The Grill at The Dorchester

My husband and I always book The Grill at The Dorchester to celebrate birthdays, wedding anniversaries and special treats and this week was my birthday. Without fail the food was excellent, so tasty, perfectly cooked and beautifully presented, in fact we cannot fault anything.

Awful

Not very good always we have celebrated at the Grill The his time it was Eldest daughter Birthday last Monday.As usual the staff were a1. As soon as we were served with bread we noticed flies buzzing on the table.We did not complain as it had been an ordeal to get to the Dorchester.
WE tried to book a table for 7.30 pm, we were told NO availability,then asked for 8 pm still no availability,we were offered 6.45 pm instead. As my Daughter works in Chertsey Surrey and finishes at 5.30 pm, she had to take a day off work.and off course you know the whole of Park Lane was closed ,hence we could not get a cab.
all that is immaterial but the annoying part was the Grill stayed almost empty from 6.30 to 10.pm, so why we were told the THE GRILL IS fully booked.
The food was not up to the standard we were used to, If it was not for the staff I would never go back nor recommend the Grill to any one, I must as we wanted to stay for after drinks, The manager in charge reserved a table outside and looked after us.

The staff Gave us more than 5star experience will go back again

It was amazing although I have only just noted I was charged for an extra champagne that should have been included with the menu .

We dined on the £39 for 3 course menu with a glass of champagne and the food was fantastic. We both had the soft boil eggs with haddock and foam for starters and the flavours were delightful. My husband had the belly pork which looked good I had the short rib which was incredible, so flavoursome. For dessert we shared a lemon tart with lemon sorbet, very well balanced and not too acidic and a coffee soufflé with ice cream which if I have to be picky this needed to be a little sweeter. Just watch the cost of the wine, very hefty but the meal was a great experience and we will definitely be back !

It didn't go as well as expected due to a reason or reasons unclear to me.
We were sat down to our table late even when we can glaringly see the reatuarnt is empty.
I think we were seen as being in the wrong setting for our class.
But it was my birthday, my husband and I work hard everyday and we decided spending few hundreds pounds to have a treat on my birthday is well deserved however The Grill at the Dorchester almost ruined it for us. The food was delicious.

As soon as we got to the hotel we were greeted well by the door staff. On entering the hotel, again greeted well. We were having lunch at the grill & everyone couldn’t do enough for us. The service was outstanding. We even got greeted with a beautiful decorated egg as the staff realised from a social media post that I was having lunch with my best friend who was visiting from out of town. 5 star all the way I would definitely recommend it.

This is the 3rd time I have dined here in the last 8 months. Each time the food and the service have been excellent, not to mention the ambiance.

What a superb dining experience. The surroundings, service, food and wine were all above reproach. In fact I couldn’t suggest a single improvement.