Le Baron - Richmond Upon Thames

Completely irresponsible and never confirms my booking; had to go elsewhere

I can't comment on the food or restaurant as they were closed when I booked. I reserved a table for me and 3 customers in front of the rugby in twickenham. they have not opened on the playag without having to book a midday reservation on a day when each restaurant is booked in twickenham and richmond. we had to have a cornish pastie and doughnuts on the way to the floor. why accept a reservation when they are closed? Why close to a playag if they are guaranteed a complete house?

This booking was a big flop. we had booked it for a birthday dinner. when we reached the restaurant, it was closed, there was only one waitress that cleaned up. we knocked on the door, but she didn't open. Finally we had to go to the twickenham church road, which had dinner in an Italian restaurant. what a farewell. the le baron could have the courtesy to mail us to say that they do not receive on our booking, but no such message. I would sincerely recommend that this restaurant is removed from the opentable list. the booking was for Sunday 8.00 o'clock we had to drive half an hour to get there, so all in a great catastrophe for a birthday contract.

Nice looking restaurant/bar and very quiet, even on a Thursday evening. The staff were friendly and helpful, but not particularly trained. The food was overall disappointing: for a French restaurant, you would expect good bread, but the bread that came w/the moules was an underbaked store-bought baguette and the burger was extremely dry (although cooked medium ? and served on backyard bbq buns like those that come 6 for £1 at Tescos. On the flip side, the beef bourguignon was delicious, as was the lamb dish tried by our friends. The French onion soup was mediocre, but the apple tart was also amazing. Overall, it was a pleasant evening, but there are so many better options that I don 't see us coming back to Le Baron.

Completely unreliable and never confirms my reservation; had to find another restaurant to dine at.