Chateaubriand For 2
Le Salon Privè

Le Salon Privè

43 Crown Road London, TW1 3EJ, United Kingdom

Fish • Steak • French • Burgers


"5th but the last time! We really looked forward to our meal out without the kids at a restaurant which we would have always recommended to friends but unfortunately NOT ANYMORE! First impressions Upon being seated after getting my wife her drink I had to wait an age to be asked for my own order even though there was only 3 tables of customers. When asked for our food order we said that we weren 't having starters just mains to which we were told that it would be a long wait going straight to mains. A very strange answer! Food Bread Butter This used to be lovely but now to go with the lovely bread instead of the previous home made pepper Butter they are trying to pass off FAKE SPREADABLE BUTTER! This is obvious because butter when cool is firm this alternative was soft when cold a different consistency of course taste from real butter! Chateaubriand We asked for medium rare, it was rare (see picture). We didn 't send it back as you cant cook this meal more when it 's already sliced. Meat was good quality still thankfully. Spinach (pictured) A watery mess that wasn 't done right to remove the moisture but not the butter! Bone Marrow Sauce A very good sauce. Mustard, Mustard or Mustard (pictured) This was the biggest let down from both waiter Chef! I asked for Djon, the waiter returned from the kitchen with Wholegrain. I told the waiter that it was wholegrain that I asked for Djon, he went back to the kitchen returned from the kitchen with cheap rip off English mustard. I challenged the waiter about this his words were the chef said that it 's the same as Djon . Obviously I didn 't believe this he looked like he thought the same but after laughing saying that he should get the chef out to tell us that (to which he ignored), we just asked for the bill. Wine A good Bordeaux. A shame of an experience which we really wanted to be like the previous visits but clearly something bad had occurred"

Hawksmoor Guildhall

Hawksmoor Guildhall

10 - 12 Basinghall Street London, EC2V 5BQ, United Kingdom

Bars • Steak • British • Breakfast


"the dining room is down and a surprisingly large room, wooden dressed and maybe because the noise levels are high. but the tables are well spaced and you never feel crowded, and the ambiente has failed. Although there is a...excellent selection of starters, we decided to move directly to the main event that is necessarily the steaks at hawksmoor. I traveled a lot in the usa and have often eaten at legendary US steak houses, but my sirloin (rare) was so good or better than the best I had in the usa. beautifully seasoned, perfectly cooked and completely delicious. a good steak is a thing of beauty and that was, without asking, a good steak a very good steak. the sprouts were also excellent, the beef-dryries were crisp and full of taste, the creamy spinat rich and tasty, the buttered greens al dente. desserts did not disappoint me that I chose the cheese selection, with the proposed oloroso as a reference. my friends the rhubarb pavlowa and the ambassadeur a nutritious concoction. both annoyed that they were more than happy with what was presented, and their tellers enjoyed the eye and the palate. the staff was very well informed, attentive, without pushy, engaged and charming a credit to the restaurant. So why only four stars, instead of five, because of the weeping prizes, I'm afraid. the selection is impressive, but the prices are, candid, on the optimistic side. the bottle corbieres has been charged and that is quite galling if you can buy it at a decent wein dealer for a ten. it was a beautiful wein, safe, but very much to the cheaper end of the list, where the prices climbed quite steeply from per bottle to dizzying heights. I am carp, because it was a wonderful meal, in a very pleasant environment, with very friendly and competent staff only ready to cover for the vino:"