Christine P.

Stopped by on a Saturday evening, and wait time was around 1 hour. If you want to put your name on the reading list, you need a London number and luckily we had one (we were tourists). The service was really slow. It took us a relatively long time for the waitress to come to our table, but she was nice given that the place was packed. It also took about an hour for the food to come to the table. The pulled pork and ribs were ok, but I didn't like the chicken. The seafood however was wonderful.

Paul R.

Just round the corner from Covent Garden this is a great place for a meal with friends. The BBQ and Lobster is served large. In bin lids if you get a massive platter. The main reason to go is the Limitless BBQ (unlimited) Brunch with Unlimited wine, mojito or Prosecco. For £29.50 each in this part of London that's great value. You can stay for 2 hours so that's a lot of Prosecco. And we didn't have to ask for more drinks as we were topped up when we got most the way through a glass. The other opion is one 1lb Lobster with chips and unlimited drinks. Whole not unlimited lobster is still a great deal. You even get a plastic bib to stop you dribbling on yourself as clearly BBQ is messy!?!

Mariela D.

Hahaha! Let me just start by saying that unless you have eaten IN the city of New Orleans, you can't possibly know what Nawlins-style creole food is supposed to taste like. This was one of those situations where I was so amazed at how tasteless my shrimp boil was, that I kept looking around to see if others were having the same reaction. I can only explain it by saying that English food doesn't carry the same spice and flavor of other cuisines, so they may be trying to appropriate an inherently spicy cuisine to a blander palette. My problem is when a restaurant appropriates a distinct type of cuisine, one that is meant to be swimming in spices, and puts absolutely ZERO flavor in it. None. I had a shrimp boil and I swear there was not even so much as a speck of garlic, butter, cayenne pepper...nothing. Just a bit of herb. Worst of all, my shrimp boil had FOUR shrimp and the rest was potatoes and a bit of corn. I know restaurants may try to save money by mixing in more of the cheaper ingredient, but this place didn't even try to hide the fact. That's hardly a shrimp boil. It's barely a shrimp cocktail. Have these chefs ever been to New Orleans or eaten proper creole food? If they have, then they are purposely making it bland for what they think the local palette would like. If they haven't, then they have no business attaching New Orleans to the food served here because it carries no flavor. The only reason I'm giving it 2 stars instead of 1 is because the bartender is amazing. He is a proper cocktail bartender, knows his stuff and is really passionate about it. I would come here for the bar alone.

Caroline L.

If you like lobster, don't go any further. This is the best place to eat some without selling your kidney. The Big Easy is everything you can expect from a crab shack and the atmosphere is more layed back than his fancy cousin Burger and Lobster. For £20 you have a whole lobster, fries, salad and a beer or slushie (minus the rasberry blue syrup but with alcohol instead). Desserts are huge - I could never finish one so I would recommend to share. They also do ribs and steak but I didn't try them (yet. Lobster call is always stronger). Plastic bib provided. Don't hope to get a table without a booking though. The place is huge but it's impossible to just walk in and ask for a table in the evening (you might get lucky at lunch time).

Rachel G.

The food is amazing!! We shared pop corn shrimp to start which were so delicious they were gone in an instant! Then we had the pit smoked ribs and taste o Rama (chicken ribs and pulled pork). The meat was all amazingly cooked with a gorgeous flavour. The BBQ beans were delicious and the coleslaw was a nice addition. The servers were all amazing. And the decor was appealing and set the atmosphere off perfectly. The only criticism is the price of the drinks

Jennifer F.

Once in awhile, it's great to treat yourself to a big classic surf and turf meal. My friends and I came here for a pre-Christmas meal thanks for a gift certificate from his mum. In all honesty, this place is a bit touristy, too pricy, and only for special occasions. The food was decent but nothing truly memorable. Lobsters, Ribs, Steak is tricky to get wrong if you know what you're doing. What I really enjoy is the selection of Whiskey they have. The servers were friendly and very patient with us. Love the western decor and music. A little note is that you may want to reserve a table to ensure that you get a seat. They're normally packed!

Tracey S.

I came here during lunch hours and they had a lunch deal going on. The lobster was lacking abit and I believe it was less filling. But all in all, the food was good and the restaurant ambience was fab.

Nigel M.

Had a great night here, but enjoyed the food too much to write the review. Great atmosphere. Started off with some cocktails at the bar with my partner. We were early so caught happy hour. Cocktails at 4 pound a hit! After seating we ordered the seafood. The brains a bit fuzzy now, but starters were a good plate of cold crab claws. Intense! Not to be outdone, I ordered the whole crab cooked in butter. Scrumptious! Two hours of solid eating, great food, great staff and service. Would I go back? In a heartbeat.

Christie K.

I've been to the Big Easy in Covent Garden about twice now. First for the pre-theatre special and most recently for the Thanksgiving dinner. For the pre-theatre menu, you need to put your order in before 6 and you'll get 2 course for 10 pounds. I ordered the mac and cheese with the basket of deep fried shrimp. Portions are huge! Really good value and would even consider coming here for lunch. Food was okay - but for a tenner can't expect any more. For the Thanksgiving dinner, I've been disappointed a number of times at restaurants in London. On thanksgiving, they only offer 1 menu which gives you the option of a few different starters or a veggie main (instead of turkey). I had the spinach salad to start - pretty much like everything else at this restaurant it was a huge portion and good. My bf and I of course had the turkey and it was delicious! Wasn't dry at all like most places and it came with an array of sides. The pumpkin pie was amazing as well. I will definitely need to go back again next year for Thanksgiving. (Big Easy - can you do the turkey all year round??)

Mei S.

Lots of deals but only available Mondays to Fridays. On Sundays, only the Lobster Fest is available, which is either a whole lobster or a lobster roll with salad and chips, and an alcoholic slushie, for double the price you would pay during the week, at £20. Therefore, considering you get the same at a lower price during the week, it is not good value. Very disappointing too, as the lobster roll was actually a soggy cold toasted sandwich, a few leaves of rocket for the salad and a small tin bucket of overdone chips. I always feel let down by lobsters cooked by Westerners, when you can get a nourishing meal of lobsters and noodles, cooked the Chinese way, with so much taste and just so much more yummy and meatier. The only other lobster meal that matched it is Bob's Lobsters. There were six of us in our party, three had the lobster roll and two had the whole lobster, which was not that fresh, and we were all left feeling still hungry, whereas one who actually checked what the Lobster Fest includes made a different choice as it did not sound filling and ordered the BBQ meats, which was extremely filling, but unfortunately, they were all burnt and overdone and very dry. We then had some waffles with ice cream for dessert, which was nice, but nothing special. It is not as busy as the Chelsea branch, which is always heaving, and the bar is positively empty. Perhaps, because it is Sunday, and also no happy hour! A disappointing experience here, especially compared to the Chelsea branch the portions there are positively huge and everything is much fresher, the atmosphere is heaving, but service is still quick, friendly.

Henri R.

This was my first time at The Big Easy and (honest bit now) I'm not a fan of BBQ or Seafood. However I thought I'd give it a go. It's always good to experience new things and you never know you may end up liking something different. We arrived at our allotted time but were told to stand at the bar for about 30 mins. I'm not sure why as our table had always been empty (I have a habit of looking at the space whenever I walk into somewhere). It took a while to order and most of us ordered the All-You-Can-Eat BBQ. Ribs, chopped pork, chicken with sides of BBQ beans, coleslaw & chips. It also comes with beer, but very hard to order something else if you don't drink beer. The food portions where humongous. And the food was good. I really enjoyed it and as a non fan that (hopefully) says more. They do provide take away containers for the food we couldn't eat which was also a plus. Lastly the decor and ambience is different. I really like the feel of the place. The toilets are hidden away on the basement floor and you do have to pass low lighting an go through a zigzag of tables.

Jing Shyang Y.

Why is it called the big easy? I think it's because it's a big place. And it's easy to like. After an epic Monday of watching Guardians of the Galaxy at the BFI IMAX Waterloo, Big Easy was sent in to keep things on a high and it did. Mondays is unlimited ribs, chicken, chopped pork and hush puppies, a king of cornball. A Ma-hoo-sive platter is initialy delivered to your table, along with your choice of some tasty Big Easy ales or a cocktail. After that you just munch. If you finish your platter or get close to it, you just ordered more of what you want. It's that simple. You can only eat so much though and Big Easy are clever in this regard, I didn't get past the giant platter that was shared between 4 persons. But it was still good value for money. Service is great. Each person responsible for their own zone, and whilst generally service is good, if your attendee is busy no-one else can really help you. Toilets. Are. Far. It's like a maze where you go through 6- doors, up and down stairs to get here. It's quite an experience. In all, superb food, great value for money, pleasant atmosphere and what a range of food. I probably will try the lobster next time I'm here as it looked quite good.