Time Out has teamed up with tastelondon to offer you a fantastic one month free trial
-
L'Autre Pied
-
-
WINNER - BEST NEW RESTAURANT
RUNNER-UP - BEST DESIGN -
This sister restaurant to the fabled Pied à Terre made its debut in autumn 2007 with talented chef Marcus Eaves at the helm. Prices are at a level that suggests diffusion range rather than haute couture, though they’ve snuck up a little since opening. The cooking is accomplished and precise, with imaginative yet well-considered flavour combinations. The food looks stunning too. A translucent poached egg sat upon a vibrant green bed of crushed peas and broad beans; the flavours were brought together by a smoked butter emulsion. Best end of lamb and boned, rolled breast of lamb evoked the Med with oven-dried tomatoes, a sticky black olive jus and a side of (slightly over-salted) soft polenta. An inspired pud of strawberry crumble, served in a martini glass and topped with a quenelle each of strawberry and basil ice-creams, was like summer in a glass. The surroundings have a vaguely oriental feel, with cloisonné-like screens and dark wood. A Euro-centric wine list contains some good bottles, but there are no tasting notes or style designations (by-the-glass offerings are excellent). Eaves has evidently hit his stride; this is one of the best places to dine in the capital. Even the conservative Michelin Guide has taken notice: in January 2009 the UK Michelin Guide awarded this restaurant a Michelin star.
Time Out Eating & Drinking Guide 2009
Book now
Time Out reviews restaurants anonymously and pays for meals. Of course, we cannot guarantee the accuracy or independence of user reviews.
|
|
Advertisement
Details
- 5-7 Blandford Street, Marylebone, W1U 3DB
- Area: Marylebone
- Tel: 020 7486 9696
- www.lautrepied.co.uk
- Book online
- Category: Modern European
- Travel: Baker Street tube
- Times: Lunch served noon-2.45pm Mon-Sat; noon-3pm Sun. Dinner served 6-10.30pm Mon-Sat; 6.30-9.30pm Sun
- Price: Main courses £19.95-£22.95. Set lunch £19.95 3 courses. Set dinner (6-7pm Mon, Sat) £26.95 3 courses
- Credit cards: AmEx, MC, V
Map
Most viewed restaurants
Date of the day
Giventofly
I am 27 and I live in Maidstone - Not the greatest place on Earth but it's home! My main passion is music - Gigs and festivals rather than clubs...
|
|
More ways to enjoy Time Out
-
Weekly London newsletter
The best of London in your inbox
-
Time Out Widgets
|
|
We has a hugely underwhelming and overpriced meal here last week - lukewarm food that looked as if it had been fiddled with by far too many people; a really limited menu that had us choosing things we did not really want to eat; very poor and distracted service; and a bill of £365 for four of us, which did not even include dessert for two of us. We were also charged for wine we did not drink and an incredible £32 for a tiny plate of sweetbreads. I am astonished that any restaurant can get away with this, and as a former restaurant critic I am also dismayed at the message this sends out about London restaurants to the world at large. This was a horribkle experience from beginning to end.
I had a wonderful time here.
Service was fantastic very timely without being obtrusive.
Food was wonderful, beautiful infusion of different flavours.
Ambience was lovely.. had a wonderful time with longlost friends.
Price - it wasn't cheap.. but i dont go to 5 star restaurants for price. :P
As we never got to taste the food, the stars are solely for the quality of the restaurant's (in)ability to deal with cock-ups. The young female manager was willing but out of her depth. Our booking was made through Toptable and the restaurant - probably truthfully - said they had not received the booking.
It was 9.30 on an autumn night and all the manager could come up with was that, if we waited for 30 minutes outside, we would be allowed to come in and eat the only starter and main course (risotto) the chef would allow us. The non-cheese eating member of our party of four would be allowed to have fish but, for the rest of us, it was to be the risotto or nothing. The complimentary Bellini from the Toptable offer had also disappeared by this time. A good manager would have apologised, given us a drink and a choice from the à la carte menu for the Toptable price. Offering a take-this-or-nothing menu was a sign that the restaurant did not want us. Despite their rating, I would not attempt to eat here.
Have enjoyed Pied a Terre since the Tom Aikens days. Third visit to L'Autre and its getting better each time. Space is a moody - OK but certainly not the nicest place to while away a couple of hours. Service was good and helpful. The food is definitely Michelin star potential and the tasting menu represents solid VFM. All the seven courses arrived with a good rhythm giving enough time to enjoy each dish but not so sluggish to make it an endurance. Lots of little stars within the meal and certainly one of the best eating experiences in London for some time. Tasting menu plus a cheapish bottle £140 for 2.
In an empty restaurant we were seated next to the only other occupied table which was full of noisy Australian women. When I told the maitre d' h he seemed to think that I should be grateful to be eating in his restaurant. Clearly another restaurant which has been spoiled by its own success and otherwise good reviews.