Rules
| Address: | 35 Maiden Lane WC2E 7LB | |
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| Tel: | 020 7836 5314 | |
| Email: | info@rules.co.uk | |
| Website: | Visit Rules website | |
| Price: £51.00 | Wine: £17.95 | Champagne: £45.50 |
| Opening Hours: | Mon-Sat 12N-11.30pm Sun 12N-10.30pm | |
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Rules has been specialising in classic game cookery, oysters, pies & puddings since 1798 & it very much remains the epitome of a formal English restaurant. Deep-pile carpets, plush banquettes & walls crammed with antique drawings create a business-friendly setting in which tuxedoed staff serve ‘wonderfully cooked’ dishes that show off the best of British produce: Isles of Scilly lobster pancake, roast saddle of Wiltshire rabbit with foie gras, or poached wild Tay salmon with sorrel & morels. To finish there’s treacle sponge, Eccles cakes & fine cheeses such as Stinking Bishop; while to drink, there’s a French-heavy wine list or stay British with draught beers drawn into silver tankards. Most visitors leave impressed by a restaurant that is capable of delivering ‘an amazing experience’ backed up by ‘impeccable service’; dissenting voices, however, take issue with ‘haughty’ staff & a dining room ‘overwhelmed by tourists’. No quibbles over the elegant upstairs private rooms, though.
Wine List: Quality not quantity is the watchword of this reasonably short list, significantly improved after a recent revamp. Burgundy and, in particular, the Rhone are its specialities, reflecting the menu’s focus game. There’s an extended range by the glass and 500ml jug. Best Buy White 2005 Staete Landt Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand, £29.95. Best Buy Red 2002 ‘Les Combes’ Coteaux du Languedoc, Rene Rostaing, France, £22.50.
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