Today I want to share my Restaurant Gordon Ramsay review with you. Located on Royal Hospital Road in Chelsea, this culinary icon has three Michelin stars and is one of the most famous restaurants in London.
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Review
Every Tuesday night since I moved to London I’ve had a dinner date. It’s okay, you can tell my boyfriend. He knows about it. In fact, he goes with me.
One of my friends from San Francisco who moved to London just before I did arranges a dinner at a different restaurant each Tuesday. Every week any number of people attends, and I’ve gotten to know some of them well over the last 50-odd weeks.
Last night was not just any Tuesday night dinner. It was the one-year anniversary of what we now call TGIT. It called for celebration. In honor of the momentous occasion, my friend booked us a table for eight at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in London.
With three Michelin stars to its name and modern French cuisine in abundance, the restaurant is considered to be London’s best fine-dining establishment. Nothing’s too good for this dinner crew.
Dinner at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
Dinner started off on a good note. For the first time in 52 weeks, not only were we all at the restaurant on time, but we were all early.
Our server was French almost to a fault. He promptly got us started with some Riesling to compliment the amuse-bouches, a lobster-and-guacamole cone and a tiny pesto-potato-chip sandwich.
As the server kept the food and wine coming, we kept the conversation going. Sauvignon Blanc took the place of Riesling as broccoli soup with scallops was followed by a concoction of pigs’ feet and pork knuckle.
Our discussion went from nostalgia about our first weeks of TGIT to talk of future fine-dining excursions similar to Restaurant Gordon Ramsay.
Our next course was fish, which was unfortunately our least favorite. The fish was fishy and the tomato-basil sauce a bit bland. The server dropped a plate full of silverware down the back of my chair, too.
But the course was redeemed by the one that followed it: an amazing dish of duck breast. Tender and flavorful, it was excellently paired with the first red wine of the evening.
Conversation at this point started to flow into more pressing topics, such as how we were going to celebrate Halloween and where we were all going to spend our Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.
As the servers brought first cheese plates then passion fruit palate cleansers, we discussed first Halloween parties then trips to Tunisia and Namibia.
The final course at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, a perfect tarte tatin with vanilla ice cream, rounded out the evening. Served with a great dessert wine, it lulled us safely into food coma.
We wafted out of the dining room and into our taxis at midnight, satisfied that it had been the best Tuesday dinner of the year.
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Review: The Verdict
I hope this Restaurant Gordon Ramsay review has given you a glimpse of what it’s like to eat at one of the best restaurants in London, and that you get a chance to go yourself someday. Preferably on a Tuesday.
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