The CLF Art Lounge & Roof Garden - London

Vanina Dubińska-Gallucci

Great place, the only annoying thing is that you have to pay straight away at the table once you order something. If you have table service then you should be able to pay at the end. Anyways, food was delicious and so were the drinks! Good cocktails and they have happy hour until 7pm (cocktails only). Ambiance is nice, and the rooftop is beautiful. I recommend!

Angelo Mitakos

Before I start, atmosphere and music inside is very good.
The fried chicken might appear a good size on your plate but the entire thing is just thick batter and is totally tasteless. The plantain was ok. Some staff are nice but others were so SO rude. If you were going for drinks on the rooftop and some music after, it’s a great spot. But food and service is weak.

Jimmy Chiba

Food is always on point.
Drinks are well priced, strong and flavoursome.
The music is what sometimes lets down the night. It's like they sometimes don't, or can't, read the room and play some music that doesn't want to make anyone get up and dance.
Always book in advance.
The rooftop is where it's at ?

Mia nord

They charge service charges on ? drinks which is terrible. They don't make you aware of this either, couldn't see anything on the menu. Also, we were a table of seven my food was £16.90 the waiter came over and asked everyone to oay before the meals arrived- Fine@. However, the card reader showed £19
90. When I asked why? they said service charge was added. So that means every meal, evey drink was at a table of 7 was charged extra for each order. What a con!.

The food my chosen meal was seabss;. Very dry and lacked taste.
Not impressed!

Isii Nna

The lounge inside seems very nice but I didn't book to have dinner there. We have dinner at the rooftop.
I asked in my booking for a not too noisy table. Our table was next to the bar with speakers at our back. The bar makes so much noise as they make lots of cocktails. The music was really loud and they kept turning the music even louder so the people at the tables around us needed to talk even louder to be heard.
There wasn't life music in the rooftop on that day.
The table itself was not really comfortable to eat!
We ordered food scanning their qr code on the table. They took 15 min to bring the drinks and 30 min to bring the food.
The food and drinks were really nice. There is not a lot selection of Moctails and there is only one desert

Samara

An elegant and fun venue, the layout and decor never fails to impress. It has downstairs rooms and a rooftop, which in winter is covered to keep the warmth in - there are also lots of floor heaters - despite this it still can be a bit chilly there in winter so I recommend bringing a coat.

There is often live music, sometimes on a stage on the rooftop, for our visit the live music was inside, the inside area is cozy and nicely lit so a perfect place for a date.

The food is currently by an independent pop-up called Boca Chica.
I was really excited to try Dominican food but sadly was disappointed as while all of our dishes were nicely seasoned they were really, really dry. So while it isn't necessary the venue's fault about thr food, I wouldn't recommend for dinner (but most definitely recommend the cocktails and bar).

The venue staff are also not that friendly or attentive, we had been left a long time without any service (venue also uses a QR code) but still no one checked to see if we were ok or needed drinks- we'd have spent a lot more if they had.
Still though, all things considered, it really is a special venue and definitely worth a visit - also a good place to consider if you're having a birthday party or a gathering, the venue is also available for private hire.

Ed Wyman

It's ridiculously loud. 90% of people in there were trying to eat or talk to friends but the music was playing as loud as an illegal warehouse rave. If that's what you like, it's great. If you want to speak to anyone, you'd be better off standing on the deck of an aircraft carrier

Tinkerbell2011

A very disappointing experience, the staff was not attentive, no eye contact, we waited too long for a waitress to take our order. We watched customers walk in and then walkout due to no acknowledgement from staff. It was an unpleasant experience as it was a friend's birthday. We grabbed the bill minus the service charge then decided to go elsewhere for our desserts. The manager who seemed to be sitting in a cupboard not acknowledging his customers which was a shame, as we would have liked for him to come over to the table for a feedback, my advice, would be for all staff to complete a customer services training course, Including the manager.