Café Murano - St James

4.3

1714 Reviews

£26 to £40

Italian

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2 people

14 Mar 2025

7:00 pm

Innovative
Romantic
Good for special occasions

A restaurant from Angela Hartnett and Group Executive Chef Samantha Williams, serving a regularly changing, seasonal menu of Northern Italian dishes in a relaxed yet lively environment.

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Location
33 St. James's Street, London, SW1A 1HD
Phone number
020 3371 5559
Price
£26 to £40
Cuisines
Italian, Mediterranean
Hours of Operation
Lunch Tue–Sat 12:00 pm–3:00 pm Dinner Tue–Sat 5:00 pm–11:00 pm
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
Metered street parking is available in St James Square and a secure NCP carpark 2 minutes walk away in Arlington Street.
Payment Options
AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
Executive Chef
Angela Hartnett

Private dining

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4.3

4.3 based on all time ratings

4.4Food
4.4Service
4.2Ambience
4Value

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1,714 Reviews

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Anthony
London1 review
5.0
Dined on 2 March 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Amazing Sunday roast and lovely staff, look forward to returning!
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Topher VIP
London12 reviews
3.0
Dined on 11 November 2024
1. Overall 3
2. Food 5
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
This is an excellent restaurant. The food is delicious and the service was very good. My reduced rate for it comes because the person who welcomed us claimed we didn’t have a reservation and my guest who arrived first was made to feel uncomfortable and as if it was her fault. In fact, they did have a reservation and eventually found it on their system. We didn’t receive an apology for that experience, which isn’t the level of service I’d expect
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OpenTable Diner
London1 review
3.0
Dined on 8 July 2024
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Cafe M is one of our favourite restaurants, and this was the first time it’s been other than excellent. The arancini and the starters were great but the pappardelle was very overcooked and I couldn’t eat more than half of it. I would have ignored the matter, everyone is entitled to mess up, but when I informed the Maitre d’ about it, he made it much worse by apologising and then saying “I’ve taken your coffee off the bill”. In other words he was acknowledging that there was a problem, but it wasn’t really worth anything. I would have been a lot happier if he had said something on the lines of “I’m sorry and I will have an immediate word with the chef to see how this happened”. Giving me a free coffee on a £200 lunch bill was a derisory gesture and one which felt that he considered my complaint to be insignificant. Just to give you a little context, last Tuesday, my wife and I returned to London after 6 weeks at our house outside Siena. One of my favourite dishes whilst there is Pappardelle alla Lepra, so I don’t consider myself a pasta novice. Sorry for the lengthy post, as a journalist, am used to being paid by the word.
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Greg VIP
Los Angeles21 reviews
4.0
Dined on 2 January 2024
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
great Italian food. professional service. great pre-theater value.
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AndrewS
London5 reviews
5.0
Dined on 5 December 2023
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Another lovely meal, great choices available and impeccable service
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TonyB
London8 reviews
3.0
Dined on 7 August 2023
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 3
They should offer more choice on the menu. A couple of the pasta dishes are rather bland and disappointing. Needs a refresh!
Café Murano - St JamesResponded on 13 August 2023
Dear Mr Tony, thank you for taking the time to leave this review. I was clearly disappointed to read you did not enjoyed our pasta selection. We had a full team of chefs on Monday and there should have been no issue with the execution of the dishes, please accept our sincere apologies for your disappointment. We would of course like to make amends. Please do not hesitate to contact us at reception@cafemurano.co.uk and we'll be happy to discuss this further. Warmest regards. - Mara
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cherry
London46 reviews
3.0
Dined on 10 July 2023
1. Overall 3
2. Food 4
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 1
This place has changed (for the worse) tremendously. Terrible terrible service. Cold welcome, did not have my booking despite I booked through OpenTable. 1 hour and 25 minutes into our time at the restaurant, the waiter drops the bill on the table (without us asking at all). 1h40 mins into our time, he comes along with a card machine and the restaurant, wait for it, was half empty (Monday night). I enjoyed the food but it’s less sophisticated that it once was but this type of awful service is a definite put off for me. Never again
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DrTim
London32 reviews
5.0
Dined on 6 June 2023
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
A last minute booking at 6.00 for a pre-theatre dinner. Booking made on Opentable, confirmed to me by email as usual, but hadn't been received by the restaurant. Not a problem though, they found us a table and we enjoyed an, if quick, excellent dinner.
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OpenTable Diner VIP
New York City2 reviews
5.0
Dined on 14 March 2023
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
perfect place for dining and value for money
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OpenTable Diner
New Orleans2 reviews
4.0
Dined on 13 February 2023
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
No record of our booking but found us a table anyway..
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Café Murano - St James is rated 4.3 stars by 1714 OpenTable diners.

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2 people

14 Mar 2025

7:00 pm

33 St. James's Street, London, SW1A 1HD

Additional information

Phone number
020 3371 5559
Price
£26 to £40
Cuisines
Italian, Mediterranean
Hours of Operation
Lunch Tue–Sat 12:00 pm–3:00 pm Dinner Tue–Sat 5:00 pm–11:00 pm
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
Metered street parking is available in St James Square and a secure NCP carpark 2 minutes walk away in Arlington Street.
Payment Options
AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
Executive Chef
Angela Hartnett

Café Murano - St James

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Private dining

Semi-private dining area

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