maze

it started off so well, good service, and a wonderful view of Grosvenor Square.

When the first dish arrived, it began to go downhill, I ordered the Italian wine 'flight' but because I'd ordered a lot of fish, asked for two of the glasses to be substituted for whites which the sommelier recommended, to my disgust, I was given two glasses of sub-par new world wine, albeit at the £35 I would have been charged for the three decent Italian reds... Assiette of sandwiches, an assortment of two!... one of which was not even a sandwich! The croque monsieur was sublime, but miniature. The BLT, which contained no bread, simply a tomato jelly, lettuce sauce and a strange cream, perhaps mayonnaise, topped with two tiny silvers of bacon, in a martini glass was frankly vomit inducing.

The dish to follow was roasted scallops with cauliflower and cauliflower puree, this was not bad, but the scallops could have done with a little less cooking, and quite frankly I can cook scallops better than this.

Halibut ravioli, was not ravioli, but rather a decent piece of Halibut, well cooked, topped with a thin slice of pasta. This was a good dish, but because it was wrongly described, it does not get my approval.

The pork assiette was fine, nothing to rave about.

'Pain au chocolate' pudding was good, as was the desert wine that the 'other' sommelier recommended. Yet, it was not a 'pain au chocolate'... another wrongly described dish, it was cafe au lait flavored ice cream, with chocolate pudding and a white creamy mousse.

The 'other' sommelier also recommended me a very nice amargnac.

All in all, it's not worth a visit, even if it's not bad.
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Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 3
Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Everything I would expect from a restaurant bearing Gordon Ramsays name.Attention to detail.......perfect. Staff very attentive without being intrusive.Very polite without being obsequeous. The food was a joy.

Went for the lunch menu...........pud was a bit disappointing...had the crumble, and wanted an unctious pud..a bit too healthy....yhogurt custard..mmm. Wanted rich buttery crumble and CREAM. However, price was fab.

Have booked lunch in Maze New York, for a repeat performance.
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Lorna Young
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Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 9
Sunday, March 09, 2008

Best restaurant I have ever been to in London. Attentive service, but not overbearing or fussy, food is divine, atmosphere is very relaxed and the restaurant itself looks fantastic. I love this place and can never go back enough. Yes it is pricy, but no more so than any michelin starred London restaurant - and here it's worth the money.
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DJC
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Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 7
Saturday, March 08, 2008

Overpriced, tiny portions, snooty waiters- apart from that it wasn't bad. The champagne cocktails were nice. But is it really worth £350 for 3 people, with one person not drinking any alcohol?
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Tom Gibbs
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Food 6 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 3
Saturday, March 01, 2008

Party of 4 for early lunch - we opted for the 4 course lunch menu and ordered a couple of extra dishes to try along with our 1st starter. (nb the bread was very good!)

From what we tried, the best dishes were:

pumpkin soup with ceps and a tiny individual brioche, scallops on pork belly with chestnut butter, "prawn sandwich" (misleading description....a tiny toasted sandwich on the side of 2 giant prawns with sauce), rice pudding.

The main courses were good but not fantastic:

Crab risotto with a fairly large piece of daurade.

Beef bourguignon with pommes puree.

The foie gras was ok but not the best and the tuna and swordfish carpaccio was interesting (and very well presented), but again not the best.

The banana and chocolate trifle concoction was not good at all (especially with the odd pineapple granite on top), although the miniature banana and almond muffin that accompanied it was very good.

Portion sizes for this set lunch were very good - 4 courses is enough! It is a very good value menu. Many of the dishes are the same as on the tasting menu.

Service is good (perhaps we were lucky to get a good waiter), except the topping up of water glasses every minute, which is ridiculous. I also did not think it was normal for the sommelier and waitress to both try every bottle of wine that was opened....

Overall very good food, good service, relaxed atmosphere and reasonable price.
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Sarah
Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Monday, February 11, 2008

Amazing how the last review ate hear on the 5th when the restaurant was closed for refurbishment!!! amazing hey! I eat here all the time and for me it is one of the best one stars in town, fun, inventive and the staff are wonderful!

Paul
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paul mcgoran
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Meal was ok, service wasn't great. Menu is quite large so when asked if I was ready to order, I asked for a couple more minutes to choose. Snooty waiter then continued to ask the rest of my party. Very rude. Food OK, nothing to write home about. Doesn't compare to other Ramsay restaurants in my opinion. Won't be returning.
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Food 5 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 3
Saturday, January 05, 2008

We went to Maze last night to celebrate the new year and had a fantastic night.

The restaurant is beautifully decorated with a modern contemporary flavour to it which worked brilliantly.

The food was of the highest standard. There was a 7 course set menu on offer but being vegetarians my wife and i got to sample food which was especially prepared for us.

The service again was superb,the waiting staff were both informative and extremely friendly without being intrusive in anyway.

We're already looking forward to our next visit to Maze.

Thank you to all the staff for making it such a memorable evening.
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Mitch & Beejal Desour
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Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Tuesday, January 01, 2008

at £75 a head this wasn't cheap, but when I think of all the terrible meals I've had out in London at £25 or more, this is actually incredibly good value.

The service was really good, the food memorable . No complaints at all
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neil
Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Thursday, December 27, 2007

We ate there on a busy Saturday lunchtime and after reading a number of carping comments about portion size and fussiness of food I have to say we had an excellent meal- one of the best I've had in London. Although the dining concept is different from that of , say, Gordon Ramsay's Royal Hospital Road restaurant, the food we ate was very close to sitting alongside it. The fact that you get to taste five or six different dishes instead of three makes it a very interesting place to eat , and I'm pleased to say that every single dish was of a high standard. Worthy of particular mention was a delicious Jerusalem Artichoke soup, and a positively melting belly and cheek of pork.

The service was excellent- attentive without being excessively fussy- I really do hate being asked repeatedly whrther I'm enjoying a meal. Perhaps it will surprise some that the visual style and layout of the restaurant , whilst modern is not plush and maybe not quite where you'd expect to eat food of this calibre.

For its food Maze is certainly one of the top half dozen restaurants in London in my book, and I'm sure we'll soon be back.
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David Henderson
Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 9
Friday, December 14, 2007