Minsky’s New York Deli Restaurant

Ok as the first person to register this hotel restaurant in the heart of Park Lane, I would like to say foremost that the food here was adequate enough to go by but don’t be fooled with he copious offering for lots of steak and salad as specified on the Amazon Local offer.
This venue is typical of a ¾* hotel restaurant — its décor seems very impressive once you go inside with a large lobby and waiting area with spacious places to sit in the restaurant which occupies half the ground space. It is a large, bright and airy room with a large buffet down the length of one side. The décor is intended to replicate a New York deli with stained glass panels and old photographs on the wall. Today it was very quiet with only about three tables on a Sunday so if this is as busy as it gets its very very quiet so it may not perhaps be popular. There are lots of random cricket statues pulling silly faces and USA celebrity photos with the odd flowers on tables but how it represents an American Deli restaurant beats me as it was deserted and quiet, with virtually no atmosphere.
The set table menu was rather limited in choice rather very disappointingly in fact as I expected more choice from the advertising photos on Amazon website. As far as the choice, you only get 3 for each, with a limited choice for the starters, I went for the beef and mushroom pie which was nicely presented and tasted okay, cold but plausible. For the main course it was the most disappointing in choice, I think the best one was the beef steak with chips and even then you had to pay an extra 5 pounds, so an extra marketing catch from the initial 20 pounds we paid. Other than that, the portion didn’t justify the cost but the steak was cooked well but nothing to shout about with the chips being the same. The beer we had was reasonable, nothing to really say about that. The choice of desserts was pretty poor aswell, I opted for the banoffee pie pudding with a generous dollop of vanilla ice cream this was very nice and rich in flavour, and was probably the best part of the dish. The staff here were very attentive and helpful but that’s because there were only 3 tables with the rest empty and they seem to keep themselves busy. All in all, a nice décor hotel restaurant let down with deceiving offers and very limited set menus and hit and miss food.