Vivat Bacchus

Do you love cheese? Do you love wine? then you should visit this place. I still dream about the 30 year old Comte cheese.
honestly a great place to a cheese tasting where the fella who’s most knowledgeable will take you into the cheese room and have you pick out cheese and its accompaniment for a cheese tasting.
What a treat for any special occasion. the wine pairings were well paired and delicious. Couldn’t rave about this place more!

Dinner at Vivat Bacchus was a random choice but one that I’m happy I tried. The food and wine selections were gorgeous, and not entirely overpriced. We ended up in the downstairs bit of the restaurant and I was quite pleased to be there as it seemed very loud upstairs.
All three of us decided upon the burger and it was a fabulous choice. The garlic mayo made it. And the triple cooked chips were lush. Two of us decided to share a bottle of red wine, which was gorgeous and easily within our budget.
The service is what really made it special. They were on top of everything and super sweet to boot. I will most definitely head back there!

I had dinner at the Hay Market Vivat Bacchus tonight and it was a very satisfactory experience. I have passed by this place hundreds of times, and quite honestly, if my friend hadn’t suggested trying it out, I probably never would have gone. I just assumed it was another wine bar around London Bridge with wine and overpriced cheese plates. But boy, I was wrong. I had the burger and it hit the spot. It’s amazing with cheddar cheese — but they charge you extra for it!!! Also, the wine is good but a bit overpriced. I would come back, particularly for the duck breast, which also sounded fabulous. I recommend it!

I have very mixed feelings about this place. I booked a table last Friday night on the spur of the moment, as I was meeting a friend in London Bridge and we both like wine!
We arrived and walked through the room upstairs that was packed, noisy and buzzing. We were shown downstairs to an empty dining room with no one in it. It did fill up a bit as the evening went on, but it was a lot quieter than upstairs. We also considered moving to the «cheese room», but never quite made it. (Mainly because I thought it sounded like we would have to crawl into a giant edam or something).
I tried a couple of different red wines by the glass that were recommended by a every helpful chap. I liked them very much, but there was a lot more choice by the bottle and I suspect that had I been with a red wine drinking friend, we may have had a great time with them! (My friend’s white wine was also lovely — very fruity and exactly what she asked for).
We were not terribly hungry, but they offer a lot of bar snacks, so we chose a small French cheese plate, the terrine and a bit later on, we had the ‘double’ chips. The cheese was lovely — made me wish I had gone and sat in the cheese room, no matter what it was made of. The terrine was fine, not spectacular, but certainly edible. The chips were DELICIOUS. Large, fluffy, cooked all the way through and a little crispy on the outside — perfect in fact. Here again was one of my mixed feelings — they were great, but at £5 for a pretty small bowl, I felt that they should have been the best chips I had ever encountered. With diamonds sprinkled on them instead of salt.
We moved on to pudding, and that’s where it all went really wrong. My crumble slice was completely and utterly tasteless. Also, it came with clotted cream rather than custard or ice cream. I felt that the taste did not justify the calories and I sent it back. They were very good about it and took it off the bill. My friends sticky toffee pudding was ok — she did eat it all, so it can’t have been too bad.
So, the bill came, and it was pretty reasonable — £30 a head for an evening out where we left feeling full, a little drunk and had had a good time. However, I just can’t muster up the enthusiasm to try the place again, unless I go and try the cheese room perhaps…

I was confused about this place. But I was pleasantly surprised.
It says its ‘European with a good selection of South African Wines’ but in fact the food is South African as well. And it is great. The location is good as well — between the station and Tower Bridge.
We went there to celebrate a promotion at work and was pleased with the selection of wine — from cheap through to bloody expensive.
All in all, I wouldn’t mind returning!

Vivat Bacchus, London Bridge, is a bright restaurant. The leek & potato soup was lovely; croutons arrived soggy in soup instead of served on side. Risotto with courgettes was good. Pork chop with sweet potato & pickled apples was nice, but fat should have been rendered a bit more. Raspberry Eton Mess was good, & lovely Crème Brulee. Also, waitress upsold us a bottle of wine (only 2xwine glasses ordered)-& did not apologise. Manager resolved. Generally, pleasant waiting staff & reasonable food.

Booked through Toptable for set menu for £13.50 for my daughter and I. Arrived a early but no problem cheery welcome table ready even though busy inside and out. Busy with after work diners, a bit noisy but not unexpected. Set menu choice limited but did have additional options with a supplement, we didn’t fancy any o the choices though so went for the A la Carte. Good portions, tasty, chicken liver for me pint of prawns for my daughter, followed by ostrich burgers with coleslaw and chips, managed it all! Good choice of wine at varying prices. For a simple dinner, very handy for London Bridge Station, would recommend.

I went to Vivat Bacchus last night for a quiet dinner and some wine and had a pleasent evening. Although the overall meal was nice, I do have some critiques that made it not quite a 3 star rating. Our nice bottle of wine was served in a plastic bucket w/​ice and left on our table. I feel like a wine bar should either a) invest in some nice «chill» gear or b) hold the bottle at the bar. The appetizer salad of Goats Cheese, Cheries, and Orange was amazing. The lamb steak I had as a main was nice, however, I felt it was way too oily along w/​the sides (new potatoes) that came with it.
The restaurant is nice… not too quiet and bustling which I liked. The service was alright but I don’t think our server realized we didn’t want anymore wine after our first bottle… as he asked us like 3 times. I know you have to make your sales numbers… but c’mon! Even though it was a nice evening, if in the area again… I would likely go somewhere different. If you are around London Bridge, however, and need a place last minute… it is a nice evening out.

It’s a little difficult to find, but once you do, expect a pleasant and relaxing evening. The mains were ok, the sides, especially the triple cooked chips, were excellent, and the dessert was outstanding. The cheese room was a special treat, but then I’m easy to impress when it comes to cheese. I’ll definitely be back.

They really need to try harder at this samey place. It does not really stand for anything and is just another wine bar.