Roussillon

One of the most disappointing dining experiences we've ever had. Food and wine were fine if they were 1/4 of the price. The service was insultingly slow. 1.5 hours after asking for the bill, we had to get up and walk over to get it. That's not a 1 star restaurant in my book. Pathetic.
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disappointed
Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 1
Saturday, December 09, 2006

As one-starred restaurants go, Roussillon is the leader in London with only Chez Bruce coming close. It is located in a small, residential road off Pimlico Road, itself littered with extraordinarily expensive furniture shops. It is an intimate setting for an intimate restaurant. The menu changes with the seasons, although the truffle risotto seems to appear often. However, it is undoubtedly one of the best dishes in London, so I certainly am not one to complain. It does seem to take the kitchen a week or two to get fully familiar with new menus, but after that period the food is difficult to fault.

The prices have stepped up recently. The tasting menu is now £70 rather than £65, but the restaurant is busy as ever. As it starts to enter the pricing territory of the big guns of the industry and the two starred restaurants, there is a real feeling that Roussillon is trying to lift its game and win its own second star. It feels nearly there, but it needs to iron out the dip in cooking quality as new menus come on line and improve the canapés. These have barely changed over the past two years – chickpea beignets, cucumber and crayfish/salmon with pickled ginger and crudités with a wholegrain mustard dressing. I don’t know why these seem to receive little attention but, as the first thing that enters your mouth, improvements in this regard have to be at the top of the agenda.
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Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Monday, November 20, 2006

Had a fantastic evening of wonderful food and great wines (recommended by the very good sommelier). Worth the price compared to other notable restaurants.

Exeptional if you are catering for a vegetarian.
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C Galvin
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Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Friday, November 03, 2006

This was our first visit to Roussillon and it will certainly NOT be the last. We found the atmosphere very relaxing and the service very efficient and friendly. Most importantly the food was superb, well presented and flavoursome. We were given excellent advise regarding our choice of wine, by the well infomed somellier. This is a gem of a restaurant which all in all is fairly reasonable compared to some in the one star bracket. The second star is probably on the way.
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Alan Singer
Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Sunday, October 15, 2006

Went to Roussillon for an anniversary meal on 23rd September. The service was top class and timing of meals exceptional, we went for the 3 course meal deal for 48 pounds which initially seems steep but we both thought it turned out to be value for money. Great duck and plenty of extras in between meals fantastic meal all in all and woul def recommend.
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Joseph Greif
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Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 8
Sunday, September 24, 2006

I had dinner there last Friday with 2 friends; we took the tasting menu, with wines.

The food was very very good, the wines as well (most of them from South of France or Northern Spain). I have seen better wine/food matches, but the meal was all in all almost perfect.

The only negative point: the first three courses of the menu arrived very fast, and with all the wines, we were a bit drunk from the fish onwards, which made the tasting of the remaining 4 courses more difficult...

But a very pleasant evening anyway!

PS: By all means one needs to try the risotto with truffle oil!
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Delphine
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 8
Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Very good. It was a little pricey and the portions are not huge but the food is excellent and bears comparison with the best. The service is totally delighful and the sommelier well informed
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Paul J
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Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 6
Thursday, August 10, 2006

Disappointed. The food was good, but not outstanding. Portion sizes really small. Service was too slow. Unusual wine list, and excellent recommendations on that front.
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Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 6
Wednesday, May 24, 2006

At lunchtime on Thursday 27th April 2006, I entertained five people from two of our most important client companies at Rousillon. We were all deeply impressed with the quality and inventiveness of the food, the attentiveness and sensitivity of the service, and the sheer professionalism of the sommelier. As others have said in these columns, fuzzy heads all round from the sheer quantity of wines sampled, but they were all from top class bottles. The mini-glasses, to individually complement the cheeses selected from the brilliant cheese board, were a particularly nice touch. The biggest surprise for me was the bill. Excluding the bottle of champagne ordered as a celebratory aperitif, the whole lot came to just £284.90, which included a 12.5 per cent service charge. My guests have sent me hugely complimentary emails this morning. In a word: fantastic!
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Tony Linsell, Managing Director, Caseworks Limited
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Friday, April 28, 2006

Just looked through my thesaurus for a list of superlatives to describe this restaurant…. it just didn’t have enough. The whole experience was simply fantastic (expensive) but truly fantastic, a credit to French cuisine in London!
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Nik Nak
Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 7
Wednesday, April 05, 2006