Which top restaurant in London?

[nick s]

Hi Guys,
I'm looking to take the GF out for a nice meal in London for our anniversary, preferbaly to a more well known michelin starred place. Below are the 3 i'd really like to eat at, but can't decide between the 3! anyone got any experiences or votes for one?

Gordon Ramsay at Royal hospital road
LÁtelier de Joel Robochun
Le Gavroche

Thanks!

[Carl_Docklands]

Cant go wrong with any of them, it depends on your taste in food and atmos.

If it were me, I would have a look at the menus online. My dates did not like the stuffier french themed places.

I would not visit any of them again, I prefer the single starred up and comings

[Davey S2]

Good guides here:


www.andyhayler.com

[SlimRick]

Two replies and nobody's mentioned taking her up the Oxo Tower? Very disappointed.

[pidsy]

Petrus.

Recently refurbished and consistantly the top rated in London.

One of Ramsays better restaurants.

[sleep envy]

SlimRick said:

Two replies and nobody's mentioned taking her up the Oxo Tower? Very disappointed.

:yawn:

I'm not, that joke has had the arse torn out of it

OP - try the ledbury, I took mrs envy last year for her birthday

very, very good food, relaxed atmoshpere and the service is on a par wity the fat duck

[Mermaid]

sleep envy said:

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OP - try the ledbury, I took mrs envy last year for her birthday

very, very good food, relaxed atmoshpere and the service is on a par wity the fat duck

+1 Excellent.

[Zod]

Mermaid said:

sleep envy said:

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OP - try the ledbury, I took mrs envy last year for her birthday

very, very good food, relaxed atmoshpere and the service is on a par wity the fat duck

+1 Excellent.

The Ledbury is the best restaurant in London.

I like all of the OP's first three, but the Ledbury is some way ahead. Brett Graham is at the top of his game.

[nick s]

That's 3 for the Ledbruy, i'll check it out now! What's the atmosphere like there? I don't like anything stuffy!

We've been to Petrus, loved it!

[sleep envy]

sleep envy said:

relaxed atmoshpere

[Zod]

The Ledbury's atmosphere is perfectly balanced between what you'd expect of a 2* and the informality you'd expect from an Aussie chef and head sommelier. It's a very relaxed place, but with faultles execution.

[sleep envy]

The cheese waiter is very enthusiastic, he made the place for me - a really charming guy, knowledgeable and well worth spending time chatting to him.

[nick s]

Ledbury booked! Thanks for the recommendation guys! Looks unreal! Was voted 34th best restaurant in the whole WORLD this year! wow! Can't wait!

[nick s]

sleep envy said:

The cheese waiter is very enthusiastic, he made the place for me - a really charming guy, knowledgeable and well worth spending time chatting to him.

We LOVE cheese, so this is good!

[Zod]

nick s said:

sleep envy said:

The cheese waiter is very enthusiastic, he made the place for me - a really charming guy, knowledgeable and well worth spending time chatting to him.

We LOVE cheese, so this is good!

The best thing is the truffle toast. It's extraordinary.

First time we went there, I was perusing the menu when next door's main arrived. I just said "want that".

[Cheib]

Teh Ledbury is great....only thing is don't go too early. I had dinner there once with my wife at 7.00pm I think....it was very quiet until 8.00pm if I remember....too quiet. That may have changed as that was four or five years ago and when we've been since we've gone at 8.30 so no idea if it's still quiet then.

[nick s]

Cheib said:

Teh Ledbury is great....only thing is don't go too early. I had dinner there once with my wife at 7.00pm I think....it was very quiet until 8.00pm if I remember....too quiet. That may have changed as that was four or five years ago and when we've been since we've gone at 8.30 so no idea if it's still quiet then.

ahh i've booked for 7:30pm, as you might imagine, it's quite hard to get a table lately! Should be pretty busy though hopefully, as that was the last table for the day!

[nick s]

Also, i'm definitely doing the tasting menu! Anyone had it there?

[sleep envy]

nick s said:

ahh i've booked for 7:30pm, as you might imagine, it's quite hard to get a table lately! Should be pretty busy though hopefully, as that was the last table for the day!

you won't be leaving until at least 10 pm

[nick s]

sleep envy said:

you won't be leaving until at least 10 pm

Nice! I like it! Means we can make a whole evenign of it. Just looked at the tasting menu, Never liked the look of oysters and eel etc much before but i suppose i'll be trying them then! Looking forward to some new experiences!