At my birthday I had booked a table at Alain Ducasse. The called me a few days beform to confirm the reservation (not a fan of this) and asked if we celebrate something special. I´m not much after such things but I told them about it, normally it means an additional cake or so. In an email they wrote they are very experienced in celebrations…..
I always thought the restaurant is designed in a very nice way, perhaps the most elegant in London.

When I visited in 2012 there was still another chef and I was quite disappointed. This day I was excited to see how they developed, as they still hold their 3 stars at Michelin. First some snacks, bread and butter.




We took an adapted tasting menu. It started with Dorset Crab, Celeriac and Caviar.

Marinated wild Sea Bream, citrus and seaweed broth

Native Lobster, celery and homardine sauce

Line-caught Sea Bass, crapaudine, Immortelle Flower and sorrel

Dover Sole, watercress and hazelnut

Cheese (no choice given). As I love British cheese I found it sad they served only French Cheese

Petit fours


Pistacio souffle with ice cream


Exotic Fruit contemporary vacherin

From the dessert trolly:

Any Birthday surprise? Nope, nothing. I don´t have a problem with it but a little wired if they do such a deal about it before.
How did I like the dinner? It was good, a notch above Gordon Ramsay. But I´m not convinced what I got was on 2 star level. Again I found both Ledbury and Core foodwise better.