Anyone Been to Gordon Ramsey at Claridges?

I went with my gf. It cost us £250 overall.

His signature restaurant at Royal Hospital Road is better, I've been there three times. It's the best meal out that money can buy.
 
I actually like the guy - and do think he is top class.

But - and it's a big Butt ;)

he shouldn't be placed on a pedistool & I don't think the prices he charges justifies the goods people get - but, there's a market for him and people are willing to pay for it. I just couldn't bring myself to pay over £250 for a single meal anywhere. As I have said though, it's peoples money and their choice - and people spend £250 on much more meaningless things that disappear in less than 2 hours of sitting at a diner table.
 
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Wow, lunch menu looks awesome. Three courses in a michelin starred restaurant for £30? Quite reasonable. :)
 
Thanks for the info guys, just a quick question: has anyone actually had the guts to ask for the 12.5% service charge to be removed from their bill or is it merely a hypothetical situation to make people feel better?

Burnsy
 
A friend did mention to me before that a lot of the top restaurants have very reasonable prices on their lunch menus - I guess if you went on a weekday you'd probably not have to book either.
 
Well to me - thats expensive. I wouldn't pay more than £20 a head for Lunch. It is only lunch afterall.

8 of us had a 3 course lunch at an all you can eat restaurant for £68 total on Friday - and it was a great meal and great service. And just for the maths, it was £7 a head for 3 courses - all you can eat (and the total included 2 pints for 2 of the group) - and the menu made no mention of how much we were 'expected' to leave as a grat. charge.

Now thats what I call reasonable....not £30 a head. That would have cost us around £300 with drinks and the service charge in Claridges.

And we all went up twice for a selection of 6 dishes on our main meal plates.

;)
 
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If you go to a good pub for sunday lunch these days you'll pay £10-15 just for a main.
 
As stated before, I dont think £300 for a meal for two is acceptable, but you pay for a top cook, and the sense of occasion which you dont get from a pub. I cant afford to do things like that more than once a year, but we had a great night, and the missus loved it, which makes the whole thing priceless...
 
The lunch menu sounds like a cracking deal, you could realistically expect to spend around £100 for two with drinks and service. For a (2?) michelin starred restaurant that's cracking.
 
What do you mean? The amount of things in one dish?

When he says about being simple he means not having hundreds of dishes and only having a few.
 
Bloomin eck.

£100 for 2 for lunch.

Me and the mate got 1 1/2 pound burger dressed (cooked over barbie) with chips, Side salad and a Bud all for $4 each (About £5 with tip for the 2 of us)
 
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Would you take your girlfriend or wife to a cheap BBQ for her birthday?
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No, although I fail to see what that has to do with my sarcastic post :/

I have no problem with expensive restaurants, but despite his claims to the contrary it seems that Divosuk does.
 
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& another snippit....from the Guardian this time. I wonder if it has cleaned up it's act since then.

"Gordon Ramsay at Claridges was criticised by Westminster council for a breach of hygiene regulations during an inspection in November 2003. The restaurant says this was because at the time it was storing raw and cooked meat in the same refrigerator."

"A spokeswoman for Gordon Ramsay said yesterday there were two "minor" breaches at his restaurant. Raw meats were being stored in the same fridge near to other food which had already been cooked or was ready to eat, such as cheese. The raw meat had been wrapped in clingfilm. Records of the training of kitchen staff were not kept on the site of the restaurant in Claridges Hotel in Mayfair, as they should have been.

She said both points had been "immediately" put right after the inspection in November 2003. "Gordon is fastidious about food hygiene. His kitchens are absolutely gleaming and immaculate."

The same breaches had also been discovered at a second Gordon Ramsay restaurant, Petrus. The spokeswoman said that soon after the restaurant moved to its new location in 2003, the inspectors found some "minor" teething problems. She said all the breaches had been rectified. "



The Ramsey phrase 'FFS....Basic Food Hygiene' springs to mind.

Tut...Tut.
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You sir seem to have a grudge. Get over it.

I'm going to go to one of his restaurants just to try it :)

They look amazing, let's just hope the food is.
 
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a friend of mine got engaged there and said the food was amazing and she's already planning to go again.

Personally I'd rather go somewhere less pretentious - maybe somewhere recommended by friends or somewhere that's famous 100% for it's food, not for who it's owner is or that is popular partly because the owner is a celebrity. It's all a bit 'emperor's new clothes' to me. But then

a) I'm not a huge foodie or a fan of celebrity chefs. I like good, simple food without all the showbiz.
b) I'm sure your g/f will love it if you think she will, after all you know her best :)

Saying that though, my boyfriend is a fabulous cook and he cooks for me on my birthday which I think is awesome anyway and would prefer to the scrum of going out (it's difficult to get a booking that isn't exorbitantly expensive on my birthday or to get a menu that isn't restricted).
 
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I visited Petrus a few months ago which has 2 Michelin star Marcus Wareing as the head chef (and has recently been voted Londons best restaurant). The whole experience was fantastic, the ambiance, food and staff were outstanding and although it's clearly a top-class restaurant, it didn't feel stuffy or pretentious.

We had the set lunch for £30 per head for three courses (an a'la carte dinner is £65 for three courses), but after drinks/coffee etc it soon rocketed to £80 per head, so just be wary of the extras associated. Once we were seated we were all offered a glass of champagne from the 'trolly' - naturally this was never going to be free, but we didn't factor that a glass of NV champagne would be £15 each, that soon adds a lot the bill!

All Ramseys restaurants have their menus (with pricing) online, so you can get a good idea what they serve and roughly how much it'll be.
 
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