The Ritz Restaurant - London

I’ve enjoyed my meal at Ritz Restaurant and service was brilliant. Every dish i’ve tried was beautifully presented and tasted amazing, however my favourite was a dessert- apple moussline. I would definitely recommend it if you are into fine dining.

Food, service and atmosphere were all amazing. Only comment is that I'm not sure Bookatable outline the dress code very well - fortunately the hotel are great at lending you the required jacket and tie.

If i'm honest myself and my husband were very disappointed with the Ritz.. It was a birthday present for my husband, he was really looking forward to going. We arrived on time and were told to come back in 10 mins as the staff were still in a meeting. Also we didn't realize that the gentleman had to have ties and a jacket which wasn't so bad but they wouldn't accept a card for the leasing of a jacket and tie so my husband had to go and find a cash point. I found this unacceptable and humiliating. The food wasn't that great either, too salty, and the desert i chose was awful.. The souffle,, We couldn't wait to leave and when we did not a single waiter or staff memeber acknowledged us.. Appalling!

We arrived in London for a long weekend and dined at The Ritz on Thursday evening, we were a peedie bit early so went toThe Rivoli Bar to have a drink first and were served by a lovely young man from Ireland. After having our drinks we then went on to have our dinner which was delicious, for starters we had MARAN'S EGG (Broad Beans, Girolle and Supreme Sauce) and HERITAGE TOMATO CONSOMME (Parmesan and Summer Herbs), then for our main course we had NEW SEASON LAMB (Courgette, Basil, and Tomato) and BRESSE DUCK (Turnip, Sring Greens, and Hazelnut) and then for dessert we had CHERRY MILLE FEUILLE (Creme Fraiche and Kirsch) and EXOTIC FRUIT SOUFFLE (Coconut Sorbet). The whole experience from start to finish was excellent and may I say so excellent that on leaving the restaurant on thursday evening we rebooked for Saturday evening for the Live at The Ritz evening. On arriving on Saturday evening once again we started in The Rivoli Bar and were served once again by the lovely young man from Ireland. Our dinner that evening started with canapes of salmon meringue, coronation tuille, and Parmesan crisp biscuits, for starters we had ISLE OF MULL SCALLOP tartare served with Apple and Marigold and BALLONTINE OF DUCK LIVER with Cherry and Almond, then for main we had TOURNEDOS OF BEEF with Ox Cheek, Whey Onion, and Red Wine Jus and NATIVE LOBSTER with Broad Beans, Almond and Lemon Verbena and then to finish we had CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE with Vanilla Chantilly and THE BRITISH CHEESE SELECTION with wonderful crackers and a Tawny Port. The petite fours at the end of both evenings were the same which I cannot remember them properly but they were a passion fruit one, a hazelnut one a choux filled one and one other. On Saturday evening our servers were Miguel and Luca if I remember right. The Ritz was an experience that I will certainly repeat when back in London. May I add we have a similar night known as Lux nights once a month our local hotel The Lynnfield during the winter months.

The service is always friendly and very helpful with dietary requirements. We had two waiters called Lucca! both excellent.
BUT
The bill needed a few adjustments as we ordered the Lunch Special at £62.50 (£187.50 for 3) which included a glass of champagne each - but when the bill arrived the
special lunch price had been adjusted to £171 and the champagne charged separately at £60 (making the bill £231 instead of £187.50!) - as only one of our party
had a glass of champagne there was a large adjustment to be made. This 'indiscretion' has happened several times when dining here so it seems there
is one price when you arrive and a totally different price when you leave.

Superb.

It was amesing!!

Great. We all enjoyed it. Service always brilliant.

We loved the decor of the dining room, the service. Our favourite course was dessert and the rhubarb and the banana souffle.

I’m not really impressed the service it feel like we are left behind and everything just in a rush but the food takes long to put in our table specially the desserts. A bit dis appointed the service but the food was everything delicious. However, the hotel by it self was so amazing and the door man are really friendly. Over all I’m happy with my dine in experience at ritz.