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Wed Jun 27 2012
They may share an entrance hall and name, but the grill version of Maze couldn’t be less like its haute cuisine sibling across the corridor. This, the younger of the two restaurants (opened in 2008), is a Mayfair take on a New York steakhouse, with designer lighting against a backdrop of olive leather and oak floors. Staff in pristine black aprons glide around the tables, serving luxurious cuts of meat on attractive wooden boards.
If the ‘market price’ (read: ‘if you have to ask what this costs, you can’t afford it’) of the Creekstone prime USDA or Wagyu ninth-grade beef makes you nervous, don’t be put off; there are bargains to be had, such as a straightforward 8oz onglet or the deservedly popular burger. Our burger was a juicy, pink-middled patty served in a toasted sesame bun with tomato, lettuce, thick-cut bacon and melted cheese. Sadly, the dish preceding it, a ‘small plate’ of salt and pepper squid, had taken its moniker too literally, arriving so wincingly over-seasoned that both we, and an adjoining table, had to send it back. Well-drilled staff help soften the blow, as does the long, varied wine list.
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