Harden's survey result
Summary
This “absolutely beautiful” venue in Covent Garden’s pretty Floral Court development is the central London satellite of the famous garden centre-turned-restaurant on the edge of Richmond Park and Ham Common. You pay a high price, though, for cooking that ranges from “delicious” to “overpriced” and no more than acceptable – the latter view shared by too many reporters to ignore.
Summary
“One of the prettiest restaurants in London – charmingly tucked away in Floral Court, Covent Garden” – this is the in-town offshoot of the famous Richmond plant nursery, and in fact houses two establishments – “La Goccia is the better of the two” (see also). There’s “a lovely atmosphere in this light and bright room – it’s the sort of place you might take your rich aunt to for lunch”. The food, though, is “not especially memorable” and “weirdly expensive for average fare”.
Summary
The undoubtedly “beautiful central London location” of this Covent Garden spin-off from the famous Richmond plant nursery makes it – for some reporters – “worth paying for the pricey food” in its two restaurants, especially if you have romance in mind. Plenty of others disagree, complaining of “disappointing” food in an operation that is “not even a decent shadow of the home port”.
Summary
A classic ‘rus in urbe’ venue – this lavish, flower-filled destination in a still-new-feeling Covent Garden development channels the charms of the well-known Richmond Park plant nursery in its two restaurants, interiors shop and florist. A “nice place”, undoubtedly, but one too often accused of serving “tiny, overpriced portions” of modern Italian food.
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1 Floral Court, off Floral St, London, WC2E 9DJ
Restaurant details
Prices
 Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £48.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £5.50 |
 Extras |
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| Service | 12.50% |
1 Floral Court, off Floral St, London, WC2E 9DJ
Opening hours
| Monday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 5 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 5 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 5 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑4:30 pm, 5 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑4:30 pm, 5 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑4:30 pm, 5 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Sunday | 11:30 am‑4 pm |
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