LSQ2 Bar and Brasserie - Reading Reviews

After hearing about Lsq2's 2-4-1 offer, my husband and I decided that we would take advantage of the offer and booked a table for Saturday night. Having never been to the restaurant before, we were not sure of what to expect but were open-minded after reading the reviews below. The evening was fabulous from start to finish! From the time we walked through the door, with the staff's friendly greeting, to the delicious food and the fantastic service, we really had a wonderful evening. We were spoilt for choice when it came to choosing our meals, but we finally settled on the monkfish and the lamb shank - both beautiful dishes with exciting and fresh ideas. We were enticed by the 2-4-1 voucher, but will definitely be visiting LSQ2 in the very near future.

It’s funny how different people’s views differ as I went on Tuesday evening this week on the same offer with three friends and we had a great night. The food was perfect and my friends loved it. They were amazed at how innovative it was! I suppose you can't please all people all the time but I would totally disagree with the comments below and I would highly recommend LSQ2!

After eating at LSQ2 previously and always being happy with the food I suggested to friends last night that we went and took advantage of the offer 2-4-1. What a disappointment; the food was terrible - out of four main meals ordered only one of them was acceptable. Dry over cooked food with lumps of fat in a beef Wellington rather than meat. On complaining to the waiter we were told he would have a word with the chef, we are still waiting for a response back. I would avoid dining there again or recommending it, very disappointing to find its quality has dropped this badly.

lsq2 wasn't easy to find, just head for the wind turbine, and from outside it didn't look too interesting. The interiors and the meal dispelled all doubts - big glass windows, a large water feature, airy, minimalist interiors, friendly reception and attentive service. All this put us in the right mood to appreciate the great food, which was a bit out of the ordinary but absolutely fantastic. We will definitely be going again. Ten out of ten!

I completely disagree and you must have bland taste buds. The soufflé is just amazing, it really hits the spot. I have dined there with my family many times now over the four years it has been open, and have always been extremely impressed with the standard of food. I am no stranger to fine dining, we regularly eat out in top quality London restaurants and Lsq2 is a worthy match for any of them. Keep up the good work!

Read about lsq2 in the local paper and decided to try it as we were taking some colleagues to dinner. My husband works in Green Park and often has to entertain colleagues from overseas so we were hoping to find lsq2 would be somewhere we could take guests with the assurance that they would have a good meal. The setting was attractive and the decor pleasant-although for a Saturday night it wasn't very full - possibly because it was a bit out of the way in Green Park. The service was good and the staff attentive but the food was very disappointing. My starter of butternut in a wonton looked impressive but was bland and tasteless. My husband had watercress and asparagus soup which he said was full of asparagus fibres and he could not taste the watercress at all. He had oysters as well which he said were good and well presented. For our mains I ordered the rib eye steak and he had ordered the fillet. The kitchen seemed to have mixed up our orders as I had requested medium to well done and my husband had requested rare and both our steaks were the opposite of what we had requested. My Béarnaise sauce was cold and my steak was so sinewy that I was unable to eat it because I could not risk having to remove bits from my mouth in front of our guests. Our guests did say their carpetbagger steaks were delicious although I suspect they would have said that regardless. They did look a lot better than ours though. For dessert I had ordered the toblerone soufflé which was beautifully presented but only tasted of egg white - I could not taste the toblerone at all. Our guests ordered the petits fours which were four tiny items on a plate (slightly bigger than a thumb nail). We had then ordered Kahlua coffees only to find they didn't have Kahlua. All in all we would say the setting, service and presentation were very good but the standard of the food was not worth the £270 we had paid. Essentially everything that sounded and looked delicious failed to deliver on taste. The Lsq2 chefs will really have to raise their game if they want diners to keep coming back.