Kensington Place
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Fixed Price Lunch: 3 courses for the price of 2 (3 courses from a set menu for £14)
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Kensington Place Summary
- Address: 201 Kensington Church Street, London, W8 7LX (Map)
- Tel: +44 (0)844 567 2415
- E-mail: Click here to contact
- Website: Go to the Kensington Place website
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- Cuisine(s): Modern British
- Opening Times: Mon - Thurs: 12:00 - 15:00 18:30 - 22:30
Fri: 12:00 - 15:00 18:30 - 23:00
Sat: 12:00 - 15:30 18:30 - 23:00
Sun: 12:00 - 15:30 18:30 - 22:00 - Avg Price: £41.00
- Party Planner: Group bookings & Party planner
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(Avg Price is the average cost per person for two courses, coffee, half a bottle of house wine and tip/service)
Kensington Place Description
The huge glass frontage of this chic Kensington restaurant means it's a place to see and be seen in. The fashion conscious clientele all vie for attention making this a noisy and vibrant setting rather than your cosy or romantic atmosphere.
With Henry Vigar at the helm, the kitchen is in tune with the seasons and is keen on keeping things fresh and interesting. Having worked with Michelin starred establishments like La Noisette and The Greenhouse, Henry brings a wealth of culinary experience to bear and his penchant for using modern European cooking techniques with British ingredients is evident on the menu.
The secret at Kensington Place seems to be that it is always buzzing, the cuisine never fails to excite interest, and the standards are amazingly consistent - plus, for a fashionable restaurant in London - the prices are perfectly acceptable.
The chef certainly makes his mark, and the daily changing menu features unusual combinations like marinated beef with white radish, green mango and pickled mushrooms, or cured salmon with baby watercress and tomato and truffle dressing. Main courses of salt marsh lamb rump with labne, broad beans, wild garlic and potato gnocchi is a subtle success, and so is a fish pie of smoked haddock, mussels and potato mousseline.
If you'd like to try something different there's octopus sopressata with smoked paprika and shallot tempura on the carte, but for the others there are classics like confit pork belly with lentils, apple compote and beetroot salad.
The wine list is well chosen, and their mark-ups are quite sensible, so no problem in choosing a good wine to accompany what should be a superb meal, their Tin Pot New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc is to be highly recommended, a really fruity example.
The desserts are another delight but perhaps best of all is the 'crunchie', a blend of chocolate fondant, ganache and honey comb, though the passion fruit curd with lime leaf foam, mango, coconut sorbet and chilli oil may prove irresistible.
It is a pleasure to discover that the standards are as high as ever, and the value for money provided by their two and three course set price menu - especially for such a popular place - was amazing, for lunch and dinner, £16.50 for two courses and £19.50 for three.
Why not have a look at their Website to view everything from menus to their wine list, and then you might find them so tempting that you will understand the continued success of Kensington Place?
Fixed Lunch
- £15.50 (2 courses) to £19.50 (3 courses)
Fixed Dinner
- £19.50 (2 courses) to £24.50 (3 courses)
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Your Reviews of Kensington Place
Robert Close (15 April 2008)
I had lunch at Kensington Place the other day and was delighted to see that the standards have improved enormously since it was taken over by D and D London, formerly Conran Restaurants; things seemed to have been slipping a bit for some time before that. However, the meal was not only excellent but also incredibly good value for money, whilst the service was helpful and pleasant; the Tin Hat New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, which is mentioned in the description, lived up to its billing and was a great example of how good a wine from that country can be.
Sarah Howe (19 February 2007)
I'd have to agree with some of the other comments written here... the food was all good but for the price we paid we would have expected a much better service. The place had no ambiance and if I'm honest thought it was rather out dated by modern restaurant decor standards. The menu looked shaggy and for some reason starters and mains weren't separated which I found strange. We were offered bread but had no plate to butter it on and the waiter service seemed to vary from one person to another. As I said the food and wine was good but that's it and all in all it was a rather disappointing night.
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Special Offer: Fixed Price Lunch: 3 courses for the price of 2 (3 courses from a set menu for £14)
- Details: This offer is available from October 1, 2009 until November 30, 2009, subject to availability as displayed in the booking interface. Offer excludes service and includes VAT. Not available in conjunction with other offers.
Offer valid to 30 November 2009
Reservations: Book this offer online
Special Offer: 3 courses for the price of 2 (3 courses from a set dinner menu for £19)
- Details: This offer is available from October 1, 2009 until November 30, 2009, subject to availability as displayed in the booking interface. Offer excludes service and includes VAT. Not available in conjunction with other offers.
Offer valid to 30 November 2009
Reservations: Book this offer online
Additional Info for Kensington Place
Children welcome
Groups allowed
Air conditioning
Outside seating
Reservations
Cover Charge
- House red: £21.50
- House white: £21.00
- Service charge: 12.5% (optional) card slips closed
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