For their latest venture, Chris Corbin and Jeremy King have taken the art-deco grandeur of The Wolseley and The Delaunay, adopted the spirit of a Parisian brasserie, and pitched their prices resoundingly low. Occupying what was once 90s' hotspot the Atlantic Bar and Grill, the vast, gilded subterranean dining room (all marble pillars and shades of pink) is a vision of the belle époque, complete with an A-Z of Gallic gastronomy from ‘musky' andouillettes and beef bourguignon to earthy fish soup, frogs' legs and foie gras. Everything is cooked with gusto, although some plates don't live up to their nostalgic billing: tough onglet steak with ‘cardboard-like frites' and a crumbly, stodgy millefeuille, for example. Even so, Brasserie Zédel is a truly egalitarian restaurant feted for its long hours and all-round performance. You can book, but plenty of tables are set aside for walk-ins.
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Frenchy love food :: BRASSERIE ZEDEL - French spirit
I finally went to Brasserie Zedel for lunch near Piccadilly circus, as I heard so much about it in the last few months. I felt the French spirit as soon as I went inside. There is a small café at the entrance, then a corridor and stairs with vintage French prints on the wall...
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A Table For Two :: Brasserie Zédel
Brasserie Zédel can only be described as unadulterated opulence for the gastrically concerned masses. Beneath the jostling streets of Piccadilly and behind an almost modest street side facade lies a labyrinth of splendour. Down the stairs and into the foyer you’ll be greeted with hand-painted murals, chandeliers and rich velvets. Such grandiose (one could imagine) is reminiscent of Titanic’s grand hall with only the clientele bringing us back to modern times...
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Bistro Becs :: Brasserie Zedel
I’ve long wanted to try Brasserie Zedel, not least because of the praising reviews I’ve read, but because I simply love the French classics and the menu just looked so reasonable – it’s been on my list for a while. I tried to get a walk-in table recently with a couple of friends on a Friday evening and failed due to the popularity and having made my way down and viewed the rather opulent looking space that was once The Regent Palace Hotel, my interest was further piqued...
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We Love Food, It :: Brasserie Zédel, 20 Sherwood St, London W1F 7ED
Brasserie Zédel appears to be London’s favourite cheap eat of the moment. A touch of luxury at silly prices (as in silly cheap) by restauranteurs Chris Corbin and Jeremy King of The Wolseley and The Delaunay. We were intrigued by this promise of a high-end restaurant at low-cost prices, ones I’ve not seen since the budget priced, but lovely Le Mercury in Angel and Pierre Victoire of Soho...
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Sybaricious :: Brasserie Zédel
Brasserie Zédel is a very welcome newcomer to the Piccadilly Circus area. Brought to London by the Corbin/King team behind the much pricier but quite lovely Wolseley and Delaunay, I knew to expect good quality grub set in European Belle Epoque style surroundings...
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Wine, food and other pleasures :: Brasserie Zédel: Paris comes to London
If you love Paris and classic French brasserie food, then you will love Brasserie Zédel. You'd need to really, as it's practically a Parisian theme park. It's certainly right up my street (or boulevard) and, given how busy it was when we visited recently one Friday evening, it's clearly a crowd pleaser. I'm sure the location helps Zédel's popularity, being seconds away from Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square in the basement of the Regent Palace Hotel, the same premises of the old The Atlantic Bar and Grill. The main restaurant is big and buzzy in a grand fin de siècle style and there is a more chic and intimate art deco Bar Américain for cocktails. Brasserie Zédel opened in 2012 courtesy of Chris Corbin and Jeremy King, the slick team behind The Wolseley, The Delaunay and now also Colbert on the old Oriel site in Sloane Square...
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A Little Light Conversation :: Foodblog: Brasserie Zédel, London, Piccadilly
Looking up Brasserie Zédel before I headed there for a friend's birthday, I was promised: 'A grand Parisian brasserie transported to the heart of London, serving remarkable value, traditional French food in a historic Beaux Arts/Art Deco interior.' As we wandered through its cavernous hallways in pursuit of the main restaurant, the Zédel decor certainly projected something special. A combination of gilt, marble, and psychedelic wall prints suggested vaguely aristocratic refinement with a hint of flapper kitsch. I figured the food would go one of two ways: soggy or scintillating...
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Fd Over LDN :: Brasserie Zédel
In a side street just off the hustle and bustle of central tourist haven Picadilly, the Uk's equivalent of Times Square lit up at night with advertising hoardings, lies a subterranean space unlike any you are likely to find in London. The place is grandeur of the highest level, bordering towards the obscene. The amount of marble and lighting is on an epic scale. The dining room, with over 250 seats is more the size of a small field, and is packed out, even the grand piano looks diminutive at the side of the room. Despite it's size it's not that easy to get a walk-in, booking is recommended. For those of you unappreciative of the latest 'no reservation' trend, this is what you've been looking for. The cuisine is classical French, and while not in vogue, this place should be around for much longer than most, unless the upkeep of all the marble and brass puts them into liquidation...
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That Hungry Chef! :: Brasserie Zedel, London
The golden pair of London’s restaurant scene have done it again. The Corbin-King partnership, spanning 30 years, that is responsible for iconic culinary institutions such as The Ivy, Le Caprice, J. Sheekey (these ones they sold) and later The Wolseley and Delaunay, now has another behemoth to their name. Brasserie Zedel, having opened just earlier this year, is nothing short of spectacular. One doesn’t quite know the beast that lies below the streets when walking into what seems like a small french brasserie. I certainly was confused as to where to go, thinking the restaurant was upstairs and that I should take the lift, instead of going down to where the bar is. Even whilst walking down the stairs, the place seems eerie. Then of course, one reaches the main concourse of Zedel with passages to the bar, the performance room and the restaurant...
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FoodiesOnTheProwl FoodiesOnTheProwl :: Brasserie Zedel, Oct 2012
The new Michelin guide came out last week and Brasserie Zedel, who opened their doors only a few months ago, were one of the winners of a new Bib Gourmand accreditation (I.e., very good price / quality). We decided to try it out. The creative team behind Brasserie Zedel also created The Wolseley and The Delaunay. While the Wolseley focusses on English cuisine and The Delaunay Central European cuisine, Brasserie Zedel is a strictly French affair...
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TwelvePointFivePercent :: Brasserie Zédel
Anyone who, like me, was living in London in the 1990s will remember Atlantic Bar & Grill. Owned by the then-coolest cat in town, Oliver Peyton - the Russell Norman of his day, now better known for his role as a judge on Great British Menu - Atlantic, with its snappy bouncers and seemingly untraversable velvet rope, was for a time at least the place to see and be seen...
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LONDONcalling :: Brasserie Zedel
The latest new arrival from famed restaurateurs Corbin and King is causing a bit of a stir among the foodie fraternity. This bold brash humongous brasserie has had some very decent reviews as well. Of interest to most, and that includes the rich as well as the poor, is the somewhat bargain basement pricing. For any part of the land especially given the lavish decor, some of the pricing is a bit breathtaking. However this is London or to be more specific bang slap Central London. Which makes some of the pricing a downright steal...
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A Girl Has to Eat - Restaurant Reviews & Food Guide :: Brasserie Zédel
The latest addition to Jeremy King and Chris Corbin’s ever-growing restaurant empire is Brasserie Zédel, their third restaurant after The Wolesley and The Delaunay. Like its older siblings, Brassiere Zédel has been decorated in the style of a grand Parisian café with high ceilings and lots of marble. Millions was obviously pumped into its design. Brasserie Zédel occupies the space that was previously The Atlantic, right in the heart of Piccadilly Circus. With its Central London location, what is most surprising about Brasserie Zédel is its prices, which are exceptionally reasonable. The restaurant is housed in the basement, right next to the Bar Américain. There is also a café at the entrance to the restaurant on the ground floor...
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London Unattached - London Restaurants, London Lifestyle, London Events :: Brasserie Zedel Review
Where do food bloggers go for lunch? Well, you know, we’ve been known to turn up in the most unexpected places. But as it happens, Brasserie Zedel was recommended to me by another blogger and good friend of mine, The Hedonist – so when I arranged to meet Karen Burns Booth of Lavender and Lovage for lunch it seemed like a good place to try. Especially as she spends a good part of her time living in France. Literally just off Picadilly Circus, you reach the Brasserie by walking through the tiny cafe down some steps. And you might just be stepping into La Coupole. Grand in the traditional French Brasserie style I wondered how the food would live up to the surroundings! It’s the brainchild of Chris Corbin and Jeremy King who also run The Wolseley and The Delaunay, both charming, successful and while not overpriced, not somewhere to go every day unless you have unlimited funds!...
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the grumbling gourmet :: Zedel abides...
When I was a young West Ender, a posh night out ended up in the familiar confines of Joe Allen. Slightly dirtier ones usually found you gurning round a four top in Balans or playing pinball up the rickety staircase of Bar Italia. You'd gone very wrong if you wound up in Shuttleworths... I was a little young for the Atlantic, that louche, debauched bacchanal under the old Regent Palace Hotel. It's to that space that we head tonight, now home to the newly launched Brasserie Zedel.It's not an expensive joint. And that's an understatement. Three courses for three people, coffee, wine and service clocked in at £90, phenomenal value given the quality...
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The Hedonist :: Reviews-Brasserie Zedel
Restaurateurs Chris Corbin and Jeremy King are not natural revolutionaries. Their other outposts, The Wolseley and The Delaunay, are grand, conservative and exclusive. However with Brasserie Zedel they have come up with an offer that combines retro glamour with a much more democratic vision. Situated on the site of the old Regent Palace Hotel and in the space occupied by the long departed Atlantic, Brasserie Zedel is a loving distillation of all that is fine about the Parisian grandes brasseries, think La Coupole meets Bofinger, combined with an additional cafe, jazz bar and cocktail bar...
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The Insatiable Eater :: A confusing meal courtesy of Brasserie Zedel
I'm generally a pretty cluey person. Well, I'm prone to episodes of imitating Dr Stupid now and then (for you Ren & Stimpy fans out there), but generally, I'm fairly switched on. What worries me is that I'm still puzzled by Brasserie Zedel. Eating food shouldn't be confusing, should it? But being served broadly mediocre food, with haphazard service in an over-the-top lush setting resulted in such perplexity that it's taken me ages to order my thoughts enough to tell a coherent story. But let's attempt to document the meal as best we can. Shall we start with the good?...
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The Perfect Trough :: Brasserie Zedel
So before I go any further on Brasserie Zedel, it’s important to mention that I went during the soft launch. I appreciate fully what that means (although it's fine to credit a successful soft launch of course). And I understand it really is buyer beware during this period, and a time to iron out difficulties or menu duds on willing guinea pigs (but at this stage, only the service should need practice)...
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samphire and salsify :: Brasserie Zedel
Brasserie Zedel is a “grand Parisian brasserie transported to the heart of London” by Chris Corbin and Jeremy King (owners of the Wolseley and Delaunay). Being big fans of both, my gentleman companion and I were excited to be attending the first ever dinner service during their soft launch. Situated just off Piccadilly Circus and...
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