Great place, great food, lovely staff and very sexy manager;-)

Bad food, rude staff, and massively overpriced. Give it a miss!

What a fabulous restaurant! I've often thought about posting online reviews for Le Pot, but I've never taken the time because it's been such a firm entrenched favourite for so long. That said, I can't help but feel the need to repay them after delivering such consistently excellent standards of food over the last couple of years.

There's no doubting the fact that this is a meat lovers restaurant - although vegetarians and pescetarians are well catered for. The chef is constantly coming up with inventive new dishes as well as retaining some of the old favourites - the sausages and lentils are hearty and perfect in winter, but it delivers on every level, from gourmet Chateaubriand to homely Croque Madames.

Le Pot's main charm lies in its strong neighbourhood feel - it has many regulars who visit at all hours of the day - for breakfast, for coffee and for dinner. The fact that so many people return and hold this unique establishment in such high regard speaks volumes.

I had the gross misfortune of dining here last night in celebration of a family birthday. As we entered and took our seats we turned to oneanother and commented on the coldness of the room. We asked for the heating to be turned up on two occasions, a request which was eventually grudgingly met by the manager. I and three others at the table ordered steak frites (usually my favourite dish) with foie gras for starters. I didnt know where to look when the tiny caramelized portion of foie gras turned up, accompanied by some fairly pretentious dribbles of 'jus' It tasted much as I'd imagine dog food to, with a revolting cloying texture. I was prepared to overlook this at this point, however, but one of our party wrapped the entire thing in a handkerchief to throw away.

My brothers onion soup had a broad strata of oil about an inch deep across the top. The onions in the soup were undercooked and acid tasting. Sugar had clearly been added to counteract this, resulting in a revolting mess. After the dishes were cleared, we endured a twenty minute wait for the main course. Drinks were delivered painfully slowly too, odd for a restaurant that appeared to only have four tables occupied. The table next to us also sent back a cold steak as we waited for ours.

The main course eventually arrived delivered in a characteristically surly fashion. I tucked in, eagerly anticipating a textured juicy steak with bearnaise sauce. I was met with a texture that resembled cotton wool, dry and awful. It tasted as if the steak had been frozen at some point. After one mouthful, I decided to give the steak a miss- something I have never done in my life. I would say the chips were sub Mc donalds standard, actually grossly unfair, they were sub Mc Cains microwave standard, wooden flavourless, and dry. The steaks went back to the kitchen largely uneaten. The bearnaise sauce tasted like it had come from a sachet, awful. My sisters mussels also remained largely uneaten too, and

thank you for a lovely night out.le pot lyonnais.. made it happen. i moved just recently to battersea..and it didn't take me long to end up in the stunning little part of france.we had some ricard in the bar to start. moved later to the restaurant and enjoyed a great dinner.

we had snails and foie gras to start. .. the best foie gras i had out of france. respect chef.as mains we had mussels and a rib eye steak. cooked to perfection.and finally i have to say... i did fell in love with le pot's lemontart.jesus.... heaven send.we will be seen regulary. that's for sure. battersea foodlovers