Gordon Ramsay at 68 Royal Hospital Road

Amazing food, service, a pure decadent experience, suggest you book for lunch for 12pm - then you ll be first guests to arrive ! it entertaining watching the other guests come in laters ! Being such a fine place, you ll need to allow yourself around 3 hours and no rush to enjoy !
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9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Saturday, March 20, 2010

What can you say about a 3 star restaurant?

Well, it's 3 stars for a reason - and anyone who has had anything less than mind-blowing food simply doesn't have the eating intellect to understand what balanced flavours are. The experts know best when dishing out the stars (pun intended) and this is certainly the case with hopsital road. One of the few 3 stars in the UK, I can personally confirm that after 3 visits here over recent years everything about hopsital road proved to be amazing. This is one of my faveourite uk restaurant experiences.

Hot foie gras starter was a memorable event (before my pescetarian-ism days) as was the wine list and sommelier.

Absolutely flawless service - in fact the best service i've ever witnessed - the people who go in the kitchens and bring out paradise on a plate aren't allowed to your table, separate waiters collect from them so that waiters are never 'off the floor' and despite this no harassing either.

If you can, do go here.
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9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Tuesday, February 09, 2010

What an afternoon... Every bite seasoned and cooked to perfection, amazing subtle flavours and like watching synchronised swimming. Would thoroughly recommend this place. Well done Gordon with the choice of chef too, 3 Michelin stars by the time she was 27, speaks volumes!
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E Brooks
9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Monday, February 08, 2010

I was recently treated to lunch at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay for my birthday. It really is as wonderful as I expected it to be and quite frankly the best gourmet experience that I have ever had (and I have travelled afar in my quest!). The restaurant itself is so calming and elegant. The staff were incredibly warm and welcoming and explained everything perfectly. The food was delectable and luckily my husband insisted that we ate from the prestige menu. It almost seemed a shame to destroy such beauty but I managed and I shall never forget the taste of every single dish. I shall also never forget the lunch that provided me with the most memorable and happy birthday yet.
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Melinda Francis
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, February 03, 2010

This place is a really nice experience dedicated to lovely food we had a lovely time here- a real treat. A really super lunch time experience. The staff are attentive, service first class and the food is just wonderful: clean, honest and beautifully cooked. The location is a perfect spot for lunch as you can take a walk afterwards in the chelsea pensioners residence. This is a great experience exactly how lunch should be. Just sublime.
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10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Monday, February 01, 2010

Four us dined at this restaurant at lunch time and were blown away by the food and the service.

My ox cheeks and parfait were sublime; as a treat it was superb.

The atmosphere was austere and formal, in fairness exactly what I expected.

This is certainly a restaurant that requires a certain budget but is definitely worth a visit.
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Jim - View all reviews by this user
9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 7
Saturday, January 30, 2010

We had an absolutely beautiful evening at this restaurant. The food was quite simply EXQUISITE and the staff were attentive and demonstrated how well they cared about the food and the diners. We had two small children with us and we were treated with absolute care and understanding.

The food was very rich with unexpected flavours bursting through the senses which left us all very very satisfied at then end.

A wonderful dining experience!!!!!!!!!!
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Naz
10 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 9
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Visited Royal Hospital Road on a cold and snowy Friday afternoon last week. My GF and I both agreed if we were to die tomorrow, this would be the last meal we would choose to eat. It was absolutely stunning and perfect in every way.

We were discreetly shown to our table in an immaculately decorated, but surprisingly small room. Over a glass of champers each, we opted for the £120-a-head menu prestige and asked the sommelier to choose individual glasses of wine in accordance with our choices of mains.

The meal started with a choice of bread and salted or unsalted butter and a mouth-watering amuse-bouche of pumpkin soup – a taste of what was to come.

I won’t go into the intricacies of the menu, because you can check it out online, suffice to say everything was perfect. Notable dishes included the Ravioli of lobster, langoustine and salmon with tomato chutney, vinaigrette (their signature dish which was, in absolutely every way, perfect) and the chocolate and hazelnut cylinder which was not only delicious but a beautiful art deco structure. The wines chosen for us complemented each dish perfectly.

The atmosphere was lovely. We were made welcome from start to finish. The place was full of couples celebrating something or other. We were there simply because we wanted to go to a three-star restaurant. One couple were celebrating a birthday and were absolutely plastered. I’m not sure exactly what they did but the waiters handled them brilliantly, amusing and politely engaging them, but not disturbing the other guests. At one point they brought out a birthday cake; three waiters stood around the couple’s table and, very discreetly, sang happy birthday. It was so discreet I had to draw my GF’s attention to it.

I’ve never been to a three-star restaurant before – presumably though they have those stars because absolutely everything was perfect in every way. Our bill came to £380 – I kind of feel guilty spending this much money on lunch but it was so so sooooo worth it.
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Simon Horsborough
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Monday, January 25, 2010

I had dinner at Gordon Ramsay for the thrid time last friday night. I have to say that the food just seems to get better and better. I cannot rate this restaurant highly enough!

I have been lucky enough to eat in 3 star Michelin restaurants all over the world, Food and wine is a real passion of mine. This restaurant is a class act and is up there with the best of them.

The welcome is second to none and the cooking is perfection.

I cannot wait until my next visit!
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10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Sunday, November 29, 2009

Gordon Ramsay does NOT deserve 3 Michelin stars at this restaurant. All mouth and no substance. Other Michelin chefs/restaurants who do not promote themselves, e.g. by going on t.v., are far, far better e.g. Alain Ducasse, Chez Bruce, The Glasshouse and the Capital to name but a few.

Special day, my birthday. Pouring with rain, marble floor, elderly parents. I said that they should have a carpet of some sort when it is raining so that people would not fall, or at least mop up and dry the floor. They did this but it took time.

My parents thought that some of the staff were very arrogant (I must admit, I did not notice).

Right, let's talk about the service, the food and wine. Mediocre wine, nothing special. Service too slow to start. We began with an amuse bouche … one tortellini with duck, (which I hate), but that is my personal taste and I did not want to be rude and say no thank you. Then we had cod brandade with quail’s egg, I liked it but my mother said it was too salty. Then we all had sea bream with a creamy sauce. This fish was indeed nice, but I think it had been poached so it was slimy, the skin was slimy (which I do not eat anyway). Then came the pudding. My father stuck to cheese (he had asked for butter twice, which they had forgotten about) and my mother and I both chose the banana parfait with salted caramel ice cream. Loved the ice-cream but did not like the parfait, I did not like the texture or the taste. “We have never had any complaints before” attitude. “Well, I don’t like it”, I said. They did ask if I wanted something else and I declined.

On a slightly more positive note they did give me a small scoop of raspberry sorbet with a candle on top which I thought was nice.

All in all presentation very pretty looking, but that is it. I’m not saying it was bad, but when you are paying £45 per head, it's not worth it. GR is riding on his reputation and it is not backed up with any substance.

I have now been to 3 of his restaurants and they have all been mediocre. I shall not be going to any more.
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5 Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 0
Tuesday, November 24, 2009