The Balcon - Menu

Amazing bar inside the Sofitel St James Stayed here on a trip w/ my gf and had an amazing time drinking at this bar.

After an awful afternoon Tea experience at another location, I booked at the Balcon and I'm happy to say I had a fantastic experience this time.

I was there with a group of colleagues. it is a very beautiful place with a beautiful ambiente. nice for groups and meet overnight. I ordered a burger as I believed. it tastes good! View menu

that was my first afternoon tea experience and it was a good one of all measures. I must be served in a lot of tea, what I think is an Asian teepot (ironic for a French named place in london) with salty and sweet bites that were very tasty. for a price they can add a glass of champagne the formula that I did and found it quite good, but I did not appreciate to receive the tea and champagne at the same time (not sure what the label is in such an event).

after a fantastic meal visited in august, unfortunately the main meal I had in august, what I must say was one of the best meal I ever had was not that time and was completely different in taste and appearance, ideas were sent back, which was no problem, we were both offered another meal we rejected. the waiter was very efficient and professional in the way that he dealt with it and was very apologetic. this would not deter us from the return and has our decision not only to eat here again, but to stay in november because of the professionalism of the staff in the hotel.

grace dent, food writer and critic extraordinary, is my foodie heroine. who can't be enchanted and even laugh loudly, in their weekly split in it magazine, grace and flavor of the evening standard? it's always a fantastic reading, whether I agree with her rating or not. she is clever and funny and always hits the nail on the head. Here I can show – and how exciting is that? that grace is the great new successor of me! at least on instagram she is. that makes grace and I practically bffs, so they will understand that I feel high in the foodie ranks and with pleasure and self-worthiness pink go every time I think about it. What...read more View menu

All the right points were hit seemingly with prescience during my recent dinner at the Sofitel St James Hotel’s Balcon resulting in one of the better restaurant experiences of my year thus far. In many ways, The Balcon’s dinner menu appears as though it were written just for me – almost eerily so in fact. A starter course of pan-fried snails with chorizo, sweet potato purée, oloroso jus, and hazelnuts £11)? That’ll do just fine thank you – and how did Chef Matt Greenwood manage to read my mind for a perfect way to commence a meal? Ditto on the roasted hake fillet, with ratatouille, green olive tapenade, and shellfish oil £21) main course and strawberry, pomegranate...read more

And the winner of the trickiest place to eat in London contest is… Sofitel London St James! What?! You mean you missed my tricky food contest? How could that happen? Because it wasn’t announced. Not to you or to me. The Sofitel London St James tricked me! And they got me good… You see, a few months ago I was invited to Sofitel London St James for the launch of their Vegetable Exhibition showcasing the work of French artist Patrick LaRoche. I had a fabulous night viewing vegetable sculptures, eating vegetables and drinking lots of cocktails featuring vegetables. And then I faced the feat of blogging about vegetables. Let me tell you, that was a big blogger challenge. Sunny in...read more

The Balcon, Pall Mall walking into a champagne bar exudes the glamour. Big glass windows, high ceiling and flower arangements that set the style, The Balcon is part of the Sofitel London Hotel, with a separate entrance. I love a little poncieness in life. A place like that does not have too many waiters. No one would be seen doing nothing even when the rush hour crowd has thinned out. They will be polishing glass doors, have the tables laid out, interacting with diners and arranging bottles always with a task at hand. Uniforms which have been cleaned and steamed iron immaculately; more so than my finest frock, despite this, it was all very casual and not too intimidating. If The...read more View menu