Rawduck - London

The daily lunch special at Rawduck was a very good simple meal of fried fish and an inventive dressed salad. Great relaxed atmosphere and friendly staff. Hats off to Rory and his team!

Friends recommended this place saying it had rave reviews. Food was ok but the pickle starter was bizarre service was poor as was the wine which was very expensive. I certainly won’t be going back and I am amazed that people say this place is great!!!!

Rawduck has been on my “to go” list for a while and I thought what better time to go than valentines. Although I think I would have preferred elsewhere. The restaurant wasn’t too busy, but the host made us feel like it was. There’s sharing tables and we were seating right next to another couple even though there were empty two tables available which is a shame for valentines night. Service was slow. Took a while to take our order. Food was nice. Good quality ingredients but nothing new or unique. The ratio to labneh and flatbread was a shame- 4 small pieces of bread with a bucket load of labneh. The fried chicken was delicious and 100% our favourite dish. The beef ragu however seemed like a very cheap and average dish that we got charged £18 for. We waited a while for our second drinks. We then waited again for our plates to be cleared. Then when they did no one came over to us again. No dessert menu. No drink offer. No tea or coffee. We flagged someone down but by then we didn’t want anything else so just asked for the bill. Any other night it would be fine but Valentine’s Day, it was disappointing.

Had a really good meal here on Saturday evening I was a little worried after seeing some less than complimentary reviews but it was fab. I loved the menu. In particular we really enjoyed the pickles and the speck to start. But the standout dish was the lamb which was perfect. The cheesecake for desert was delicious too. Decent drinks selection, including kombucha cocktails! The service we received was very attentive and polite my only gripe would be that our plates were swept away so quickly, in some cases where we were still eating, which made the meal feel a bit rushed. Overall a really nice experience, we'll be back!

I booked a large table here and enjoyed my experience from start to beginning. Richard and his team were fabulous and Tom is a genius : Everyone was flexible with us and the food was delicious and plentiful. We left stuffed. I've read comments about bad customer service which i think is a shame. We had a staff member that was starting that day and of course they were slower and not confident. I think the same people called Raw Duck pretentious but anyone that makes comments about junior staff on here are most likely the pretentious ones.. I can guarantee that all the people from my group will return to Raw Duck on their own accord as they really loved the food and the layout of the venue.