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The Ritz Restaurantone star

The Ritz London, 150 Piccadilly, London W1J 9BR

£93.00 French Mayfair, Oxford Street
Tel: 020 3641 0451
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    • for 3 courses and a glass of Ritz Cuvée Champagne

      Available: Les Arts de la Table menu is limited to 40 covers per day. Advanced reservations are required. The menu should be requested at the time of booking. All diners at a table must order from Les Arts de la Table menu

      Expires: January 2014

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‘It's like dining at Versailles with Liberace as artistic director', quipped one convert to the Ritz's fabulously gilded dining room. Chandeliers, mirrored marble walls, garlanded columns and a statue of Poseidon set the mood, and guests are expected to don their best bib and tucker – but it's worth the effort as ‘poster boys of decorum' waltz through the room showering guests with a series of complementary treats. This is the last place you might expect to find an egg yolk cooked sous-vide, but the kitchen has exorcised the ghost of Escoffier in favour of ‘phenomenally precise', aspirational dishes such as a mosaic of duck and smoked eel, seaweed brioche and green apple or tournedos of beef with turnip, tongue and truffle. To finish, crêpes Suzettes are given the time-honoured flambé treatment, while ‘heavenly' cherry clafoutis comes fittingly garbed in gold leaf. Thirsts are sated by an exhaustive, eye-wateringly highbrow wine list. All in all, unbeatable for special occasions.

Overall Diner Rating

 
Food & Drink
7.6
Service
8.7
Atmosphere
8.1
Value
6.8

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  1. The Ritz Restaurant

    The Ritz London, 150 Piccadilly, London W1J 9BR
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    Continental Diner

    The old ways are sometimes...

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    • Food & Drink: 10
    • Service: 10
    • Atmosphere: 10
    • Value: 9

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  2. The Ritz Restaurant

    The Ritz London, 150 Piccadilly, London W1J 9BR
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    Gerry F.

    Sadly past its glorious best

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    1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

     
    • Food & Drink: 2
    • Service: 7
    • Atmosphere: 10
    • Value: 2

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  3. The Ritz Restaurant

    The Ritz London, 150 Piccadilly, London W1J 9BR
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    The Cheese
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    3 of 6 people found this review helpful.
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    • Food & Drink: 6
    • Service: 9
    • Atmosphere: 6
    • Value: 5

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  4. The Ritz Restaurant

    The Ritz London, 150 Piccadilly, London W1J 9BR
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    Sabrina's Passions
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    1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

     
    • Food & Drink: 9
    • Service: 10
    • Atmosphere: 8
    • Value: 8

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  5. The Ritz Restaurant

    The Ritz London, 150 Piccadilly, London W1J 9BR
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    David K.
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    1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

     
    • Food & Drink: 8
    • Service: 9
    • Atmosphere: 9
    • Value: 8

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  6. The Ritz Restaurant

    The Ritz London, 150 Piccadilly, London W1J 9BR
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    R.R.Gill
      Gold Reviewer  (58)
    6 of 6 people found this review helpful.
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    • Food & Drink: 9
    • Service: 10
    • Atmosphere: 7
    • Value: 8

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  1. Published : Monday, 11th March 2013

    Samphire and Salsify :: The Ritz

    just another food blog Home About me Blogs I like Contact Restaurant Reviews A-Z Apsleys The Ritz Posted on March 11, 2013 by SamphireAndSalsify Ritz business card Since its opening in 1906, the Ritz has brought glamour to 150 Piccadilly and this opulent hotel has become something of a London landmark. The afternoon tea, served in the elegant Palm Court, is booked up several months in advance. I’ve always wanted to go for a meal in the Ritz restaurant so was super excited when my gentleman companion finally agreed to go with me...
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  2. As a birthday gift I was treated to lunch at The Ritz by the other half of No Expert. We had some concerns as you do, when visiting somewhere so prestigious and potentially wallet busting. High profile venues like The Ritz all too often live off past glories. Fortunately this was not the case here, although there was no getting past the cost factor. The wine was very expensive. Don’t expect to find bottles at the £30 mark, the lowest price is around £50, but give it its due, the bottle of Marlborough Pinor Noir we ordered was delightful. We very sensibly chose on this occasion to go for the set lunch which consisted of three courses for £45, rather than go a la carte, where you could pay the same price for a single course!...
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  3. Published : Thursday, 1st January 1970

    Elizabeth On Food :: The Ritz restaurant, London

    When we do want to splash out on a meal, I guess we do want the linen, the crystal glasses and the silverware. The Ritz restaurant ('The Ritz') offers this holy trinity as a matter of course and has never stopped doing so. This is altogether fitting, as there is hardly a restaurant in the UK that has a richer history and tradition than The Ritz. The dazzlingly grand...
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John Williams

The Ritz Restaurant’s Chef - The Ritz chef John Williams British chef John Williams took up the prestigious post of executive chef at The Ritz in June 2004. The son of a Tyneside fisherman, he developed his passion for food at an early age. He studied catering at South Shields College & Westminster College, after which he enjoyed periods at the Royal Garden Hotel, Le Crocodile in Kensington, the Berkeley hotel & Claridge's, where he was maitre chef des cuisines for nine years until 2004. He also holds the highly influential post of chairman of the Academy of Culinary Arts. Williams is supported by Gordon Ramsay protege Frederick Forster, who is responsible for the restaurant at The Ritz.
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  1. The Ritz Restaurant

    The Ritz London, 150 Piccadilly, London W1J 9BR
    Overall rating:
     
    Continental Diner

    The old ways are sometimes...

      Gold Reviewer  (101)
    Editor's pick

     
    • Food & Drink: 10
    • Service: 10
    • Atmosphere: 10
    • Value: 9

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  2. The Ritz Restaurant

    The Ritz London, 150 Piccadilly, London W1J 9BR
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    Gerry F.

    Sadly past its glorious best

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    1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

     
    • Food & Drink: 2
    • Service: 7
    • Atmosphere: 10
    • Value: 2

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  3. The Ritz Restaurant

    The Ritz London, 150 Piccadilly, London W1J 9BR
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    The Cheese
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    3 of 6 people found this review helpful.
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    • Food & Drink: 6
    • Service: 9
    • Atmosphere: 6
    • Value: 5

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  4. The Ritz Restaurant

    The Ritz London, 150 Piccadilly, London W1J 9BR
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    Sabrina's Passions
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    1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

     
    • Food & Drink: 9
    • Service: 10
    • Atmosphere: 8
    • Value: 8

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  5. The Ritz Restaurant

    The Ritz London, 150 Piccadilly, London W1J 9BR
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    David K.
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    1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

     
    • Food & Drink: 8
    • Service: 9
    • Atmosphere: 9
    • Value: 8

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