Rocco Forte Hotels was established in 1996, bringing cities across Europe and the rest of the world exceptional hotels, each individual to themselves. Rocco Forte are renowned for owning ‘exquisite hotels in exceptional locations’, one of those being Browns Hotel in which Charlie's restaurant London is situated. Charlie's restaurant London is in Browns Hotel, located in the heart of Mayfair, just a short distance from the wonders of Bond Street and the Excitement of London’s West End, is an exclusive luxury Five Star Hotel, enriched with British Culture and associated with a number of historical figures. The sophistication and elegance of the hotel is enhanced through the combination of historical and contemporary additions that have been added since the Hotel has undergone a recent refurbishment. A recent addition to the hotel that incorporates both historical and contemporary factors is Charlie’s. The new restaurant Charlie’s opened in September 2019, showcasing the evolution of British cuisine developed by Michelin-Starred Chef Adam Byatt, who has combined class with culture to create a selection of exquisite menus, each individually highlighting the excellence of British Heritage through different courses. The beautiful creations of Adam Byatt have earned Charlie’s an excellent reputation within the Mayfair Restaurant scene. The A La Carte menu is divided into small plates and main plates featuring meat, fish and vegetarian courses. There is also a Sunday Lunch menu including Roast Beef and Roast Lamb - both served with unique compliments (such as Dauphinoise potatoes to accompany the Lamb and a traditional Yorkshire Pudding to accompany the Beef). Aside from these two menus, Charlie’s also have a ‘Trolley’, served only and Lunctimes. The Trolly has one dish per day and the dish changes daily, exploring cuisines from across the world. Today’s option (Wednesday) being North African spice Lamb Shoulder, Toasted Couscous and preserved Lemon, a beautiful combination of flavours, exclusive to Charlie’s restaurant London. Bringing a classic dining experience to Brown's Hotel, with unique aspects to differentiate from similar restaurants, Charlie’s incorporates fine dining with British Heritage to create a special experience for their guests. Image source

Charlie's Dress Code & Address

Cusine: British Dress Code: Smart Casual Area: Mayfair, London Address: Albemarle St, Mayfair, London W1S 4BP Website: https://www.roccofortehotels.com (3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Moncks Brasserie, a boutique show-home of a restaurant, is fast becoming a new favourite of Dover Street. Boasting a relaxed aura (thanks in no small part to the soft touch of a garden view — the ferns literally tapping greetings on the windowpanes to idling guests) Moncks Brasserie still manages to hold its own against Mayfair’s spirit of excess.

Named after C.Moncks — treasure hunter extraordinaire and debutante of the Mayfair of old’s versatile crowd of upper-class eccentrics — this brasserie is a treasure in of itself. If you find yourself reluctant to part from London’s most prestigious district, but also don’t want to let go of all your inhibitions, Moncks is the sweet spot.

They had us covered from the morning till night (although the weekend hours are almost as inclusive as the weekend, we recommend taking a Saturday or Sunday outing to really appreciate all of the extraordinary options).
Breakfast was served till 12, recalling those long European dawns of holidays gone by, that seemed to stretch — warm and basking — in a liminal way, straight from the first flare of sunlight. Dawn settled neatly in sweet dapples, darker then lighter, throughout the chequerboard flooring of Monck’s indoor courtyard. The intimate booth seating completed the sense of tranquillity perfectly — leather upholstery in ruby reds reminiscent of classic automobile passenger seats warmed us up perfectly, and made us feel even more a part of a classic, bygone, Mayfair affluence.

Breakfast consisted of eggs and avocado toast with Dorset crab and a Goji Berry Granola with honeyed oats and coconut yogurt for the vegan at the table (the versatility leaves nothing to be desired — we even spotted a full Vegan breakfast — and if it was as wholesome as the avocado toast — no one will be wanting). Pink Grapefruit juice was served on most of the tables, perhaps its something about the boutique surrounding — everyone felt pretty in pink.

The All-day dining aspect is where Moncks really soars — floating seamlessly into lunchtime with a selection of Grills, fresh salads and burgers — (make it hearty with the Truffle Mac and Cheese, or just snack on Jalapeno Peppers with a Butler’s tipple at the bar,if you’re still stuck from breakfast. The pink grapefruit option graduated into a refreshing Miller’s Gin and Grapefruit — and with lunchtime drinks going strong long after the 4:30 mealtime close, Moncks courted us flawlessly through a Mayfair moment. treat yourself with our favourite Vanilla and Lemon Baked cheesecake or simply a standout from the wine options — like the Nyetimber Rose of Sussex; something as quintessentially, cheekily English as this Mayfair rose.

Moncks recommends booking — once you’re there, it will be hard to leave — and we recommend Moncks, for a picture perfect rendering of the elegant neighbourhood brunching that the bourgeoisie once enjoyed daily on that impeccable Dover way.

Monks-Brasserie Restaurant London Cuisine, Dress Code & Address

Cuisine: European, British

Dress Code: Smart Casual 

Area: Soho

Address: 33 Dover Street, London W1S 4NF England

Website: https://www.moncksbrasserie.com/london-berkeley-st/contact-and-hours/

 

This amazing restaurant isn’t just on Grosvenor Square. It is Grosvenor square.

34 Mayfair sits on the pulse point of Mayfair and, as we discovered, is cheerfully dedicated to incorporating the vibrancy and complexity of it’s surroundings into every little nook, dish and cranny of it’s chic interior.

For a start, the grassy expanse of the garden square doesn’t stop at 34 Mayfair’s South Audley Street Entrance; the plush carpeting and cushions that adorn select table’s couch seating are alive and in bloom with eye-catching floral print — somehow funky and yet serene.
In the centre of this pristine flowerbed of a venue is an open kitchen, from which an enticing funk of smoke and seasoning enthuses the atmosphere with life. Here, the hefty Argentinean Parrilla Grill (a favourite of head chef Harvey Ayliffe) is firing up the shifting particulars of the seasonal menu all year round, but one thing, we are sure, holds true: the selection of meat, game, fish and vegetables that emerge from the fire could provide for every idiosyncratic soul in Mayfair.

An extensive wine selection can not be forgotten, sequestered as it is beneath bold neon lights at the restaurants boutique bar — but it was the bounteous barbecuing that really thickened the blood and warmed us from the inside out. For meat-lovers, 34 Mayfair restaurant could not offer more; rib-eyes from Scotland, Grass-fed Angus sirloin’s from Argentneia, a fillet prepared Japanese Wagyu style, or a spiced grill of Moroccan Lamb that melts into’s its smoked harissa coat perfectly. A selected Market fish on the bone keeps things fresh, and it was the vegeatarian options that truly blew us away — char-grilled chipotle avocado and toasted quinoa transformed a batch of mellow nutrition with an inferno after-kick.

But the diversity of it’s menu doesn’t mean Ayliffe and 34 Mayfair have let go of their grassroots. The history of Grosvenor is between the bricks, an echo of culture that this fine venue makes its bread and butter. Just peruse the Cocktail menu to see what we mean: each unique invention hearkens back to a year of note in London’s past — from the steps of Mick Jagger to Napoleanic rumour. We recommend the Three Kings Yard Fizz, which transforms the Italian Embassy’s delicately manoeuvred lease of British property at the square into a moreish hodgepodge of Euro-Anglican flavours, from the Italicus liqueur to the pomp fizz of vanilla prosecco.

34 Mayfair restaurant may be a landmark of its place and time. It so succeeds because it recognises the beautiful malleability (all those changes) that are borne on the movement of time. This restaurant makes art of remembering (there is truly a drink for every year) and forgetting (an ever-changing menu promises only to be as enjoyable as the last). Long may it continue.

(And make sure to celebrate your own time in true VIP style with the restaurant’s delightful 34 club special: champagne and a delicatessen chocolate finish cake served to anyone who turns up for their 34th birthday).

34 Mayfair Restaurant London Cuisine, Dress Code & Address

Cuisine: European, Grill, Vegetarian Friendly

Dress Code: Smart Casual 

Area: Mayfair

Address: 34 Grosvenor Square Entrance on South Audley Street, London W1K 2HD England

Website: https://www.34-restaurant.co.uk

 

Lyle’s restaurant has been rightly heralded as an essential fine-dining experience — but while it’s immaculate presentation and non-malleable dinner menu might rule in regalia — it still doesn’t render the casual prowess of it’s sister restaurant Flor obsolete.

In actuality Bedale Street’s Flor might just be the best idea Lyle’s James Lowe and John Ogier have ever had. Inspired by the Buvettes of Paris, restaurant Flor offers it’s intimate interior first as a bakery from dawn, winery by the noon and for dinner in the evening. Almost all looking glass from the front, it’s face recalls something thatched and bricked from gingerbread from fable — but it’s marble table top, that protrudes delicately out from the lowermost windowpane, is the epitome of modern London: guests can sit in the the morning sunshine that gushes through the expansive window-pane and watch the walkers cross Bedale street as they enjoy a coffee (or nurse a wine-glass there come evening).

Although Dinner was our priority, we couldn’t help but stop by Flor earlier for a try of Emma Tillyer’s Danish pastries — options ranged from the classic Pain Au chocolate to the fascinating blackcurrant leaf filling. Both were heavenly, prepared with organic Yorkshire wheat that adds a heart healthiness that did more than ease any gastric guilt about the honeyed mortar between light wings of croissant.

After such a treat we were more than excited to return for dinner at Flor. Fortunately, although it spruces up for the evening, the restaurant doesn’t lose touch with its patisserie theme. A Datterini Tart has (enchanting) violet aubergine and feta buoyed delicately up on puffed pastry; extraordinarily light but satisfying — while the brown butter cakes made elegant style of stodge, and a blackcurrant flavouring that had so stood out-earlier made a dramatic re-entrance beside a serving of Ricotta ice-cream. And the wine list at Flor is no less of a treat: the classic Italian aperitifs’ were the perfect sweet send-off to an evening of enchantments — we recommend the vergano Americano, an aperitif wine that has that just so touch of bitterness so as not to overwhelm the palette after a perfectly manages selection of desserts.

A boutique baby of Lowe and Ogier — this thoroughly Parisian addition to London’s top spots emerges out from the shadow of Lyle’s to stand tall as one of the best restaurants in the city.

Flor Restaurant London Cuisine, Dress Code & Address

Cuisine: European, British

Dress Code: Smart Casual 

Area: Borough Market

Address: 1 Bedale Street, London SE1 9AL England

Website: https://flor.com/

 

Brimming with character, Dean street members club and restaurant Quo Vadis made us feel fully ensconced in the crazy universe unto itself that is London’s Soho district. Jeremy Lee‘s haunt is just as characteristically zany as the history and characters of it’s surroundings; a once-brothel and archaic favourite of anarchal figurehead Karl Max, we feasted on the delightfully unorthodox atmosphere as much as the fantastic food.

From the get go the kooky glamour of the dining room let us know this was to be an experience with a bit more tongue-in-cheek to it’s charm. Over our seat at Quo Vadis, our jaws dropped as stain glass windows rendered the light from outside into brilliant shards of colour over our white — all over the interior, vibrant wildflowers pack the space; gloriously akin to the colourful crowds roaming the Soho streets that runways just a hairsbreadth away from the side of the restaurant.

We had heard tell that head chef Lee’s cuisine had a boisterous touch befitting the vibe. We couldn’t agree more. It’s obvious this is a champion of his craft who has been cooking for Londoners Fulham of the eighties — this is great British cooking because of the fact that it takes no strict regulatory stance on what it has to or cannot be. Take the smoked eel sandwich (a Jeremy Lee legend of lore) that we happily sampled at the bar whilst reading the extensive wine menu: crispy sourdough is galvanised by the fire of horseradish and touch of delicately smoked eel — a toasty that’s cheerfully irreverent but (if the stain glass design indicates anything) worth worshipping.

At dinner we savoured radishes, brightening our plates to match the hue of the heavily blooming room, with their peppery base wonderfully partnered with the cloy of butter and celery salt. Deceptively simple pickles and toast was dynamic and thoughtful way to serve their super rich pork –well-seasoned and moulded into beautiful rillettes. For the vegetarian, pasta bursting with spinach and ricotta used British ingredients to a sensationally enjoyable degree.

This month’s speciality wine (another small thrill – this is always subject to change, another eclectic Soho touch) was the levin loire sauvignon blance. We had the bottle, but half bottles and glasses are available — anything goes. And to finish at Quo Vadis — we just had to sample a sweet wine and the ten year Tawny Port was delectable, a smith and wood-house concoction roguishly suited to the undercurrent of risque that clings to Quo Vadis and Dean street beyond.

This restaurant, with its upstairs private members club, is a maddening and mad treasure, we cannot recommend enough simply stopping in at it’s welcoming promenade front — and it’s certainly worth applying for the exclusive club membership too; these private dining rooms are a honeypot for the artistic and culture types, who even fashion the entertainment at regular entertainment and events in the separate bar.

Quo-Vadis Restaurant London Cuisine, Dress Code & Address

Cuisine: European, British

Dress Code: Smart Casual 

Area: Soho

Address: 26-29 Dean Street | Soho, London W1D 3LL, England

Website: https://www.quovadis.com/london-berkeley-st/contact-and-hours/