Dauphinois Gratin
Wiltons

Wiltons

55 Jermyn Street London, SW1Y 6LX, FSA Food H, United Kingdom

Fish • Coffee • British • Seafood


"Such a lovely way to start the New Year with a lunch visit to one of my favourite restaurants in London. The front desk provides a warm welcome though I wished that the “jacket tie” dress code for men had been sustained. A well-proportioned man was hovering at the front sporting an over-large zipped up windcheater and open neck shirt. Not at all smart so I hope he was apprehended before he entered the restaurant! What next? Baseball caps on the wrong way round? Back to the good old days of proper standards please. Thanks to ever helpful House Manager, Michael Stokes, we had a delightful table which provided ample screening for our business discussion and the service was discrete but always experienced and timely. The ambience continues to exude quiet luxury. I feel the Seasonal Menu is terrific value important in a tight and high tax economy) with 3-courses offered for £47.95. My starter choice of half a dozen Carlingford Irish Rock Oysters was superb. Freshly shucked mouthfuls of sweet salty pleasure with a contrasting red wine vinegar and onion dressing. Absolute heaven on a cold winter’s day. From there, I moved to the Carving Trolley and myriad slices of tender honey roasted gammon with creamy mashed potatoes. Spinach £7.00) and French Beans £6.50) were extra but worth it. Finally, we both had the gorgeous Bread Butter Pudding which was light, sweet and sitting in a moat of delicious custard. The wine list is imperious and impelling but not so easy to find a value for money midday measure. I opted for the Tuscan Le Volte Dell’ Ornellaia 2018 for £98.00 which drank well. Plenty of fruit flavour and not too heavy. Overall the bill was a meaty £274.16 for 2 with service now at 15% but this is a very special restaurant."

Le Boudin Blanc

Le Boudin Blanc

5 Trebeck Street London, W1J 7LT, FSA Food H, United Kingdom

Beer • Wine • French • Chicken


"In London for the week and enjoyed some especially wonderful meals all around. Le Boudin Blanc yielded mixed experience. Loved the ambience of the restaurant. Very pretty. Cozy. The food and wine was very good. It is not often that one finds Boudin Blanc on a menu, certainly not be on the spring time, and it was a pleasant surprise.. The meal and the presentation was very very nice. My only suggestion would be just a hint more sauce for the Boudin Blanc. Staff was a different animal all together, unfortunately. I arrived for a very early dining reservation – – I was the first one – – only to be met with a warning that they would need the table back by a certain hour – – instead of a welcome, in an empty restaurant. This is not the kind of restaurant where a single diner would otherwise linger with a coffee and an iPad. Service was very attentive until after dessert. And then, I couldn’t get anyone’s attention to bring me either another glass of wine, a coffee, or even the Bill. The sommelier finally came to take care of it. By the time I left, the first floor of the restaurant was only about half full, approximately 10 tables were occupied, With a staff of five, one sommelier, two servers, a busser, someone who looked like the manager, and a female staff member with a long dark braid whose only duty seem to be walking around the floor and doing absolutely nothing. I would have enjoyed a difestif."