Comments on: Current Top-10 Restaurants: June 2009 http://www.appetiteindulgence.com/2009/06/current-top-10-restaurants-june-2009/ adventures in expensive taste Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:12:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: thefatbanker http://www.appetiteindulgence.com/2009/06/current-top-10-restaurants-june-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-46 thefatbanker Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:05:37 +0000 http://appetiteindulgence.com/?p=1171#comment-46 <strong><i>curious-eater:</i></strong> Thanks for your comment. we loved The Square too; actually it was one of our first proper fine-dining experiences all those years ago, although I think our chuckling at the wobbly cheese might have brought the ambience down a peg or two on that particular evening. Maze is a curious one to me now, veering from brilliant to awful and back again in one sitting (not the food, which remained excellent throughout, but the service). I actually think it suffers from the Ramsay label and the hotel location (a fair few older men with their 'daughters' the last time we went!!). Jason Atherton is a stand alone excellent chef though... curious-eater:

Thanks for your comment.

we loved The Square too; actually it was one of our first proper fine-dining experiences all those years ago, although I think our chuckling at the wobbly cheese might have brought the ambience down a peg or two on that particular evening.

Maze is a curious one to me now, veering from brilliant to awful and back again in one sitting (not the food, which remained excellent throughout, but the service). I actually think it suffers from the Ramsay label and the hotel location (a fair few older men with their ‘daughters’ the last time we went!!). Jason Atherton is a stand alone excellent chef though…

]]> By: The Gorgeous Fiancee (according to the FB) http://www.appetiteindulgence.com/2009/06/current-top-10-restaurants-june-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-44 The Gorgeous Fiancee (according to the FB) Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:47:00 +0000 http://appetiteindulgence.com/?p=1171#comment-44 I'm delighted to see that Vinoteca has made it into the Top 10 this month. I really like it there. The food is lovely and the wines are really good (a bit too good for a week night!). The only down sides are that it can get very noisy on a Friday night and not being able to book a table can be a bit of a pain if you want to go at a popular time on a Thursday or Friday night. Re the comment from the curious eater...we've been to Maze several times. It used to be one of my top 5 restaurants in London, but we were really disappointed the last time we went. The service was terrible (they actually forgot our main courses and left us sitting there for an hour without any service at all). However, to the head waitress's credit she did save the day by giving us a lot of free champagne. I'd say Maze is worth trying on the basis that we haven't been back that recently and it might have improved again. I'm also a huge fan of Hakassan. Looks like I need to treat the FB to a dinner there to try and get it back into the top 10 list! I’m delighted to see that Vinoteca has made it into the Top 10 this month. I really like it there. The food is lovely and the wines are really good (a bit too good for a week night!). The only down sides are that it can get very noisy on a Friday night and not being able to book a table can be a bit of a pain if you want to go at a popular time on a Thursday or Friday night.

Re the comment from the curious eater…we’ve been to Maze several times. It used to be one of my top 5 restaurants in London, but we were really disappointed the last time we went. The service was terrible (they actually forgot our main courses and left us sitting there for an hour without any service at all). However, to the head waitress’s credit she did save the day by giving us a lot of free champagne. I’d say Maze is worth trying on the basis that we haven’t been back that recently and it might have improved again.

I’m also a huge fan of Hakassan. Looks like I need to treat the FB to a dinner there to try and get it back into the top 10 list!

]]> By: curious-eater http://www.appetiteindulgence.com/2009/06/current-top-10-restaurants-june-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-40 curious-eater Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:43:46 +0000 http://appetiteindulgence.com/?p=1171#comment-40 I loved The Square, I actually preferred it to Marcus Wareing. We went to Per Se a couple of years ago and I had a non-alcoholic pairing which was amazing, some taste combinations that were inspired. What do you think of Maze? I loved The Square, I actually preferred it to Marcus Wareing. We went to Per Se a couple of years ago and I had a non-alcoholic pairing which was amazing, some taste combinations that were inspired. What do you think of Maze?

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