Sunday lunch has to be the ultimate in comfort food, so we've
roadtested eight of the capital's Sabbath day offerings and scored them
out of 100.
The Dorchester
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53 Park Lane, W1A 2HJ
(020 7317 6336) Hyde Park Corner tube. Open for Sunday lunch 12noon-2.30pm. Roast beef three-course set lunch £32.50
Success on your plate?
10/10 The beef (meltingly tender Aberdeen Angus) came under a
silver cloche and was carved in front of us. Our plate was carpeted in
beef with just enough room for a fist-sized Yorkshire. Potatoes and veg
(cauliflower, carrot, green beans, carrots and swede cooked just right)
waited on separate silver salvers.
Gravy
8/10 Smooth, almost black. Good consistency and not too salty.
Roast potatoes
3/10 Watery – more like boiled potatoes that had been tinted brown.
Veggie alternative
2/10 Not a lot, really; this is The Grill Room, after all.
Drinks
7/10 Extensive wine list (from £8.50 by the glass) and soft drinks (apple juice £4!).
Puds
7/10 Vanilla yoghurt with rhubarb; cheese; or ice cream-filled, chocolate-drenched profiteroles. Guess which we chose…
Relaxation
6/10 A fairly formal place, with surprisingly friendly staff.
Did it cure your hangover?
4/10 The huge murals of strapping, bekilted, bagpipers did our heads in.
Is it as good as good as your mum's?
8/10 The beef far better; potatoes nowhere near.
What to do in the area once you've mopped up your gravy
10/10 A post-prandial stroll in Hyde Park or Green Park;
shopping on Oxford Street; browsing the Mayfair galleries; or nosing
round the Wellington Museum in Apsley House.
Total
65/100
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