Pied à Terre

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34 Charlotte Street

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Wed Oct 17 2012

A mite faded, but still enticing after some 20 years of plaudit earning and award gathering, Pied-à-Terre is currently showcasing the talent of Marcus Eaves, who left his training ground at sister restaurant L’Autre Pied in June 2011.

The decor – mostly brown and beige, with occasional flashes of pinks and reds from glassware, artwork and floral decorations – feels muted and underwhelming; more dramatic touches are reserved for the private rooms. Best bet is to be ensconced in the cosy, almost intimate front room, with light filtering in from the street.

Eaves is clearly determined not simply to maintain the style of pretty, intricately woven dishes, but to make a fair bid for the crown of ‘London’s best-value set lunch’ – which is good news for (relatively) cash-strapped diners. Elaboration can quickly grow tiresome, however pretty the plates and the plating, but Eaves has a markedly delicate touch: in the implausibly fragile canapé wafers encasing droplets of zingy guacamole, for instance; or the lightest of foie gras mousses partnering smoked eel fillet, lifted by a slim shard of green apple.

There are earthier notes to balance the near-abstraction: a truffled spelt risotto served amply in a chunky, resolutely rectangular dish; the brown flesh of poached sea bream and warm chunks of walnut bread. All is not faultless: loin of Middlewhite, clearly cooked without fat, was a suggestion rather than essence of porkiness; and salting can be heavy at times – stridently misplaced in a heavily saline caramel chocolate.

Generosity even at set-meal level inspires forgiveness, however, as does the warmth of the staff, not least the sommelier, proudly displaying the provenance of the lowliest wines on an exhaustive list.

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Address:
Pied à Terre 34 Charlotte Street
London
W1T 2NH

Phone:
020 7636 1178
Website:
www.pied-a-terre.co.uk
Opening hours:
Lunch served noon-2.30pm Mon-Fri. Dinner served 6-10.45pm Mon-Sat
Transport:
Tube: Goodge Street or Tottenham Court Road tube
Price:
Set lunch £23.50 2 courses, £27.50 5 courses. Set dinner £80 3 courses. Set meal £99 tasting menu
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1. Pied à Terre
  - 34 Charlotte Street
    London
    W1T 2NH
  - 020 7636 1178
  - www.pied-a-terre.co.uk
  - 51.519035,-0.135142

Facilities:
Restaurant and bar facilities. Take away. Reservations required. Vegetarian dishes. General facilities. Private rooms
Occasions:
Drinks. Wine buffs. Eating out. Celebrated chefs. Creative cooking. Fine dining. Romantic
Type of event:
Parties

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Amazing meal at Pied a Terre last night highlights were foie gras with wild strawberries and the pigeon with white beetroots for main course. Desserts were also outstanding the Lemon Drizzle was sure fire hit.

Mathew Banks Fri Aug 3 2012
Rated as: 5/5
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Overrated place. Poor service and ambiance.

Renato Sun Nov 13 2011
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Poor choice. Poor service, lack of charm, boring place and average food. Definitely you can miss it.

Rodrigo Sat Nov 12 2011
Rated as: 1/5
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Service was great, restaurant full of really quirky art. Not cheap but worth it.

Evie Gold Thu Sep 29 2011
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very bad service, unimpressive food, would certainely not reccoment

ben Wed Aug 24 2011
Rated as: 1/5
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