Crazy Bear - Fitzrovia

Staff always polite and friendly. Food excellent, as always. One of my favourite places to eat with friends.

I chose the Crazy Bear for a dinner with 2 friends based on the description of the restaurant, ratings and recommendation of a friend. I wasn’t disappointed. The food, ambience and service were second to none. The only thing that let it down slightly was the odd “pitch” by our waiter who, after a bit of prodding, seemed to be attempting to get us to buy some champagne. Maybe I misinterpreted it, but my companions all agreed that if you are offered to “try” some champagne it is implying a free sample. So we asked, do you mean “a sample”, still unclear. So I had to - much to my embarrassment - ask, do we have to pay for it, to which the answer was yes. Then say so in the first place, don’t imply it’s a taster! All very odd. I suspect in similar vein to when we went to the (very elaborate and ornate) Lois downstairs, my friend was informed “everyone coming down here has to have a shot”! We declined but again, I suspect that goes on your bill! But other than that, we had a very enjoyable, memorable evening.

incredible service, delicious food, can't recommend highly enough

Was a bit disappointed on few things to do with the menu. Having booked a set-menu, felt they could've added rice with the mains rather than charge supplementary price for it. My starter was the tempura squid, it was too much in terms of quantity (great for some people) but felt it was over portioned and was sickly for me, too heavy and felt greasy. The main was lovely; massaman curry with jasmine rice. My desert was the chocolate crème brulee, that was nice enough with the fruits but the pistachio ice cream was extremely disappointing, my friend also felt the same with her ice cream desert; it was lacking in taste and was clearly a GF and Vegan option I think but not worth having if you prefer taste. My other friend's desert which was the crème caramel butter was probably the best option and devoured with great delight.
The Restaurant is lovely but I think they do need to think about how dark the lighting is in the loos downstairs (you can't see much) and no visual sign on the doors either - feels a bit like a slightly seedy nightclub but that could be what they are going for!

Food, drinks were lovely and the waiter was great!

Starters - spring rolls were good. Veg pad Thai was sickly sweet and the brûlée was thick set and over sugary. The cocktails were good. It was a bit sneaky to say 3 courses for set price but the lamb curry was not including any rice dish. Who would have curry on its own? So that forced you to order alacarte. They made an error on the bill at the end too. Could have been so much better on the quality of the food and service (billing).

Was amazed by the decor. And the toilets were most bizarre. Love the look of the urinals and the waterfall wash basins. And of course the food was excellent!! Very present atmosphere and staff were very potlite. And to top it off the food portions are big :)

Over priced mediocre food

Absolutely amazing service!

Fantasmagorical
Place is out of this world!
Toilets are something out of a Fantasy book!