Harden's survey result
Summary
“A truly world-class representative of London dining” – the Pic family’s “plush” three-year-old, within a monumental five-star hotel (the Port of London Authority’s former HQ), provides a “stunning-if-pricey” destination that nowadays ranks in London’s culinary top tier; and its heart-of-the-city location by Tower Hill makes it a natural for wining and dining particularly important prospects. The “calm, white-walled dining room” provides a “chic” and “beautiful” setting for a meal, service is “attentive but un-pushy”, but its highest rated feature is its “sensational”, “superbly refined” modern French cuisine.
Summary
“A truly world-class representative of London dining” – the Pic family’s “plush” two-year-old, within a monumental five-star hotel (the Port of London Authority’s former HQ), provides a “stunning-if-pricey” destination that nowadays ranks in London’s culinary top tier; and its heart-of-the-city location by Tower Hill makes it a natural for wining and dining particularly important prospects. The “calm, white-walled dining room” provides a “chic” and “beautiful” setting for a meal, service is “attentive but un-pushy”, but its highest rated feature is its “sensational”, “superbly refined” modern French cuisine.
Summary
“Amazing food with amazing attention to detail”, backed up by a formidable wine list, have made this “glossy” yearling, within the palatial ex-HQ of the Port of London Authority (by the Tower of London), a “superb addition to London’s top-rank restaurants” and a feather-in-the-cap for the Pic family (from Valence, in SE France) who run it. As an imposing backdrop to a business meal it’s particularly well-suited, but other diners are a bit unsure about the design: “it can seem a little disjointed with different styles and spaces, one part modern with white tiles, another Art Deco with black mirrors and banquettes – this doesn’t spoil the experience but could have enhanced it further”.
Summary
An “excellent addition to the City” – this high-ceilinged arrival occupies the gobsmackingly grand, ex-HQ of the old Port of London Authority, near the Tower of London: since January 2017, the second outpost of Four Seasons Hotels in the capital. The dining room – run by the Pic family, who run a much-fêted, Gallic dining empire dating to 1889 in Valence, SE France – is an instant hit with expense-accounters, and wins bouquets from most foodies too for the “sophisticated” and “intense” cuisine from ex-Apsleys chef Luca Piscazzi. There are niggles too: the space – “romantic” to fans – can seem too “blingy” to critics, flavour combinations strike some reporters as “odd”, and, perhaps inevitably, it can all seem “way overpriced”.
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La Dame de Pic London Restaurant Diner Reviews
"Sublime taste experiences. Upmarket service just the right side of arrogant. Ambience lacking as rather lonely in grand surroundings"
Prices
| Availability | 2 courses | 3 courses |  |
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| Lunch | £45.00 |  |
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| Cost | Availability | Courses | |
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| Menu1 | 130.00 | Dinner only | 6 |
| Menu2 | 105.00 | Dinner only | 4 |
| Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £45.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £5.00 |
10 Trinity Square, London, EC3N 4AJ
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | CLOSED |
| Wednesday | CLOSED |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑2 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑2 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑2 pm, 6 pm‑9 pm |
| Sunday | CLOSED |
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