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Tom Aikens two stars

43 Elystan Street, London SW3 3NT

£68.00 French Chelsea
Tel: 020 3641 8300
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  •  Floristry classes and 3 Course Lunch for £120

    • Two-hour masterclass with Wild at Heart including bouquet to take home, morning coffee and pastries, a glass of Laurent-Perrier champagne, 3 course set lunch menu (matching wines are available on request) with mineral water and a choice of coffee or tea as a digestif.

      Available: The masterclasses will occur throughout The RHS Chelsea Flower Show week, 21-25 May, with additional classes confirmed on 16 and 30 May.

      Min: 5 people
      Max: 8 people

      Expires: 30 May 2013

      Booking in advance is essential. Please mention offer when booking.

  •  Set Lunch Menu at Tom Aikens 2 courses for £28

    • 3 courses for £34

      Available: Available Tuesday - Friday 12N - 2.30pm

      Expires: 31 May 2013

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In a nod to prevailing food fashion, Tom Aikens's reinvented flagship has snubbed French luxe for new Nordic minimalism. The furnishings are bare wood, the walls are draped in foodie quotations, and staff are dressed like helpers from some expensive farm shop. On the plate, though, Aikens's love of complexity doesn't always lend itself to a clean-cut, ingredients-led style: subtle new season's lamb, for example, is lost among a melange of chorizo, spiced cauliflower, almonds, coriander and raw onion in a potent consommé. When clean and complex do gel, however, the results are stunning – witness sublime jasmine-cured salmon with viola flowers, pickled apple and jasmine oil or an inspired combination of homemade ricotta, green olive juice, honey jelly and powdered pine-nut oil. Overall, there's much to like about this new incarnation – not least the greatly reduced prices, the little hessian sacks of stunning home-baked breads, and the OXO tins filled with quirky petits fours. ‘Charming, extremely knowledgeable' staff seal the deal.

Overall Diner Rating

 
Food & Drink
8.7
Service
8.2
Atmosphere
8.0
Value
7.8

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  1. Tom Aikens

    43 Elystan Street, London SW3 3NT
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    David Gerrish

    Dark & Moody

        (2)
    Editor's pick

     
    • Food & Drink: 8
    • Service: 10
    • Atmosphere: 6
    • Value: 6

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    43 Elystan Street, London SW3 3NT
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    London Gourmet
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    • Food & Drink: 9
    • Service: 9
    • Atmosphere: 8
    • Value: 7

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  3. Tom Aikens

    43 Elystan Street, London SW3 3NT
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    Geert S.
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    • Food & Drink: 9
    • Service: 10
    • Atmosphere: 9
    • Value: 10

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  4. Tom Aikens

    43 Elystan Street, London SW3 3NT
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    Matt P.
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    2 of 3 people found this review helpful.
    Editor's pick

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

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  5. Tom Aikens

    43 Elystan Street, London SW3 3NT
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    Francis H.
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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful.

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

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    43 Elystan Street, London SW3 3NT
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    Samantha R.
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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful.

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

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  7. Tom Aikens

    43 Elystan Street, London SW3 3NT
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    Clare H.
        (1)
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

     
    • Food & Drink: 9
    • Service: 4
    • Atmosphere: 5
    • Value: 6

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  8. Tom Aikens

    43 Elystan Street, London SW3 3NT
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    Tish T.
        (4)
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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    • Food & Drink: 10
    • Service: 10
    • Atmosphere: 8
    • Value: 10

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  9. Tom Aikens

    43 Elystan Street, London SW3 3NT
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    Martin G.
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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful.

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

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  10. Tom Aikens

    43 Elystan Street, London SW3 3NT
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    Richard E.
      Platinum Reviewer  (133)
    2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

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

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  1. Published : Thursday, 22nd November 2012

    Culinary World Tour :: Tom Aikens, music to my tastebuds

    Let’s rattle at pace past the sundry details. Location, off the Brompton Road, Chelsea. Posh town houses, low rise tenement blocks. Decor: can’t fault it really. I have an oak fetish and the interior is all oak, from floor to walls and furniture. Lighting is subdued, creating the feeling of an exclusive gallery, darkened at the edges, illuminating the table tops. Views directly on to the street are barely worth a mention but it’s not the point. This is all about the food...
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  2. Published : Monday, 28th May 2012

    LONDONcalling :: Tom Aikens

    The last time we ate here was about four years ago.We dined one sunny lunchtime as a table of four, expecting good food. What followed was much of a disaster. The service was ghastly, scandalously sloppy and irritatingly slow. To cap it all Tom Aikens love of beetroot resulted in a plate of food ( venison with textures of beetroot) that David Cronenberg would have been proud of. The only thing that was missing was the scary music. We vowed never to return...
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 Tom Aikens’ stylish private dining room is visible from the rest of the restaurant but set discreetly apart. It seats between six and 12 people at one long dining table.

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Tom Aikens

Tom Aikens’s Chef - After catering college, Norfolk boy Tom Aikens took his first job as a commis chef at The Mirabelle restaurant in Eastbourne. Later, he decamped to London where he spent time with the likes of Pierre Koffmann, Richard Neat, Joel Robuchon & Gerard Boyer. In 1996 he re-joined Pied a Terre, becoming the youngest head chef to pick up a second Michelin star at the age of 26. After a much-publicised dispute, he left & eventually re-surfaced in his own Chelsea gaff in 2003. Since then he has garnered one Michelin star, opened casual eatery Tom's Kitchen & written his first cookbook. But it hasn't all been good news for Aikens: his restaurants were bailed out of adminstration in 2008, his upmarket chippie (Tom's Plaice) was forced to close, & plans for a second Tom's Kitchen in Canary Wharf were put on hold; he was also tipped for a second Michelin star, which failed to materialise in 2010.
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Essential Details for Tom Aikens

  • Cuisine: French
  • Area: Chelsea
  • Price: £68.00
  • Wine: £24.00
  • Champagne: £60.00
  • Lunch: £34 (3 courses) or £28 (2 Courses)

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  1. Tom Aikens

    43 Elystan Street, London SW3 3NT
    Overall rating:
     
    David Gerrish

    Dark & Moody

        (2)
    Editor's pick

     
    • Food & Drink: 8
    • Service: 10
    • Atmosphere: 6
    • Value: 6

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  2. Tom Aikens

    43 Elystan Street, London SW3 3NT
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    London Gourmet
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    • Food & Drink: 9
    • Service: 9
    • Atmosphere: 8
    • Value: 7

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    43 Elystan Street, London SW3 3NT
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    Geert S.
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    • Food & Drink: 9
    • Service: 10
    • Atmosphere: 9
    • Value: 10

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  4. Tom Aikens

    43 Elystan Street, London SW3 3NT
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    Matt P.
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    2 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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    • Food & Drink: 10
    • Service: 10
    • Atmosphere: 8
    • Value: 8

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    43 Elystan Street, London SW3 3NT
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    Francis H.
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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful.

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

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