Readers reviews for Le Gavroche

There is a word in French which is very useful: “incontournable”. It means litterally unavoidable although the connotion would rather be unmissable than “un-get-aroundable”. I hope this makes sense. Anyway, so to say that the food at Le Gavroce wasn't good would be like saying the tennis at Wimbledon was mediocre… More

We have been going to Le Gavroche for years now for the occasional treat – when we can afford to spend about £300 for dinner for two. The food and service has always been excellent and the standard never drops so it does feel special. However, I always have the same two small gripes – one is the appearance of the… More

I had wanted to go to le Gavroche for more years than I care to remember so expectations were naturally very high…unfortunately probably a bit too high as it turned out. Yes we had a lovely evening, yes the food, in the main, was great but there was just something… je ne sais quoi… Maybe it was the darkness of a… More

One of my all time favourite meals ever, it had the wow factor and some! I will confess to being slightly star struck when Michel Roux Jnr wandered over to see how our meal was going but I soon got over this, he seemed to wander round at regular intervals and was very much ensuring his diners were having a good… More

Very elegant, slightly old fashioned (but that is the charm; such a lady gets menu without the price), lovely cutlery, attentive staff.