Readers of our earlier post (Tom Aikens – Flavour, Flavour, Flavour) will have noticed that our only criticism, applied to portion control. It does rather seem that Tom Aikens has had this feedback from a number of customers and has made some changes. Ironically we went here, without having had breakfast, ready for a feast, instead we had a well balanced lunch.
The petit fours also used to be a highlight, and now at lunch time are limited to some Madeline’s and rather tiny chocolates, which might have been ok, if we had not been aware of how spectacular this part of the meal used to be.
We had the Tasting Menu with some stunning matching wines. The lamb course with artichokes was the weakest course, but on the whole the food was superb.
It is also great to be given the details of the wine parings.
One day we will visit and stick to our original intention of trying the much cheaper lunch menu. The temptation was just too much for us yet again.
Update: Tom Aikins is now doing BYO – see
http://www.hardens.com/restaurant-news/uk-london/17-09-09/byo-tom-aikens-bob-ricard/
Marks out of 10
Food 8
Service 8
Ambience 8