London Restaurant to visit

[randomshenans]

To add to these, any of the Galvin restaurants would be a good shout. Windows is a fantastic setting on top of the Hilton Park Lane and you can see all over, which is great and the food is awesome.
Bistro on Baker Street is more bistro style, but it is fantastic quality and very very reasonable in price.
La Chapelle I went to recently and that was very nice. Staff, location and food all superb.

 

[wozza2k]

Meat Liquor if you're willing for the wait

Nothing like the fine dining/michelin stars that everyone else has put across.

Make sure you turn up early, though. No reservations, but it's about a half hour-45 minute wait.

It's a completely different style to pretty much everything else, but have a check of it first

kd

I really didn't rate Meat Liquor. For the money it's ok, but factor in the wait to even get in, it just isn't worth it.

I recently tried Admiral Codrington which is a nice gastropub in Chelsea which does amazing burgers.

For the OP who is a lover of meat I would hugely recommend Hawksmoor yes it is steak but it's really good steak. I've been twice with the GF spending pretty much £150 everytime and have always been very happy after

 

[Alex_L]

I really didn't rate Meat Liquor. For the money it's ok, but factor in the wait to even get in, it just isn't worth it.

I recently tried Admiral Codrington which is a nice gastropub in Chelsea which does amazing burgers.

For the OP who is a lover of meat I would hugely recommend Hawksmoor yes it is steak but it's really good steak. I've been twice with the GF spending pretty much £150 everytime and have always been very happy after

Admiral codrington is top class for burgers. Be interesting to see how it fairs now that Fred Smith the chef is moving on.

I'd lean towards the likes of Roganic/Apsleys (though in my experience neither will come in under £150 unless you don't drink much or go for the shorter menus which at Roganic you may not have a choice in on Fridays/Saturdays)

If you love steak you can't go too wrong with Hawksmoor/Goodman/Cut, although for me everytime i've been i come away stuffed and thats about it, the food just isn't that interesting to me, I've had far more intersting things done with beef in places like Roganic/Ledbury - though i admint i'm generally in the minority on this point.

For a suggestion if you don't mind travelling - Hedone in chiswick, easily up there with the 2/3 star restaurants in London and not too pricey either.

 

[Tr1p]

Hello people,

Thank you for all the suggestion's, we ended up visiting the Hawkmoor Seven Dials. The steak was absolutely gorgeous.

We both had the fillet steak cooked Medium/rare and it was the best I have ever had. Cooked to perfection! Had beef dripping chips, tomato sald, peppercorn sauce and a bone marrow gravy to go with it all between us. Never tried the bone marrow gravy before so got that just to try and was lovely.

Overall a very enjoyable evening, both had mains and dessert aswell as wine and cocktails each and it came to £170. I thought that was resonable and will visit again sometime.

Cheers for the suggestion to visit there.

Did try to visit Meat Liquor but the queue was horrendous. Would have took at least an hour to get to the front never mind eat!

 

[tripitaka]

Everyone is bumming the Duck and Waffle at the moment, but someone told me it is a bit weird combo like to be the "in thing" or something. But location and cocktails are great apparently.

Got reviewed in both the Indy and the Observer this weekend. I'm definitely planning on checking it out. Breakfast could be a good option - get to enjoy the view in daylight.

 

[Voltar]

You should have just gone to meatmarket in covent garden if you want to just try their burgers (selection is far smaller though) as there are usually hardly any people there compared to meatliquor.

Were I in wembley I'd have gone for curry one night as that part of London has the best curries going in my books.

Yauatcha is always good if you like dim sum, and it won't break the bank either unless you have only the most expensive things on the list.

St John is good as well and you can have a really informal meal there and it's really not too pricey either.


Glad you enjoyed Hawksmoor. I went to the same branch a while back and was seriously underwhelmed by the place and food (not the chips though) unfortunately.

 

[Razor-BladE]

For my first time, I went to Hawksmoor Air Street for my 21st birthday half a month ago

The steak there is lovelyy! Had 800g chateaubriand and 600g bone-in sirloin between 4 of us (there were 5 of us, but one person got the express menu) with peppercorn sauce, bone marrow gravy, béarnaise sauce, triple cooked chips ( didn't serve beef dripping chips at that branch ), creamed spinach, mac & cheese and mushrooms. Wanted the baked sweet potato but they ran out

My favourite sauce was the peppercorn sauce, and favourite side was the creamed spinach. I thought the chips were nice but nothing particularly special (gonna get some hate here!).

Shared the peanut butter shortbread, sticky toffee pudding (wow it's very rich!) and Ferrero Rocher sundae desserts.

We didn't want to spend a lot of drinks because we knew they would add up, so we only had one drink each, and the total including service charge came to about £50pp which I didn't think was too bad! Especially considering everyone here was saying it's going to be £70/80. If you had water, you could do it for £40pp.

 

[DiCe!]

Sophies steak house covent garden!

 

[boxman2000]

Anyone ever eaten at Petrus? Tempted to take the wife to a Gordon Ramsey restaurant for our anniversary.

 

[Voltar]

Anyone ever eaten at Petrus? Tempted to take the wife to a Gordon Ramsey restaurant for our anniversary.

If you can, I strongly recommend his flagship restaurant. Out of this world there really.

Also, if you're needing to stay in London check out the York & Albany as you can also stay there and it's under the Ramsay umbrella.

If you go to Petrus, don't forget to write a review for us

 

[boxman2000]

Thanks Voltar - don't think my budget will stretch to that (considering the missus wants to buy a whole new wardrobe). Accommodation will be Premier Travel Inn me thinks!

I only mentioned Petrus due to this (wiki quote):

Ramsay's flagship restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, was voted London's top restaurant in food bible Harden's for eight years, but in 2008 was placed below Petrus, a restaurant run by former protégé Marcus Wareing

 

[Voltar]

Thanks Voltar - don't think my budget will stretch to that (considering the missus wants to buy a whole new wardrobe). Accommodation will be Premier Travel Inn me thinks!

I only mentioned Petrus due to this (wiki quote):

Are you set on a Ramsay place or would you like some other suggestions for places to go eat? Do they need to have stars?

Lots of helpful people in LC who would certainly assist


(the what restaurant did you eat at last night thread has some well written reviews as well if you need more inspiration)

 

[Tr1p]

I tried meatmarket in Covent Garden and loved the burger and was surprised by the place. Was totally different from what I expected. A hidden gem somewhat. Took me ages to find! Maybe I'm just a idiot.

 

[Maccapacca]

http://www.avenue-restaurant.co.uk/

Couldn't recommend this enough

 

[oli collett]

If you can, I strongly recommend his flagship restaurant. Out of this world there really.

Also, if you're needing to stay in London check out the York & Albany as you can also stay there and it's under the Ramsay umbrella.

If you go to Petrus, don't forget to write a review for us

RHR has got some great reviews lately - I wouldn't consider any of his other restaurants given how many better options there are in london.

If you're on a tighter budget, somewhere like Alyn Williams @ The Westbury might be a better bet, or just lunch somewhere?

 

[BrianB]

Not sure if it has been suggested already, but McDonalds is always very consistent.

 

[Russinating]

Sorry to jump in but hopefully recommendations I get given will be useful to you too. Will be in London next Thursday for the whole day. Staying the previous night near the British Museum and leaving at 9pm from Victoria.

Any recommendations for lunch and dinner in, around or between these places? And breakfast near the British Museum. Breakfast and lunch on a budget, dinner £60 per head with wine.

 

[Voltar]

Breakfast you could just head to Pain Quotidien on Goodge St or I think they opened one in the Brunswick Centre as well.

Go to Meatmarket for lunch- you can easily walk from the BM to Covent Garden (and can have a little gander at the tourists/shops etc en route). Meatmarket does a good burger- it's not what I'd call beautiful inside, more 'stripped down' but it'd do for a quick lunch so you can get on with your day. It'll be about £15 for burger, chips and a beer.

Or alternatively you could skip into Soho and head to Tonkotsu for a lovely bowl of ramen- quick and beats the heck outta Wagamama...


For dinner you could try:

St John where you could sit in the dining room- I prefer eating at the pub tables but up to you really. Wine list ain't too good there in my books but the food was nice and you can have a little walk round that part of london which has some interesting stuff to look at.

Comptoir Gascon- if you like French food definitely come here. It's excellent value for what you get and you'll easily come within budget!

Morgan M- you can have a tasting menu there for something like £50 which I think is terrific value. French food again though.

The Garrison- is a gastro pub near London Bridge but the food was first rate.

St John Tavern Tufnell Park- Excellent food and probably one of the best pub lunches (and dinners) I've had yet in London. Expect restaurant prices though.

Burger and Lobster- (Soho branch is your closest) have a nice lobster and nice dessert with some cocktails and you'll come in under budget I'd say. It's nice if you don't want to spend ages deciding on what to have as there are only 3 choices of main course and 2 for dessert.

I guess you could go to Bocca di Lupo, but I've not been there fore over a year having done the place to death. It is nice food though. Can rack up a large bill however.

Andrew Edmunds- very cosy restaurant in the heart of Soho. Super food, nice service. Go for either lunch or dinner. If you're careful with your wine order I see no reason why it wouldn't be doable for a dinner.

Yauatcha- just round the corner from A.E. and is a very cool restaurant indeed. Has a star. Isn't particularly pretentious. You can always get a booking. The food is always outstanding. DO: fill up on dim sum. DONT: leave without having a dessert. Skip the mains as they're not quite as good as their other stuff. Oh, and have a pot of Orchid Tea.


Hope that's helpful Russinating! I know the area you'll be in pretty well actually so am glad to be of assistance if you want pub/bar/cocktail/wine bar suggestions as well.

 

[Scam]

Another shout for Andrew Edmunds. It's consistently rated as one of the most romantic restaurants in London and the food and wine list are both fantastic. I've been twice and had a great experience both times. Go for a drink in the downstairs bar at bob bob ricard first, it's just round the corner.

I didn't even know yuatcha did anything other than dim sum! As far as I knew it is a dim sum restaurant

 

[Voltar]

Another shout for Andrew Edmunds. It's consistently rated as one of the most romantic restaurants in London and the food and wine list are both fantastic. I've been twice and had a great experience both times. Go for a drink in the downstairs bar at bob bob ricard first, it's just round the corner.

I didn't even know yuatcha did anything other than dim sum! As far as I knew it is a dim sum restaurant

Oh Scam, you're so missing out at Yauatcha without the dessert! Seriously good indeed...

BBR is a nice atmosphere downstairs. Very Orient Express style was how it felt to me. However I don't think I'd go there all that often and am not all that inclined to eat there- but could be persuaded
Also check out Graphic- round the corner as well!

AE is super though.
Just a shame haven't had anyone to take there for a while /soronery.jpg

Avoid Aurora which is over the road from AE and I went there a few times and I dont like it in there and the food isn't that great and it is VERY expensive.