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4 Mill Street, W1S 2AX Full details & map

Restaurant: Modern European

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By Time Out Editors Posted: Oct 17 2011

Set just off fashionable Conduit Street, Patterson's attracts a mature yet fun-loving business crowd. The mood is understated rather than restrained, elegant but not stuffy, with comfortable high-backed chairs, dark glass vases of greenery, some impressive abstract seascapes, and two fish tanks. They don't make a show of it, but the one near the kitchen isn't decorative: it holds lobsters for lunch.

Scottish produce, particularly seafood, features heavily on chef-owner Raymond Patterson's menus, but as forays are made to France, the Mediterranean and Japan, there is no sense of flag-waving from the Scot. Originality seems to be a driver.

Miso-cured foie gras, for instance, made no attempt to taste Japanese, despite the strip of nori and smattering of sesame seeds; the sweet duck dumplings that partnered it were more reminiscent of Chinese cuisine, and the consommé of micro-chopped vegetables was classic French. At our request, staff had no hesitation in matching it with a dark honeyed sauternes.

Hake with crisp burnished skin came with soft-centred crab gnocchi, tiny sweet vongole and green sauce - a fine dish refreshingly free of trendy styling, again conveying the sense of a kitchen charting its own course. Summer pudding with plum sorbet and clotted cream appealed for dessert, but we chose a compilation of chocolate; highlight was a dark chocolate sorbet as fine and glossy as satin.

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Tags: European, Modern European, Business, Creative cooking, Fine dining, Wines, Central, Mayfair, Mid-range, Restaurant

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50% off food

..from the a la carte menu (based on ordering three courses).Includes Vat, excludes service and supplement. Booking are subject to availability and may have to adhere of 2 hour return time.
Offer available Monday to Friday 18:00-22:30
Offer covers Min 1, Max 6 people
Offer valid until Feb 29 2012

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Early Bird Saturday Offer 40% off food

...from the a la carte menu (based on ordering three courses) Include Vat, excludes service and supplements. Includes Vat, excludes service. Booking are subject to availability and may have to adhere of 2 hour return time.
Offer available Saturday 17:00-22:45
Offer covers Min 1, Max 6 people
Offer valid until Feb 29 2012

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Lobster Lunch 3 courses for £29 with a glass of Champagne

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Patterson's details

Address

Patterson's

4 Mill Street W1S 2AX

Transport Bond Street or Oxford Circus tube

Telephone

020 7499 1308

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Lunch served noon-3pm Mon-Fri. Dinner served 6-11pm Mon-Fri; 5-11pm Sat

Main courses £21x. Set lunch £25-£29 3 courses

Credit cards AmEx, MC, V

Facilities

Babies and children welcome ( high chair ), Booking advisable, Separate room for parties ( seats 20 ), Available for hire

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Comments & ratings

By David Taylor - Oct 8 2010

I took advantage of the 50% off deal on a Thursday evening in October (slightly misleading - it basically means £45 off)

The quality of the food was superb, as was the quality of the wines. Absolutely first class.

The service was pretty good. I would have liked a bit more attention and ended up specifically asking the waiter to keep a closer eye on the table. Obviously by the time I did that, it was almost too late. In essence, they were just slightly short staffed - but only slightly.

My bill ended up at about £200 for two of us, thanks to the booze (champagne cocktails and a different glass of wine with each course). It's more than I usually spend, but I don't resent it.

Lovely restaurant. One to remember.