L'Oranger

L'Oranger was quite simply fabulous. The service was great. The food, in particular my pigeon was magnificent and I am not often so easily pleased or so effusive about London restaurants.

The restaurant itself is tiny, and to be honest could do with a little bit of money investing in it (note to management the mens toilet seat needs replacing) but you know after such amazing food and attentive service…who cares.

Its definitely not cheap but, its an old school French restaurant with amazingly cooked food and attentive service. Will definitely be back to try during the summer when we get to sit outside.

Highly recommend! In fact, no…scratch that. Don't go because if you do I won't be able to get a table. So despite my recommendation please ignore…

One of my favourite restaurants

The cheese board is always wonderful along with the service and the table which are spaced apart well

Have had a number of memorable meals and whilst quite expensive it is a great place for that special occasion

only gripe I have ever had was once when they had a huge over bearing display of lilies, whose fragrance was so intoxicating it nearly ruined the meal.

My wife and I were lucky enough to be taken to dinner last night in a group of 12. This was our first visit to L'Oranger and we enjoyed it.

We arrived late given a prior carol service so sat down at 10.15 pm. The restaurant was by no means full at this time and by the time we finished around mid-night we were the last there. Given the size of our group we produced our own atmosphere (hopefully we were not too loud!). The room itself is very charming and, given the huge skylight, must be very light and airy on warm summer days/nights.

We choose off a limited menu but the food was excellent. I started with the artichoke soup – lovely! Others had the scallops and enjoyed them. I then had the beef – really delicious and beautifully presented – others had the lamb – declared good and I finished with the lemon tart – slight hard pastry but a minor quiable – others had the chocolate ‘melt in the middle’ dessert which was also declared excellent.

For wine we chose a grenache/cab sab mix from north eastern Spain (above Barcelona), which was much more reasonable than the french wines and went really well with the beef and lamb. – cant remember what the white was!

Service was efficient and done with French ‘panache’. During the meal we noticed through the glass window that an almighty row had broken out involving several chef s and including the wine waiter. This carried on for some minutes and we asked for the door to the kitchen to be opened so we could listen to the row as part of our entertainment – this request , rather disappointingly, was politely refused!

As I wasnt paying I didnt see the bill but this, I suspect, is not a ‘light’ budget location.

Conclusion – Thoroughly enjoyed and, in particular, the food was excellent!

We decided to visit L’Oranger based on a friend’s recommendation. The service was absolutely fabulous throughout, fussy French food but expertly cooked and very accessible for even my untrained palate, enjoyed every mouthful. Particularly enjoyed the chicken and truffle main with the winter vegetables. The Sommelier talked us through the wines and the head of staff came over to chatter but nothing too overbearing or intimidating. Everything about this restaurant was subtle and intimate with warm decoration, wood paneling and lots of beautiful flowers. The general clientele appeared to be regulars as they seemed on very familiar terms with the staff but that only added to the relaxed atmosphere. I would most certainly recommend for a quiet evening out, absolutely exquisite food and a truly personal approach to each couple. One note, we were by far the youngest diners by at least 10 years!