Lutyens

85 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 1AE - View on a map
Telephone: 020 7583 8385

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Overall 5.0
Food 5.0
Service 5.0
Atmosphere 6.0
Value 4.0
Based on 1 reviews

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Metro - 4/5

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - A little tower of lobster mousse was the epitome of good old-fashioned fancy French cookery, the sort you don't need teeth to eat. It was delicate and creamy but with a good whack of shellfish flavour boosted by a spoonful or two of lobster bisque and a chunk of lobster claw meat. Coquilles Saint Jacques Parisienne was just as old-school, with the scallops served classically in the shell with a mushroom and white wine cream sauce and pomme puree...Lutyens probably won't change your life - the Conran formula has become too familiar for that - but it might just make your day.

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Jay Rayner

Sunday, July 19, 2009 - It is a stylish French brasserie for people who are gloriously sentimental about them; it is 'comme il faut' realised in acres of crisp linen and banquettes the colour of limpid jade. It is a slice of Paris, only with waiters who seem genuinely pleased to see you...It is summed up by a starter of lobster mousse. The 9.50 price tag looks hefty, but not for what arrives: a perfectly light mousse, surrounded by a ripe shellfish bisque and layered with pieces of tail meat the size of silver dollars.

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Richard Vines

Saturday, July 18, 2009 - While the fish soup was under-seasoned and the pastry in the beautiful feuillete of quail eggs was well done, the Lobster Mousse was a rich, luxurious treat...The chicken (16 pounds for a half) was a useful reminder of how that particular bird should taste, the veal cordon bleu is a great retro dish and if you're feeling more adventurous, there's roast rabbit, wrapped in bacon, with mustard. I'd like to try these dishes again once the kitchen settles in. The desserts are among the best-executed items on the menu.

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Guy Dimond - 4/5

Friday, July 10, 2009 - The bar's the first space you enter. It's buzzy, loud even, and filled with off-duty lawyers and bankers. The barmen make good cocktails, and there's a chap manning a charcuterie counter in case you fancy some nibbles...To head up the kitchen, Lutyens has recruited a safe pair of hands in David Burke, once of Pont de la Tour. The cooking's bedded in classical French dishes, with a few nods to Burke's Irish heritage. A starter of lobster mousse looked, and tasted, like something from a bygone age, but was beautifully made.

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Fay Maschler - 3/5

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - The sine qua non of a Conran restaurant is all present, correct and unmistakable, from open kitchen with dangling copper pans (unused) and crustacea bar with saucy angled mirror above to the pleasingly heavy flatware, delicate glasses, comfortable chairs, spot-on lighting, robust pricing and graceful obeisance to architectural heritage...The execution of the food we ordered was competent but prosaic. It lacked elan, joie de vivre and other similarly useful French words and phrases.

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Feargus O'Sullivan

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - In the restaurant, you'll get Anglo-French brasserie dishes similar to those at the Boundary, Conran's recent and acclaimed Shoreditch opening. It's breezy and charming but it's a pity the food isn't either more generous...Lutyens may not exactly be a bargain, but its s seamless mix of drinking, nibbling and dining, resided over by obliging staff, is an object lesson in how to keep - punters happy...So, has he got another winner on his hands? Looks like it.

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I was expecting more from the Albion runners in Shoreditch...but overall ok. At least if you like Sea Food...you'll be pleased.

Don't go for steaks ....even Gaucho is better.

a good spot for silent City Dining with high level collegues...but you can easily find other nice places....and more trendy.
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Vince75016 - View all reviews by this user
5 Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 4
Friday, February 25, 2011

Went on a friday night which may be a mistake because it was barely 25% full and perhaps, given its location, it may be busier during the week. Had a cocktail in the bar which took a while coming and it was ok without being brilliant. Went to the typical Conranish dining room amnd plumped for the set £39 dinner. Small but interesting choices. My scallop cerviche was excellent and cirtic and my fellow-diners enjoyed their starters too. I followed with beef which was perfectly fine but dull. Pudding was very over-sweet choc pudding. The menu came with wine and both white and red were good but bland. Service was a little tired.
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Toby Tucker
6 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 7
Monday, June 28, 2010

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Dos Hermanos

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - Main courses were an equally mixed bag and strengthened our long held opinion with matters Conran that, the execution of the cooking ranks behind design, service and ingredients. My own choice of suckling pig with apple sauce and crackling was as good as you are likely to find in London. Three thick slices helped along with a little bit of sage through the middle sat on a mound of perfect apple sauce..You get the distinct impression that all the effort has gone into the opening and, as proved with a recent follow up meal at Boundary, this is as good as it's going to get.

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Metro - 4/5

Jay Rayner

Richard Vines

Guy Dimond - 4/5

Fay Maschler - 3/5

Feargus O'Sullivan

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