Comments on: The Grill at the Dorchester, London http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/the-grill-at-the-dorchester-london/ bon vivant vivant bien Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:33:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Food Snob http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/the-grill-at-the-dorchester-london/#comment-1129 Food Snob Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:53:26 +0000 http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/?p=791#comment-1129 Thanks, Bernd. It's in the Dorchester, so fairly smart. Although I would not think that a jacket is compulsory for instance. However, word of caution - Aiden Byrne, the chef whilst I ate here, has moved on to open his own restaurant in Cheshire... Thanks, Bernd.
It’s in the Dorchester, so fairly smart. Although I would not think that a jacket is compulsory for instance.
However, word of caution – Aiden Byrne, the chef whilst I ate here, has moved on to open his own restaurant in Cheshire…

]]> By: Bernd Hepberger http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/the-grill-at-the-dorchester-london/#comment-1125 Bernd Hepberger Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:09:51 +0000 http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/?p=791#comment-1125 Great review! Just a question: How is the dress code in this restaurant. Is it very posh or smart casual? Thanks for the info, Bernd Great review!
Just a question: How is the dress code in this restaurant. Is it very posh or smart casual?

Thanks for the info,
Bernd

]]> By: Food Snob http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/the-grill-at-the-dorchester-london/#comment-293 Food Snob Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:44:06 +0000 http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/?p=791#comment-293 It's a little depressing that for a chef to be successful, he has to get himself on TV... Maze? I have wanted to visit the restaurant a few times, but what with all the hype, I expect to be disappointed, which isn't fair to Atherton. He does seem a nice guy and very genuine. I remember when he met Gagnaire on GBM; you could see what it meant to him. BTW, thanks for the tip...I will now go to Maze, cause a right scene, then demand my extra dishes! :P It’s a little depressing that for a chef to be successful, he has to get himself on TV…

Maze? I have wanted to visit the restaurant a few times, but what with all the hype, I expect to be disappointed, which isn’t fair to Atherton.
He does seem a nice guy and very genuine. I remember when he met Gagnaire on GBM; you could see what it meant to him.
BTW, thanks for the tip…I will now go to Maze, cause a right scene, then demand my extra dishes! :P

]]> By: david goodfellow http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/the-grill-at-the-dorchester-london/#comment-292 david goodfellow Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:20:16 +0000 http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/?p=791#comment-292 When Sat Bains was on Great British Menu we had to book 3/4 weeks in a dvance but it was well worth the wait.I believe Glyn Purnell had a surge in business after GBM although we visited his place not long after he opened.With reference to Maze we visited one sunday for lunch having the day before eaten the lunch menu at the Ledbury which was very quiet however the food was excellent. The menu read ok however it did not translate to the plate very well the portion size was miniscule and truly disapointing I made my feelings known to the maitre d who informed Jason Atherton who was in the kitchen and to his credit he produced two dishes. foc to truly show what he was capable of producing .I shall not forget his generosity When Sat Bains was on Great British Menu we had to book 3/4 weeks in a
dvance but it was well worth the wait.I believe Glyn Purnell had a surge in business after GBM although we visited his place not long after he opened.With reference to Maze we visited one sunday for lunch having the day before eaten the lunch menu at the Ledbury which was very quiet however the food was excellent.
The menu read ok however it did not translate to the plate very well the portion size was miniscule and truly disapointing I made my feelings known to the maitre d who informed Jason Atherton who was in the kitchen and to his credit he produced two dishes. foc to truly show what he was capable of producing .I shall not forget his generosity

]]> By: Food Snob http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/the-grill-at-the-dorchester-london/#comment-290 Food Snob Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:37:28 +0000 http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/?p=791#comment-290 lol...not bad. That's one way to get him on your side. I read that he was doing GBM. Really looking forward to it, but it will be strange this year as there is a lot more publicity around it. Just look at the success Atherton and Maze has had since the last one. Only God knows how much cash that BLT has earned them. Before the Dorc, he was at Danesfield, which was a hotel/resto, maybe he caught the bug for managing such an establishment then... Too right. Lucky Cheshire... lol…not bad. That’s one way to get him on your side.

I read that he was doing GBM. Really looking forward to it, but it will be strange this year as there is a lot more publicity around it.
Just look at the success Atherton and Maze has had since the last one.
Only God knows how much cash that BLT has earned them.

Before the Dorc, he was at Danesfield, which was a hotel/resto, maybe he caught the bug for managing such an establishment then…

Too right. Lucky Cheshire…

]]> By: david goodfellow http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/the-grill-at-the-dorchester-london/#comment-289 david goodfellow Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:13:25 +0000 http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/?p=791#comment-289 He was so busy in the kitchen and short of support he could not come to the table.I shall return during the week as Sarah told me he was looking foreward to talking to me, although it could be something to do with a promised ride in my audi r8 as he,s a bit of a car enthusiast. I was told by Sarah that the pricing policy is pitched towards local support and given this fact it has to be championed bec ause of the current climate. I do know he will be representing the northwest in Great british menu against Nigel Haworth which I,m look ing foreward to watching I understand Aiden always wanted his own place and the opportunity arrived and was just too good to miss Lucky Cheshire He was so busy in the kitchen and short of support he could not come to the table.I shall return during the week as Sarah told me he was looking foreward to talking to me, although it could be something to
do with a promised ride in my audi r8 as he,s a bit of a car enthusiast. I was told by Sarah that the pricing policy is pitched towards local support and given this fact it has to be championed bec
ause of the current climate. I do know he will be representing the northwest in Great british menu against Nigel Haworth which I,m look ing foreward to watching I understand Aiden always wanted his own place and the opportunity arrived and was just too good to miss Lucky Cheshire

]]> By: Food Snob http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/the-grill-at-the-dorchester-london/#comment-288 Food Snob Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:25:07 +0000 http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/?p=791#comment-288 David, it sounds like a bargain. Just to eat Aiden's cooking at those prices... Only a couple of days ago I saw a repeat of the Masterchef finale when he prepared a menu for the three contestants to cook for M. Roux Sr, Alleno, Wareing, Fairlie et al. I wanted to eat each dish...the creativity and thinking behind them showed why he won his first star at, what was it, 22? Did you ask his ambitions for the place? Or why he left London? David, it sounds like a bargain.
Just to eat Aiden’s cooking at those prices…

Only a couple of days ago I saw a repeat of the Masterchef finale when he prepared a menu for the three contestants to cook for M. Roux Sr, Alleno, Wareing, Fairlie et al. I wanted to eat each dish…the creativity and thinking behind them showed why he won his first star at, what was it, 22?

Did you ask his ambitions for the place? Or why he left London?

]]> By: david goodfellow http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/the-grill-at-the-dorchester-london/#comment-287 david goodfellow Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:41:43 +0000 http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/?p=791#comment-287 The food is top quality gastropub but can you believe £12.50 for pheasant breast savoy cabbage with bacon and fondant potatoes with a beautiful sauce what a steal.That was my wifes main course,I had line caught sea bass with razor clams and chorizo which was right on the money,literally at £16. I started with a roasted pumpkin risotto flavoured with lemon,£4.95 my other half had duck breast with mixed leaves and some wonderful crunchy crouton bites which added a suprise element to the dish £6 We ended the meal with a banana sponge £4.95 and a chocolate mousse £4.95 Aiden had two staff with him in the kitchen according to Sarah his partner who was in charge of front of house, marshaling her young and very charming staff admirably. The menu is eclectic and as it was sunday,roast beef and yorkshire pudding was very much in evidence £7.95 although i suspect the qualiy would be much above average pub beef clearly there is no brigade of chefs in the kitchen so every dish is pared down given the prices charged and i for one would eat my way through the menu on a daily basis if it were my local The food is top quality gastropub but can you believe £12.50 for pheasant breast savoy cabbage with bacon and fondant potatoes with a beautiful sauce what a steal.That was my wifes main course,I had line caught sea bass with razor clams and chorizo which was right on the money,literally at £16.
I started with a roasted pumpkin risotto flavoured with lemon,£4.95 my other half had duck breast with mixed leaves and some wonderful crunchy crouton bites which added a suprise element to the dish £6
We ended the meal with a banana sponge £4.95 and a chocolate mousse £4.95
Aiden had two staff with him in the kitchen according to Sarah his partner who was in charge of front of house, marshaling her young and very charming staff admirably.
The menu is eclectic and as it was sunday,roast beef and yorkshire pudding was very much in evidence £7.95 although i suspect the qualiy would be much above average pub beef
clearly there is no brigade of chefs in the kitchen so every dish is pared down given the prices charged and i for one would eat my way through the menu on a daily basis if it were my local

]]> By: Food Snob http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/the-grill-at-the-dorchester-london/#comment-286 Food Snob Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:24:39 +0000 http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/?p=791#comment-286 I saw that lol What is disturbing is that someone asked me until when he would be at the Dorc last week and when I rang the hotel, they confirmed he would be there until the end of January, as was originally announced in the press... Anyway, what sort of food is he serving? Thanks very much for the message too! I saw that lol

What is disturbing is that someone asked me until when he would be at the Dorc last week and when I rang the hotel, they confirmed he would be there until the end of January, as was originally announced in the press…

Anyway, what sort of food is he serving?

Thanks very much for the message too!

]]> By: david goodfellow http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/the-grill-at-the-dorchester-london/#comment-285 david goodfellow Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:00:27 +0000 http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/?p=791#comment-285 Aiden Byrne is plying his trade in cheshire at the church green hotel, lymm and doing it very well indeed As strange as it may seem my wife and i had intended to dine at the dorchester two weeks ago but had a late change of plan. As luck would have it i turned on the bbc to watch saturday kitchen and Aiden was one of the guest chefs and in due course announced his new venture I immediately picked up the phone to book a table however it seemed everybody and his brother had the same idea, eventually we succeeded and the following day made the 40 mile journey in anticipation. We were not disappointed i expect this place to be a massive hit not only bcause of its fantastic location but for food at pub prices by a michelin starred chef it simply can not fail. I am extremely jealous that cheshire has gained such a much valued chef of Aiden Byrnes stature especially that i reside in staffordsire which does not even have one entry in the good food guide never mind michelin. Rest assured though we shall be regularly be pounding up the M6 for a bargain priced meal Aiden Byrne is plying his trade in cheshire at the church green hotel, lymm and doing it very well indeed
As strange as it may seem my wife and i had intended to dine at the dorchester two weeks ago but had a late change of plan.
As luck would have it i turned on the bbc to watch saturday kitchen and Aiden was one of the guest chefs and in due course announced his new venture
I immediately picked up the phone to book a table however it seemed everybody and his brother had the same idea, eventually we succeeded and the following day made the 40 mile journey in anticipation.
We were not disappointed i expect this place to be a massive hit not only bcause of its fantastic location but for food at pub prices by a michelin starred chef it simply can not fail.
I am extremely jealous that cheshire has gained such a much valued chef of Aiden Byrnes stature especially that i reside in staffordsire which does not even have one entry in the good food guide never mind michelin. Rest assured though we shall be regularly be pounding up the M6 for a bargain priced meal

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