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L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon
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Lunch offer: 3 courses for £35
2 courses for £19 (Offer valid until Fri Nov 20)
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The locations in Joël Robuchon’s restaurant empire sound like 007 stopovers – Macau, Hong Kong, Monaco – but Robuchon is no Bond baddie, he’s a French super-chef. The Japanese-inspired ground-floor L’Atelier is dimly lit, but the open kitchen makes an impressive focal point, and sitting by the counter brings customers into its drama. Small tasting dishes are the best way to explore the work of this fine chef, though a European-style menu format is available both on the ground floor and in the first-floor dining room, La Cuisine (a brighter, more traditional-looking space). Options range from the simple, where the reliance is on fine ingredients such as Iberian ham served with diced tomato on toasted bread, to the more complex: quail artfully stuffed with foie gras, accompanied by its roasted leg and truffled mash. The quality of the produce was displayed in the freshest, lightest squid, partnered with (but not overwhelmed by) chorizo, artichoke and tomato water. The pig’s trotter on parmesan toast is, thankfully, still on the menu and displays the deft touch of a master: rich and light, with just sufficient fat to make you purr. Green Chartreuse soufflé was perfectly risen, light and packed a punch. There’s a touch of attitude in the service, but it is efficient. It will come as no surprise that the pricing is high. In January 2009 the UK Michelin Guide awarded this restaurant two Michelin stars.
Time Out Eating & Drinking Guide 2009
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- 13-15 West Street, Covent Garden, WC2H 9NE
- Area: Covent Garden
- Tel: 020 7010 8600
- www.joel-robuchon.com
- Book online
- Category: Modern European
- Travel: Leicester Square tube
- Times: Bar Open 2.30pm-2am Mon-Sat; 2.30-10.30pm Sun. Restaurant Lunch served noon-2.30pm, dinner served 5.30-10.30pm daily
- Price: Restaurant Main courses £15-£55. Set lunch £19 2 courses, Set dinner (5.30-6.30pm) £19 2 courses, £25 3 courses. Set meal £80-£95 9 courses
- Credit cards: AmEx, MC, V
- Services:
- Available for hire: Restaurant available for hire
- Child facilities: Babies and children admitted
- Disabled: access; toilet
- Dress code: smart, casual
- Function room: Restaurant available for hire
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Booked ahead. Special care given by sommelier. Top man Ivo. He saved the evening with good value glasses of wine. For the rest please!!! We paid full whack, no special offer. Microscopic portions, we were charged twice for same dish (excellent quail) somebody's beer was also put on our bill ! Excellent mackerel and scallops. The rack of lamb that was presented en croute somehow srunk to half size when served. The choice of cheese was appalling as was the waiter's reaction when I said I expected more of a choice than just Brie de Maux. The 3 stale macaroons given in the guise of gourmandises with coffee were unfit to eat. Perhaps that's why the waiter scurried away after placing them on the table. If you frequent great restauants you will see all that is missing (love,warm atmosphere, gastronomic generosity) if you go rest assured that you have not experienced the best.
I went here with my girlfriend for a pre-theatre menu on our anniversary and I must say the experience was fabulous. The pre-theatre menu is spectacular value at £19 per person for two courses when set against the standard extremely high prices and was oh so worth it. The service also was brilliant. An ever attentive waitress, who spotted our needs before we did and even brought us a special surprise dessert treat with a hand written "Happy Anniversary" when she spotted a card and asked me what it was for. Lovely, lovely touch. Love this place and will definitely be returning when I have more money in my wallet to experience more of the tastes on offer.
We booked for a late lunch on Saturday and it was absolutely brilliant. Service on par with other 1 Michelin star restaurants, fantastic decor and special mention for the pan-fried foie gras. Will return, even if prices are taking the piss a bit.
Slightly pretentious. Value for money very poor.
Pathetically small portions. Taste excellent.
Abseloutely adore it, however slightly too expensive...
Two of us sat in La Cuisine at a table that was so small that it was barely possible to fit all of the plates and glasses onto it. Then a family of 4 very loud tourists sat at the adjacent table that was so close to ours that we might just as well have been in a refectory. The starter of steamed langoustines was so good that I rate it as one of my all-time top 10 dishes. Despite that, I wouldn't go back to La Cuisine because of the layout and decor, but would try the bar downstairs.