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It's just my luck to arrive on the night where the ratio of women to men was virtually100:1- it’s someone's hen-night. Additionally, it was dinner with my brother tonight - my brother in a bad mood, the scene is set and seems a bit grey. So if I enjoy tonight, this place must have some colourful substance, and Ruby Blue, with its combination of bar, restaurant & club, did shine…
Walking into the restaurant, it's hard to watch my step as I'm distracted by some heavenly, extraterrestrial looking woven balls that are acting as light shades. As I sit and wait for my brother to arrive, I am surprised to hear something reminiscent of Michael Bublé singing behind me - live. So I turn and see a white grand piano, a delicately swaying chandelier and a stranger tinkling away with a bottle of Stella on display next to him. I turn back to my table. Sometimes the imagination plays tricks on you, and tonight, I decide I don't want reality to interrupt.
I have a while to wait until I can order, those of you with brothers of the high-maintenance kind will understand me when I say I decided to strike up conversation with the preppy waitress to pass some of the time. Once I've stopped her in her busy tracks, I ask her about the specials of the house: the menu is like an impressionist painting, although the words only amount to a huge blur under the cosmic light. She smiles and exclaims: "Why there are so many good things" and as she leans over to read the menu, even I'm slightly excited. "We'll begin with the Starters" she says, I'm glad I got the talker, but before I can rejoice she proceeds to read me the menu word by word, line by line. Talk about loyalty to the restaurant, I have to interrupt when she tries to start with the Main Courses as well. I'm already salivating, my brother has arrived and I believe she must be thirsty.
The food is laudable, the garlic mozzarella starter is nothing but more appetizing. When the thinly sliced salmon and the calamari arrive, it is hard to believe that the main course can impress much more. But it does, I love lamb, I love potato au gratin and I love it even more when it's grilled to shine and sparkle. My brothers mixed grill seems like a good hangover cure, and I'm wondering if I'll be back here after having more of the tasty Russian cocktails and visiting the club downstairs (during happy hour of course!). Again, those massive alien lights really are beyond description, I was amazed and from time to time when I got tedious of seeing the earthly food, hearing the cackling women and improvising on depression conversation- they were the perfect digression
The Ruby club is pumping already at 9, and it's a buoyant atmosphere as everyone seems to be part of the wedding, so it's festive and it's nice to see everyone smiling in a club for a change. But it was the dinner that caught my heart, being comfortable always completes a night for me, so I go off home dreaming of Rubies, Russians and lights…
Rebecca Gabbai (23 03 2005)
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Average Customer Rating (12 Votes)
Fantastic night out! Great crowd and brilliant atmosphere. Very friendly and happy staff. Would recommend booking a booth as it acts as a great base for your party and is great value for money at £25. Very stylish venue!!”
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Jo , London (07 04 2008)
What a surprise! After reading a few dodgy reviews, i was slightly hesitant about attending a friends Birthday here. I was running slightly late, and was happily meet at the door by the very polite hostesss who took me directly to join the rest of my party. The meal itself was delicious and extremley great value for money. We then moved to the very stylish bar to continue our night where we were served quickly and with a smile by the bar staff. There was a such great atmosphere a we all had such a fantastic evening. I shall be booking again!!”
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Miss Wallace, London (12 03 2008)
Pity about the terrible service…
Ruby Blue seemed like a good choice for a quick, easy meal before a show. As a latenightlondon venue I knew what to expect…. nothing too fancy - just decent food at good prices during a happy hour. Oh dear – what a mistake I made choosing here!
The service at this place really isn’t up to scratch. Things started to go wrong when we tried to book. We asked for booth for 6 people, only to be told that you can’t book booths for dinner (which is incorrect – you can book booths!). When we arrived we were placed on a table that would struggle to seat 4 people comfortably – even though the restaurant was practically empty and there were at least 4 other tables (and booths!) set and available. On asking if we could move to one of these we were informed that these had been booked for parties arriving at 8:30 pm – the fact that we had theatre tickets for 8pm and would have left way before the time the tables were needed made no difference to the staff – “they may arrive early” we were told. I’m sorry, but who arrives an hour early for a dinner reservation and expects that their table will be held open for them? Certainly no one that I know!
The next hurdle was ordering. Ruby Blue, like most latenightlondon venues has happy hour food and drink prices between 5-7pm. From the happy hour menus (given to us on our tiny table in the restaurant) we started by selecting a bottle of red wine. After ordering the waitress returned to tell us that the bott”
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H Pearce, London (19 09 2007)
if only i could give this place 0 out of 5 stars... myself and two others turned up at quarter to ten for a friends birthday. we were guest listed and everything, yet the bouncers (who were the MOST UNFRIENDLY and ultimately the MOST RUDE AND ABUSIVE i have ever met) started power tripping and telling us we werent welcome because they could smell alcohol on our breath. what kind of reason is that? who doesnt have a beer or two before going into a club?!
the manageress comes to discuss with us and is downright rude, and basically tells us that we're a liability and a danger to her club. at no point in our discussion did we even raise our voice, instead choosing to discuss the flaws in her logic. ultimately she told us to come back later and try again (a blatant ploy to get us to all pay the extortionate £10 entry fee)
because it was our friends birthday we went away for a coffee and came back an hour later like they suggested only to be told to f off by the bouncers.
in summary, this place is the WORST 0/5”
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Tim, London (27 07 2007)
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