Petrus

Let me start off by saying that the food and wine were both amazing which is the important part. However, the difference between a restaurant with 1 Michelin star and a restaurant with 3 is often service and atmosphere. The good is generally phenomenal at all of them.
We opted for the tasting menu with the wine pairing which consisted of 2 amuse bouches and 6 courses, including 2 desserts, one being their signature. The scallops were amazing and the cod was the best fish I’ve ever eaten. The lamb was delicious but I wasn’t wow’d which was slightly disappointing as it was the main course.
The real trouble came with the service. Now let’s start off by saying we showed up pretty early for our reservation, but it’s not the type of place that turns over tables and the gladly seated us early. There is an art to top-​quality service where you are present but not visible. The wait staff at Petrus does not subscribe to this theory. They would be constantly doing laps around the restaurant, always looking at your table and making eye contact. Especially early in the service this was very uncomfortable. It became less noticeable as the restaurant filled up but it left a bad impression.
I will say that we were very fortunate and were given a brief tour of the kitchen and introduction to the head chef which was absolutely above-​and-​beyond. I almost feel bad giving them 4 stars but I really felt like the service could have been less intrusive.

Wow. I’ve been to a handful of places that have the honor of holding Michelin Stars, but this might be my best experience yet. Probably not the single best plate of food I’ve encountered but from the moment we sat we were constantly wowed with the cuisine & drink.
The setting is quite intimate and comfortable all set around a fabulous wine room/​display/​work of art. The staff were extremely attentive, hospitable, and knowledgeable. If you’re looking for an exceptional dining experience give Pétrus a chance to make you say WOW.

Perfect.
Best London food experience. Full on British culinary experience filled with creative flavor and pairings. This is a must. Set in the beautiful neighborhood of Knightsbridge, Petrus is charmingly rosy and properly perfect!
The service is world class. Don’t forget to ask for a tour of the kitchen. Probably one of the nicest kitchens in London.

This was my first Michelin star experience and did not disappoint!
Being a big fan of Gordon Ramsay, I searched far and wide for reservations to his restaurants months before going to London and got a coveted reservation at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, but due to unfortunate circumstances, I had to cancel it and could not find anything for months. Luckily, Petrus was there to save my dream of dining at a GR Restaurant with a perfect reservation time! After looking at the menu, I knew I made the right choice.
As soon as we showed up, we were warmly welcomed, the servers taking our jackets and guiding us to our table. The restaurant was pretty empty at this point. We chose the tasting menu which actually is cheaper than a three-​course meal at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay (even though we are treating ourselves, it’s good to know!). With the tasting menu, we got about eight courses along with some amuse bouches!
Everything was impeccable: service, timing, temperature, DELICIOUSNESS! My favorite dishes of the night were definitely the foie gras and the dessert. The foie gras was huge! You can’t find foie gras like that anywhere for the price you’re paying. Before the entrees, we were served scallops and fillet of brill. I usually don’t like cooked fish (only sashimi/​sushi please!) but this was the most amazing fish I’ve ever had, it melted like butter in my mouth. I wish all fish tasted like that. For entrees, my mother and I ordered the duck, while my dad ordered the pork belly. Both were amazing. We refreshed our palette with a light pre-​dessert of lemon meringue and onto the most amazing part, the dessert: the amazing, famous melting chocolate sphere! Servers poured hot fudge over this shiny, chocolate ball which melted away to reveal ice cream and honeycomb. To this day, I still dream about this dessert. There are a few imitations here in the US, but they can’t compare to something straight out of a Gordon Ramsay restaurant!
After dessert, we ordered cheese and fruit which were quite yummy and fresh. We also ordered a cappuccino and they were nice enough to not only give us truffles on dry ice but also a box of chocolates to go with the coffee! Wow!
PS: The waitress, noticing we were American, was so thoughtful and kind to print out little menus of everything we ate and give them to us as souvenirs! That is some true Michelin star service right there!

This place hit all the notes and exceeded my expectations. My wife and I arrived for a romantic evening out and thought to order the «Chef’s tasting menu». The highlights was the Fillet of Cornish Turbot, the Seared Orkney Scallops and the Braised Short Rib.
The service was impeccable and I highly recommend you order a mixed drink as the bar was on point across the board.
The only objection I have against this place is simply the cost. As long as you know it will be a very pricey dinner upfront — but I certainly felt it was worth the price.

I hate to give this place 3.5 stars because I was really excited to try this restaurant. I’ve been to a Gordon Ramsey restaurant in Las Vegas & loved it so I was anticipating another amazing meal here.
We ordered the 3 course meal for lunch to get the full experience. The meal started with a complimentary Beef Tea. It was just as interesting/​weird as it sounds. The Beef Tea was made for aroma. And yes, it was poured from a teapot. It was actually really cool to see it being presented on the table.
APPETIZER
I ordered the Foie Gras Parfait as my starter, which was actually a substitute for one of the starters. It was SOO GOOD! All of the ingredients together was amazing… the bread, figs, pistachio, crispy panchetta, flower petals, & herbs. It was way beyond my expectation! The flavors balanced one another & the flowers filled your mouth with the aroma of the food. I could’ve eaten this for the rest of my meal.
ENTREE
For my second dish, I ordered the Filet of Cornish Hake with smoked mussels and Merlot sauce. The only part I loved about this dish were the mussels. Overall, the dish was wayyy too salty for me. :(The Cornish Hake was perfectly cooked, but it was already salty and it was wrapped in seaweed nori, which made it more salty. I thought the Merlot sauce would’ve toned down the saltiness, but it was salty too! I tried the breaded balls (potato?) in the dish & that was REALLY salty. I felt really bad to tell the server after he noticed I didn’t finish it & asked if everything was ok. The server was very kind to ask if they could remake it for me or offer me something else.
DESSERT
For dessert, I preordered the selection of cheese (£10 supplement). The server asked what my preference was for cheese & I said I like strong cheese. I should’ve chosen my words more wisely because I definitely met my match and I absolutely LOVE cheese. The server cut me a slice of the Stinking Bishop. It was, BY FAR, the strongest cheese I’ve ever had & I would like to meet someone who could handle it. Challenge anyone? The server joked if you put this cheese in the fridge, you have to throw the fridge away afterwards. Lol! All of the other cheeses I tried were great. I think the server cut me thick slices to make up for my entrée. This is my warning! Be cautious of what you get into when you say you want strong cheese. My husband’s dessert of the Coffee & Hazelnut Parfait with Amaretto jelly & Frangelico ice cream was beautiful & delicious. Our meal ended with complimentary Chocolate, Caramel Truffles.
The service was EXCELLENT! I’d give service 5 stars if could because they were very attentive and kind. They made the whole experience luxurious.
If only the food wasn’t too salty, I think it would’ve tasted much better. It wasn’t just the food that I ordered… my husband’s Beef Wellington was cooked perfectly, but it also left a salty aftertaste. The Foie Gras Parfait set the standard high for the rest of my meal.

I LOVED this one Michelin star restaurant hehe
I was unfortunately more than an hour late for my reservation, and yet the kind lady at the front still made room for my party (so thankful!!!). I ordered the tartar, Beef Wellington with Foie Gras (an extra ~£25), strawberry dessert, and Chocolate Sphere (yes… I ordered two desserts and I’ll explain why later)
The tartar came in multiple small pieces, and each has its own distinguishing flavor. I really, really enjoyed it a lot :)
The beef Wellington was SO good!!! The outside was the perfect amount of crispy and flaky, and the meet inside was just so tender. It wasn’t too salty (which I find is a big problem in a lot of American restaurants back home), and was simply delish!
Now I ordered the Gariguette Strawberry and Earl Grey trifle with strawberry sorbet. I literally got zero bites in before my friends Chocolate Sphere won me over. The chocolate sphere has milk ice cream and honeycomb in it, and sounds exactly as it sounds (look at the video I posted to see what I’m talking about). Hot chocolate is poured over the sphere, and the walls of the sphere slowly melts. I ordered my own sphere for ~£10 and was sooooo happy as the waiter actually let me pour the hot chocolate on the sphere myself and even took a video of it for me (SUCH an awesome memory). On top of that, I absolutely loved the dessert itself as well. PS the pre-​desert lemon meringue was phenomenal!
The service was extraordinary– very friendly, yet professional. I thoroughly enjoyed my meal there! I only wish Gordon Ramsay had visited the restaurant when I was there (he had come in the day before!).
Very much so deserving of its 5 star rating, and also of its Michelin star!

If you’ve been following my reviews for a while, you’ll know that we typically do a ton of research (which usually includes a bracket) when trying to choose a restaurant in a different city. This was no different — we were celebrating our anniversary while in London (well, to be fair — we celebrated our anniversary in every city we hit on this trip), and we knew we wanted something special.
Our research started with a broad field of places, and in short order, they started to blend together. Then, we saw one of Chef Ramsay’s restaurants, and we perked up. Soon enough, we were comparing his restaurants only, and had settled on Petrus.
We were excited to try one of his restaurants. We were excited that it is Michelin-​starred. We were intrigued by the menu options, and fully expecting a fantastic meal and evening.
We had a late reservation on our final night in London, as we wanted to be sure we had time to get back to the hotel to get cleaned up after a day spent exploring. So, gussied up and ready for a good meal, we hit the tube and walked our way to the restaurant.
It doesn’t look like much from the outside, but once we stepped through that front door, the magic hit.
We were given a friendly greeting, our coats were taken, and we were shown to a table in the back. There isn’t much of a view (unless you like looking at the street and a restaurant across the way), but I actually liked the ambiance inside. It was open, dim without being obnoxious, with kind of an eclectic feel.
It didn’t take much consideration for us to decide on the tasting menu, and of course we paired that with the wine selections (the classic wines — no need to get crazy, now). After ordering, we sat back and waited to be awed. And awed we were!
Chef’s compliments came out first — a toast with thinly sliced mushrooms and a fried ball of deliciousness started out the evening (I’m almost certain they’d call those two things something completely different…) The mushrooms on toast sounds simple, but it was quite delicious. The mushroom was very thinly sliced, and there was a sauce — not too overpowering — between them and the toast that held it all together.
Next up was an amuse bouche of Yuzu Chawanmushi, which was a custard in miso soup. It was interesting.
Course one was Norfolk quail with morels, pancetta and charred lettuce, to which they added an au jus. The quail was good, but kind of difficult to get off the bone. I was afraid I’d be hacking at it with my fork and knife, only to have it go flying off the plate, skittering over the tablecloth, before ending up on the floor.
Course two was an Orkney scallop with braised kombu, bacon and egg sabayon, which was very good. Scallops can be really hit or miss with me, but I was pleased to find that this one was perfectly cooked, and paired really well with the kombu and bacon bits.
Course three was a small piece of Cornish brill, covered in cuttlefish and served with a cep Bolognese. This dish was my favorite by far. The brill and the cuttlefish worked really well together, and the sauces helped bring out the flavors, instead of being too overpowering. I’d order that dish again.
For course four, we both chose the Herdwick lamb, which was presented perfectly cooked and accompanied by a miso gratin, soy beans, pickled mouli and a another au jus. It was hard to remember what was what once the plate was set in front of me, so all I remember is wishing there was another piece of lamb on the plate.
Our palate cleanser was a lemon meringue, done fancy style. The meringue on top of the lemon foam was light and airy, and the lemon wasn’t too strong (not that there’s such a thing for me, but the hubs typically isn’t a fan of citrus).
Dessert was pure craziness. It was a black forest cake — again, done fancy-​style. The mousse was rich and creamy, and the cherry sorbet was a perfect, not-​too-​tart complement to the decadent chocolate. They even created some realistic-​looking cherries to serve on top. It was divine.
And just when I felt like having one more bite would surely split the seams of my new dress, they brought out four truffles. I think they were some kind of dark chocolate ginger, but I really couldn’t tell you, having opted to save the dress. And wouldn’t you know, right after the truffles, they brought out a coconut-​something nougat. I was in the middle of trying to talk myself into trying a bite of at least one of them, if not both, when they brought out another couple pieces of chocolate in celebration of our anniversary!
At this point, I turned to my husband and told him that if they tried to bring one more dish, I’d stab their fingers with the chocolate truffle.
Thankfully, they showed mercy on my poor (expanding) stomach, and ended the meal there. We were stuffed, but more importantly, we were impressed. Every item they set in front of us was beautifully presented and enjoyable to consume.

Ich wurde von Freunden zu meinem 40. Geburtstag ins Petrus eingeladen.
In vielen Portalen wurde es als das beste Restaurant Londons bewertet. Nach diesem Abend muss ich sagen: absolut zu Recht!
Das Essen war außergewöhnlich, die Geschmackskombinationen überraschend, aber beeindruckend, so hätte ich z.B. nie gedacht, dass Hummer in Vanilleschaum so gut schmecken kann.
Die Weinkarte überforderte zumindest mich, aber mit professioneller Hilfe fanden wir einen sehr leckeren Tropfen, der preislich Gott sei Dank sehr weit von der Petrus Magnum für knapp 50 000£ entfernt war.
Das Personal war eigentlich nie sichtbar, aber immer da, wenn man jemand brauchte. So zuvorkommend würde ich immer gerne bedient werden.
Und nach dem Dessert kam ein Kellner noch mit einem Mini– Geburtstagskuchen und sang mir ein Ständchen. Ein Abschluss meines Geburtstagsessens, der mich sehr gerührt hat.
Ich werde auf jeden Fall wieder ins Petrus gehen, wenn ich das nächste Msl in London bin. So einen Genuss kann ich mir einfach nicht entgehen lassen!