Raoul’s Cafe

No.
I waited 17 minutes for a chicken sandwich to-​go. £7. It was grilled, super dry and lukewarm to cold when I got it. They said organic & free range. This chest is so big!!! So flavourless and dry! It has to be a machine chicken. The bread was nice. The 2 slices of tomato and 1 piece of lettuce was… just that. No nothing else. But… a big dollop of mayonnaise… Please man, I asked for dairyfree? No milk??? No? Ah! Yoghurt mayo… Sure. I know yoghurt isn’t milk… Right.
So no. Boring, expensive, great for allergic reaction and slow.
Two stars because? The staff was super friendly!

We had brunch there, full English breakfast for me!
It was good, efficient service.
You might need to book a table as can get quite busy.
Also, I found it super noisy!

Really great for brunch on the weekends… Love their little tables outside for people watching with a glass of bubbly

I ordered the Shakshouka and for £8.50 got 1 sad and lonely egg. I don’t have a big appetite but that was very little, even for me. For a gluten-​free option I asked for hummus instead of the pitta bread that usually comes with the dish; it came in a tiny bowl, although at least it was good hummus. But perhaps I should have asked for a smile from the staff on the side instead.

the Italian Antipasti and the Char grilled Tuna steak with avocado and corn pankakes was delicious, Service excellent

It was good, the place was empty, and we had great service! Would visit again if I’m in Notting Hill.

Huzzah! Weekend brunch just around the corner from our new flat!
That’s what I first thought when we first moved to Notting Hill last year. To my dismay, Raoul’s has one massively annoying and extremely pervasive flaw: the service derails whenever it gets even the slightest bit busy. And, holy lord, does this place get busy. Mainly on the weekends. And mainly whenever I want nothing more than to feed my hangover a latte and greasy eggs and potatoes.
Here’s the trend: you show up, and if you’re not too picky about sitting inside versus out, you’ll get a seat within 5 minutes. Once seated, someone may or may not take your drink order. Usually, either coffee, juice, or a smoothie will arrive. But god help you, if you ordered two of the three. Even after several attempts at getting said juice and/​or coffee, it will not come. Finally, you’ll get angry, and they’ll bring it to you. The second thing that may or may not occur is that someone will take your order. It is very likely that two or three tables of people, who arrived after you will have their orders taken first. You will get angry. You may or may not have your order taken after you get angry… see the pattern emerging here?
After someone takes your order, you will certainly have time to watch this same scenario unfold around you again and again. This in and of itself in enraging. You will be forced to wait anywhere from twenty to forty-​five minutes for your food. At which point, you will likely want to kill the next waitperson you can get your hands on. You will leave this place frustrated, annoyed, and never want to come back – as I ALWAYS DO. But then, a couple months pass; my memory fades, and I stupidly become positive that there is no way this could possibly happen again. AND IT ALWAYS DOES.
Thus, to save myself some sanity, I only ever frequent this place on weekdays for breakfast or lunch, when I know there cannot possibly be a crush of people waiting to be served. They make a tasty croque madame/​monsieur, a decent club sandwich, and the eggs benedict is hit or miss. And if a friend asks you to brunch on the weekend, for the love of all things holy, suggest ANYWHERE else.

Overpriced for what you get! What I would call a suped up Café Rouge, the breakfasts are more expensive then High Road House or the Electric Brasserie. The orders take too long to arrive although the portions are adequate.
Waiting staff also need to learn a bit more English Not worth a visit again!

Ein Mitglied von Pink Floyd soll hier regelmässig auftauchen.
Nettes elegantes Interieur mit zusätzlichem Aussenbereich.
Frühstück:
Man isst meistens Eggs Benedict mit Spinat und Café Latte mit Soya Milk. Notting Hill gehört nämlich fast zu den USA.
Das Publikum ist Notting Hill pur.
Deshalb die Sterne.

I was a bit disappointed when I visit Raouls Café for a brunch with my cousin last weekend.
I must say the quality of the food is very good, the eggs are, as repeated in many reviews below, incredibly yellow and deliciousbut but but I didn’t like the atmosphere at all.
The staff are not friendly, it’s like they are trying to pretend to be the best brunch in London, with the best eggs & so they look very snob! Prices are align with this attitude with 8£+ for a brunch not really big & minimum 4 for a drink
It’s not bad at the end but there are a lot of brunch places in the area that are much better!

Amazing for brunch! Their eggs are so fresh all their cooked eggs dishes are bright orange. i wish i could have tried their greek yogurt w/​fruit it looked amazing (but they ran out) :(
mezze plate w/​lamb was so good we ordered it twice.

I really want to love this place — it’s near me, the décor is great, the menu is extensive and there are always beautiful people here, but I don’t. The service is awful, truly. I don’t know where they get these people, but each and every time I’ve been here (10+) something is wrong or the wait is far longer than needed.
The first rule of thumb for managing a restaurant, if there are people in line, you should seat them as soon as possible. Not here. I spy free tables all over the place, yet there are still a dozen people in line that have been there for 30 minutes and haven’t even been acknowledged yet — beyond annoying. I end up just sitting down and they don’t know the difference!
Other than that, the food isn’t that bad. I love their eggs, and the salads and sandwiches are good, minus the Croque Monsieur/​Madame which are far from what they should be. The fries are disappointing, as are the overly creamy spinach, but all in all the food is decent, and I really like their mezze platter and the haloumi salad. The smoothies and really good too, and the lunch special Mon — Fri, 2 courses for about 12 pounds is very good value. There is a little bit of everything here, and again, I wish I loved it here, but the service drives me MAD. Maybe that’s because I’m a New Yorker, but come ON guys, get it together!!!

Where hipsters go for a full English.
Fair enough. The décor is warm and modern. The prices aren’t bad as far as these places go. £8 for that full English breakfast. It’s also a fun place to people watch. But honestly, it’s a glorified diner– breakfast emphasized, some sandwiches and an fairly standard evening menu. Inattentive staff, bland coffee, crowded tables. And how does a place like this live with such acidic, hard tomatoes? Philistines.
The food isn’t bad. The eggs are obviously source well, hollandaise is killer, plates are well proportioned. But there’s really nothing special about this place. Weekends from 11 – 2 are incredibly busy– maybe notting hill is just starved for choice.

I used to go to Raoul’s a lot for brunch and would always order the eggs benedict. I went there last week for a quiet lunch with the girls, the place was almost empty. There were two waitresses more concerned with cleaning the windows than with serving their clients. Finally after 20 minutes we get our drinks and my cheeseburger. Major disappointment! The burger semi cooked, smelled of dirty rag, and the same dirty rag aftertaste after the first bite. Made with so little love, the cheese hadn’t even melted over the patty. My fries and milkshake tasted great but I was offended by the cheeseburger, it smelled very dodgy. I am not sure I will be going there again. I will stick to Lucky 7 for burgers and Daylesford for eggs benedict.

Raoul’s brings the NY brunch cool to London. It does American breakfast and specialty items quite well, but is a bit lacking when it comes to English fare. The full English breakfast was lacking in several key ingredients (no beans, no chips and no black pudding). It’s better to get that meal at a pub.
For the standard NY brunch fare (French toast, Eggs Benedict, Eggs Florentine, Omelets etc). Raouls excels. The French toast was rich and buttery and the coffee hit the spot.
Unlike NY brunch places, however, Raouls overestimates the time it will take to wait in line. We came with a party of six on Sunday afternoon at 1pm. We were told it would be 45 minutes to an hour. Ten minutes later we were after one party of six on the line. Five minutes later we were seated. Maybe we were just lucky — but I would take whatever the wait is they give you and cut it in half to a quarter.

This is my favourite local brunch place and it’s great every time I go.
It’s always packed at the weekend and they don’t take reservations or seat anyone until the whole party has arrived, so make sure you go around 11am when it’s slightly quieter. There’s more seating in the front, so when it’s warm that you can just grab when it’s free, which avoids you having to wait in line inside.
The eggs benny here is amazing. I don’t know how they prepare the hollandaise sauce, but I’ve never tasted anything like it anywhere else — seriously. Get the eggs benny with the hollandaise sauce on the side with a portion of the nice, crispy fries and dip them into the sauce. Yum.
They do amazing fruit smoothies here — heavy on the fruit and light on the ice, which is good. I always get the pear smoothie which is so refreshing and nice.
The service is slightly aloof, but not bad considering how bad service is in general in the UK.
Definitely worth a trip to Notting Hill or the sister restaurant in Maida Vale.

I had heard so many wonderful things about Raoul’s. My landlady absolutely raved about them and all the reviews had had seen had glowed about it. I had even been disappointed when a friend and I went to eat dinner there and found it closed for maintenance.
But when I finally went back and had lunch there, I was disappointed. I had a croque madam and it wasn’t all that great. In fact, it was rather weak. Service was slow even though there weren’t many people there on a weekday afternoon. I would rather try someplace else.

Raoul’s is certainly one of the greatest brunch/​breakfast places in London. Situated in charming Notting Hill, it’s a place that feels like home. The decoration is warm but not too cheesy, combining leather, nice 70ies print walls, metal and wood.
Once you have overcome the queues (which form like a miracle after 12.30 on the weekends) and waiting for around 5 – 15 minutes, you’ll get a place that isn’t squeezed and you can sit as long as you want (unless you’re consuming a coffee for 3 hours — please have a heart for the others waiting).
The food is amazing. The eggs are especially brought in from Mugello, a region in Tuscany, and do have the real yellow you’re hardly find anywhere else in London. But even if you’re not an egg fan, you’ll certainly find something on the menue or the special board that changes often. Another great thing to mention about Raoul’s are their selfmade smoothies… thick, full of vitamins and with great taste they really kick-​start you into the day!
If you don’t fancy breakfast, they have an extensive menu of dishes for lunch and dinner.
I recommend Raoul’s on the weekends, during the week it’s unfortunately more deserted — I actually don’t know why.
The service is always very nice and even though they’re busy, they will serve any extra wishes you have — please present them with a smile though!
The crowd going there is a good mix of handsome European (mainly Swedish/​French/​Spanish/​Italian crowd) single men and women, young families and some artsy/​media people coming from close Portobello market.

The eggs here glow a weird fluorescent neon orange/​yellow color! Because apparently some special chickens in Italy are petted and coddled daily and fed a diet of mangoes & jellybeans and then the eggs are shipped over via Brinks security trucks. They’re pretty tasty and I don’t seem to be suffering any ill side effects. Yet.
Fun brunch place for people watching though.

I have been here twice and both times they had great burgers and good service — and God knows a good burger is hard to find in the UK. The only item that is holding Raoul’s back from a 5 star recommendation is the fries — everything else is great.
It’s a great place for lunch, but be aware it gets really busy at Sundays.

All I’ve been hearing about since I moved to London is how «I absolutely must eat brekkie at Raoul’s.» My dear relatives in Philly might also throw in a «dahhhling» or «treacle-​tee» for good measure.
So pulling a classic Laura, I randomly popped by today not having any clue that *this* was the sister Raoul’s restaurant that Aunt Ellie has been raving about from her «Maida Vale rompings of yore.» (She’s a treat, really.) And wouldn’t you know it, I ordered lunch. Go figure. A pure and utter failure to the family as usual…
And guess what? Lunch was fantastic.
Absolutely drool-​worthy sandwiches, salads, paninis, pastas and traditional British faves, it was as dreamy as the thought of never having to fly into Newark airport ever again. Seriously — that good.
Now knowing that Raoul’s is famously known for their all day breakfast offerings and that they single handedly destroy the theory that brunch doesn’t exist in London, the only thing that Aunt Ellie would approve of is that I’ll be going back for breakfast soon. (And that I drank more than my body weight in champagne before noon.)