Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

I cannot tell you how excited I was to get a table here on a busy Friday. Now I've been I wish I hadn't. I'm really sorry to say that the whole restaurant is hype - 'emperor's new clothes'. The food is 'fine'. It's not adventurous; it's nothing different from any bistro in Mayfair or St James'. What really lets the place down is the staff, there are dozens of them, you will see them marching by, they appear to think you are incredibly lucky to be in their presence, they will ignore you and (despite all of their assumed arrogance) they will make several silly mistakes. I expect you'll still go, I was so excited I wouldn't have listened, so instead (after you've experienced what we did) perhaps we should set up a survivor's club. Bitterly bitterly disappointed - go to the Ledbury or Pollen St. Social instead.

excellent, delicious found, friendly service, 2.5 hours wizzed by.

The historic evidence for the meal's origins is baloney, the likelihood that Medieval England had chocolate drizzle is slim. There's was nothing THAT interesting and imaginative to the menus. Horribly pretentious, apart from the pudding, the pudding was delicious but basically brioche. Don't delude yourself that you can miraculously make food more than food and eat at a nice mid-priced restaurant instead.

meat fruit wonderful, then downhill - the duck tasted like plain boiled duck, no flavour. The special Beef royale cooked for many many hours?? was just fat - fat jelly fat, no meat. Kept convincing myself this is Blumenthal's restaurant it must be a special texture to beef but no! just fat jelly. Pineapple dessert lovely, brioche very light and fluffy but a bit sweet.

Good food but lacks magic Five of us dined there a couple of weeks back. Two of us had the meat fruit which although visually stunning did not live up in taste to its presentation. Other starters OK but not in any way exceptional. Mains three steaks two ducks good and cooked as requested but had hoped for something more creative and inventive. Standout amongst the deserts was a lychee sorbet that was truly sublime other deserts just OK Service was friendly and efficient. The room not really special in any way Overall really disappointing experience. We had eaten at Pierre Koffman at the Berkley a few weeks before and felt that that had been an altogether superior,if much less hyped experience

Good food but lacks magic Five of us dined there a couple of weeks back. Two of us had the meat fruit which although visually stunning did not live up in taste to its presentation. Other starters OK but not in any way exceptional. Mains three steaks two ducks good and cooked as requested but had hoped for something more creative and inventive. Standout amongst the deserts was a lychee sorbet that was truly sublime other deserts just OK Service was friendly and efficient. The room not really special in any way Overall really disappointing experience. We had eaten at Pierre Koffman at the Berkley a few weeks before and felt that that had been an altogether superior,if much less hyped experience

We went to Dinner last night. Sorry to say that it failed to live up to the hype and and what you would expect from a Heston B resturant.The food was nice, but was severly tarnished by the poor service and attention to detail. On arrival no-one helped with taking coats. We waited 15 mins before any drinks and bread were brought to the table. The waiting staff were really noticable, and at times it felt like we were eating our meal in a train station.

Went there last night and enjoyed the meal very much. For starter I had the roasted marrowbone – excellent. I was a bit weary of the pickled vegetables but they complimented it very well. For main, I had the fillet steak, mushroom ketchup and tripled cooked chips and wine sauce. Fillet was delicious, I wanted it medium and it was cooked to perfection, succulent, and juicy with no blood oozing out. It was complimented with the mushroom ketchup and the wine sauce very well, I do not usually like red wine sauce, but this one was just right – it had a nice sweet taste. As for the chips, a hint of salt on a crispy shell, with a ‘melt in the mouth’ centre – very delicious. For dessert, I had the tipsy pudding, now this has to be the best pudding I’ve had in my life! Brioche drenched in beautiful syrup and served with a spit-roasted stick of pineapple. My whole eating experience was lovely. The staff where very knowledgeable of the menu and were very helpful, they also enquired about dietary requirements – which I thought was very good. The service was good, but I like to be left alone to enjoy my food when I eat out. Staff is obviously told to take part in small talk with the customers, but it was all too much for me. When I’m asked if I had a good day, I’m polite enough to say yes, I don’t expect to be asked what did I do! She did not really want to know what I did and I certainly did not want to discuss my day with a complete stranger. It got to the point where I was scared to make eye contact, as they’d dart over to the table! I like to pour my water myself, as I know how much water I want. I know with the prices, service should be excellent, and it was, but they should also be aware that some people see dinner time a quiet time to relax and enjoy – not to have to keep answering questions about the meal or saying, thank you but I’d like to pour the water myself.

excellent

By D Had dinner at Dinner yesterday and my god it was good. One of the few restaurants which lives up to the hype. The hubby and i had the meat fruit andjust went for the steak for two. Both were delicious and i'm a big convert to mushroom ketchup! So glad it got the star. By W Excellent fault free food. Service deserves a mention, we stuck with tap water and beer - not a hint of pressure to order expensive wines. This was the second time i've been - hope they are not turning this into a steakhouse - half the mains seem to steaks or pork chops. What everhapped to the 72 hour rib of beef?