Kipferl - London

Unfriendly service, we asked for a Grosser Brauner and got a milky capucino. The Kaiserschmarrn was not remotley a Kaiserschmarren but some sort of broken up cake. For an Austrian Restaurant not in any way authentic. Staff did not understand German, the whole experience was not what we hoped for

Superb food, vibe. and Friendly staff. Wiener schnitzel (original) was excellent. And I’d also recc. the Kaiserschmarrn for dessert. Busy but good busy very popular. Typically have to book but they had a table for 1 hour.

My partner treated me to a birthday lunch at Kipferl as we both love Käsespätzle which is a dish popular in his hometown of Voralberg in Austria. It is a dish we know well and eat often when there. Their menu promised the cheese was from Voralberg and we had high expectations for an authentic dish given this restaurant is meant to be authentically Austrian! Upon arriving we were seated quickly and ordered our meal in good time. We both ordered: käsespätzle and Kartoffel salat (Potato salad). My partner also ordered a soup of the day. Both of us had had a very light breakfast and were excited to enjoy one of our fave dishes again. The soup was watery and tasteless, made edible only by the sourdough bread. On reflection I wish we had ordered as we went along ... as this was a sure signal of the poor quality food emerging from the kitchen! When the Käsespätzle arrived the distinct cheese aroma was missing... first sign it was not what was promised. OMG! this was the WORST Käsespätzle EVER! Käsespätzle is made using four types of cheese (Käse) from the area of Voralberg This cheese is unique to Voralberg and the dish CANNOT be made without it! Without it the flavour and strongly distinct smell are missing. Whatever type of cheese they used it was definitely not the specific cheeses required for this dish The spätzle was disgusting. All you could taste was egg! The texture was wrong... it is meant to be small well formed kernels of spätzle dough instead it was soft and almost mashed... In no way did it resembled what we always eat when visiting Voralberg. The flavour, aroma and presentation was completely WRONG. The Kartoffel (potato) salad was just as awful too. Massive rounds of potato swimming in dressing. This is such a wonderful dish when made correctly... sadly this was my WORST birthday meal EVER! We were both incredibly disappointed esp. as several years ago we had tried Kipferl in Wes London (now closed) and the Käsespätzle was editle then. Clearly the chef doesn't know how to make this dish or just can't be bothered! We CANNOT recommend Kipferl as what they promise on their menu in terms of Käsespätzle is definitely NOT what it should be, not worth the price and a rip off. We were so disappointed that we ended up not having a pudding/cake and took our business elsewhere to L'Etro in London where the cakes were excellent and where I could have had a great birthday meal with my partner.. .incredibly disappointing!

Second visit here, one of London-based son’s regular haunts and perfect brunch stop to head for on a Sunday morning wander up from St Luke’s after a raucous night out in Shoreditch. The rosti and eggs with salmon is first class, as is everything else, including gracious staff and authentic interior. And Julie Andrews up on the wall…..

We’ve had local food in Austria and Germany many times and often found it slightly on the saltier side. We worried about that at Kipferl but we’re totally surprised! We’ve really enjoyed the food in fact! We ordered the Kasekrainer with all the good stuff and Spinach dumplings they were delicious, fresh and well balanced (not too salty at all) and could tell these were really ‘house’ made/not store bought prepacked stuff. Service was attentive and polite, price reasonable and definitely coming back to try other dishes. Thank you for such a nice evening!