Bob Bob Ricard (1 Upper James Street, London, London, W1F 9DF) After reading some reviews on here contradicting the review I read in the Metro a while back , I was dubious about going but I am glad I took the risk to try this place.
We went quite early last Thursday evening so the place was partially empty, we were immediately offered a seat downstairs near the bar, yes it's a bit dark but nice. The waiter was very attentive and we received our drinks quickly alongside the complimentary olives and nuts.
After finishing our drink we were offered to go to our table which we kindly accepted.
The staff were very friendly and not over attentive which was good.
My wife tried the Eggs in Mayo which i guess is a bit basic but they tasted good, I tried the middle white pork belly
dish which was served with the pork and jelly in separate jars which was a nice touch, the pork and jelly on top of the light crouton wafers was excellent and i would definately recommend this!
On to the main course and my wife had a lovely fillet steak on the bone which she loved, and I can vouch it did taste good. I stuck with pork yet again and had the pork cheeks which literally fell apart when you ate them, accompanied with a nice sauce reduction and some creamy mash to finish the dish off.
With desert I played it safe with the trio of ice cream which was nice and being greedy and wanting to try everything had one of the rusk,malteser and gingernut shakes which I was disappointed with, only because I was expecting some sort of lovely thick american malt shake which it wasn't.
Overall though the service and food was great, perhaps its a bit over priced in places and the fact the service charge was included in the bill, not that I had any regret in paying it as it was worth it!
Permanent link to this review 7 June 2009 | 
John S.
