kitchen w8

my mum is a huuuuge fan of scallops, and she couldn't stop raving about these afterwards, so they must have been pretty special!

would i go again? definitely. one of the best meals that i have had in a very long time. does it deserve its michelin star? undoubtedly in my opinion. service is excellent and attentive without being overbearing, any fiddly questions that i had about ingredients were either answered knowledgeably or answers sought from the kitchen. i really cannot wait to return

for this quality of food and ambiance (it is one michelin star, after all!), it can definitely be a bargain.

not impressed. i'd read good reviews about this place so i thought i'd take my mum there. we did not receive a very warm welcome by the girl at the front desk. we were just a few minutes early and she obviously wasnt happy to accommodate us, even though we were happy to just sit in the corner for a moment. the rest of the staff were very friendly. the food tasted very nice but the portions were miniscule. i would have expected much more for the price. there was no music, no atmosphere and the £7.90 service charge was automatically added to the bill. whilst i am more than happy to leave a tip, i understand that it is discretionary, not compulsory. i wont be going there again.

it delivered the taste as ridiculously appetising as its look. tender and very moist beef. all the carnivorous flavours intact. lightest yorkshire pud. medium rich kinda gravy.

the set sunday lunch at £25 a head is not particularly adventurous, but what they do, they do well. my whitebait starter had maybe a bit too much batter for some tastes, but was fresh, tasty and not in the least bit greasy.

we were planning to go to new york this easter break so we duly made our way down to the american embassy to get a couple of visas. after a round trip that took up 7.5 hrs of driving, 3 hours of queuing, usd$280 and £112 (14 for courier, 18 for parking, 80 for petrol), the pigpig's visa got approved while mine is on hold as they find it really odd that i'm not a permanent resident in the uk after staying here for 10 years and i also forgot to take my old passports to show my previous uk visas. thankfully we had time to have lunch at kitchen w8 afterwards then as i was feeling decidedly grumpy. conveniently found just off high street kensington, it was also just a short drive from the embassy and although we found a parking within two minutes of spotting the restaurant, i would imagine it a lot harder to get a spot on the weekends. as is seemingly the case with most other michelin starred restaurants in london, the interior of kitchen w8 had a very clean and polished approach in varian

kitchen w8 is a welcome revamp of the old 11 abingdon road premises, which has involved an improvement in the décor and, more importantly, in the kitchen. the place is now owned partly by phil howard and partly by previous owner rebecca mascarenhas (who h

went on thursday at lunchtime and was largely unimpressed. service was brusque to the point of rudeness or sullen and silent from some (possibly) non-english speakers. veloute to start was over-seasoned and a little sickly, salmon main was just not a terribly nice plate of food and a bit of a confused mixture of tastes but rhubarb jelly and vanilla ice cream pudding was the exception - well-balanced.

i did not like the decor but have to say the food was mega. had the venison which was mega and the pudding was fab. worth a visit.

the co-owner philip howard co-owns the square (two michelin stars) and the ledbury.

if k&a were still here--they used to live right down the road--i imagine i'd go here all the time.

when kitchen w8 came onto our radar back when it opened last month, we were intrigued by philip howard (chef and co-owner of the superb two-michelin-starred the square ) and restaurateur rebecca mascarenhas's concept of a restaurant that is a home away fr

kitchen w8, which opened about three weeks ago, is co-owned by none other than philip howard of the two star michelined restaurant the square , and rebecca mascarenhas of sonny's (which i also coincidentally visited recently).

bloggers dos hermanos panned kitchen w8. but this week, bloomberg’s richard vines raved about it. with my friend bk, i gave the place a go this past wednesday, curious to see with whom i’d agree most. and as is often the case, the reality was somewhere in