Originally Posted by
SuperDudley
Had dinner at Meadowood a few weekends ago. Very disappointed in the lack of service and the taste of the food. Every thing was drastically underseasoned to the point of no taste at all. The staff all seemed very young and inexperienced. Hard to believe this place earned three Michelin stars.
Sorry you had that experience...but your experience is vastly different from the many amazing experiences we've had at Meadowood over many years and including our most recent, just about 6 months ago. We far prefer Meadowood to the French Laundry, in fact. Meadowood is to us one of the best...and one of the most relaxed, fun fine dining experiences.
Originally Posted by
offerendum
Just back from a lunch at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal.
The room in the Mandarin Oriental is fine, you have a Hyde Park view (more a view over a Meadow). The interior is modern.
At Lunch the offer the full menu and a 3 course Prix fix menu at 40 GBP. I took the Prix fix.
I had high expectations and still like the concept of traditional dishes. All dishes were good, but I missed the totally wow-factor. Considering it was in the top-10 of San Pellegrino list I know at more than 10 better restaurants
. I also donīt really understand the 2 star rating, in my eyes 1 star would be adequate (same with Hand and Flowers). Neverless a nice lunch.
Dinner has actually fallen to #45 on the Pellegrino World's 50 Best list.
Dinner and St. John's, both in London, are 2 of the most (if not the most) overrated dining experiences I've ever had based on Pellegrino/Michelin. We found the interior restaurant for Dinner to be spectacularly beautiful, but the food to be completely uninspired and not always cooked properly, and the service to be combative and not terribly friendly. (We just hated the food, the menu, and the lack of any ambience at St. John's...though the service was pretty good.)