br/>In a classic restaurant the mousse would have been probably presented on a plate with a piece of bread, not at Tredwell's it was foam in a jar. <br/><br/>The presentation was nice, but is it what matters the most for a customer ? No, what really matters is the taste of the food, not the design. <br/>This little fashionable chicken liver mousse in a jar was just horrible, not edible at all. It smelled and tasted like vomit. The chef who cooked it, forgot to take out the bile from inside the liver, the whole mousse tasted like bile. I was even surprised they brought us this mousse and nobody had tried the food in the kitchen of Marcus Wareing before serving. <br/>I didn't taste any bacon jam in it either.<br/>After the disaster of the mousse which has left an horrible taste in my mouth, despite eating bread and drinking a lot of water, our main dishes arrived with our fries and "grilled' green vegetables.<br/>The pork was nicely cooked but unfortunately I found the taste a bit bland, blame the jar of mousse. Pork was presented on top of spinach cooked in a beurre blanc sauce. <br/><br/>"Grilled" greens were a little bit crunchy but at the same time they were very watery considering they were supposed to be grilled ! Gladly they helped to take away the bile taste from my mouth.<br/>Chicken thigh was my favourite dish on the meal. Chicken was sticky, cripsy on the outside and moist inside. The sauce made from sweet soy and chili was the star of the dish. But you would expect it to be good for its price (£10 for two small thighs).<br/>My friend as a dessert ordered the warm ginger cake, while I was having the pain perdu. The dessert was decent, I thought the pain perdu was not enough moist, and they could have found something different that crispy bacon to go on top of a pudding, something like fruits maybe.<br/><br/>Overall I was very disappointed by my meal at Tredwell's, the only thing that made the meal not a total disaster was the good service provided by our waiter Vincenzo and the chicken dish. Vincenzo was very professional and attentive to details, you can tell he does his job with love.<br/>I won't be able to forget this mousse as it isn't every day you have a preview and taste of how it could be to eat your bile, thank you Tredwell's for this unforgettable experience. <br/><br/>2/10.<br/><br/>I was invited to Tedwell's.<br/><br/>

The restaurant  was named after the butler in Agatha Christie’s The Seven Dials Mystery, so it  had to have hidden depths (even if the soulless dining room suggested otherwise). Turns out I was right to trust my instincts as aside from the lack of customers chatting and chomping, I rather enjoyed my meal. Prawns on a bed of white polenta with white garlic and chicken broth (£8.50) was a lovely start. A hug in a bowl, it was sweet and sumptuous with pleasant warmth. Sea Bass was of similar design, but this time the gently cooked fish crouched on creamed carrots, lentils and shallots (£15). Had it not been for the sides of Kale Slaw (£3.50) and Sweet Potato Chips (£4.50), I could have lost the false teeth for the duration of the course. As with the starter, this dish was made for Mr Soft. A Virtuous Chocolate Brownie (£5) was shared for dessert, washed down with what remained of our carafe of house white (£13). It looked like a brownie, but a lack of eggs, dairy, wheat and refined sugar changed the taste and texture beyond repair. I regretted my choice and vowed never to liken ‘virtue’ to a ‘pudding’ again. I wouldn’t rush back to Tredwell’s, but I certainly wouldn’t avoid it as some critics suggest. The food is tasty, well presented and not insanely priced. So it’s a shame the restaurant is deprived of charisma and warmth due to a distinctive lack of bodies. Tredwell’s, 4A Upper St Martin’s Lane, London, WC2H 9NY Food 4/5 – Price 3/5 – Staff 4/5 – Atmosphere – 2/5

So another year comes and goes and like so many, I take a moment to reflect on what I've achieved over the past year. After I realise that is "nothing", I move onto all those new year's resolutions which weren't kept (did I learn Spanish? Um what's Spanish for "no"?). It's only the thought of all the amazing places I've dined at this year which pull me back from the brink of depression which started at Momofuku in Sydney and included the Fat Duck, the Ledbury and Restaurant Story. That's a list that would make any foodie pretty pleased but hey, the year's not over and I'm not prepared to throw in the napkin just yet! And it's with that thought in mind I venture off to Covent Garden to spend the night at Marcus Waring's much publicised Tredwells. <br/><br/>One of the big openings in 2014, Tredwells was for a long time on of the hottest tables in London with seemingly every credible food critic at a table leaving us public to fight for the rest and wait patiently for our turn. Though the hype has died a bit, it still remains insanely popular and after one meal, you can understand why. <br/><br/>In case the decor doesn't make it obvious this place is classy, the menu certainly does, radiating it with every item and with each dish, this was view was only justified. <br/><br/>Everything from the starters of bread with brown butter (which had a subtle toffee taste) and chicken liver mousse with bacon jam & toast to desserts of warm ginger cake, treacle, caramel & cream and salted caramel soft serve, honey comb & warm chocolate sauce was beautiful and struck the perfect balance of top quality without compromising quantity. <br/><br/>The highlight for me though was the slow cooked pork belly with crackling, chorizo jam & mash which was last meal worthy. The combination of flavours was a pure delight and the last bite was bittersweet knowing it was finished after. <br/><br/>Tredwell's has quickly shot up my list of restaurants in Convent Garden and even London in general, entrenching itself in the upper tier. However that's not to say there isn't a bit of criticism as our initial drinks order was lost along with our side-order of chips which really was the only black mark on an otherwise fine meal. <br/><br/>Also follow me on Twitter @annixontong and @wetrykai and on Instagram @annixontong.

Disappointing. I am quite a small eater and I think this is the only time I have ever left a restaurant hungry and the only time I've ever felt compelled to write a review. Ordered Sea bass with lentils and it came with a teaspoonful of lentils - in any other restaurant you would assume you don't need to order an additional side but here you do. <br/>The sides are ridiculously small also and given the fantastic variety in London I would certainly give this a miss. Go to Jamie's opposite or even better, Bill's beside that.

Not quite brunch I know, but I got in early to check out their roast with a 50% off, otherwise priced at £18.50 per person. And it was quite special. The beef was cooked to a beautiful ruby medium, and the thick rind of fat was a pleasant surprise (for me). The thick slices were juicy, tender and flavoursome, undoubtedly one of the better roasts I’ve had. If I had to pick out imperfections, then perhaps the fluffy potatoes could do with a bit more seasoning, and the cauliflower cheese were slightly dishevelled, but a very good roast overall.

Tredwell’s is the latest restaurant opening from Marcus Wareing restaurants and is a slightly different set up of that of Marcus’s Gilbert Scott restaurant. Tredwell’s is a much more relaxed and informal atmosphere and is based in Seven Dials which if you are unfamiliar with the area is in the heart of the theatre district and right next to Covent Garden. As soon as you step inside Tredwell’s you know it’s the perfect destination for food this winter, it’s cosy and warm atmosphere definitely feels like it should have a burning log fire as the smell of freshly made mulled wine fills the room. It was however much smaller than I had anticipated, the ground floor has about 6 booths and a few tables, with the bar lining the wall, but there is also an upper mezzanine floor and a basement which I never saw but imagine this to have more space. We started off our dinner with a couple of signature cocktails which are designed to complement the food menu.

Seven Dials in Covent Garden is a fantastic little area where seven street converge into one central circular space. The area is home to some fab shops, theatres, hotels and one fantastic new restaurant from celebrity chef, Marcus Wareing. Playing on the location Marcus named the restaurant Tredwell's after the butler in the Agatha Christie novel The Seven Dials Mystery and by coincidence the Agatha Christie play, The Mousetrap, is just round the corner. Having studied English literature, I like a good literary connection...and Mr S likes good food, so Tredwell's was the perfect place for lunch after the previous night's birthday celebrations. The post-birthday day is kind of like Boxing Day, you still feel festive and happy but also slightly sad that it's over....comfort food was in order! I was excited to wear some of my latest purchases for our lunch. A silk and lace top (I've been getting very into lace recently) and a wool and suede skirt from Maje. I loved the mixture of textures in the outfit and it went perfectly with my new bag! The interior of Tredwell's looks a little like a vintage diner, with green leather banquettes, wooden floors, tiling and mirroring. Skilled mixologists whip up inventive cocktails behind the central gilded bar.  Mr S and I dined on the ground floor but the space at Tredwell's is deceptively big. There's a smaller basement for some after dinner drinking and a mezzanine floor above looking out on to the streets of Covent Garden.  Cocktails were in order for the post-Birthday celebrations... ...and the names of the cocktails seemed to be inspired by old-fashioned London. I chose one called Down the Apples and Pears, and for my International readers that's London cockney rhyming slang for Down The Stairs. The cocktail contained Belevedere Vodka, apple, pear, elderflower and thyme. It was delicious and incredibly drinkable. Our waiter, a mixologist himself, told us that the vodka had been infused with thyme, and this gave it a slightly s

Seven Dials in Covent Garden is a fantastic little area where seven street converge into one central circular space. The area is home to some fab shops, theatres, hotels and one fantastic new restaurant from celebrity chef, Marcus Wareing. Playing on the location Marcus named the restaurant Tredwell's after the butler in the Agatha Christie novel The Seven Dials Mystery and by coincidence the Agatha Christie play, The Mousetrap, is just round the corner.<br/><br/>Having studied English literature, I like a good literary connection...and Mr S likes good food, so Tredwell's was the perfect place for lunch after the previous night's birthday celebrations. The post-birthday day is kind of like Boxing Day, you still feel festive and happy but also slightly sad that it's over....comfort food was in order!<br/><br/>I was excited to wear some of my latest purchases for our lunch. A silk and lace top (I've been getting very into lace recently) and a wool and suede skirt from Maje. I loved the mixture of textures in the outfit and it went perfectly with my new bag!<br/><br/>The interior of Tredwell's looks a little like a vintage diner, with green leather banquettes, wooden floors, tiling and mirroring.<br/><br/>Skilled mixologists whip up inventive cocktails behind the central gilded bar.<br/><br/> Mr S and I dined on the ground floor but the space at Tredwell's is deceptively big. There's a smaller basement for some after dinner drinking and a mezzanine floor above looking out on to the streets of Covent Garden. <br/><br/>Cocktails were in order for the post-Birthday celebrations...<br/><br/>...and the names of the cocktails seemed to be inspired by old-fashioned London. I chose one called Down the Apples and Pears, and for my International readers that's London cockney rhyming slang for Down The Stairs. The cocktail contained Belevedere Vodka, apple, pear, elderflower and thyme. It was delicious and incredibly drinkable. Our waiter, a mixologist himself, told us that the vodka had been infused with thyme, and this gave it a slightly smokey flavour.

Tredwell is casual in style it focuses on small sharing plates and, before you yawn and roll your eyes; I think the sharing plates trend has taken off because it allows you to try so many different things without being stuck with one thing and getting bored halfway through, or worse having food envy if someone picked something better than you!<br/><br/>They suggest choosing 2 small plates and one large per person and I have to say this was more than enough food, especially if you want to have room for dessert (and believe me you’ll want to when you see what we had!)<br/><br/>Whilst we made our menu choices, and during the evening, bartender Victor appeared as the walking talking cocktail list (they did not have a cocktail menu as yet when we visited), enquiring what drinks/ spirits/ cocktails we liked and made suggestions as to creations they were going to have on their cocktail list/ bar menu, and brought the final creations for us to try. We kicked off with cocktails including Sidecar (their version with Dorset Brandy and Cider) and a Sparkling Cyanide (Chartreuse, Maraschino, and lime juice) – J loved these especially the summery apple notes from the Sidecar.<br/><br/>My small plates were chicken liver mousse with bacon jam (£8) and charred squash with raisins, goats curd and hazelnuts (£7). The addition of bacon jam to the mousse made this insanely good, we ordered extra toast so we could scoop out every last bit! The charred squash didn’t have quite the same sweetness as when I roast it at home, maybe it needed longer slower cooking?<br/><br/>J small plates were pork belly buns topped with ginger and apple (£5). Frankly, I wish we had got the large version of this, tiny bite sized morsels of perfection. <br/><br/>His second was dorset crab with mango chutney on toast (£9). I wasn’t quite as taken with this, for me the mango chutney overpowered the delicate sweetness of the crab.<br/><br/>For our large plates, J got the onglet steak with mushroom ketchup (£15). The mushroom ketchup looked an intimidating shade of grey but actually had a real depth of flavour. <br/><br/>My large plate was beef shortrib with baked beans (£38). The beef was meltingly tender but by this point we were quite full and couldn’t really do this dish justice. <br/><br/>I would actually lean towards getting more small plates, there were so many we had our eye on, the pork cheeks, the squid and bottarga crumb, we will be coming back to work our way through the rest of the menu.<br/><br/>Last but definitely not least was dessert.<br/><br/>I got the pain perdu with maple cream and bacon (£6). If there’s any take home message from this review it’s that bacon makes everything better, even dessert! J got a chocolate pot topped with Campari ice (£6). J said he would have liked a stronger Campari flavour in the ice, but the pot itself was good. <br/><br/>J wanted something sweet as a nightcap and Victor created their version of a Clock and Dagger – with Grand Marnier, Vermouth, Cognac and ginger beer, decorated with an orange peel. A perfect way to end the meal! <br/><br/>Overall, excellent food and service – and loved the personal touch with the cocktails.

The last few years have not been kind on high-end French dining. Thanks partly to an explosion in demand for budget American comfort food (MeatLiquor, Patty & Bun, Chicken Shop) and a determined democratisation of the mid-range elsewhere (Zédel Brasserie, Zucca, Bone Daddies, you name a cuisine, you can eat it in this city for about £20/head), all of a sudden places like Petrus, Alain Ducasse, Gordon Ramsay and (yes) Marcus at the Berkeley hotel seem part of an older, fussier, elitist tranche of expense-account sinkholes, not irrelevant as such but not exactly London 2014.  <br/><br/>So not to take their increasing marginalisation sitting down, Gordon Ramsay Group opens the Kitchens (Bread Street Kitchen, and the forthcoming Heddon St Kichen) and Marcus Wareing opens the Gilbert Scott, each an attempt to win a slice of the casual dining middle ground. I say casual, but really these places are only casual in comparison to the multi-Michelin-starred flagships - the bill at Bread Street kitchen can easily top £50/head, and the Gilbert Scott is even more arch, albeit serving interesting British staples in the stunning surroundings of the St Pancras Hotel. I quite liked the Gilbert Scott, but still very much got the impression that Wareing's heart really wasn't into steak and chips, or charred butternut squash for that matter.  <br/><br/>But if the Gilbert Scott felt a bit like something Wareing thought he should do rather than something he really wanted to do, the menu at Tredwell's is even more knowingly departed from the the brand, being a jumble of hipster ingredient buzzwords (kimchee, chipotle, pulled pork, beef short rib - if it's had an article written about it in the Guardian, it's here) served as "small plates" (but of course) in a variety of inappropriate tableware. Because hey, isn't that what all the cool kids are doing these days?  <br/><br/>The concept is self-conscious and vaguely annoying, then, but that wouldn't matter so much if the food had been good. But though (in the main) it was all quite *precisely* cooked, with no glaring errors, at least not in the selection we ordered, there was no sense that this menu was really what anyone - not Marcus, not his executive chefs, not the staff - really wanted to serve. A £4 bowl of dry feta (almost impossible to spear with the little pickers as they just crumbled into ever tinier bits), ordinary olives and teeny bits of sun-dried (or somehow preserved tomatoes) was a bit like something you can get from Waitrose. Clearly someone felt that they had to serve a bowl of olives and feta, so here it inevitably is, but what good did it really do?  <br/><br/>Chicken liver mousse I think had been squirted out of one of those foam-gun gadgets, and was prettily folded on top of a layer of bacon jam (+1 hipster points there) inside a kilner jar (+1). The charred sourdough bread it came with was lovely, perfectly moist inside and with strong black grill marks, almost worth ordering the dish just for that, but the mousse was decent too, very light and with a smooth, pleasant flavour.  <br/><br/>I'd been told to order the "Smoked sticky chili chicken thigh", and so dutifully did, but couldn't really see what all the fuss was about. The smoking had made the flesh of the chicken quite friable, and the meek flavour of the meat was overwhelmed by a thick, sugary glaze. Unambitious and lazy, it was a bit like something you'd get as part of an 'Asian sharing plate' in a basement Covent Garden nightclub.  <br/><br/>Seabass was, against all expectations by this point, perfectly cooked, all the more surprising considering the thinness of the fillets. The carrot purée and lentils it sat on could have done with a bit more seasoning, and I'm not sure why this was best served in a lipped ceramic bowl rather than, oh I don't know, a plate, but at least it had a nice crisp skin and moist white flesh and that's all I ever ask of white fish. £14 though - not the bargain of the century.  <br/><br/>There were a couple of sides we ordered mainly out of curiosity. "Cauliflower, sprouts, hazelnuts & Berkswell cheese" should have been lovely, except the vegetables tasted boiled rather than the much more exciting grilled style that's more normal lately (see, some restaurant trends are worth following), the hazelnuts were either very gently toasted or not toasted at all, and the overall effect was, well, like a bowl of cauliflower cheese. Kale slaw was so thinly-seasoned and boring I can hardly remember eating it at all. Fries were good. Yes, I think the fries were good.  <br/><br/>With a couple of glasses of the cheapest fizz and a New Fashioned cocktail (which tasted very nice but I always think using dried fruit is a bit lazy) the bill came to £86.06. Which isn't a fortune in the grand scheme of things, but still - for a meal so entirely unambitious and unmemorable it's still £86.06 too much. Everything felt crowdsourced and focus-grouped, the product of market research rather than individual creativity. All head and no heart.  <br/><br/>Service was fantastic, and yes I was invited and they knew I was coming but believe me this is still no guarantee; our waiter at Tredwell's was pleasant and charming, a veteran - I got the strong impression - of Wareing's flagship 2* place at the Berkeley where his easy style and attention would compliment any tasting menu perfectly. Serving chicken wings and chips seems rather a waste of his talents, another awkward example of a group of people doing something they think they should.  <br/><br/>But look, the point is, there's absolutely no shame in being high-end, if that's where your interests lie. Marcus Wareing is objectively an incredibly talented chef, and his restaurant at the Berkeley is by all accounts, (and even since the self-conscious renaming MARCUS and removal of tablecloths) still a wonderful place to go for a meal. Why not be happy with that? Forcing yourself to go 'down home and dirty', chasing the comfort food dollar in Covent Garden next to Hawksmoor and MeatLiquor is like an eldery uncle wearing his baseball cap on backwards and listening to Taylor Swift. It feels forced, and contrived, and uncomfortable. And I'm afraid I didn't enjoy it very much at all. <br/> <br/>I was invited to Tredwell's

Tredwell’s is run by Marcus Wareing, who already has one more casual eatery in the form of The Gilbert Scott to complement his main restaurant. This Covent Garden establishment, which opened in September 2014, is named after the suave butler in Agatha Christie’s 1929 play “The Seven Dials Mystery”. The play’s name refers to a secret society of that name that meets in a club located at the Seven Dials junction of Covent Garden, which is near here. Incidentally, the butler character Tredwell actually appeared earlier in Ms Christie’s first play “Black Coffee” too.<br/><br/>The menu is more modern than the 1920s era name might suggest, with dishes like harissa-glazed aubergine and chipotle chicken wings, but there are more familiar dishes such as shrimp cocktail and mushrooms on toast amongst the more exotic offerings. Head chef Andrew Ward was previously senior sous chef at Chez Bruce, and held the same position at Rhodes 24 and La Trompette after working for four years at The Glasshouse.<br/><br/>The restaurant is spread over three floors, with a tiled floor, black tables with no tablecloths, and a rather striking art deco style clock on one wall. In total 184 diners can be seated at any one time. Lighting was very subdued, hence the murky photos. Music played in the background, from The Rolling Stones to the Cardigans, but was not too intrusive – the noise level peaked at 75 decibels, which is above the level of normal conversation but not excessively loud.<br/><br/>The wine list had just fewer than 50 choices, ranging in price from £24 to £99, with a median price of £48 and an average mark-up of three times the retail price. Example labels were Mas de Daumas Gassac Moulin de Gassac ‘Guilhem’ Pays de l’Hérault 2013 at £24 for a wine that you can find in the high street for £7, Mullineux ‘Kloof Street’ Rouge 2012 at £48 for a wine with a shop price of £12, and Barbaresco Roccalini Cascina Roccalini 2010 at £71 compared to a retail price of £23. <br/><br/>The menu had numerous sections (“bowls”, “bread and buns”, “grills and smokes” etc) and required a certain amount of concentration to read through. Naturally enough these days the portions were “for sharing”, a format that allows restaurateurs to have a menu that looks modestly priced at first glance but results in a rapidly escalating bill in practice. <br/><br/>Crab and mango on toast (£9) was simple but good, the toast made with decent bread, the crab fresh and the mango providing some balance to the crab (13/20). Crayfish salad (£5) was less successful, the shellfish tender enough but the overall effect rather too dry (12/20). Charred kale (£5) was distinctly undercooked, the quinoa on the other hand a touch soft, and the ginger was too tentative to rescue the balance of the dish (11/20). <br/><br/>I preferred a shrimp cocktail (£6), the Marie Rose sauce (tomatoes, mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce pepper and lemon juice) nicely made and with a pleasing hint of spice, the prawns tender (13/20). Harissa-glazed aubergine with coriander, peanuts and chill was also good, the heat of the spices lifting the dish nicely (14/20). Another enjoyable dish was sticky Goosnargh chicken thigh (£5), the bird glazed with a slightly sweet soy and chilli sauce. The chicken was carefully cooked and the chilli bite cut nicely through the sweetness of the glaze (14/20). On the side, baked beans served in a little tin were good, the haricot beans tender (13/20), and matchstick fries were fine (13/20).<br/><br/>For dessert, muscavado sponge with coffee and walnut had a strong punch of coffee flavour, the sponge moist and the walnuts adding a pleasing textural contras (14/20). Pain perdu with bacon was less successful, the bread soaked in eggs and then fried but lacking enough richness, though bacon was an interesting way to enliven it, served with maple cream on the side (12/20). Coffee was very good, a proprietary blend that is apparently the same one served at the main Marcus restaurant.<br/><br/>Service was not quite as suave as Agatha Christie’s butler Tredwell, but was pretty slick nonetheless, with attentive and helpful staff. The bill with one of the better wines came to £74 a head. If you shared a more modest bottle then a typical bill might be around £60 per person. This is hardly cheap for what is notionally a casual dining experience. I quite enjoyed Tredwell’s, with its best dishes very good indeed, but there were a few rough edges that should not really happen at this price point. Achieving consistency should not be a mystery to such an experienced team.

Great location right in the centre of London. Loved the cosy atmosphere with the tables so close to each other. Reminded me of a little Parisian restaurant. The food was very good and not too expensive either. A nice variety of prices on the menu which is hard to to find for most places in central London. I Would recommend.

There are a few fundamental things we look for in a restaurant: good customer service, pleasing decor, plus great cooking with a varied and reasonably priced menu. It’s staggering the amount of places that fail on one or two of these. Marcus‘s latest venture Tredwell’s in Covent Garden’s Seven Dials ticked all the above boxes, with the added bonus of being in a brilliant and central location and having speedy social media (which is becoming more and more important to us).<br/><br/>Marcus is famed for his notably pricier establishments in hotels, such as MARCUS at the Berkeley and The Gilbert Scott at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, so this mid-price casual restaurant is quite a hefty change of direction for him. You won’t find him in the kitchen here, he is purely the restaurateur, head chef is Andrew, previously of Chez Bruce as well as a two-year stint at La Trompette.<br/><br/>You know that scene from Titanic near the end where Kate Winslet’s ‘ghost’ is greeted by several people as she makes her way through the ship? Well that’s what it felt like for us at Tredwell’s (without the being dead part). Our table was downstairs and every staff member that we came across on the way smiled and welcomed us in a sincere way. The decor is beautiful, a touch of art deco with back-lit angled mirrors on the wall, monochrome metro tiles everywhere giving the feel of a (glam) Victorian station/public toilet. We weren’t too keen on the decorative flame torches outside the entrance though, yes it draws attention, but it also made it look a little tacky, felt like I was back at Yates’s in 1996.<br/><br/>The menu is pretty simple – the food is grouped into “Pots & Jars”, “Grills & Smokes”, “Bread & Buns”, “Bowls” and “Fries”. Designed for sharing but they stress that it’s not essential. We did as advised and chose three items to (mostly) share. There was only one cocktail to get started with – Sparkling Cyanide £7.50 – green Chartreuse, Maraschino, lime, soda. With a name like that, it just had to be done, along with lame jokes about it being for Ade etc etc. He had a New Fashioned £9 – Rye whiskey, marmalade and bitters, with a slice of candied orange. He made this last all evening, sipping it through the perfect cubed ice not wanting it to end, I recon he should have simply ordered another one!<br/><br/>The gorgeous and robust Chorizo jam, charred bread £4 came first – not a jam as such, more of a chilli type texture, lovely slathered on the warm charred toast. Pulled pork belly, ginger & apple sliders £2.50 each were teeny little things which was just as well – buttery brioche buns of heaven. The Chipotle marinated chicken wings £5 tasted great with a gentle kick, but weren’t much to look, possibly just because they were naked, not slathered in sauce or fried.<br/><br/>For mains we stuck to one dish each – no sharing, just a taster of each other’s dish. I couldn’t make my mind up so made a hasty decision upon arrival of the waiter to take our order. My Pork chop, baked celeriac £14 was good but I had forgotten that I wasn’t overly keen on baked celeriac, it can be a little dull. Help was at hand with our side order of Cauliflower, sprouts, hazelnuts & Berkswell cheese £5 which was adapted to contain no cheese for me.<br/><br/>We love it when restaurants do interesting things with vegetable side orders, it’s so boring to find the same old thing all the time. It’s kind of how I feel when I see a chocolate brownie on a dessert menu but we’ll come to that in a bit. Oh, and allergy sufferers take note, they’re very allergy conscious here, stating everything from lupin through to sulphur dioxide .<br/><br/>Ade went for Sea bass, carrot pureé, lentils £14 – a thick fillet of flaky, pure white fish, really good quality and perfectly cooked. The purée had a Coronation Chicken taste to it, possibly intentional, who knows, we liked it regardless. Talking of unexpected flavours, the BBQ mayo for our Sweet potato fries £4 didn’t taste too dissimilar to Marie Rose sauce. The sweet potato fries were amazing, wedges with a crispy skin – something so simple yet often we end up with limp chips which can put us off ordering them.<br/><br/>So, dessert time. This diverse and varied menu deserves a fanfare. Yes, there is a brownie – but it’s no ordinary brownie – it’s a vegan-friendly virtuous one so we’ll let them off. We must have stared at the list for at least five minutes before we decided. Ade went for the Olive oil cake, blackberry jam, custard mousse £5 – a bit like a pimped up trifle, only better. A very light sponge base with a sharp blackberry topping (more a compote than a jam) and topped with a sweet mousse (imagine a custard flavoured Angel Delight and you wont be too wrong). I don’t recall ever having eaten a coconut mousse so I chose ordered the Coconut mousse with pineapple, mint, lime £5. I still haven’t ever had coconut mousse, for this was more of a frothy foam like the milk on a cappuccino, not even a latte thick. You can’t go wrong with pineapple and coconut though (it’s even better with rum) and I guess it was better for my waistline.<br/><br/>Another point that deserves a fanfare is the kids’ menu. We get so fed up with terrible menus for children, you know the ones – nuggets and chips, pasta and tomato sauce, blah blah. Kids deserve more than that and it’s about time that restaurants showed them the same amount of love rather than their menu being a lazy afterthought. At Tredwell’s there’s a junior menu with great sounding dishes such as Cornish cod, sweet potato smash £5 and Courgette ‘spaghetti’, cheesy tomato sauce £4. Check out the prices too.<br/><br/>So, lots of ticks for Tredwell’s, they’ve taken a simple concept that works well and there’s talk of it becoming a chain which usually saddens us but on this occasion, we hope it’s true.

Recently I was trying to avoid the fuss of London's new restaurants opening, as I started to be a bit bored by the blogosphere who tweet and speak about the same most recently opened restaurant. I preferred to think outside the box, this is probably why this week I haven't eat LOBSTER. Two different restaurants opened this week, offering menu based around lobster, that is so déjà vu! I would prefer a restaurant with langoustines based menu, at least that would be a little bit different. I wasn't planning to go to Tredwell's for the reason mentioned above but one of my friends received an invitation but she couldn't go so I thought I would give it a try. Tredwell’s is the new West End restaurant from Marcus Wareing and it is based in Covent Garden. The restaurant looked nice but nothing very original, everything was dark: furniture and walls. My attention went straight to the mirror… I didn't like them, I don't understand why new places try to pretend they are old and authentic by adding tinted mirrors. We started the meal with one small plate, one jar and one small bowl, they brought all of them at the same time. Just saying that annoyed me...why do restaurants make things that difficult now, I will call all those three categories "starters" on a menu. This trend of smalls plates, nibbles, tapas, small bites, snacks, bowls, pots, jars [...] starts to be a bit ridiculous. We ordered the pulled pork belly, ginger and apple slider, it was a mini burger. It was ok, the pulled pork was nicely cooked, only problem it was literally £2.5 for two bites of food. Pitt Cue Co which is 10 minutes walk away offers a tastier pulled pork burger for a cheaper rate per bite.  Pulled pork belly, ginger & apple slider This dish was my second favourite, courgette and ricotta fritters were crispy, the courgette were grated and combined together with the ricotta. The whole mix melted on the mouth easily and the pine nut butter went very well with it.   Courgette & ricotta fritters, pine n

Surprised by menu<br/><br/>I was around Convent Garden and used Zomato to find restaurants within walking distance and this new one came up. I was impressed by other reviewer's experience and the description of the food. <br/><br/>When I arrived the restaurant was strangely empty so I was a little doubtful but glad I stayed. The menu offers many options and all seemed absolutely delicious. When my Smoked sticky chili chicken thigh came it was well cooked and well presented. The server was really nice and everything inside created a lovely relaxing atmosphere.<br/><br/>I would have no doubts recommending this restaurant. Prices are absolutely competitive and for the quality of the that you get this place is underestimated.

The last few years have not been kind on high-end French dining. Thanks partly to an explosion in demand for budget American comfort food (MeatLiquor, Patty & Bun, Chicken Shop) and a determined democratisation of the mid-range elsewhere (Zédel Brasserie, Zucca, Bone Daddies, you name a cuisine, you can eat it in this city for about £20/head), all of a sudden places like Petrus, Alain Ducasse, Gordon Ramsay and (yes) Marcus at the Berkeley hotel seem part of an older, fussier, elitist tranche of expense-account sinkholes, not irrelevant as such but not exactly London 2014. So not to take their increasing marginalisation sitting down, Gordon Ramsay Group opens the Kitchens (Bread Street Kitchen, and the forthcoming Heddon St Kichen) and Marcus Wareing opens the Gilbert Scott, each an attempt to win a slice of the casual dining middle ground. I say casual, but really these places are only casual in comparison to the multi-Michelin-starred flagships - the bill at Bread Street kitchen can easily top £50/head, and the Gilbert Scott is even more arch, albeit serving interesting British staples in the stunning surroundings of the St Pancras Hotel. I quite liked the Gilbert Scott, but still very much got the impression that Wareing's heart really wasn't into steak and chips, or charred butternut squash for that matter. But if the Gilbert Scott felt a bit like something Wareing thought he should do rather than something he really wanted to do, the menu at Tredwell's is even more knowingly departed from the the brand, being a jumble of hipster ingredient buzzwords (kimchee, chipotle, pulled pork, beef short rib - if it's had an article written about it in the Guardian, it's here) served as "small plates" (but of course) in a variety of inappropriate tableware. Because hey, isn't that what all the cool kids are doing these days? The concept is self-conscious and vaguely annoying, then, but that wouldn't matter so much if the food had been good. But though (in the main) it was

Attractive place. I was curious about their menu, so I gave Tredwell’s a chance.<br/><br/>The place is nice, with small and very neat tables, which are a bit close to each other. I was very undecided on what to order and by seeing how delicious their dishes looked… I went for some chicken decorated with peanuts. The course was pleasant, quite tasty and well presented. Hence, I decided to order, as a dessert, some yoghurt with fruit, which tasted very fresh and yummy. <br/><br/>I have to admit the place surprised me. Their flaw could be the space's availability during peak times. Prices are fine and you would spend approximately 50 £ for two people.

There's nothing more exciting than eating at a restaurant whose menu adds the word smoked on to just about every dish - you just know it's going to be good. Tredwell's, if you didn't already know comes hot off the heals of the one, the only - Marcus Wareing (I'm sure he'll love that introduction). This time though he's not in the the kitchen but instead taking a back seat, leaving only his name on the door. Looking after the place is Chantelle Nicholson (GM at Gilbert Scott) and head chef, Andrew Ward. A great team - who have produced some impressive things here already.<br/><br/>And the name you may be wondering, well it's named after the butler in Agatha Chritstie's book, The Seven Dials Mystery. Inside its been decked out well, not mindblowingly so, but good, very current and bang on trend. Dark walls, low lighting and lots of copper. With seating on the ground floor and a sumptuous bar to perch on, the best seats are still upstairs in the balcony area. Once sat down, drink in hand we started to toil through the HUGE extensive menu. The concept, is one I hate - sharing plates. But, Tredwell's offer most of their small plates, as large plates too for those who hate the concept as much as me. A meal here isn't complete until your order their charred bread with chorizo jam. Smoky, full of flavour, a little sweet and darn right delicious.<br/><br/>The smokiness didn't stop there - it was only the start. Squid, courgette, peppers and bottargo (fish roe) crumb. All the plates we ordered here were of the small size and personally I think you get a lot of food for your buck. This dish actually arrived a little bit cold, but the squid was cooked perfectly, very tender and those grilled sweet red peppers whose juice was dripping over everything left us salivating for more.<br/><br/>The curried lamb sweetbreads was to say the least, a thing of beauty. One mouthful and you're left dribbling all down your shirt - sexy I know. A strong lamb flavour, juicy, very tender and the curry sauce not letting the side down. The sauce also not overpowering but complimenting the lamb every bit and only made every mouthful a sheer delight to eat. Tredwell's has had some bad press recently, and I have no clue why - perhaps a certain newspaper critic *cough* *no names* must have been mourning through the loss of taste buds through old age. I'll stop it now.<br/><br/>Polenta, really - apart from vegetarians who enjoys it? Well we did after one bite. They looked like potato fries, but these polenta versions were just as good, if not better. Golden in colour, crispy, fluffy inside and seasoned to perfection. Again, smokiness still fluttering around the table, in this guise as a smoked tomato dip. It was a lovely accompaniment. For those of you who long for the potato kind they do offer a sweet potato and skinny fries option.<br/><br/>You'd think this next dish was a large plate looking at it, but again the portion size on these small plates continued to surprise us. Char-grilled chicken with peanut and cucumber cost a mere £5 and was practically giving it away in both terms of value for money, and flavour. The chicken could have been a little more moist but otherwise I couldn't fault it. The shavings of cucumber on the top were refreshing, the chicken a little smoky, but the real star was that peanut sauce. It was a little like eating chicken satay from your local take out - but one which was ten times better, and with a rocket full of flavour up its backside.<br/><br/>Out of everything we ate here there was one dish which I just didn't really get. And neither do i think will many of Tredwell's diners. Avocado and white chocolate, chia and chocolate cornflakes. The dish wasn't bad, but it was a bit something or nothing. Avocado puree was the base, delicate in flavour and a little sweet - cornflakes were hardly pushing foodie boundaries and the chia element was a bit too tame for me. A dish of the future perhaps but I still don't think London is quite ready for an almost completely savoury dessert (apart from cheese) - the British do have a very acquired sweet tooth - and I'm no exception.<br/><br/>On comparison the pain perdu with maple cream and crispy bacon was in a completely different ball game. I wouldn't go as far as saying it was amazing, but it was very enjoyable. Tredwell's do food very good here and desserts still need a little work, but this can easily be rectified. But on the whole - this may be one of my new favourite restaurants. There were so many dishes to try here and we only got through a tiny section of the menu. Maybe it's too large, but in the same way it means you can eat here alot, try new stuff every time and when you finally do try exhaust everything on the menu, it will have probably changed by then. Pre-theatre dinner or not, Tredwell's is an excellent new addition to the area and I can't wait to come back.

There's nothing more exciting than eating at a restaurant whose menu adds the word smoked on to just about every dish - you just know it's going to be good. Tredwell's , if you didn't already know comes hot off the heals of the one, the only - Marcus Wareing (I'm sure he'll love that introduction). This time though he's not in the the kitchen but instead taking a back seat, leaving only his name on the door. Looking after the place is Chantelle Nicholson (GM at Gilbert Scott) and head chef, Andrew Ward. A great team - who have produced some impressive things here already. And the name you may be wondering, well it's named after the butler in Agatha Chritstie's book, The Seven Dials Mystery. Inside its been decked out well, not mindblowingly so, but good, very current and bang on trend. Dark walls, low lighting and lots of copper. With seating on the ground floor and a sumptuous bar to perch on, the best seats are still upstairs in the balcony area. Once sat down, drink in hand we started to toil through the HUGE extensive menu. The concept, is one I hate - sharing plates. But, Tredwell's offer most of their small plates, as large plates too for those who hate the concept as much as me. A meal here isn't complete until your order their charred bread with chorizo jam. Smoky, full of flavour, a little sweet and darn right delicious. The smokiness didn't stop there - it was only the start. Squid, courgette, peppers and bottargo (fish roe) crumb. All the plates we ordered here were of the small size and personally I think you get a lot of food for your buck. This dish actually arrived a little bit cold, but the squid was cooked perfectly, very tender and those grilled sweet red peppers whose juice was dripping over everything left us salivating for more. The curried lamb sweetbreads was to say the least, a thing of beauty. One mouthful and you're left dribbling all down your shirt - sexy I know. A strong lamb flavour, juicy, very tender and the curry sauce not letting th

Tredwell’s is run by Marcus Wareing, who already has one more casual eatery in the form of The Gilbert Scott to complement his main restaurant. This Covent Garden establishment, which opened in September 2014, is named after the suave butler in Agatha Christie’s 1929 play “The Seven Dials Mystery”. The play’s name refers to a secret society of that name that meets in a club located at the Seven Dials junction of Covent Garden, which is near here. Incidentally, the butler character Tredwell actually appeared earlier in Ms Christie’s first play “Black Coffee” too. - See more at: http://www.andyhayler.com/restaurant/tredwells#sthash.ophN8Ivm.dpuf

Tredwell’s is something a wee bit different from Marcus Wareing... It’s a casual, affordable, “accessible” restaurant on a site just round the corner from Seven Dials...The menu was vast; take your pick from snack, pots&jars, breads&buns, bowls – it goes on. Charred bread with chorizo jam (£4) wasn’t charred in the slightest – the bread should have been far more crunchy. Either way, the chorizo jam was a pleasant enough spread (it had the texture of chilli con carne) with a nice, subtle heat. Crispy prawns, fennel and kimchi mayo (£8) were OK...

We managed to get a table for the soft opening of Tredwell's, which is a new venture of Marcus Wareing's, although he won't ever be cooking there. The concept is affordable British bistro style food, and the menu offers sharing small or large plates. You are recommended to have two small and one large plate each, and the food comes as it is cooked, rather than as a traditional starter / main course.<br/><br/>For our small dishes we chose smoked pork cheeks with cauliflower, confit cod with garlic and lemon, chicken with peanuts and lamb sweetbreads on carrot. The pork cheeks and sweetbreads were both exceptional, but the others were very good.<br/><br/>For the large dishes we chose slow cooked short rib (at £38  the most expensive large dish on the menu, and very overpriced in my view), and lamb chops with minted beans. We also picked some fries and chicken croquettes, even though by that point we were stuffed and didn't need them.<br/><br/>The short rib fell off the bone and came with tasty and not overly sweet baked beans. The lamb chops were nicely cooked, albeit a little fatty, and the minted beans were (under)cooked al dente and had a refreshingly minty flavour. <br/><br/>Unfortunately the croquettes were not very pleasant to eat as the inside was quite gloopy and very salty. The chips were also over seasoned for our palates.<br/><br/>Although we were full, we couldn't resist the pudding menu ... although I wish we had. My boyfriend chose coconut yoghurt with fruit, which was light and refreshing but served in an unsuitable dish which meant half the fruit fell down the stem and was unreachable.<br/><br/>I had pain perdu with maple cream and crispy bacon. The pain perdu and maple cream was lovely, but topped with not very crispy bacon bits which added far too much savoury / saltiness to the dish, and left an unpleasant aftertaste.<br/><br/>Overall it was a good experience at Tredwell's, although the tables were very close together and I think it might get uncomfortably packed for a full service. What was good was excellent, but some dishes certainly need some work.