“Little-known”, but worth discovering; ex-Aubergine chef William Drabble “really knows his stuff”, and cranks out “wonderfully inventive” dishes at this “luxurious” (if oddly broken-up) dining room, “tucked-away in a St James’s side street”.
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Perhaps we’re just feeling unseasonally grumpy, or maybe we’ve been serially unlucky, but this new St James’s fine dining room is the second restaurant we’ve visited of late which just hasn...
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Press Reviews (4)
Jay Rayner (14th December 2009)
Giles Coren (7th December 2009)
9/10
The critic reviews the new St James’s dining room of William Drabble (the chef who succeeded Gordon Ramsay at Aubergine). He concludes that it is “a grown-up, serious restaurant for people who eat out a lot and want a treat, who can afford it, and won’t be intimidated by its elegance”.
Marina O'Loughlin (22nd October 2009)
2/5 stars
Some mistake surely? The critic is – again! – ‘first with the news’ of ex Aubergine chef William Drabble’s “bizarre” new location in the “teeny” but “full swank” dining room of this St James’s Hotel. (Isn’t it time for her to come clean, and admit that she’s given up any ambition to trail the journalistic pack, rather than leading it?)
David Sexton (22nd October 2009)
2/5 stars
Well, the Standard’s critic can agree with Metro’s reviewer about one thing: the service in the new dining room of this St James’s hotel is “formal, obsequious, a bit patronising and over-attentive”. (Can it just be a coincidence that the proprietor’s website boasts that “no other German hotel group has been awarded such a high amount (sic) of Michelin stars”?)
Jay Rayner (14th December 2009)
Giles Coren (7th December 2009)
Marina O'Loughlin (22nd October 2009)
David Sexton (22nd October 2009)
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