Nice-ish restaurants in London

[lazystudent]

Hi everyone,

Appreciate this may generate a lot of answers or none at all but here goes..

I'm looking for a restaurant in central London somewhere near Oxford Circus/Picadilly that will cost around £40 per head not including drinks that is a little bit different and suitable for a bunch of chaps in tuxes and ladies in nice dresses. Something a little bit different and special would be nice, but nothing too informal. Appreciate I may struggle with my proposed budget, but I really don't know much about the sort of choice there being a poor struggling student eating cans of value beans!

Any suggestions?

Many Thanks

[illmonkey]

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[housen]

lovery gaff

http://www.operatavern.co.uk/

[z4chris99]

goodmans?

you can get good deals at Galvin at Windows on the voucher websites

[Big Raff]

z4chris99 said:

goodmans?

you can get good deals at Galvin at Windows on the voucher websites

This would have been my suggestion...

[Melman Giraffe]

The Criterion - Piccadilly
Lunch menu worth a look.

Amazing dining room

[lazystudent]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions, there's some really nice sounding places coming up here. Will have a look online and see what I like the look of the most

[ls3steve]

If its near Oxford Circus then..

Galvin Bistrot De Luxe (Bakerstreet)
http://www.galvinrestaurants.com/section.php/4/1/g...

Bentleys Oyster Bar & Grill (Swallow Street)
http://www.bentleys.org/restaurant/overview/

Pattersons (Mill Street)
http://www.pattersonsrestaurant.co.uk/

[prand]

ls3steve said:

If its near Oxford Circus then..

Galvin Bistrot De Luxe (Bakerstreet)
http://www.galvinrestaurants.com/section.php/4/1/g...

Bentleys Oyster Bar & Grill (Swallow Street)
http://www.bentleys.org/restaurant/overview/

Pattersons (Mill Street)
http://www.pattersonsrestaurant.co.uk/

We had a great night in Bentleys a couple of years back - sat up at the bar being fed small dishes of oysters and other delicious seafood, tasting some nice wine and chatting to the waiters and bar staff.

[Mr Beaumont]

I went with to Pierre Koffman's at the Berkeley a few weeks back, really good food and seemed a bargin as we went for the pre/post theatre menu which only costs £32pp for three courses with a glass of Kir Royale! Seems a steal as this is food from a chef that used to have 3 michelin stars, only down side is for this menu you have to be there at around 6-6:30, or 9-9:30pm.

[MrJuice]

Bob Bob Ricard

The lobster burger is boom!

[Cheib]

Le Boudin Blanc is a great French restaurant just off Picadilly

http://www.boudinblanc.co.uk

I am pretty sure for £40 you can eat there....kind of place where you can wear jeans or black tie. Authentically French.

Tables are quite close together but a good varied menu and the food is very good.

[Rushmore]

Bob Bob Ricard or Bentley Oysterbar.

What about Rules?

Or that traditional one one the dodgy end of Jermyn Street, opposite of the theatre?