Pied a Terre Reviews

There’s nothing more memorable than foie gras poached in sauternes with peas and pasta - simplicity, diversity, pleasant and posh - the dish of the decade. Forget bacon and egg ice cream!

I was greatly looking forward to Pied's re-opening and I have not been disappointed.

It took several attempts to get a reservation due to demand. The small elegant space is beautifully set out with a smaller more intimate front room and buzzer large space to the rear.

We sat to the rear in a sumptuous horse shoe table that could have accommodated 6 or 7; very comfortable and fabulously luxurious.

The lunch started with a bottle of Cava, £24.00 and selection of treats from the kitchen; including a pumpkin bun, duck breast with beetroot, filo crisp with foie gras and seared tuna.

We all dined on the lunch menu, £29.00 for 3 courses. Two of us had skate wing with onion puree, crispy capers and battered fillets of anchovy- we also had Spatzle, this was a first for me, it is, so we were told, a type of paste of Swish/German origin, served with a soft poached duck egg with bacon and parsley sauce and a very generous and unmentioned topping of black truffle.

Mains where equally impressive; lemon sole with a lightly sweet carrot and star anis sauce and a roasted rump of veal with creamed leeks and blini flavoured with truffle, how could you resist!!!!

We decided against the pudding in favour of cheese. Unfortunately we didn't get to choose our selection which seemed a bit mean, but none the less they were excellent and most importantly they were served at room temperature, the selection did include a very fine specimen from the first of the vacherin season.

Coffee at £4.50 seems a lot, but we had six small offerings of petit fours and when you can have a second or third espresso (as I did) at no extra charge it seems fab value and is probably cheaper than most coffee shops in the area.

We had two bottle of wine, a South African Sauvignon at £25 and we splashed out for a Bordeaux 2001 @ £40 about £230 plus tip. I think this has got to be the best value in town.

Best wishes and good luck to Pied from your biggest FAN. Andrew Davie

I opted for the Tasting Menu with the chosen wines and I can't imagine a more perfect meal. The price is about the same as a one Michelin star restaurant in which I ate in Paris but the food is much better here.

This is a great restaurant. The perfect cooking, the warm yet professional service define this restaurant as the best in London. Three stars are merited. I was amused to see The Ivy listed amongst the 50 best restaurants in the world - sad joke if you have eaten at Pied-a-Terre!