This Art Deco power-dining room has had a “superb” refurbishment, and most reporters applaud the Ramsay group for its “enthusiastic” service and “solid” menu of “retro” British “classics” – such a repertoire can also seem “unexciting”, though, and critics say the place “doesn’t yet live up to its iconic reputation”.
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Business - yes, Children's facilities - high or special chairs, Entertainments - pianist, nightly, Private rooms (capacities) - 50, Notable wine list - yes, Last orders - 11 pm, Sun 10.30 pm
It’s an ill wind… Snow clouds lowering over the capital allowed us to bag a last-minute table at one of the sell-out of the pre-Christmas season – the recently relaunched ‘power’ dining r...
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Press Reviews (2)
Tracey MacLeod (13th December 2010)
4/5 stars
To any Gordon Ramsay watchers who have gathered around this page hoping to witness another disaster: move on – there's nothing to see here. Sure, with Ramsay's family life and business empire in crisis and his most recent restaurant, Petrus, opening to hostile reviews, there was more than a chance that his latest venture could have been a car crash. Instead, the grand old Savoy Grill glides sedately out from under the dust sheets with the well-tuned purr of a vintage Rolls-Royce.
David Sexton (9th December 2010)
Everybody who’s been in London long enough has some special memory of the Savoy. For me, it’s the time I interviewed the gamey novelist Simon Raven there over tea. In penetrating, upper-class tones, he told me at length precisely what he had done to some younger boys behind the cricket screens at Charterhouse and how much, he believed, due to his skill and patience, they had enjoyed it. The other guests, nearly all American ladies, soon fell silent. The harpist continued playing.
Tracey MacLeod (13th December 2010)
David Sexton (9th December 2010)
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