What a fun restaurant. Fantastic art deco interior combined with friendly and attentive staff. The food and cocktails didn't disappoint either. A triple bird burger followed by the chocolate glory dessert. Great stuff. Make sure you get the dessert if only for the little bit of food theatre it delights with. I'll be going back. Definitely worth a visit read more

The "press for champagne" buttons are the most fun thing here, but closely followed by a really fun and delicious menu - a lobster macaroni cheese which does have a heck of a lot of lobster in it, and their chocolate bomb and eton mess perle, where you crack into the edible shell to reveal a delicious dessert inside. Both fun and classy! read more

This restaurant is genius. Absolutely fantastic food and awesome service. The 'press for champagne' button is so novel and such a brilliant touch. If you press it the waitress/waitor is there within a minute. The elegant atmosphere is the epitomy of this restaurant. Highly reccomend. read more

Their beef wellington is incredible! An experience. And the "Press for Champagne" button! read more

Crikey, I've just stepped back in time. Oh no wait, that hostess is holding an iPad. My mistake. Bob Bob Ricard manages to combine the decadence of the 1920s with the technology of 2012. Even more impressively, it's virtually impossible to identify whether it's authentically art deco or merely reproduction. Belying our defiantly unposh natures by painstakingly investigating our immediate surroundings (picture the scene; bums in the air, faces to the table, fingernails scratching away at the varnish), my drinking companions and I eventually concluded that the leather backing on the seat was too clean and soft to be more than a few years old. Wikipedia confirms our suspicions: it was built in 2008. But it was an admirable effort, Bob. Bravo. It's beautifully decorated, faux or otherwise; deep red leather seat backs, overly-ornate brass railings, wall-splayed mirrors with a hint of cigarette-steeped tarnish (though of course it was built after the smoking ban) and an angular logo all add to the lush allure of 1920s opulence. Add a couple of flip-up bus-stop seats and a floor decorated like a gigantic backgammon board and you're in business. I've not eaten here but the cocktails are splendid. Yes, they're expensive, but I've pondered whether or not this deserves the loss of a star and frankly I don't think that it does. You can see the menu outside. The upmarket style is obvious. If you're greeted by a maitre'd and two assistants who silently take your coats and whisk you to a lovely corner booth without so much as a by-your-leave, you know you're in for a treat and you ought to know you're going to have to pay for it. At roughly £10 per cocktail, it's not astonomical, nor is it a "quick drink after work" type of a venue . . . but maybe one to pull out of the bag if you're planning to impress a date. It's got the mood lighting, the table service which just verges on the right side of overly-attentive, the exquisitely-presented drinks and enough atmosphere to give you something to talk about when the conversation runs dry. You can't pay for that. Except you can. It'll cost you £10 a drink. That's just cheap at the price. read more

My partner asked me to marry him here on Saturday evening and it was everything I could have ever dreamed of.

BBR provides a grateful environment, however, the service and food are quite disappointing. I had dinner reservation booked to welcome my friends arriving from the States. On the day of the booking, I received a voice mail confirming the booking and subsequently returning the call to confirm. Immediately thereafter, my booking was unexpectedly cancelled. I had to make another phone call requiring additional efforts in order to secure the table. During the dinner, the Salmon tartare was stale; the Beef Wellington for three people was priced for 4 people without including the 4th portion; and the fish pie was excessively salty. Most of all, one of the friends had diarrhea following the dinner. This is our first, perhaps last time dinning there. We do not recommend this restaurant. read more

I came here with a friend last night for dinner after having seen a photo of a friend with their famous "Press for Champagne" tableside button. What a brilliant idea! It's a Russian inspired restaurant, and there are a number of dishes on the menu marked as Russian specialties, but there are also a number of normal options like steak and seared sea bass. We were seated in a very spacious booth, and I thought it was pretty private, as the restaurant was dimly lit and we couldn't hear the tables next to us at all. For starters, we went for their Grilled Oysters de Gaulle and Baked Oysters Mrezhnev, which were both pretty similar, basically cheesey cooked oysters. In hindsight I probably wouldn't have ordered both and should have probably gone for some of the raw oysters instead. For my main, I got the lobster mac n cheese and my friend got the filet mignon. I really appreciated my lobster mac n cheese... it came with an empty lobster tail on top, and inside there were large chunks of lobster. It was also the perfect size. While our meal was not particularly Russian, I think it was a great spot for splurges like lobster and filet mignon, both of which were very well executed. After our meal, we moved to the bar to have a final glass of champagne, and I thought that was a beautiful area as well. I would probably find the whole place a bit overwhelming for a date, but I would definitely come again for a nice meal and/or drink with good friends. read more

I just don't get this place. We had lunch on a Saturday and in spite of recent (positive) Time Out reviews, the place was half empty and dramatically lacking buzz In the middle of Soho, 50m away from both Picadilly and regent Street, Bob Bob Ricard still hasn't quite started to engage Londoners. They have achieved something pretty bad, ie BBR (as they like to call the place since the name is not really great) looks and feels like it's part of a chain while it's not! It is a D E S T I N A T I O N restaurant, our (French, extremely nice and attentive) maitre d'hotel told us. The problem is that while they have clearly spent a lot of money to turn what used to be a minimalist 90s restaurant (Circus for those who remember) into a kind a art deco railway station restaurant (St Lazare?) meets TGI Friday meets Tim Burton Maybe it was the blue or pink wastecoats of the waiters or the clear lack of experience of the staff (apart from the M.O.) or the fact that it all looked too new and half empty. Then the big (and real) disappointment was the food. Nothing really worth talking about, nothing special, the mash was supposed to be delicious and it wasn't, the hamburger was nice but at £12 really steep, the tomatoes and pasta not that good really Overall a big disappointment. They do have a few original features, like the toaster on teh table or the champagne button (at £12 a glass according to a reviewer below!), but BBR feels too much like trying to entertain without the substance nor the consumer success (so far). So I will stay away, at least for a while while the tweak the offering (the waiter did confess that the menu was going to change). It could be a good place for breakfast as their menu is really more about breakfast (think about the toaster!) than dinner (few main courses and a steak at £28 pp with 4 person minimum order!). But since they are open from 7am to 3am every day apparently, it is a good name to keep on the little black book as so few decent places are open that late. In any event have a go, it IS different and I hope you will have a better experience than me to talk about on Qype read more

Go for the atmosphere, not the food. We didn't try the "Press For Champagne" button but watched it in progress. We were in the green room and enjoyed the atmosphere. Staff were all very polite and gracious. Our waiter was struggling, couldn't remember much. Food was ok but not memorable. read more

It says a lot about this sumptuous Soho restaurant that there are buttons on the walls inviting diners to "press for champagne". What it says, specifically, is Wow. Invited to a tasting by the good people at Qype, our group were treated on arrival to a deliciously delicate rhubarb gin & tonic, followed by a selection of fine Russian vodkas, punctuated with some robust Russian snacks to help us stay focused. If I were advising general visitors (or at least those who would flinch from paying £15 for a pour of the admittedly smooth Kauffman Private Collection Luxury Vintage), I'd strongly recommend the Russian Standard Imperia at a very reasonable four-pounds-something a shot, accompanied by a plate of meat pelmeni (£12.50), which are best described as dumplings for kings (pairing well with, er, vodka). For the less adventurous, but equally demanding, I hear their burgers are a triumph. Service at this stylish Anglo-Russian eatery-cum-vodkary is as impeccable as the aqua upholstery is opulent. And if you're still not satisfied, just press the button. read more

Beautiful space as others have said and very nice service. Food, however, was truly mediocre and incredibly expensive. This is a nice spot for a special occasion drink and dessert but I would pass on the mains and starters and head elsewhere. Three of us for a business dinner and all felt the same with different meals. read more

Came here a while ago and remember the food was just ok, although the website made it look way better. But this was a fun place to get all dolled up on a weekend and go with a bunch of friends. We were seated in the private room so didn't get a chance to check out the scene outside. The cocktails were the highlight of the night. And the "champagne" call button came in handy. Overall a fun experience and recommend giving it a try. read more

For photos see Greedy Diva @ http://greedydiva.blogspot.com/2010/02/bob-bob-ricard-bobs-vintage-vodka.html Bob Bob Ricard is fun. Lots of fun. A whole big bucket of jumping castle fun. I will declare my heart on my sleeve from the outset. I love Bob Bob (real name Leonid). I love Ricard (real name Richard). And I love vodka (real name vodka). Sure, BBR fed me free shots of vodka all night. But, I'm Australian - it takes a lot before the beer goggles (or vodka goggles, as the case may be) take effect on us. I was not actually expecting to like BBR quite so much. It's glitzy, extravagant and over-the-top in every way - so often a warning flag that there's a bit of style over substance going on. But I managed to bag a place along with a table full of other bloggers to Bob's Vintage Vodka tasting in mid February, so I thought I'd give it a fair shot (pun intentional). Naturally, this was not your average dining experience - unless you habitually shoot 8 shots of vodka with your meal - and our every whim was entertained by the fabulous owners who dined and drank with us all evening. I haven't yet dined at BBR incognito, but plan to go back based on my positive experience thus far - so this is not a critique of BBR so much as an enthusiastic rant about their fabulous event at which I was a paid for guest. And I must declare another interest - I'm a vodka girl from way back. However, my vodka appreciation has always been more in the nature of late night mindless enthusiasm, often involving a martini glass, so I was interested to hear some of the theory behind the madness. One does not enter the world of BBR without noticing the interior. It's glammed up, eccentric, flamboyant and quirky, from the gold fittings and green booths, to the marble and leather, and the much spoken of "Press Here for Champagne" buzzers. The intention is to be something of a morning til late "Wolseley style" brasserie. I found it much like stepping into a scene from Alice In Wonderland. This is not a place for cynics, but walk in with an open mind and you might end up enjoying yourself as much as I did. Despite appearances, BBR specialises in old fashioned, posh(ish) British fare, with the frequent Russian twist. We kicked off proceedings with the BBR Signature Pink Rhubarb Gin & Tonic, which was lovely and refreshing and intended to sum up the ethos - fun, British and extra pink. Then the real business began. First up, the Vodka Kauffman Special Selected Vintage 2006 (RRP around £70), paired with jellied ox tongue with creamed horseradish. This was my favourite vodka of the night, and one of my favourite courses. The ox tongue was prettily presented and the bite of the horseradish cut through the delicate aspic and meat beautifully. The Kauffman Special is a wheat vodka made from a single harvest in a vintage year - soft and pure, it's the lack of flavour that makes a good vodka (signalling less impurities and more thorough distillation and filtering, sometimes involving silver or quartz). The less you can taste, the better it is. This concept is one that's tricky for the hardened wine drinker to get one's head around. Nonetheless, the message was that the vodka clears the palate, warms the soul, and is to be followed by a mouthful-of-food chaser to enhance the food's flavour. It didn't always for me, although it certainly cleansed the palate. In any case, I enjoyed the whole ceremonial aspect of shooting from a small, kitschy vodka glass before tasting my food and I'm seriously contemplating introducing the ritual around the home kitchen table. Our remaining courses proceeded as follows: The Vodka Kauffman Private Collection Luxury Vintage 2003 (RRP around £140) served with caviar, blinis and sour cream. My heartfelt love of blinis is no secret. Intermission bites: Wafer thin cured Orkney beef with a celeriac salad, fresh blueberries and roasted hazelnuts; pickled beetroot and goat's cheese salad with fresh mint; potted shrimp; and a delicious rabbit, foie gras and date terrine. Next was the Russian Standard Vodka (popular in Russia, and retails here for around £15) served with Russian salt-cured herring, raw onion rings and new potatoes. The food was delicious. The vodka tasted like vodka. Imperia by Russian Standard was served with salmon roe on hard boiled quail's egg. The Beluga (our first malt based vodka for the evening) was paired with quail's egg mayonnaise with anchovies. Again, a surprisingly tasty combo. The Vodka Beluga Gold Line (another malt based vodka) was paired with some scrumptiously moreish meat pelmeni (Russian dumplings consisting of pork, beef and chopped onions - delicious with either vinegar or sour cream). We finished up the tasting with 2 Stolichnaya vodkas - the Vodka Stolichnaya Gold served with salo on rye bread (lard - not my thing, but was rapturously devoured by lard loving Lizzie) and the Vodka Elite served with malosol cucumbers. These were the vodkas with the most impurities, to be scoffed at by read more

I rang uo this restaurant to make a reservation for the following week, after the foreign girl answered the phone, she then said it is a busy time ( at 6pm ) and put me on hold for 8 minutes. I then had to ring back, only to speak to RICHARD who is apparently the General Manager, once i explained the situation of what had just happened, he was very abrupt, rude, and didnt seem to have any Customer Service skills what so ever. This is poor Customer Service and unacceptable for a restaurant of this standard. It only takes 2 minutes to make a reservation, future potential customers are obviously not important to the staff there, only important are customers who are walking through the door!!! I have never experienced this before when calling for a reservation. SHAME ON YOU!!! read more

do not go there for brunch! despite great service and lush surrounds - the scrambled eggs were watery, bacon burnt and pancakes dry and clearly not fresh. For £12 - forget it. As my friend said - even Mackers is 100% better food. read more

Home made vodka!!!! Yes please :-)

this is place seems a little over rated. it has a very cool look about it, however, the food is overpriced for what you get and not that tasty. we had high hopes for an amazing experience but left underwhelmed. read more