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The Great London Restaurant Review
he list includes some very Gordon Ramsay On Royal Hospital
modest eateries where you Road
will not spend a fortune
but will still eat well. 68 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea,
London, SW3 4HP (020 7352 4441)
There are now so many restaurants
in London, that this is just a Lunch Menu £40 7 Course Dinner
cross section of those available Menu £110
but everybody should find
something that will appeal to With a 2 month waiting list you
their tastebuds and pockets. will have to plan ahead if you
want to eat here and with three
Michelin Star Restaurants Michelin stars, you just know the
food will be out of this world.
Le Gavroche Any serious foodie would kill his
own Mother to get a seat here to
43 Upper Brook Street, W1K 7QR sample the French and
(020 7408 0881) Mediterranean dishes. It is a
credit to Gordon Ramsay that
Albert and Michael Roux set the despite being listed in the top
benchmark for Haute Cuisine for five restaurants in the world,
London restaurants many years ago the house wine is only £15
and son Michael Roux Jnr is now although the extensive wine list
doing the same. Elegant dining contains some fine wines at a lot
such as this does not come cheap, more than that.
a minimum price of £60 each, but
with 2 Michelin stars over the Petrus
door you just know it is money
well pent. The Berkeley, Wilton Place,
Knightbridge, London, SW1X 7RL
(020 7235 1200) ingredients and the joy of
cooking them. I am sure his two
Chef, Marcus Wareing has earned Michelin stars are an
his two Michelin stars by serving understatement. If Italian food
up some of the finest French is your passion this is the
cuisine available and that temple where you can worship it
includes in France. The in.
restaurant, situated in the
Berkley Hotel a known haunt of The amazing thing is that you can
the Queen, is named after one of dine here for about £30 each and
the finest red wines in the you will find many good wines at
world. You can enjoy a bottle under £20 per bottle.
with your meal but with prices
starting at over £300 and ending Nobu
in a wallet busting £12,300, you
may wish to try the house red at Metropolitan Hotel, 19 Old Park
around £15 per bottle, although Lane, London, W1 Y4LB (020 7447
this may be an insult to the 4747)
magnificent food.
This 2 Michelin star restaurant
Locanda Locatelli was the haunt of both pop and
movie stars where the tempura is
8 Seymour Street, London, W1H sublime. Japanese cuisine is
7HT, (020 7935 9088) always expensive so the £60 per
person will not phases the
Although I have not eaten there Japanese affictionados.
yet, I must admit this is my
favourite celebrity chef. He Other Great Restaurants
always comes across a passionate
believer in the quality of his Texture
two cannot be far away and you
34 Portman Square, W1H 7BY (020 know what that can do to the
7224 0028) prices and the waiting list.
The nearest tube is Marble Arch Daphne's
but if you can afford to eat here
you will not be travelling by 112 Draycott Avenue, SW3 3AE (020
public transport. Dinner for two 7589 4257)
with wine and service costs
around £150. Has a Champagne bar Price £48.00
that is worth a visit.
Another Italian restaurant that
This restaurant is the brainchild has been favoured by stars,
of Agnar Sverisson, the Icelandic particularly for the lunch time
former head chef at Le Manoir aux crowd and why not, the food is
Quatre Saisons, (Raymond Blanc's excellent and the service
flagship restaurant) and Xavier attentive without being
Rousset who was the Head over-bearing. At least it was
sommelier there. One can only when I ate there a couple of
wonder at the day they both years ago. It has a novel open
decided to leave! space that makes summer dining a
real pleasure. Even though they
The decor could be described as take great pride in sourcing as
Icelandic cool, the cuisine in much of their produce from caring
the nouvelle style and the British producers, their risottos
ingredients are the best. A great and pasta dishes are second to
introduction is the started menu none and are complimented by a
which will give you a pointer to fine selection of Italian wines.
your next visit. Don't leave it
too long as a Michelin star or Cantina del Ponte
Sir Terrance Conran twenty years
36C Shad Thames, Butler's Wharf, ago in the old Michelin Tyre
SE1 2YE Depot, you will think you are in
Paris as you feast on superb fish
Price £25 dishes amid the splendour of the
art deco features like the huge
This is the cheaper version of stained glass windows. Before you
Sir Terrance Conrans restaurant ask, there are also some fine
La Ponte de la Tour, right on the meat dishes that are also cooked
river, overlooking Tower Bridge to perfection.
with spectacular views of the
river Thames which make it an Lindsay House
excellent summer dining
establishment. The menu is 21 Romilly Street, W1D 5AF (020
traditional Italian fare cooked 7439 0450)
to perfection. I had a pizza
which, having come from their If you wish to dine like a
wood fired oven was just sublime Georgian English gentleman with
and the Tiramisu to follow did an British menu then you will do
not disappoint. The food is well no better than Lindsay House
complimented by an extensive wine where Richard Corrigan, a rising
list. TV star, serves a wonderful menu
sourced from the best providers.
Bibendum Pigs trotters or smoked eel salad
served in a genteel 18th century
Michelin House, 81 Fulham Road, drawing room may have you
SW3 6RD (020 7581 5817) thinking that you will be able to
get a sedan chair home. The 21st
If seafood is your passion, this century will hit you at the end
is the place for you. Opened by when the espresso is served at
nearly £5 per cup which would feed your artistic soul, you will
make even the aristocracy reach have the choice of two fine
for their smelling salts. That restaurants.
said, for those who can afford
it, it will remain a unique Tate Modern Restaurant: Level 7
experience.
7th Floor, Tate Modern, Sumner
Rules St, SE1 9TG (020 7401 5014 )
35 Maiden Lane, WC2E 7LB (020 Whilst in the Tate Modern, you
7836 5314) should take the lift to the 7th
floor where, if you can get a
Price £49.00 window table, you will get some
stunning views of the river to
Rules has been serving accompany your stunning food
traditional British food for over which luckily is not named after
200 years and the decor reflects any types of art. The cuisine is
this. To some it is elegant modern European and sourced from
dining, to others it is a bit both Britain and the continent.
like an Olde England theme park Views and foods this good do not
either way it is a great way to come cheap so if you are on a
sample some of the finest British modest budget, you might like to
cuisine and that includes those try the cafe on the 2nd floor
glorious English puddings. The where children are very well
only problem is you will need to catered for.
have the wherewithal of at least
a minor member of the aristocracy If you are not too tired then
to pay for the meal. try:-
If you go to the Tate Modern to Northbank
One Paul’s Walk, EC4V 2EH (020 that have attracted the good and
7329 9299) the great. A definite must for
any visitor but beware, you will
Just a quick stroll across the never quite enjoy your own local
bridge and you will find this take away again.
cathedral to the finest provender
the South-west of England can Myung Ga
supply, cooked to perfection. It
doesn't come cheap but after such 1 Kingly Street, W1B 5PA (020
a meal you will be more than 7734 8220)
happy to pay. Summer visitors
will enjoy the outdoors tables This Korean restaurant is a haven
and if you get there sooner you for basic Korean food as the
will still be able to marvel at number of Koreans, Chinese and
the 'Glass Gherkin' building. Japanese eating there will
Don't forget to take a closer demonstrate. This bustling
look at the wall paper, it is a restaurant would be a great place
modern toile that reflects the for the novice to be introduced
City of London surroundings. to the tastes of Korea.
Red Fort Wahaca
77 Dean Street, W1D 3SH (020 7437 66 Chandos Place, London, WC2N
2115) 4HG
Average Price: £50
The authentic cuisine of North
India has made the Red Fort a This is a real Mexican restaurant
focal point for the Indian food that specialises in street food
afficionados. It is the exquisite with ingredients that are ethical
cuisine and stylish surroundings and traceable. Authentic is the
keyword so be prepared to be quality as does the number of
surprised if you are used to the people who you will find eating
usual old tex-mex that has been there.
touted around for years. The
sample menu is a good place to Yo! Sushi
start, just be careful of the
freshly prepared hot sauces. MyHotel, 11-13 Bayley Street,
Bedford Square, WC1B 3HD also at
Dining On A Budget Harrods, Harvey Nichols,
Selfridges and many other places.
Stockpot
A fun way to eat sushi that will
18 Old Compton Street, Soho, W1D not break the bank. As you sit,
4TN the different sushi goes around
on a conveyor belt so you can
273 Kings Road, London, SW3 5EN help yourself from the cooked and
raw dishes. A nice, if expensive
38 Panton Street, London, SW1Y twist is the water pump at each
4EA table.
Opened in 1958 this small chain Rootmaster
of inexpensive restaurants are
still providing the capital with Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane,
nourishing food at affordable E1 6QL
prices. The menu is simple
British and continental with If you are looking around the
generous portions. For those on a City of London and want something
limited budget this cannot be different then this is the place
topped. I have eaten at all these for you, especially if you are a
locations and can attest to the vegetarian and if you are not,
then this would be a great
introduction to the cuisine. The The daddy of them all, they set
bonus is that you get to eat on the standard for burgers in
one of what used to be, London London long before any of the
landmarks, a big red Routemaster chains opened up London. I would
Bus, hence the name pun. tell you when I first went there
Fantastic noodles and falafel but I am afraid I might show my
made in the shape of burgers make age. They have gone global but
this a truly unique eating the ethics are still the same,
experience. good food in great surroundings
and reasonable prices and you can
Sticky Fingers' Cafe get the t-shirt.
1a Phillimore Gardens, Pizza Express
Kensington, W8 7EG
Although the Pizza Express is a
When Bill Wyman wasn't Rolling chain, you will not be
with the Stones he started this disappointed by the quality of
restaurant which serves burgers, the pizzas unless you only like
ribs and tex-mex. The food must yours made in the deep pan style
be good as it still going strong because they only make the
after many years. Situated in a traditional thin crust style.
side street off the High Street They do have a selection of other
Kensington makes it a perfect mid dishes available as well. Some of
shopping break. the restaurants have live jazz so
you can make an evening of it.
Hard Rock Cafe
You are now ready to venture out
150 Old Park La, W1K 1QR, (020 and sample the culinary delights
76290382) of London, whether it is a fine
British menu or something from
further afield and you won't
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