Cut at 45 Park Lane

Pucker at 45 Park Lane

It was a weekday night, after an evening of art at one of the Bond Street jouilleries, that my dear friend who had hosted the evening decided we should try to get a bite nearby and that Wolfgang Puck's Cut Restaurant at 45 Park Lane might afford us a table. And so despite my doubts at any availability it seemed on arrival that if we were patient we would be accommodated within 20 minutes of so.

The restaurant is situated at the end of the slightly tight but extremely well appointed lobby of 45, which is modern and club in decor, a style which flows through to Cut itself. Being a fairly narrow and elongated restaurant, there are celebrations of chandeliers which are on the high lightened end of things, keeping the environs light and looking more spacious than it really is.

And so to the steaks which vary hugely in price; but that evening having chosen an average priced steak by comparison, it was succulent, flavoursome, and entirely satisfying. I will not go into detail as to what and why but signs that the beef was cooked slowly or seared to perfection in one of many ways to retain flavour and juice, were likely few factors of many that contributed to the delivery.

Having previously been somewhat sceptical of a “steak house” focus being haute cuisine, I came away with refreshed admiration of what can still be relatively innovative within this segment of the market. All in all, go try it though I would say that Cut takes full advantage of Park Lane prices.

first time here, after reading positive reviews across the board, i was expecting great things, and did not dissapoint. restaurant was a lot smaller than i imagined but very pleasing to the eye. I was told they specialse in steak, our waiter brought over a board with all the raw cuts and explained what they were, which i thought was very nice touch.

starters my friend had the tuna carpachio, i opted for crab, lobster salad both of which were well seasoned and extremely tasty, really good in fact. I had the usda rib eye for main, and i'm pretty sure it was the best steak i have ever had, i thought goodmans was good but this blows it out of the water. Onion rings were addictive as were the chips.

service was attentive and polite. but you dont half pay for it! for the food it was reasonable priced, i paid 44 for my steak, so a bit more than goodmans but worth it…but the one real p**s take was the water £5.50 per bottle..are you have a laugh! if i go there agagin i will defo be ordering a jug of tap water!

overall was excellent but be prepared to leave with your wallet conserable lighter!