Bob Bob Ricard

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Bob Bob Ricard Michael Franke

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Wed Jul 25 2012

Opulently furnished with eccentric flourishes, Bob Bob Ricard looks like a sparkly makeover of the Orient Express. It’s expensively fitted out with intimate booths, leather banquettes, chandeliers and shiny brass fittings. For bling appeal, there are quirky champagne call-buttons and sockets for electric toasters by each table.

The menu defies description; take your pick from Kellogg’s cornflakes and breakfast fry-ups, to all-day Russian specialities – caviar, chicken kiev, pickled herrings and seriously icy top-end vodkas. There are also sumptuous English afternoon teas, American diner classics, and nods to French bistro favourites. Cooking is anything but frivolous; chefs know their business and consistently deliver the goods, as does the service team.

On recent visits, we’ve been impressed by the simplicity of grilled sea bass fillets, the decadence of stuffed little dumplings filled with porcini mushrooms, the crisp bite of french fries, and the succulence of spiced baby chicken partnered with crunchy coleslaw.

Desserts are showy affairs: a marvellous makeover of eton mess emerged as a powder-pink meringue globe filled with strawberry sorbet, berries and whipped cream. The imaginative cocktails – pink-hued rhubarb gin and tonic, and lemon sherbet punch – provide nursery flavours with a grown-up twist.

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Address:
Bob Bob Ricard 1 Upper James Street
Soho
London
W1F 9DF

Phone:
020 3145 1000
Website:
www.bobbobricard.com
Opening hours:
Lunch served - 12.30-3pm, dinner served 6pm-midnight Tue-Fri. Meals served 5.30pm-midnight Sat
Transport:
Tube: Piccadilly Circus tube
Price:
Main courses £12-£40. Set meal (noon-6pm) £19.50-£24.75. Set tea (noon-6pm Sat) £23.50-£34.75
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1. Bob Bob Ricard
  - 1 Upper James Street
    Soho
    London
    W1F 9DF
  - 020 3145 1000
  - www.bobbobricard.com
  - 51.512343,-0.137289

Categories:
Food and drink
Facilities:
Eating and drinking facilities. Café. Restaurant. Restaurant and bar facilities. Reservations required. Brunch. Accessible facilities. General facilities. Private rooms
Occasions:
Wow factor. Business. Late night. People-watching. Romantic
Type of event:
Parties

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(16 ratings)

Great fun, great food, amazing cocktails. There is no other place like it in London.

Magnus Sanderson Sat Aug 25 2012
Rated as: 5/5
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most of the restaurants you have on the late-night dining list close before midnight, that's surely not late.

ahmad Fri Aug 24 2012
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Loved it here. Been 4 times now.

David Mon Jun 18 2012
Rated as: 5/5
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I never normally write reviews but had to for Bob Bob Ricard...had been there several times for cocktails in the basement bar which is excellent. Ate there for the first time a few weeks ago and had a fantastic evening in fun, classy yet unpretentious surroundings. Chicken pie was so so good, as were the starters (truffley potato dumplings..yum), and we had a melting golden ball of chocolate for dessert which was as fun as it sounds! What really stood out was the service which was outstanding. Now my favourite place to eat in London!!

Dawson Thu Mar 8 2012
Rated as: 5/5
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Very enjoyable place with fantastic atmosphere and attentive service. The strawberry souffle and the rhubarb gin and tonic are highly recommended! Well worth putting your sunday best on for.

Bert D. Mon Feb 13 2012
Rated as: 5/5
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Great lunch on Saturday. Stunning decor and great food, a real treat for all the family coming in from outside London.

Maggs Sat Nov 5 2011
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Enjoyed it thoroughly, nice food and were well looked after. Perfect for celebrations.

Denis Blanche Wed Sep 28 2011
Rated as: 5/5
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Excellent service, high quality food and unique setting - I would highly recommend Bob Bob Ricard.

Kirsty Sun May 8 2011
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is the afternoon tea menu enough for 2 people? i´m sorry i´m from germany. is this a good place to have tea?

janelane Sun Mar 27 2011
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Visited in October 2010. Just the place to take the lover you don't yet know well, so much to distract . . . the champagne, the decor, the eclectic menu. The fine locally sourced produce. Now you have something in common, you went to BBR.

LVM Sat Jan 15 2011
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