Meals at culinary schools/institutes

[itryalot]

I hear they can be a great value and quite delicious.
Any experiences and opinions.
We were considering going to the French Culinary Institute for their prix fix menu (in Soho).

[teresa]

I've had dinner at the French Culinary Institute. The food was pretty good, but be prepared for a long meal. I think it took us about 3 hours to go through our courses. Definitely worth the price though!

[ChefPeter]

I have heard good things about l'ecole too! please tell me what you thought of it. I believe it affordable too?

[LNG212]

I've done the "Friday Night Dinner" at the Natural Gourmet Institute. It was good. DH even liked it and he's not vegetarian. It's BYO. It's communal tables and it was fine for us going as a couple. But the tables where people looked like they came in larger groups and got the whole table were definitely having a whole lot more fun. The dinner itself was multicourse and they post the menus online maybe a week ahead.