The Ritz Restaurant
| Address: | The Ritz, 150 Piccadilly, London W1J 9BR | |
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| Tel: | 020 7493 8181 | |
| Email: | enquire@theritzlondon.com | |
| Website: | Visit The Ritz Restaurant website | |
| Price: £92.00 | Wine: £42.00 | Champagne: £70.00 |
| Opening Hours: | Mon-Sat 7-10.30am Sun 8-11am Mon-Sun 12.30-2.30pm 6-10.30pm (Sun 7pm- ) | |
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If there’s a place in this world for waiters in tails, plucking away silver cloches beneath frescoed ceilings, The Ritz is surely it. Chef John Williams’ luxurious cuisine comes close to matching the fancy trappings. Successful first courses have included a ballottine of ham hock & langoustine, dusted with fennel pollen & daubed with artichoke purée, & a well-nigh-perfect lobster in ginger broth. Mains of, say, venison cutlet with forestière garniture, or roast sea bass with confit lemon & yuzu juice are equally assured & not over-refined, although desserts are fantasy confections that even here seem OTT. The ballroom-sized restaurant, festooned with golden garlands & a statue of Poseidon, has become slightly more accessible, with lunch now starting at £36 – although denim is still infra dig. So, dress up, enjoy the obliging service & the fantastic wines (especially the fruits of The Ritz’s partnership with the Rothschild estate: a bespoke Pauillac).
Wine List: The Ritz’s fittingly heavyweight, old-school cellar contains few surprises, just a long, in-depth exploration of France’s great vineyards (with Champagne & Bordeaux leading the way). A judicious selection from the rest of the world bolsters the list. Notwithstanding the surroundings, pricing can take the breath away. Best Buy White 2007 Grüner Veltliner, Göttweiger Berg, Kremstal, Austria, £48. Best Buy Red 2005 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Avignonesi, Tuscany, Italy, £59.
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.The Ritz Restaurant Location:
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