Nama, Bloomsbury

An OK restaurant with some very nice dinner options. The reservations are way too hard to book than they should and the service is not the fastest... However, the food is great and the wine list is full enough so the restaurant is worth the try, if you're in the area.

My boyfriend booked us a table at NAMA for a pre Valentines Day dinner. We arrived expecting to be seated in the restaurant area, instead we were placed by the Manager, near to the main entrance door and a loud party of people who were drinking, whilst all the other people who were eating were around the corner in the eating area.

I was obviously not happy there so the Manager moved us to the actual dining area. We ordered cocktails and had a nice starter. Our main meals arrived by which time we had finished our cocktails and wanted to move onto the wine. The waiter came over and took our wine order. We took about 30 mins eating our main meal but unfortunately the wine never turned up until we'd almost finished. By this time the music had risen to an incredibly high level so we decided to move out of NAMA and find ourselves a coffee shop.

The food in NAMA is nice but the place is more of a bar than a restaurant and not the kind of place I'd recommend if you are looking for a romantic meal for two. Also the service can be too slow (I saw 3 staff members including the manager)for a Saturday night.