From Marylebone to Piccadilly

Saturday, August 02nd , 2025

AngloThai in Marylebone offers a modern take on Thai cooking, using mostly British ingredients in a tasting menu format. It was very busy, helped by its recent Michelin star. I have to say that I didn’t particularly enjoy the meal. Partly it was a matter of the dishes offered, with beef tongue and octopus not being my favourite things. There was the odd error, such as a piece of very over-salted lamb, but the main problem for me was value for money. £125 plus drinks plus service is an awful lot of money if you are offering up things like beef tongue and lamb neck. I preferred a recent visit to the Salutation in Hammersmith recently, which cost just £36.

The Ritz is my favourite fine dining restaurant in London, and it was on excellent form on my most recent visit. The old favourites were still lovely, such as the langoustine a la nage and the ballotine of duck liver. The menu evolves, so there was a very good new pre-dessert, a lovely tropical fruit dessert (pictured) and some quite new canapes too. Service was lovely, and the 1906 dining room is magnificent.