Joe Warwick in the book Eat London says of it, "the ground floor is a low-lit combination of black and red that makes it look like a giant bento box at battle with a 80s cocktail bar.

"[5] Time Out in its London edition, described the interior of the restaurant as a "smart if slightly dated bento-box aesthetic of shiny reds and blacks",[3] but praised the quality of the food overall, in particular the onglet with polenta.

After waiting forty minutes for a seat in the bar area which he described as "like being locked in a PVC fetishist's knicker drawer",[2] he described the open kitchen design as a "joyous experience".

[2] Matthew Norman ate at the restaurant following its opening for The Guardian, giving it a score of 8/10 overall, stating "what we most admired about the cooking was the lack of fuss and poncery".

[6] The Independent's Terry Durack also visited around the same time, and thought that while the pricing structure was a "nightmare",[7] he gave it a score of 16/20 which marked the restaurant as being "capable of greatness".