The Ivy City Garden

The service was excellent. Good number of staff on and they were proactive in responding to requests. The food was good, generous portions and tasty. Our soup was served to us cold unfortunately, but on our request, they removed it from the bill. The prices for wine are extortionate… but fairly typical for a restaurant. Service charge is 13.5%. Overall, we had a pleasant evening and there was no pressure on us to vacate the table.

I was at a corporate event on a Monday night, of course I had told all my friends and family I was dining at ‘The Ivy’ I might have forgotten to say ‘Garden’… It was hot, very hot with no A/C, service was slow (just stick the bottles of wine on the table). We had a set menu with salmon for starter AND main (?) and no options for vegan / vegetarians. If you are going to serve food on dishes with a little green Ivy leaf, make sure it’s at 12 o clock to the diner (yes I’ve done silver service, yes I turned my own plate for my photos). The food was okish, but small portions, they brought the main meal out and I sat waiting for the vegetables to be served…. Nope no vegetables… Crème brûlée was cold… I’ve been to restaurants where they caramelise it at the table…

Really gorgeous place. The staff are very welcoming as soon as you walk in. Our server was very warm and made great recommendations. The food was delicious. The spicy jackfruit starter was actually spicy ans the salad was warm. I had the steak on the bone which was delicious. It doesn't come with a side so I ordered green beans which were cooked perfectly. THE DESSERT!!! WAS AWESOME. I had the the black bee cheesecake and I didn't care how full I was I ate the whole thing. The cream cheese was just heaven. Almost mousse like, creamy and delicious. I swapped out the mango sorbet for vanilla ice cream. Others that had the mango sorbet said it was really nice and went well with the cheesecake. It also has a piece of honeycomb with it that just elevates the whole dish. The rumbaba was wicked! I tasted some of my sisters and it was so good. Will definitely return but will try Ivy Asia first as I heard its excellent there. Ambiance is vibrant, lots of conversation and good mixture of different people. I had starter, mains, dessert, sparkling water, fresh mint tea and a cocktail and spent around £80-85. They also gave me a complimentary cream filled puff with chocolate mousse inside with a candle in it as it was my birthday which was very sweet of them.