How is The Gay Hussar restaurant rated?

Name: The Gay Hussar
Address: 2 Greek Street Soho, London, United Kingdom, W1D 4NB
Telephone: 020 7437 0973
Price range: £26 to £40
Rating: 4.1

The Gay Hussar

4.1 (807)

£26 to £40

Hungarian

2 Greek Street, Soho, London, W1D 4NB

About this restaurant

Romantic
Good for special occasions
Good for business meals

The Gay Hussar can be said, without a shadow of a doubt, to be one of London’s most famous restaurants. A long time haunt of top politicos and media types – well, it is in the centre of swinging Soho after all – this fine restaurant has been flying the Hungarian flag over the English capital for more than fifty years now. Cosy and comfortable but certainly not without elegance, The Gay Hussar’s dining room is anything but generic with higgledy piggledy rows of books lining the room and endless caricatures of notorious public figures fuelling thousands of conversations. An interesting range of authentic Hungarian dishes and matching Hungarian wines complete this unusual experience.

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Additional information

Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
£26 to £40
Cuisines
Hungarian
Hours of operation
Mon–Sat 12:30 pm–2:30 pm Mon–Sat 5:30 pm–10:45 pm
Phone number
020 7437 0973
Website
http://www.gayhussar.co.uk/index.asp
Payment options
Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Smart Casual

Location
2 Greek Street, Soho, London, W1D 4NB
Neighborhood
Soho
Parking details
None
Additional
Gluten-free Options, Private Room

What 807 people are saying

The Gay Hussar reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

Overall ratings and reviews

4.1

4.1 based on all time ratings

4.0Food
4.1Service
4.1Ambience
3.9Value

Noise • Moderate

807 Reviews

JV
JustinV VIP
Birmingham/West Midlands (county)75 reviews
3.0
Reviewed on April 14, 2019
1. Overall 3
Interesting menu of Hungarian dishes, very traditional vibe and service was a bit limited but worth trying if you want something different.
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Anon
London59 reviews
4.0
Reviewed on January 6, 2019
1. Overall 4
Tasty food - very attentive service. Would go again for something a bit different.
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bamajd
London1 review
4.0
Dined on June 20, 2018
1. Overall 4
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
A delightful experience, and a privilege to see Martin Rowson's many sketches. How sad the restaurant is closing.
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AR
AReviewer
London1 review
5.0
Dined on June 13, 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 4
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Great atmosphere, hearty food, interesting wine.
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Ajchulme
London5 reviews
5.0
Dined on June 9, 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Really glad we finally visited this excellent restaurant before it sadly closes.Everything was 1st class there is nothing we could fault.
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BarbaraN
London1 review
5.0
Dined on June 2, 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Great place! As a Hungarian I can say that the food is great quality and completely authentic- as close as it can get to my grandmas cooking! Strongly recommend. Was very positively surprised!
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Dom1
London1 review
5.0
Dined on May 9, 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
A gem of Soho, would highly recommend to all! :-)
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Up4food
London47 reviews
5.0
Dined on May 4, 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Had another lovely meal at the Gay Hussar, great fun - the owner is such a character and all the food and wine was lovely. Great little place and makes a change to have something so different.
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fibbit VIP
London10 reviews
2.0
Dined on May 4, 2018
1. Overall 2
2. Food 3
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 2
Very poor service, average food, manager made a bizarre and offensive comment to one of our party during a friendly conversation just after we arrived. Used to really like the food and atmosphere here but will be unlikely to go back.
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OpenTable Diner
New York City38 reviews
2.0
Dined on April 14, 2018
1. Overall 2
2. Food 1
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 2
I am very familiar with Hungarian food and this restaurant falls very short of the mark. Nothing that we ordered even resembled Hungarian cuisine and barely qualified as acceptable for institutional food. But actually the service was worse than the food..Our server -not Hungarian-really could not speak English and he was the only server! Such a disappointment,
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The Gay Hussar is rated 4.1 stars by 807 OpenTable diners.