Reply to: Anyone been to Heston's Dinner?

[LondonManc]

No help whatsoever without a review

But the Travelodge at the services is a handy place to stay for contracting out west. Basic Travelodge rooms but at £21/night, it's great value!

[d000hg]

From TripAdviser (restaurant rated low, 1 out of 5)..
Summary: Average food, high prices, rushed service to get you in-out as quickly as possible ("what's the cattle count tonight?")

"a bout of food poisoning that followed. Both my friend and I suffered from it"
"Would recommend avoiding this restaurant on the basis of poor food hygiene."
"The food is okay, but no more than that."
"I left feeling I had been duped by the hype."
"For my main I ordered steak, which I found very average"
"Service: rushed"
"the scallops weren't very good."
"we ended up feeling rushed so that they could recycle tables"
"I did not find the food spectacular"

I've never found anywhere that doesn't have a review like that. I like that TA lets you see someone's review history so you can see if all they do is whine.

It's also amusing that they 'know' the restaurant is where they got food poisoning. Not the kebab they had the night before, etc.

DP: you didn't eat for 3 weeks after she died? Seems a bit silly.

For lunch it sounds like you get as long as you want (until 5pm anyway)

[SunnyInHades]

From TripAdviser (restaurant rated low, 1 out of 5)..
Summary: Average food, high prices, rushed service to get you in-out as quickly as possible ("what's the cattle count tonight?")

"a bout of food poisoning that followed. Both my friend and I suffered from it"
"Would recommend avoiding this restaurant on the basis of poor food hygiene."
"The food is okay, but no more than that."
"I left feeling I had been duped by the hype."
"For my main I ordered steak, which I found very average"
"Service: rushed"
"the scallops weren't very good."
"we ended up feeling rushed so that they could recycle tables"
"I did not find the food spectacular"

[OwlHoot]

More stars the restaurants have, bigger are the plates and portions smaller with a fancy dollop of something

Absolutely. Any mention of the dreaded word "Michelin" is enough for me to avoid a place!

[jbond007]

More stars the restaurants have, bigger are the plates and portions smaller with a fancy dollop of something

[DimPrawn]

I thought we might as well take the opportunity to do something nice as we pass through London on the home from my mum's funeral.

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When my mother passed away I didn't feel like eating. Enjoy!

[MrMarkyMark]

Great food. None of the experimental stuff.
Service was good - not too ponsy like some resturants but quite stuffy as you would expect.
The meatfruit was nice.

I heard that was the best bit of it all.

[saptastic]

The menu seems to have changed since it opened, from steak and chips to historically themed stuff, but you can actually get a booking these days.

Anyone been? I'm not really au fait with michelin starred restaurants - in London we tend to go to the original 15 restaurant - so how does it compare with similar sorts of places? I am not a fan of snobby places who make you feel like you shouldn't be there, clearly the staff will be very knowledgeable but are they also friendly and helpful?

Great food. None of the experimental stuff.
Service was good - not too ponsy like some resturants but quite stuffy as you would expect.
The meatfruit was nice.

[Platypus]

No, but I think I once bought a pork pie at Heston Services if that's any help.

No help whatsoever without a review

[OwlHoot]

Anyone been?

No, but I think I once bought a pork pie at Heston Services if that's any help.

[d000hg]

Looking forward to stuffing your hypocritical and pious face with fine foods and wines then?

I thought we might as well take the opportunity to do something nice as we pass through London on the home from my mum's funeral.

I don't think the point of fine dining is to stuff oneself though, maybe you're thinking of the time you treated yourself to visit gourmet burger kitchen?

Not sure why visiting a nice restaurant is hypocritical either.

[DimPrawn]

Looking forward to stuffing your hypocritical and pious face with fine foods and wines then?

[d000hg]

No.

But I went to his Little Chef on the A303 and it was very good. Once he'd gone.

I always wanted to go there, I thought they were going to roll it out nationwide but the one I visited last week was a spitting image of the ones we visited as a family 25 years ago.

FWIW, I had a booking very early on.

We decided to cancel based on the reviews, i.e. the food was a bit run of the mill, compared to the Fat Duck concept.
I have not read any reviews recently, however, so it may have improved.

I have often found Michelin starred places poor too.
For example, IMO, this place should have a star, it beats the Cinnamon Club hands down for Indian food.

Reviews | Babur Restaurant

I'd love to visit the FD one day, but it seems Dinner has gone a bit more in that direction... lots of the historical recipes Heston had on one of his TV shows like meat fruit and so on. So certainly sounds a bit different, though I would have loved Steak & Chips by Heston.

[MrMarkyMark]

FWIW, I had a booking very early on.

We decided to cancel based on the reviews, i.e. the food was a bit run of the mill, compared to the Fat Duck concept.
I have not read any reviews recently, however, so it may have improved.

I have often found Michelin starred places poor too.
For example, IMO, this place should have a star, it beats the Cinnamon Club hands down for Indian food.

Reviews | Babur Restaurant

[Gumbo Robot]

No.

But I went to his Little Chef on the A303 and it was very good. Once he'd gone.