Ruby Blue

Ruby Blue Summary

  • Address: 1 Leicester Place, Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7BP (Map)
  • Tel: +44 (0)20 7287 8050
  • E-mail: Click here to contact
  • Cuisine(s): Asian, European, Mediterranean
  • Opening Times: Mon - Sat: 17:00 - 03:00
  • Avg Price: £38.00
  • 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)

Ruby Blue Description

Restaurants come and go, with Ruby Blue one of the new arrivals on a prime site that the previous occupants seemed to find untenable. All that has changed and Ruby Blue aims to offer food and entertainment on a scale and in surroundings that are dramatically new, largely by taking the formality out of eating and replacing it with a friendly, collective experience amidst really funky décor. This depends upon a widely drawn series of dishes that lend themselves to shared eating from a menu that gains inspiration via the cuisines of Greece, Spain, India and China. So although starters, main course and puddings are all listed in the usual way, all the dishes can be shared. This, of course, makes for a diversity of flavours that many find a welcome change from the usual more formally defined courses. Some may call it a form of tapas, most find it extends the tastebuds more subtly than that.

So in the course of one meal you could enjoy, for instance, the flavours of duck spring rolls with shredded cucumber and plum sauce, spiced crab cakes with mango salsa and seared beef skewers with toasted sesame and oyster sauce, skillet roasted Cumberland sausage with mustard mash and pan-fried onions, char grilled red snapper with melted peppers, rocket and tomatoes, and an egg tagliatelle with artichokes, roasted mushrooms and Gorgonzola cream. Instead of one pudding you could combine crème brulee and white chocolate cookie with strawberry jam Swiss roll and birds eye custard trifle, laced with a selection of ice cream and sugar curl wafers. In a sense this takes us back to earlier forms of eating when choice was paramount, with intake not far behind, rumoured to be still perpetuated in some dark corners of High Table higher education. Who knows?

The customary range of powerful cocktails awaits your pleasure and with Happy Hour from 5 to 7 pm every day your evening could be off to a very good start. They know how to look after you at Ruby Blue.

Fixed Dinner

  • £25

Your Reviews of Ruby Blue

Joanne (18 April 2008)

Ruby Blue is a very impressive venue. The staff were polite, attentive and always willing to help. The place is stylish with a great atmosphere and the reasonably priced food is fantastic. I definitely recommend this place and will return soon.

Clare (14 March 2008)

I was recommended Ruby Blue by a friend and was thoroughly impressed by the venue. We started off with a few very reasonably priced cocktails in the very stylish upstairs bar before moving down to the club. Both rooms had a brilliant atmosphere and we really enjoyed ourselves. I spoke to the reservationists on the night to enquire about a guest list for another weekend. She was very helpful and suggested hiring out one of their fantastic looking areas also. Both my friends had such a great night, and have booked to go back again with lots more people. I would recommend Ruby Blue to everyone for the perfect night out.

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Additional Info for Ruby Blue

  • No Children welcome
  • Yes Groups allowed
  • Yes Air conditioning
  • No Outside seating
  • Yes Reservations
  • No Cover Charge
  • House red: £12.95
  • House white: £12.25
  • Service charge: 10% (optional)
 
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