Bingham

In one word, awesome ;-)

Two of us went for a birthday celebration on a Thursday evening. It's in a lovely location and the dining room is pitched just right - not too grand, not too cosy. It's a shame it was winter as you can see the view of the gardens and river would be beautiful.

But this is all peripheral...what about the main event - the food!

We had the very reasonably priced tasting menu (£60). Without sounding like a bore, I've had quite a few tasting menus over the years and visited quite a few Michelin starred restaurants. This was one of the most inventive and refreshingly novel ones that I've sampled. Contrary to other reviews, I would say portion size was spot on. I was pretty much at bursting point by coffee. Highlights? Frankly, it is difficult to pick anything that wasn't a highlight...

On top of that, service was fantastic - attentive and friendly, but not over powering.

I can't recommend it highly enough and intend to return next summer so we can take advantage of the view as well.

P.S. I heard from a waiter that they've lost their Michelin star. I really would ignore that - it must have been a very bad night!
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Ed Gossage
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Friday, November 04, 2011

In one word: it was minuscule!

it was delicious but ridiculously small.The presentation was very artistic, the place is elegantly decorated, the service perfect, but the size of the food was laughable so that you come out feeling having been had.

Example: roasted quails was 2 thumbnail size bit of quail in a delicious potage; the main dish was belly of pork so beautifully presented it was looking like a "Ascot hat" but not weighing more that a 100 gr.

4 people, 1 bottle of wine. 3 "2 courses lunch" + 1 desert, 2 coffee ( if you'll find it at the bottom of the cup...and we are used to italian espresso) the all thing was £145!!
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muriel - View all reviews by this user
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 5
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

4 of us went to the Bingham for dinner - it's a lovely place overlooking the river at Richmond. Service was impeccable, apart from a clumsy attempt to upsell wine when my original selection was unavailable. Another minor gripe, we had G&Ts in the bar beforehand and the T was flat. Food was delicious. Technically very competent, ambitious cooking. My dessert - rhubarb trifle - was nothing short of sensational. But, apart from dessert, the portions were ludicrously small so I can only give this a 3 for value for money - I'd give it more if the £45 per head included the cost of my kebab afterwards.
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7 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 3
Tuesday, March 01, 2011