Editor’s Picks

Our first visit to the Bingham since it has received its much lauded Michelin Star was all we could have expected, and more. We'd been for dinner several months ago and had really enjoyed our meal.

Today it was lunch, and with a perfect table overlooking the river, on a beautiful day, we couldn't have asked for more.

The menu was annoyingly hard to choose from – particularly for me as I'm not keen on seafood and mushrooms, both of which were heavily featured. The set lunch looked fabulous, and I wavered, but eventually chose a Heritage Beetroot Salad with a Vacherin mousse, and to follow, Salt Marsh breast of lamb. My extremely unfussy husband went for the roast foie gras, followed by the roast halibut.

The presentation, as you'd expect, was excellent: small, beautifully formed portions were a joy to look at and a delight to eat. The combination of the soft vacherin and the sharp, earthy beetroot was delicious.The dish also offered an interesting mix of textures – crunchy beetroot crisps and soft, roasted beetroot as well as the velvety mousse.

My husband loved his foie gras (but it makes me feel a bit odd so I can't comment on how it tasted!).

Even the bread was fabulous, and my requested olive oil was brought willingly. The olive oil was superb – grassy, fresh and bursting with flavour.

Main courses were also delicious: the breast of lamb crumbed and fried – a most unusual treatment of lamb, but it sat on two more obvious pieces of lovely, pink, flavoursome lamb. The excellent mash that came in the cutest, tiniest little… More

This is not a meal I will forget in a hurry.

The whole Ducasse experience is a fantastic, and the only disappointment is the money you have to part with for this enjoyment. Ducasse has worked out the way to make money at a restaurant is to ramp up the wine list to insane levels. I have been lucky enough to eat in some very good restaurants over the years and have always found a good selection of wines at the £50-100 mark. At Alain Ducasse you will struggle to find anything under £100 – even a St Aubin 1er cru is over that – a similar wine is £65 at Chez Bruce.

This left me with a slightly sour after taste from this meal – which is irritating since everything else was incredible. The menu is so full of appealing dishes that we actually didn't go for the taster menu because there were specific items we all wanted on the a la carte menu. The starters are especially good – it was a struggle to choose just one – the chicken and lobster signature dish didnt disappoint, rich and a great combination. The halibut fish course seemed a little bland, but this was in comparison to my rich starter and also having tried the lobster main course which was again full on. The venison main was cooked to perfection and the portion size ideal after the two previous courses. The souffle was beautifully light, whilst the Crispy Chocolate and Earl Grey wasn't just visually appealing. After 4 impressive courses I did not feel overly full, always a good sign after such fine food.

As I said before – not a meal I will forget – the meal was fantastic, you are… More

The restaurant is not marked from the outside – hidden, discrete entrance, as long as you know it is number 27, you will find it, however.
Enter and there is a short corridor with a cloakroom and reservation check desk. When you enter the restaurant, you will feel like you are entering a 70s disco era – very cool, lots of disco balls everywhere and sparkle. Decoration is great and adds to the ambience – check out the toilets, quite matrix-esque.
Food is unusual to what you tend to find in London – I would call it Southern American with a twist. Good variety and probably a change to what you eat normally at an “American” -cuisined place. Very tasty and good sized portions. I rcmnd the side sauces. Food came very quickly.
Service was smiley and friendly but slow – took a long time to take any orders (drinks, food, desert) and then took 30 mins to bring the bill, which is fine if you're sitting enjoying yourself, but a pain if you want to leave. Just keep on the waiting staff's case about bringing it.
At hourly intervals after a certain time, the central long table becomes Cirque-du-Solei-esque and when we there, there was a contortionist and then a snake-charmer woman, which is a bit not-so-much for me when mixed with food. If you're not into this, request to NOT be on the central long table when booking. Restaurant seemed to turn into a bar after about 9.30pm with a younger crowd (<25). Would rcmnd for an ambient experience and good food.
Good for a date or with a group of friends.