Recipease - Kensington and Chelsea

My partner and I attended Jamie Oliver's Recipease cookery school in Notting Hill to enhance our cooking abilities, particularly in making filled pasta. While waiting for the class to begin, we were given a complimentary glass of Prosecco. The class took place around a large bar in the center of the restaurant. Unfortunately, the start of the class consisted of several minutes of marketing campaigns for Jamie Oliver's restaurants, shops, and products. This was not what we had anticipated, as we were there to enjoy ourselves, learn new skills, and cook, not to listen to advertisements. We would have preferred to spend our time in front of the TV at home if we had known.

Is this even a restaurant? We tried a few different dishes in order to grasp what this place is attempting to offer. Unfortunately, we were not impressed. The food was flavorless and of subpar quality. Jamie who?

We ate breakfast at this Jamie Oliver place. Nice staff. Tasty food, tea and coffee for a decent price. Me and my wife really enjoyed the place!

Stumbled on this place. Great idea, looks trendy. We only had coffee and a light breakfast. It was ok, nothing special. The poor waitress seems frightened, especially as I wanted to vary my order from what was on the all good. Portions could have been more generous.

Firstly the downstairs cafe food is just a cheap impersonation of Ottolenghi round the corner. The menu for upstairs cafe was at the bottom of the stairs and had one item which made me chose to dine there. Upstairs had a totally different menu without the decision making item. The soup of the day was quoted to me as roasted butternut squash and yet what finally arrived was a spiced corn chowder. When I pointed this out to my waitress all she could say was oh! The soup had obvious left over vegetables floating in it. I say obvious as there were two types of carrot, cut differently i presume from different left over dishes. The bread was not fresh and the goat 's cheese beetroot salad came with not a single green leaf in sight. Highly disappointing. Will not return.