Ottolenghi Spitalfields

Fantastic food!!! Very friendly staff. 100% recommendation

Incredible food without being at all pretentious.

Allthough I love the recepies of Ottolenghi a lot, I didn't quiet enjoy the visit. Because of the presentation of the food (every thing crammed on a plate) and the bad accoustic of the restaurant. I was a also surprrised that a 12%(!) Tip was allready calculated in the final price.

Two out of three times that I have been here there has been a mix-up with the order and both times, the staff got confused as to how to put it right. Both times I gave up and went along with it (I know I am Scottish, but I’m pretty good with my articulation - maybe not!).

However, the food is always prepared to perfection. Ottolenghi fan.

Ingenious combinations of delicious ingredients make every visit here memorable. Thank you for another wonderful lunch.

Ottolenghi can always be relied upon for super fresh food that stimulates your taste buds with excellent service from engaging staff who really seem to care. The cakes are divine. Even the coffee is excellent. On the downside, I’ve been an Ottolenghi customer for about 10 years and the menu rarely changes, apart from seasonal adjustments. It’s pricey, but you know that in advance. My first time at the Spitslfields restaurant - I normally go to Islington. It’s a lot bigger yet still retains the same buzz, though ladies that lunch are replaced by city workers who lunch.

Yesterday was my first visit to Ottolenghi but I'll definitely be back. The food looked great but managed to taste even better. Lamb and beef as the main with mixed rice as one salad and crushed peas as the other. The flavours were delicately balanced and everything was prepared with obvious skill and expertise. A light but delicious frangipane tart rounded off what was a marvellous experience. Excellent in all regards and certainly not too heavy for lunch. I was celebrating the upcoming birthday of my friend and the occasion was honoured perfectly. If you haven't been then do so soon!

Great food as always!

Wonderful fresh and tasty food in a lovely ambience

Outstanding cakes as always

I'd been wanting to go to Ottolenghi for ages so we went for my birthday. The buzzy atmosphere and reasonable prices just added to a sublime evening. The servers were spot on with their recommendations and we had a plate from each course - perfect quantities and the most gorgeous taste sensations!

Ottolenghi never disappoints. Consistently good food, full of flavour and so much variety. Amazing, I’ll be back as always!

The food superb, the staff really friendly and helpful. Looking forward to my next visit already.

Everything as fabulous as ever but the tables seem to be getting tighter 🤔

We enjoyed every single bite of the creative dishes. We been four (two couples) people and shared ten items out of the menu. Don‘t forget to leave space for dessert ;-).

Visiting London. Couldn’t wait to experience Ottolenghi food. It didn’t disappoint.

The lovely food that you're expecting to get from the master himself. Good service, not really cosy restaurant.

Great experience
Food fantastic
Generous portions
Room very noisy and some tables for 2 very close to nearby tables and so very difficult to hold conversation. Would ask for moore spacious table

It was so amazing! And thank you, Mary, for the birthday brownie with a candle. That was unexpected and super sweet!!!

Perfect as always

The food was really fantastic! My friend had Shakshuka which was fabulous! I had free range chicken and salads from the counter - delicious! The aubergine with the yoghurt was awesome!
The desserts - banana cake as wellas pistachio roll with white chocolate cream and raspberries - were incredible!
We will definitely be back!

Reluctant to rate highly in case it increases the already stiff competition for a table! Do not go here. You will be blown away by the cumin roasted cauliflower. The duck will make you wish your kitchen was broken to give you the excuse to eat out every night. The reasonable prices will force you to question your life choices going to other establishments.

I was expecting fabulous and fresh and exciting flavours and that’s what we got. Staff were knowledgeable, helpful and friendly. It was one of the highlights of my trip to London 😍

The food did not disappoint, the chefs are magicians in the kitchen. Duck croquets to die for.

Great menu but a little confusing on the amounts to order but then it is on a tapas theme. The pradron peppers with the labneh and dukkah were delicious.

Fantastic food, great staff, excellent atmosphere.

Great food, nice environment. Slow service so only good if you have time on your hands.

Fantastic food, so-so service. Overall, a good dining experience.

Amazing food and great service. Great for midweek treat

Came for weekday lunch. Took 10-15mins before anyone came to our table to offer us water. Most servers were very friendly, but the place was really busy and service just wasn’t organized. Food was terrific, so still recommend giving it a try.

My first visit to an Ottolenghi with a couple of friends, their first time too, and my goodness - it did not disappoint. Taste bud smackeroo!!! The layers of flavour are astonishing. The salads are just fantastic and how can mackerel taste that good? A total revelation. Our waitress was wonderful. I wish I'd got her name. The acoustic in the dining area is such that with a full restaurant the decibel level can be a bit of a challenge to the ears. We had to up our volume level to be heard, though we either got used to it, or the numbers of diners lessened, because it did get a lot easier. I cannot wait to try all the branches and more of the menu. And some how leave enough room for dessert.

My favourite restaurant in the world. The lunch menu is excellent value and bursting with flavours, textures and colours. Totally elevates the humble vegetable to be the start of the show! And don't start me on the cakes!

Thoroughly enjoyed my first experience at Ottolenghi with my daughter. We were celebrating our birthdays. Food and drinks were excellent. We took cakes away to enjoy later. Thankyou

Delicious salads , high quality and good quality ingredients. Excellent, efficient service.
Let down by LOUD noise of people talking in loud voices as very poor acoustics.
Such a shame as puts me off going to this venue again despite terrific food and service

I recommend! Great service and the food is literally amazing. I’m sure I’ll come back to taste all the dishes! It was beyond tasty!

We were in this restaurant 2 years ago and loved it
But this time the food was not that good, it was very very to
Noisy and to long

As always, the flavours were intense and superb, portions spot on and the wine list exquisite

Service was a little slow but didn’t matter to us since we weren’t in a rush. Good atmosphere, delicious food and deli in store provided Saturday afternoon treats!

Everything is absolutely perfect! The breakfast and sweet treats that we had were all incredible!

The food was very tasty but what I hadn't realised was that this was a kind of "small plates" restaurant, similar to tapas. So we ordered things like the duck croquettes thinking it was a main course, but it was just a plate with 4 croquettes and no vegetables etc. If we had known in advance we would have ordered like tapas, ie several dishes all brought at the same time. There were an awful lot of staff but they always seemed to be walking around but not actually serving us. It was ages before we were asked for our drinks order. In fact we weren't, we had to ask them. Our dessert wine came after we'd finished the desserts and the plates had been taken away. Very kindly they let us have the wine free of charge, which was a good way to deal with it, but I would rather the service had been better. I would go back but would order differently as I really liked the food.