Ognisko Restaurant

A lovely restaurant with friendly staff and an intriguing and delicious menu. Really enjoyed our meal and the location was ideal being so close to the Royal Albert Hall and South Kensington Tube. Hoping to be able to visit again the next time we're in London.

Great Service, good food and a really lovely ambiance. Perfect

Very nice, convivial lunch. Thanks you. ognisko. I shall be returning.

Service was great, food delicious and reservation easy. I will come back.

I love this restaurant. The food is amazing, the atmosphere relaxed, buzzing, but not took noisy, great service too.

Very nice atmosphere, not too busy or loud, just right. Good service and great food and drinks! we will definitely come again in the near future.

Wonderful food in an elegant slightly old world Kensington room, at prices that are distinctly mid-market for food that's a cut above. Venison and duck were outstanding, as were the Placka (potato pancakes).

Always a pleasure to dine there.food and service excellent and friendly atmosphere

We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Ognisko. The restaurant room was beautiful, the atmosphere was vibrant, the service was excellent and, most of all, the food was exquisite. One of the best meals we've had for quite a while.

The menu is so unusual , it really offers a new experience even to the most educated palate. The service is always excellent but beware of the Cold War cocktail - it is truly delicious, but dangerous!

Good choice, reasonable value for area, very friendly and efficient service.

To be honest I was expecting it to be... well more Polish than it was!

Mistake to order two courses after a Prom. Service was fine to start off with but deteriorated. One of the starters was wrong but it took some time for the staff to realise the customer is always right.

Excellent food, relaxing atmosphere and good service, even though the restaurant was very busy. Looking forward to going again.

Charming and courteous staff, lovely surroundings. Excessive wait for food, which was very mixed. Vegetables were delicious, barszczt delicious. But I am sorry to say I had trouble swallowing my salt beef. My cousin's rabbit however was delicious.

As always, the food at the restaurant was excellent as was the service. The surroundings are conducive to conversation as we have found other restaurants noisy with loud music playing. We always book into the Polish Hearth Club Restaurant prior to attending a function in town. Our last visit was before we attended the play upstairs in the functions room, Moliere's 'The Misanthrope' so we mixed a fine meal and wine with an excellent night's entertainment. Celia Lee - English speaking press executive for THE POLISH HEARTH CLUB.

Really lovely venue, great lunch, great service, perfect location. It's nice to be able to dine at such a great place round the corner from work.

Nice setting and helful waiters and waitresses. Uneven food, pork crackling not great but roast duck very tender. Pricing just right for average food quality. Please make food as good as the setting!

Excellent venue and service. Food - 'adequate'. Price - 'lofty'

Very good, as ever. A lovely room and a real favourite with us.

This restaurant has recently been refurbished quite pleasantly and has a nice continental ambience although the dimness of the lighting makes it quite hard to read either the menu or the bill. The bill indeed contained two unwelcome surprises - the addition of a 12.5% service charge which we hadn't spotted on the menu and a charge for wine which we had not ordered. The mistake was rectified when we pointed it out, however, and the food was good and the staff friendly.

Great ambience, food, service - everything. Cannot fault it. A great evening, even the house wines were excellent.

It was both a delicious meal in a very pleasant environment & good service overall a very enjoyable experience & one to be explored further with a more leisurely one not having to race to either a Prom or Late Night Prom merely a dining experience. Bravo!

Wonderful food - Polish but with an inventive modern twist - matched by an equally attentive and pleasant service. Worth the trek to South Ken.

Kicking atmosphere, room, great food and service even when stretched.

Delicious food, good service, lovely surroundings - what more could you want?

Fantastic food and excellent service. A hidden gem on the doorstep of the Albert Hall with a delightful bar for a pre-dinner drink. Don't tell anyone!

Just so many good dishes to eat at this restaurant. And the fact that you can have so many of them as starter or main portions adds to the choice. Scrumptious! And the vodka is to die for - tried 2 types and loads more to go. Yippee!.

Nice location, and attentive staff, but unfortunately the food was below par. One of our dishes was delivered cold twice!

In this occasion the level or noise in the restaurant was barely tolerable and the service was not up to the level of other occasions. There were several mistakes regarding orders. For the rest the food was very good, the wine list extensive and the cocktails excellent.

Went with party of 5 Sat night. Very disappointing ..poor staff training..miserable staff..everything outside of you main choice ie Potato...extra. Expensive a real blow as it is rated 5star? Location and building impressive. Duty Manager Arrogant and does not wish to please his customers.

Friendly, attentive service from the moment I arrived. A well stocked bar with an excellent range of spirits and bottled beers. Another time I might ask what they have on draft but when I said beer the barmaid pointed to the chiller cabinet and I'm glad because I'd never tried Johannes, lovely hoppy beer. We went for lard, mixed grilled meat and whiting starters - I could take or leave the whiting but the mixed grill (which you could get as a main was excellent) perhaps they could go a bit easier on the pork crackling - in my view you only need a little as garnish but that could just be me. For the main I had goose leg with braised red cabbage and fig - awesome. reading some other reviews that food came out cold from the kitchen was unfounded - mine was hot and delicious. My friend had breaded pork loin with sauteed potatoes (basically a schnitzel) and he loved it. We were too full to eat anything else and just carried on working our way through the beer list. I normally drink wine with a meal and we were phillsitines on this occasion but who cares eh? I'm a British-born Serb and for me this restaurant just pushed all the right buttons in terms of representing the best of Slavic cuisine, hospitality, authenticity and ambience - a rare thing in London. I'll definitely be going back. The prices are spot on. I read some reviews saying the prices were 'lofty'. If you think £4, £6-£8 for appetisers and starters and £14-20 for mains is lofty then you need counselling. Ognisko is great just don't tell everyone otherwise I won't be able to get a table!

Third or fourth visit. Very welcoming, good food, good wine, and distinctive culture. Also extremely close to Albert Hall, so excellent for pre/post concerts.

A beautiful room, very attentive and friendly staff, and above all delicious food made our meal memorable. A perfect place to eat pre-theatre before going to the Proms.

Best food I've eaten in London. I really enjoyed my evening at Ognisko. I can heartily recommend the beetroot martini.

Attentive reception. First time there and made to feel welcome and comfortable. Loved the space; one doesn't feel crowded and you can hear yourself speak and the other person too without shouting; bliss! Food to die for, though pudding needed attention, but I spoke to someone about it and they tell me by the time I come again it will be sorted. A lovely place. Staff friendly and attentive without being around too much. As a fish eating vegetarian, I found the menu great; good choices. Straight vegetarians would also find this fine - and the dishes are different to the usual fare labelled v. Dishes a good size. Good selection of wines. Will be going again soon.

We took friends there for lunch who loved it, as did we (again). Service and attention was generally excellent and food delicious. It's going to become a regular!

We had a most enjoyable lunch in the elegant dining room at Ognisko. The food was very good and the service was friendly and discreet - a place we would like to return to. Bendt Staunskjær

Lovely decor. Lovely relaxed atmosphere inside and looks very pleasant for eating outside too (took a peek!). Charming and friendly staff. Lovely food. Will not hesitate in visiting again.

Very good and professional service, nice atmosphere. The best chicken lever I have ever tested! Highly recommended. Thank you!