Les Deux Salons
40-42 William IV Street
London WC2N 4DE

Tel: 020 7420 2050

An autumn day in London is I think something to cherish, especially this particular day, as it was so wonderfully mild. The leaves were fluttering around in the breeze with the sun catching the lighter ones creating a constantly changing astral portrait of Trafalgar Square. It almost seemed a shame to carry out our plans. We wanted to visit the Glamour of the Gods exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery – Hollywood portraits from the John Kobal Foundation. And as enticing as the weather was we had to go, it was the last day.
Now to do this justice we wanted to be fed and watered, but not so stuffed that we couldn’t move with ease around the gallery. So I was delighted to find out that only recently Les Deux Salons had started to provide a brunch menu and it was only just around the corner form the exhibition.
We arrived chatting about the stars of the silver screen we would see later, Clarke Gable, Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford nothing quite beats the glamour of that age in cinema captured in glorious black and white. This was going to be a great afternoon I could tell, the cameras were still rolling.
The staff at Les Deux Salons could give lessons in courtesy to any restaurant in London. Everybody but everybody was just delightful. The restaurant in on two levels, we were seated downstairs on a very welcoming green leather banquette. It has a lush feel to it, a sort of relaxed swish about it. Effortless, stylish – behaves like it’s been there for years all at once.
But the history of Les Deux Salons is quite a short one, set up by the brains and flair behind the Michelin starred Arbutus and Wild Honey only a year ago, this I think is their most flexible venture yet. It offers a brunch menu, a lunch menu, afternoon tea (with tiered cake stands and everything!) and of course evening dining as well.
The first thing to say about our visit was I had the most delectable freshly squeezed orange juice… More