A lovely greeting, given a choice of table and good service throughout. Very tacky surroundings but that seems to be the point. The music was not really our thing but did make for a more special evening. Although not big eaters we found the portions...to be fairly meagre and really didn’t like the abrupt way the place was closed.More

Came here for my sister’s graduation meal. Very quirky restaurant with friendly waiters and especially great service by Francesco. The ‘pre theatre’ menu was good value at £25 per person for 2 courses. Both the salmon and lamb shank were very tasty, though not very...generous on the vegetables.More

Enjoyed a (very) nice glass, or two, of wine and a small starter selection, for an early evening out. Francesco was a Saint, who warmly received us and catered to our little few needs, with gusto and aplomb.

I have been to Sarastro once before, many years ago, and have intended to go back for a long time. I went for a double celebration of my birthday and my son's birthday with my wife and his girlfriend. We had a great experience: excellent...food, nice wine, the décor is amazing obviously. Francesco made the experience very special for us with him cheerful banter, great advice on food and drink and even singing 'Happy Birthday' for us! I won't leave it so long for the next visit!More

This place was a definite highlight of my trip and will be remembered for a long time! Food was super good and overall vibe was super unique

We had a wonderful evening in this unique and quirky restaurant. The staff are welcoming, very helpful and courteous. Francesco, who took our order was extremely helpful in his recommendations and the food and wine were excellent. The menu is described as Turkish / Mediterranean...but also has a few unique twists on the theme. We had white fish as a main, baked halibut and pan fried hake. It was cooked to perfection and the garnish flavoured the meal perfectly. The ambience is excellent in this opera themed restaurant with a hint of 18th century bordello, private booths for a romantic evening that resemble miniature private boxes of the world famous Theatre Royal opposite. Altogether a great venue that suits Covent Garden and theatre land to a tee.More

Wish I could give this more than 5 stars! Just had our works do here and my cheeks are aching from laughing so much!! The food was absolutely delicious and the atmosphere was just something else, best night I have had in so long!!! We...did the conga out to the street!!!! Want to go back again and again! Can’t fault anything at all!!! All I can say is thank you for a wonderful delicious and fun fun evening!!!!More

The ambiance of the restaurant was delightful, the artwork was thought provoking and in parts of the restaurant explicit but great as a conversation starter (be warned - in the bathrooms). The food was tasty and reasonably priced for the area. This would ordinarily warrant...at least a 4/5 star review, however what is responsible for lowering this further was the behaviour of our waiter Francesco. He was actually incredibly rude throughout the night, making all members of the party uncomfortable. He shushed a party member trying to ask him questions at the outset, then again another lady in our party when she attempted to make her food order because he wanted to take the order his way so that he could make puns and jokes to be the centre of attention. He loudly and quite rudely claimed that we would be liable to pay for an eighth member of the group who did not come despite us bringing two additional and paying guests to the table. This was publically stated and in quite an accusatory fashion. He disputed a drink order and practically accused me of lying, refusing to take the drink away and making us pay for it. He then came to the table and when he didn’t get a beaming smile from the woman in our group he had already been rude to, he then confrontationally asked in front of the entire group what he had done to upset her and if she had a problem with him, making her feel further uncomfortable. When she told him why, he began to argue with us. He wouldn’t leave us to check the bill over and then stood over us with his card machine before we even had a chance to review the bill. He thrust the machine into each of our faces shouting ‘Netflix’ at us - we have no idea why?!? He flounced in and out for most of the evening and asked on a number of occasions how his service was in quite a confrontational way. We did attempt to raise this quietly with the manager at the end of the evening, but even as we did this, he then came up to us and began to confront us again. He absolutely was not worth the 12.5% service charge! What a shame because honestly the restaurant and food were lovely but the whole group felt very let down and cross with him and it certainly impacted our enjoyment of the evening.More

A unique beautiful place to celebrate a birthday or special event or just dinner before going to see a show. The food was amazing as was the service from our waiter Francesco, will be definitely be going back in the very near future ❤️

Great food and a superb ambiance. Francesco looked after us royally - he couldn't have been more attentive. Pre-theatre menu, set menu or a la carte - good variety of choice and deliciously tasting food.

Last night we had a wonderful reunion at Sarastro for 23 friends who worked together over 20 years ago at the fashion company, 'Jeffrey Rogers'. We enjoyed a fabulous meal, followed by live music with the singer Colin Roy who performs there every Thursday evening....He is simply the best & got us all up dancing & singing the night away! Our special thanks to Chris who is front of house & organised our booking. Also to Paulo, the General Manager who greeted us warmly when we arrived & arranged our fab table in prime position, so we could all sit together. Mirez was our waitress for the evening & she looked after us very well, & even took some lovely photos for us. All in all, we had a great time & it was a special evening that we will all remember.More

Rubbish The hotel warned us . but we thought how bad can it be . It was bad very bad ' Service non existant food really bad .