Lunch or Dinner with Gordon?

Hey folks, starting to think about booking a table at London.

A bit unsure of the prices as the A la carte menu doesn%26#39;t have any (although you know what they say - if you have to ask you can%26#39;t afford it!) but the lunch menu is a bargain at $45.

I%26#39;d prefer to eat in the restaurant but would like feedback from people that have eaten there or in the bar.

Cheers!

Lunch or Dinner with Gordon?

Unless you feel it%26#39;s your patriotic duty to support a British chef while you are in NYC - you might want to take heed from this article in yesterday%26#39;s London Daily Mail. Gordo%26#39;s entry into the Manhattan restaurant scene has been met with, shall we say, muted response ;-)

dailymail.co.uk/pages/鈥?/a>

Lunch or Dinner with Gordon?

The place is new and it may take Gordon a while to hit his stride. In the meantime, right now his prices aren%26#39;t really too bad and he is making many appearances so it sounds like a fun works in progress.

Clearly New Yorkers aren%26#39;t ready to displace Jean Georges, Bouley or Le Bernardin (for fish) quite yet.

Ange,

I think it depends to some degree how much you want to spend. If this is the one time you will get to set foot in a Ramsay place, you might want to go all out and do the dining room. If you have a fussy palate like me though and just want to savor the experience so you can say you have been, you might like the London more.

Oh dear! I hope it%26#39;s hit it%26#39;s stride by May as we wanted to go when we visit.

I%26#39;ll have a read of that article when I get a sec so cheers LTT.

Voy, it would be stretching it to go for dinner at one of his restaurants here but with the exchange rate being so good we thought we%26#39;d give it a go over there. Hmmmm........

Incidentally, he seems to get good reviews from the British press so far so maybe it isn%26#39;t the quality of the food thats the problem.

Ange - 4 courses at the London Bar is $55/person, 6 courses is $75/person. They also have an al a carte ';tasting menu'; where dishes run between $12 and $18/dish.

At the Ramsay prix fixe 3 course lunch is $45/person - dinner is 3 courses for $80/person (al a carte menu) or their ';prestige'; menu is 8 courses for $110/person. Actually pretty fair pricing.

Here%26#39;s a site that gives you some of the important reviews . . .

savorynewyork.com/wiki/Gordon_Ramsay_at_The_鈥?/a>

Thats great LTT - thanks for digging that out for me. I had a look on the website again but still wasn%26#39;t sure.

I intend to read all reviews but as I said it works out very good for us with the current exchange rate. This was going to be our one splurge meal but its actually going to work out very well!

Hopefully they%26#39;ll continue to have %26#39;teething problems%26#39; so Mr Ramsay will still be there in March!

We had a great time when we there for lunch last year, and I%26#39;m confident you%26#39;d have a great time too!

Cheers Kay - have you posted a review anywhere? We were up in Ed just before Christmas and had problems finding good places to eat. We even ended up in Harvey Nicks one lunchtime!