Where would you eat in london if you wanted to treat yourself?

Question

Pricey, cheap but excellent, wacky or fun - I don't mind as long as its not your mum's (unless she'll cook for me)! I need somewhere to go to celebrate my graduation with my parents.

Thanks all.

Answer 1

cold mutton

Answer 2

The Goucho Grill- an upmarket chain of swanky steakhouses. I used to go when I worked in Chancery lane, but there are other branches.

Hmmm - otherwise (if you are going for a budget/casual thing) there is a nice thai above 'The Ivy House', a pub very near the uni district.

Answer 3

china town... soho... the food is excellent and cheap, beware it'll be full of aussie backpackers climbing up 6 flights off stairs to the all you can eat for five quid buffet... with 40 items... the more you pay, the more choices you have... and the less stairs you have to climb...

Answer 4

the best two by far are club gascon - expensive, classy and thrilling and

benihana - wonderful japanese tepenyaki - very entertaining and relatively inexpensive.

or the wolseley. or the wapping project. look em up. it's worth it!

but for graduation celebration with your parents remember that rainforest is for 12 year olds, and wagamama is for students.

Answer 5

Any of Gordon ramsays gaffs are a good bet.

Answer 6

only one place to go, Rules in maiden lane the oldest and best restaurant in London if you like meat and game this is the place for you.

Answer 7

I would go to Paris if you want food

Answer 8

Fish!

thats what it's called. it's good. i think they got a website. but don't know what it is.

if you wanna go some where posh with a wonderful view then there is windows in park lane hiltons penthouse. lovely food, amazing view of the park and the city.

if you are looking for something typicaly english, best pub sunday lunch i ever had was at a pub called trafulga in grenwhich. hope this helps

Answer 9

Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea isn't cheap but 100% fantastic from start to finish.

Answer 10

KFC is great!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvLDFtaL5...

Answer 11

The Rainforest Cafe. I went there yesterday and it was amazing. So fun and a great idea. You have the occasional surrounds occurs, with elephants moving, monkies swinging, thunderstorms etc. It's really great and the food is gorgeous and big. It isn't that badly priced either.

Answer 12

Gordon Ramsey @ Claridges

or

Foliage @ The Mandarin Oriental

I like, I Like!! Both V. yummy, excellent places to eat.

Alternatively,

"Pret-a-portea"  the pretentious yet delicious high tea at the Berkeley Hotel.

Answer 13

Princess Gardens in Mayfair

Answer 14

Chez Bruce - You won't be disappointed. Rhodes 24 is also very good with an amazing view. But when I celebrate, it's Brucie every time.

Answer 15

Wagamama in the West End

Answer 16

Chinese; Most of the restaurants in lower Soho, or Mr Wing (book the basement) in Earls Court.....for chaotic fun and downright rudeness at a cheap price Loo Ho Fook in Soho.

Indian; Bombay Brasserie off Gloucester Road (book the conservatory), the Star on Fulham Road, Khans off Queensway - Cheapish - no alcohol.

Fish ; Bentleys off Piccadilly (Superb), Manzis' by Prince Charles cinema off Leicester Square, Geals off Notting Hill Gate,

Thai; Number 1 by Little Wormwood Scrubs -  Dalgarno Gardens - North Kensington basic and incredibly cheap - top-notch food - take your own wine, Blue Elephant - Fulham Broadway, any Jim Thompson's

French;  Le Cafe du Jardin opposite (and down a bit from) the Royal Opera House Covent Garden Great and good cheap post-theatre menu

Upmarket - the Oxo Tower on South Bank, Savoy Grill on the Strand, Bentleys (again) as above, Claridges, The fantastic Bibendum in South Kensington, Neil Street Restaurant in Covent Garden (White truffle linguini anyone?)

the Balans chain are a good bet (Soho, High St. Ken, Earls Court, Clapham etc...) - great cocktails, happy hour, reasonably priced, ever changing menu - depends what's fresh that morning.

Where-ever you go, enjoy. - and Congratulations.

Answer 17

Well, I would go to anywhere vegetarian, they have a wild and exciting choice, otherwise I would go to Mazo's.  I am always  on  the lookout for good places to eat in London - there is a very good place at the Serpentine. (Prue Leith, interesting but a bit pricey). Trouble is, there are always good, new places.  Try somewhere less central - look at Notting Hill, for example.

Answer 18

ANYWHERE AROUND COVENT GARDEN

Answer 19

Either at Claridges or at Richard Corrigan's restaurant.

Answer 20

For pricey Le Gavroche is lovely and if you chose the set lunch menu, less punitive on the wallet.

You could also try the Oxo Tower - good food and great views.

On the cheaper side, why not try an excellent Dim Sum restaurant?

Or - if fish is your thing, try Bentleys or Sheekeys.

Answer 21

Why not try a sushi restaurant like Yo Sushi or go to the noodle bar Wagamamas

http://www.wagamama.com/

http://www.yosushi.com/restaurants.php

Answer 22

claridges

Answer 23

I love the Marlborough head! It's a really cool theamed resturant.

Answer 24

I'd say Galvin at Windows on Hilton Park Lane - great views of the city, lovely ambience and newly refurbished  - not forgetting a top chef! They have an offer on totaleating.co.uk if you wanted to book 3 courses for £29!

Answer 25

The Queens Head and Artichoke (gastropub) - just off Euston Rd near Gt Portland St tube.

The Queens Head & Artichoke

The Queen�s Head & Artichoke is one of London�s newest gastro pubs, serving excellent modern English food as well as an extensive tapas menu.

Food is served both in the lively bar and in the comfortable first floor dining room, which is available for private hire.  On Sunday the full menu is available from 12.30 � 22.00, which includes brunch and a roast.

Situated North of Great Portland Street tube station, the Queen�s Head & Artichoke is within 5 minutes walk from both Warren Street and Regents Park tube stations.

��a beautiful restoration of a late Victorian boozer.�  Time Out.

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Notting Grill

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Price £50.00   The indicative 'entry' cost of a single 2-course à la carte meal (dinner), including starter, main course, vegetables (if extra), coffee, cover charge, service & VAT, plus half a bottle of house wine. Wine £14.00   Champagne £29.50

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This well-established restaurant is owned by Antony Worrall Thompson, which might suggest destination dining. Notting Grill, however, is a determinedly local restaurant, from its out-of-the-way location to the idiosyncratic decor seemingly untouched by a big-name designer. The food is predominantly British & an emphasis on the provenance of ingredients dictates some steep pricing: the signature dish of middle-white suckling pig with apple chilli jelly costs £17.50, for instance. However, reader feedback suggests the prices are not always merited & our recent Sunday lunch yielded food that was pretty average: two chewy & fairly tasteless slices of beef were served with burnt roast potatoes, & poached salmon was accompanied by undercooked aubergine. Despite our underwhelming experience, Notting Grill is usually very busy, so the hits would seem to outweigh the misses.

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Antony Worrall Thompson studied hotel & catering management at Westminster College before opening his first restaurant, the saucily named Menage à Trois. Serving only starters and desserts, it received fantastic reviews & was rumoured to be one of Princess Diana’s favourites. A string of highly successful restaurants ensued, including One Ninety Queen’s Gate, before he launched Notting Grill in Holland Park, specialising in organic meat, fish & vegetables, in 1997. He has since added Barnes Grill & Kew Grill to his stable as well as several gastropubs outside the capital. Well known for fronting BBC2’s Food & Drink programme, he now presents Saturday Morning Kitchen.

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Answer 26

id get a take away usually mcds, chinese, chicken from favourites or a kebab!

Answer 27

GORDON RAMSEY ,S  HOUSE LOL

Answer 28

Why not go the whole hog and go to a show first. When that has finished take a rickshaw to Leichester Square. There is a great fun Mexican called Chiquitos. Always have a great menu and fun.

Answer 29

How about the Wolseley in Piccadilly (next to The Ritz)? Good food, good service, not too expensive and great for celeb watching. Alternatively for a really traditional, top class english restaurant you cannot do better than Simpson's in The Strand - the food and service are amazing. Enjoy yourself and congrats. on your graduation.

Answer 30

i would go to rainforest cafe.. i have heard it is fun!