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Mayfair Fine-Dining Evening
From a Connaught Bar martini through Hélène Darroze's tasting room to a Mount Street nightcap, Mayfair's anniversary-grade evening, walked end to end.
The Wolseley
Breakfast is the booking, the kedgeree, the eggs Benedict, the proper coffee service. Cream tea 15:00 - 18:30. Sister room The Wolseley City has opened in EC4. Now part of Minor International / Wolseley Hospitality Group; the room itself is unchanged.
160 Piccadilly, Mayfair, London W1J 9EB
Sketch (The Lecture Room and Library)
The signature Pierre Gagnaire menu is the order, single courses arrive as five tasting plates around one idea. Dress code is enforced; jacket required for men. Lunch at £130 is the calmer entry; the £305 grand tasting is the full statement. The £190 menu surprise on Saturdays sells out four weeks ahead.
9 Conduit Street, Mayfair, London W1S 2XG
The Audley Public House
Sunday roast in the upstairs Mount St. Restaurant is the booking, the chicken-for-two and the Durslade Farm lamb shoulder are the through-line. Ground-floor bar walk-in only, walk past the Phyllida Barlow on the way in.
41 Mount Street, Mayfair, London W1K 2RX
Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester
Book the Lumiere table for two, the curved fibre-optic enclosure at the centre of the room is the dining experience. The rum baba is the canonical order; the cheese trolley is one of the deepest in London. Dress code enforced, jacket required.
The Dorchester, 53 Park Lane, Mayfair, London W1K 1QA
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