“Interesting” dishes come in “blissful, small portions” at this trendy basement dining room near Piccadilly Station; its “bargain” lunch menus help win it high popularity – dining à la carte, the slightly “soulless” ambience, and occasionally “chaotic” service are more evident.
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Michael Caines, chef of Gidleigh Park in Devon, is one of Britain’s top toques. In recent years, he’s gone into partnership with Andrew Brownsword (who made a considerable fortune with his epoy...
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Jay Rayner (30th March 2009)
Spooky. Almost exactly a year after this website hailed a set lunch at this celeb-chef’s North Western outpost (then newly opened) as “the best-value meal we have had in England this year”, the Observer’s man proclaims that said meal “must be one of the best bargains in the world of serious cooking available in Britain today”. Remember: you read it here first. The critic is especially impressed, as his experience of another branch of the same group had been “slapdash”. He does wonder, however, how they can be making any money out of the exercise.
Jay Rayner (30th March 2009)
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