Evening Standard
David Ellis endured a pretty awful meal at Gordon Ramsay’s latest restaurant, the first UK branch of his TV show spinoff that is “a hit in Vegas, Miami — all the paragons of good taste”, and which David summed up as “Ramsay does TGI Fridays”.
Occupying a burgundy room where “the only art is photographs of Ramsay in front of various backdrops presumably licensed from Zoom”, the place smells of “cheap hand soap and whatever floor cleaner is used to get rid of sick”. And it is as expensive as Ramsay’s own, but rather more historic, Savoy Grill.
As for the food, steak tartare tasted “mostly of ketchup, the sort of thing a friend who is quite handy in the kitchen might produce but be unhappy with”; scallops were spoilt by grit; the rice in the lobster risotto was overcooked and the lobster in short supply; and the £75 prime USDA steak arrived “lukewarm and in a kind of knock-off Bisto”.
David Ellis - 2026-04-19
