Higher end Lunch in London

[poosemon]

I am heading to London next week and looking to book one of the higher end restaurants to have lunch, seeing as a lot of them have good lunch offers, and was wondering if anyone had tried any of these recently to offer their opinion

Marcus Wareing at the Bekely - can book an industry discounted lunch so is £35 for three courses and get a kitchen tour etc

Hibiscus - consistant reviews and example menu looks brilliant

Dinnner at Manderin Oriental - would love to give it a go, but think i might struggle to get the other half to try some of the menu items i.e pigs ears etc....

Hélène Darroze at the Connaught - £42 for 3 courses with two glasses of wine

any help would be great

 

[toshj]

Can't help on most I'm afraid, but I've been to the Mandarin Oriental. Pretty decent, but as I only had the taster menu it's quite difficult to really be able to judge a meal in detail.

7/10 but certainly a good/interesting experience.

 

[randomshenans]

Ledbury all day, great value lunch and superb

 

[Haircut]

Hibiscus - consistant reviews and example menu looks brilliant

A word of warning, while I've never been to Hibiscus, one of my colleagues went last week and said the service was appalling.
Apparently they've changed lots of the staff since his last visit and he said that they were downright rude and obnoxious. They ended up walking out and going elsewhere.

I can't comment from my own experiences, just going by what he said.

 

[Scam]

I did a mini review of The Connaught here.

Would highly recommend it. If you want something special then it totally fits the bill. Very opulent/Mayfair.

Other than that I've always wanted to go to the Berkeley

 

[poosemon]

I did a mini review of The Connaught here.

Would highly recommend it. If you want something special then it totally fits the bill. Very opulent/Mayfair.

Other than that I've always wanted to go to the Berkeley

Thank you, great mini-review...we have booked! looking forward to it, wish i could afford to do things like this more often....

 

[oli collett]

Ledbury would be my number 1

Another option would be Hedone if you want something really ingredient led - heard some amazing reviews and they do a great lunch deal friday and saturday, think it's £25 for 3 courses

 

[Scam]

Thank you, great mini-review...we have booked! looking forward to it, wish i could afford to do things like this more often....

Same, but then it wouldn't be so much of a treat

Hope you like it, report back! Oh, Id say go for a drink first but the Coburg bar won't be open until 4pm I think

 

[poosemon]

Same, but then it wouldn't be so much of a treat

Hope you like it, report back! Oh, Id say go for a drink first but the Coburg bar won't be open until 4pm I think

Indeed, although I work in another relais chateaux myself its always nice to experience the other side....