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Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's - review by topruss

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:05:51 +0000

Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's - review by topruss

Rating: 4.8

Location: 55 Brook Street, W1K 4HX, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7499 0099

Website: http://www.gordonramsay.com/claridges/

Dispite not being a fan of tv Gordon , i was dragged here by friend and it was worth it. Food was amazing and def return

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay - review by Mitnik

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:34:20 +0000

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay - review by Mitnik

Rating: 4.9

Location: 68 Royal Hospital Road, SW3 4HP, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7352 4441

Website: http://www.gordonramsay.com

Tags: good value

not bad

Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's - review by amandajf

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:08:07 +0000

Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's - review by amandajf

Rating: 4.8

Location: 55 Brook Street, W1K 4HX, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7499 0099

Website: http://www.gordonramsay.com/claridges/

Tags: french, expensive

We tried to book 2 years ago and my mother was rather fobbed off.
I went 5 months ago on spec on my own and was lucky.
Eventually we tried again and with a choice of 3 dates and 3 months notice we managed to get a booking.
The food was superb on both occasions. At lunch I had the more expensive 3 course menu at Â£70 at the former and most recently the Â£30 one. The latter was probably better value as all the food was superb.The service was faultless.As with most quality restaurants the house wines or by the glass were well enough selected that a pricey wine was not essential.
Compares very well with our other favourite restaurants such as the Square and Maze.

Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's - review by Janerx8

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:30:50 +0000

Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's - review by Janerx8

Rating: 4.8

Location: 55 Brook Street, W1K 4HX, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7499 0099

Website: http://www.gordonramsay.com/claridges/

Tags: romantic, family & home feel, expensive

Where to start......this was perfection.
The setting - formal but relaxed.
The Service - outstanding. From the birthday present arranged for our table, the attentive but not intrusive service, the smiling faces of all that looked after us, to the tour of the kitchen before adjourning to the bar.
The Food - the best ever. The options on the menu made decisions difficult, but all courses were stunning.
I cant fault this place - I only wish I had the funds to eat there more often.

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay - review by emco

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:46:19 +0000

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay - review by emco

Rating: 4.9

Location: 68 Royal Hospital Road, SW3 4HP, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7352 4441

Website: http://www.gordonramsay.com

Tags: romantic, expensive

This was the best restaurant experience I had in a very long time - not to say ever.

Almost everything was absolutely perfect. The food, the staff, the wine.
The cheese was unbelievable, every single one of them was perfectly riped.

This is an absolute must, but best take a big wallet

St. John - review by gastro1

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:25:00 +0000

St. John - review by gastro1

Rating: 5.0

Location: 26 St. John Street, EC1M 4AY, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7251 0848

Website: http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/

Tags: lively, british, family & home feel, good value

Genuis in simplicity.

St John is a unique restaurant serving great simple food that is beautifully executed.

It is not the 10th best restaurant in the world - as suggested by one well known top 50 list - its not even 1,000th .

Fergus Henderson has created a classic and long may he and it ssurvive.

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay - review by VictoriaR

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:34:43 +0000

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay - review by VictoriaR

Rating: 4.9

Location: 68 Royal Hospital Road, SW3 4HP, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7352 4441

Website: http://www.gordonramsay.com

Tags: romantic, good value, expensive, french

It's hard to over emphasise just how good this restaurant is. Not just the food and wine, which speaks for itself, but the flawless service, charming front of house and general sense of well being which settles itself on you like a cashmere shawl for the rest of the day.

The secret of extracting this much money so willingly from diners is the way in which every diner is treated as the most important table in the room. Whether you choose the gastronomic heights of the tasting menu at Â£115, or stick to the astonishingly good value set lunch menu at Â£40, the attention is just the same. Service is very French - lots and lots of immaculate waiters shimmer up to do everything from taking your order to bringing you the truffle of the day to admire - but you never feel 'bothered', and staff can read tables well. If you want the full flourishing experience, it's yours; if you'd prefer a lower-key meal, you'll barely notice the magical way plates appear and disappear.

And the details! The explosion of flavours in the amuse bouches, the strawberry ice cream chocolates on a cloud of dry ice, the little silver tree of truffles... Admittedly, options on the set menu are limited if you're a veggie, but that's about the only drawback I can think of.

My boyfriend and I reward ourselves with lunch here as often as we can persuade ourselves we really deserve a treat. It might end up costing the same as a cheap European minibreak, after he's had a go on the astonishing winelist, but by the time we leave, Chelsea has taken on a rosy glow that makes us feel as if we ARE abroad. In short: the most expensive place we eat at in London, but the only one that I come out of feeling it's been money well spent.

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay - review by gastro1

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:36:44 +0000

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay - review by gastro1

Rating: 4.9

Location: 68 Royal Hospital Road, SW3 4HP, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7352 4441

Website: http://www.gordonramsay.com

Tags: french, expensive

Still the current best for this type of cuisine even if Mr Ramsey is probably never behind the stoves these days. Good luck to him he knows how to find nurture and develop great chefs and front of house staff.

Ramsey was a great Chef and is now a great restaurateur !

Enough praise though in the world of 3 Michelin stars he has not manged in my humble opinion to reach the heights of MPW in his heyday ( sad to see him promoting Knorr stock cubes) Nico Ladenis or indeed Pierre Koffman's La Tante Claire in the same site.

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay - review by freddie5540

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:04:50 +0000

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay - review by freddie5540

Rating: 4.9

Location: 68 Royal Hospital Road, SW3 4HP, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7352 4441

Website: http://www.gordonramsay.com

Tags: french

This really is the best restaurant in London. The food here is on another level and the service is flawless. I could talk about the food for hours becaus there wasa so much and all of it perfect. The list begins: pumkin veloute with white truffle, cepe butter and brioche (wow), seared foie gras with carrot puree, sweetbreads & cabernet sauvignon vinegar (wow, wow), seared scallops with octopus carpaccio & parmesan veloute (wow), truffle stuffed turbot fillet with civet sauce (more please), fillet of sea bass with deep-fried oyster, potatoes, broccoli & caviar sauce (delicious), pressed terrine of chicken, foie gras & truffle, the list goes on and on.

I dined with my wife and two friends. Two of us ate one tasting menu and the others had a different one allowing us to consume some 25 or so dishes. I am really struggling to find a way to convey just how good it all was. At times I thought I might be dreaming and had to pinch myself to make sure it was all happening. The balls of strawberry ice-cream coated in white chocolate arrived at the table with dry ice spilling all over the place, adding to my dream theory.

The service was fantastic. They knew all our names and charmed us all night. We even met Mr Ramsay who chatted with us and was very funny. A tour of the immaculate kitchen followed and by the end of the whole experience I was wondering if anything I would eat in the future would ever be that good again.

The Japanese Canteen - review by greedoe

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:03:56 +0000

The Japanese Canteen - review by greedoe

Rating: 3.0

Location: 83 High Holborn, WC1V 6LS, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7405 4540

Website: http://www.thejapanesecanteen.co.uk/holborn.html

Tags: japanese

I usually go for the ginger chicken bento box, which at Â£6.50 isn't the cheapest lunch around, especially if you're just looking for a change from a Â£2.00 sarnie. however, it is quite tasty, you get a few extras like miso soup, sesame spinach salad and pickled cucumber.

However, I've found their food preparation to be a bit hit and miss. The first time I had it, I discovered a ginger chicken nirvana in my mouth which they have yet to replicate. Maybe a change of menu item is warranted, but it would be nice to have a bit more consistency.

Ichi-Riki Sushi House - review by MarkHarrison

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:48:27 +0000

Ichi-Riki Sushi House - review by MarkHarrison

Rating: 4.3

Location: 17B Strutton Ground, SW1P 2HY, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7233 1701

Tags: lively, good value, japanese

Let's start with the bad news - this place is never going to get a Michelin star, because those guys really don't like restaurants with laminated adverts for beers on the wall.

Let's carry on with the worse news - it's much, much too small. I'm certain that if they had double the room, it would still be reservations only!

That's because the food is wonderful, and the staff are really friendly. My sushi background had started with the obvious chains but this is a clear cut above in terms of quality. The only complaint was that, on the day we went, they didn't have any toro... the reason being that they only use fresh fish and their supplier hadn't had any tuna that morning. The lady serving us, however, was quick to suggest a replacement which broadened by experience with sushi.

It's an easy walk from Victoria station, but hidden down a flight of stairs from Stratton Ground market (opposite the book stall, the day we were there.)

Not a cheap eat at Â£60 for two for a three-course lunch (including drinks), but no complaints on the value stakes.

St John Bread & Wine - review by kellytron

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:48:05 +0000

St John Bread & Wine - review by kellytron

Rating: 4.0

Location: 94 Commercial St, E1 6LZ, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7247 8724

Website: http://www.stjohnrestaurant.co.uk

Tags: meat, british

My friend and I decided to slink in here one day for a quiet Sunday dinner while nursing hangovers and were pretty impressed. Granted, this may have been a dangerous call as a restaurant known for the assortment of animal parts on their menu and a hangover don't seem to go together, but it worked out well.

The menu changes daily with a variety of starters (great for sharing) and a couple of main options. They sell the bread to take way and it is well worth buying too.

First up, I found the service charming especially as we were asking lots of questions in an attempt to figure out exactly what part of the animal was being served. And we got to try some dessert for free! (but couldnâ¬"t fit in anything else after our sample)

I can't remember the details of the food but here is a summary. We shared four starter plates and one main)
Cuttle fish: (Really tasty. Generous portion.)
Quail: (I didn't really try this as its pinky purple flesh scared me. Maybe this is the right colour but my hangover wouldn't let me try it)
Pork belly bits (I forget its proper name: Really moreish. We ate these until we felt ill. And then ate some more.)
Blood cake and poached duck egg: (Pretty tasty but we had a fair bit of this left over as you can only eat so much blood.)
Venison (main): (Nice and succulent)

We shied away from the more 'scary' animail bits such as heart, but they are meant to do that really well if you like that sort of thing.

Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's - review by AlexHung

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:46:17 +0000

Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's - review by AlexHung

Rating: 4.8

Location: 55 Brook Street, W1K 4HX, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7499 0099

Website: http://www.gordonramsay.com/claridges/

Tags: good value

For the second year in a roll, my wife and I celebrated her birthday at Claridges. The food and service is still worthy of the Michelin stars. In Gordon Ramsay's restaurant empire, Claridges comes below Royal Hospital road and the menu and decor reflects that, but in a good way. The experience is much more relax and enjoyable compares to Royal Hospital road. The menu is less 'fancy', more down to earth food, but no less delicious! The wine list is very approachable and has a list of recommended wine so for those non-expert, it is easy to pick one.

We were lucky this year and were treated to a tour of the kitchen! We has the privilege of meeting the head chief and see how such as small kitchen managed to supply top notch food for over 120 covers.

Will we go back next year? Oh yes!

The Japanese Canteen - review by foxie

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:01:30 +0000

The Japanese Canteen - review by foxie

Rating: 3.0

Location: 83 High Holborn, WC1V 6LS, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7405 4540

Website: http://www.thejapanesecanteen.co.uk/holborn.html

Tags: japanese, meh, business, pretentious

then you certainly can do worse; however, I generally find them over priced and not terribly interesting. Good in a pinch, but not much else.

The Japanese Canteen - review by AlexHung

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:12:14 +0000

The Japanese Canteen - review by AlexHung

Rating: 3.0

Location: 83 High Holborn, WC1V 6LS, London, United Kingdom

Phone: 020 7405 4540

Website: http://www.thejapanesecanteen.co.uk/holborn.html

Tags: japanese, good value, crowded

I had only have take out lunch at this place, but I was impressed by the food quality. The chicken katsu was spotted on and the portion is generous. Even the regular size will fill you up for lunch, and the large is almost double! Service looks a bit chaotic but is actually really fast and efficient. It's a shame that it locates too far from my office to make it a regular lunch place.