Restaurante muito clean situado no interior do Hotel, com uma carta espectacular. As entradinhas de pizza e focaccia de azeite a não perder e o Risotto de funghi é delicioso. Gostava de voltar para provar outros pratos.
Rustic and fuss-free, yet executed with an inimitable degree of finesse… Theo Randall’s approach to Italian cooking has always left a memorable impression on me – be it the signature dishes I’ve sampled at Taste of London, or at my recent brunch at Theo’s Simple Italian.
The secret – and indeed art – lies in his food philosophy which remains unchanged, right since his days at the iconic River Café where he earned a Michelin star back in 1997. Quite fittingly then, this is the first topic of discussion when we sit down at his eponymous restaurant at the InterContinental Park Lane…
This week I was privileged to attend a very special anniversary dinner. Theo Randall was celebrating 10 years at The Intercontinental on Park Lane and this was one invite I was ALWAYS going to accept. It was not to be a traditional ‘turn up and have some great food’ kind of night, Theo was also giving us a cooking masterclass on how to make the perfect risotto. Dinner and wine pairing started with an exceptional......
Rosie Alittlelusciousness
+4.5
I've been very lucky recently and have spent two evenings eating very delicious food cooked by one of the loveliest chefs I've met. A couple of Tuesdays ago was my Theo Randall experience part 1 at The Intercontinental in Mayfair where I was invited for drinks, a cooking demo by Theo and a sit down four course dinner. This was followed by a very different evening the next Tuesday at his new restaurant, Theo's Simple Italian in Earl's Court, which I'll write about in a separate post. So back to Theo part 1. A group of lots of lovely bloggers and I were invited to the newly refurbished Theo Randall at the Intercontinental. We started with drinks in the stunning bar area which has undergone a significant redesign to incorporate a sommelier’s table, where all the garnishes, bitters and mixers for the cocktails are kept. There's a revised bar menu which offers authentic and innovative Italian cocktails, including my absolute favourite, the Negroni. And the InterContinental's Negroni is one of the best I've tried. The perfect balance of bitter, citrus and punchy, I could drink far too many of these! If you want to go for drinks at the bar there's also a few small dishes and antipasti so you can go just for drinks and nibbles. But that would be silly with all the delicious main food on offer!We headed through to the smaller of two private rooms where Theo demonstrated how to cook the perfect risotto - don't use butter to start with (it'll burn), you don't need wine if you have good stock, be generous with the stock and use the freshest of vegetables that have been pre cooked so they don't bring the cooking temperature down in the pan. Whilst he was showing us this we nibbled on deep fried polenta with chilli and anchovy, which may well be my new favourite snack, and battered courgette slices.
As an inveterate food blogger I go out a lot. It’s easy to feel blasé about some invitations, another pizza place, a hotel restaurant focussing on seasonality and locality… but when you get the call to an event at Theo Randall’s refurbished eponymous restaurant in the Intercontinental Hotel in Park Lane you sit up and take notice. Quite simply he is the best chef serving Italian food in London today and a decent chap to boot. He was known for running the kitchen at The legendary River Café and then ten years ago took the opportunity to open his own space within the Intercontinental Hotel. Theo told me he felt that the previous look had been a bit too corporate (although I loved the open kitchen and will never forget his enthusiasm whilst showing me his then new ovens).
Taking stock of a decade doing delicious justice to classic Italian dishes, Theo Randall has reopened his restaurant at the InterContinental after an interiors refurb and the addition of a few new menu items. Great news! And the best news about the reopening is that Chef Randall has managed to maintain all the qualities that already had made his eatery one of my favourite places for Italian food.
There's something so exciting about a restaurant re-launch; a London institution that's had a total redecoration and a brand new menu. There's something amazing about the shiny, new venue in an iconic hotel and famous restaurant that's too much to resist for me, so when Angie asked if I'd like to try the newly re-opened Theo Randall at The Intercontinental Hotel there was only really one answer!
With the the growing trend for dispensing with formality and throwing out the white table clothes, restaurants in London are reinventing themselves and becoming more modern and fresh. Theo Randall at The Intercontinental Park Lane is one such place. I first ate there about seven years (pre-Mr S) and I really loved the food so I was excited to revisit and check out the recent changes at the Italian restaurant.
Wrap Your Lips Around This
+4.5
This morning I find myself newly single and in a reflective mood. All in all things haven’t gone too far wrong in life so far, having reached my mid-to-late twenties with a bachelors, a masters, a job, a blog and a comfortably sized 12 bod, and although I have less reason than most to want for something, there’s still a sort of vacuum. For those who set any store by the Myers Briggs personality test my answers indicate that I have an INTJ personality, which by all accounts doesn’t seem too shabby a category save for one, niggling thing… An absolute cluelessness when it comes to romance.
Went for the 3 courses meal dinner and I was dying at the end of the meal! The portion was generous and the food was very yummy. I had the tagliatelle with ragu, chicken wrapped in Parma ham and lemon tart. The place, service and quality of food were very good so I'll definitely come back!
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First Class Italian Cuisine & Wine. Extraordinary tasting menu. We had the 3 course meal. For antipasti we had the Insalata mista - Italian leaves with datterini tomatoes, cucumber, camone tomatoes,fresh basil and caprino fresco. Followed by the Primis of Ravioli di erbette - mixed green ravioli with Swiss chard, rocket, Italian spinach, sheep’s ricotta, butter and sage & theTagliatelle con ragù di manzo - fresh pasta with slow cooked beef fillet in Chianti and San Marzano tomatoes. The Secondis were Manzo alla griglia - chargrilled Longhorn beef sirloin with sweet celeriac, Italian spinach and salsa verde. The Dolci was their infamous and delicious Amalfi lemon tart, which was a deep reddish-orange in color. The dessert was not yellow as expected from the lemons, instead the eggs are sourced from italian chickens that are fed a diet high in carrots producing eggs with a reddish-orange yolk. Fascinating dining experience. Defied our expectations. Marvelous wine list. Attentive wait staff. Serene ambience. Who cares about the absence of a view.
Javier Oscar Dorrego
+4.5
The Lamb and the Carne Salatta estan muy buenos! Service is very good!
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Freedom for Theo. I have gone on record to say that the River Cafe is vastly overrated and L"Anima is my current favourite Italian in London.
Well Theo Randall now has his own canvas to paint on free from Rosie and Ruthie !
I had a very good meal here last night as a guest of Subterranean.
We both started with the capelletti stuffed with slow roasted veal which was good to the standard found in an average restaurant in say Parma but nowhere near the delights of the Sorelle Picchi in that same fiar city or even an excellent Tortelli stuffed with osso buco a la Milanese that I onCe had a Locanda Locatelli full of flavour, a juicy runny meat and sauce stuffing.
My host had what he desribed as a superb grilled calves liver and I had a truly outstanding Vela Chop topped with porcini and slasa verde.
We shared some fried Zucchini that were good but not as good as those at L'Anima.
We both finished with a truly superb selection of deserts to share - homemade vanila ice cream , pana cotta , lemon tart and chocolate cake - all were really outstanding.
We drank a bottle of Frans Hass Pinot Grigio form Alto Adige and ended with a glass of Sweet Asti.
Perhaps because the retaurantis in a major international hotel it tries to please people with eclectic tastes hence some great Italian wines are conspicous by their absence eg. Passito di Pantelleria one of the worlds top dessert wines.
L'Anima remains my favourite Italian in London !
Memoirs Of A Metro Girl
+4
To start I opted for a green bean salad with lashings of parmesan, which was delicious and I felt super healthy eating so many greens. For my main, I chose a risotto with monkfish, salmon and squid, which really worked well together and was very tasty indeed.
The Bill - worth every penny! Theo Randall serves seasonal, fine and yet rustic food with flare! The service was amicable and cordial. The suggestion of wine was spot on, even though it was on the expensive side @ £14/glass. However, I appreciate that matching wine and food is quite important and part of fine dining experience. Verdict: I will be back on a special occasion!
The star ingedient of the evening is of course the Italian Cheese Parmigiano Reggiano. I especially love the more mature Parmigiano, aged 36 months or so, that I first discovered in Milan many years ago. That was the first time I had Parmigiano on a cheese course, with the distinctive crystals in the texture that results from the aging process. Now I constantly have a stock of aged Parmigiano in the fridge to snack on.
The monkfish was definitely the star of the show, magnificently meaty, with a firm yet tender texture
I'd been hoping that this place was going to blow my socks off. Unfortuntately my toes remained very cosy on the way home.
A cookbook in its purest form. A bedside story book for the last read before falling asleep. A Who's Who of the most exciting talents working in kitchens today, honoured in colour. An encyclopaedia teaching you everything you need to know before going to
Whilst many of his contemporary so-called ‘celeb chefs’ have been running creating failing empires, it’s telling that Theo Randall can be seen most nights sweating it out in his one and only kitchen to provide some of the best food in London. Indeed, his
I have gone on record to say that the River Cafe is vastly overrated and L"Anima is my current favourite Italian in London. Well Theo Randall now has his own canvas to paint on free from Rosie and Ruthie ! I had a very good meal here last night as a guest
For a restaurant in the basement of a not very attractive building (the boxy Intercontinental), Theo Randall doesn't seem to be trying particularly hard to stand out. Around the back of Park Lane, past a windswept taxi rank and through double doors to a bare, echoey corridor, you finally arrive at the above. Hardly inviting, is it? Looks more like a corporate boardroom than the entrance to a fine dining restaurant, but fortunately the pleasant staff inside do their best with the less than cosy surroundings
Fantastic food fantastic choices fantastic settings and fantastic service this restaurant was five-star all the way I would highly recommend going here choices were so unusual
What amazing food!
If you are around Hyde Park or Harrods, its definitely worth a visit.
One of the best menu I have seen at an Italian restaurant with a space for Veg!
Will visit again!!
We went for the Signature menu after reading it online. For four set courses and a half bottle of wine per person, it must be the best value for money menu in London. Every course was excellent, beginning with beef carpaccio that just melted in the mouth. The primi pasta course was exceptional with perfectly cooked, al dente pasta generously filled with a duck and porcini filling and a rich sauce. The main course of guinea fowl was superbly executed while the Amalfi lemon tart was the perfect way to end a delicious meal. Service was great to start but our original waiter seemed to disappear and we became a bit of an after thought. Everyone was nice but it seemed like they were more interested in serving schmoozing over big-tipping Americans, although I do hope I'm wrong on that one.
Fantastic restaurant, can't recommend this enough. Great place for a special occasion and the portion sizes were very generous compared to restaurants of this nature... I'm a big eater and I struggled to finish everything!
Ordered the calamari for starters and the Guinea fowl for main- both were cooked perfectly and tasted fresh. Ordered the vanilla creme brulé with rhubarb for dessert which was nice. 10/10 service as well
Our must-go-to restaurant in London. Fantastic food and service. The regional tasting menus with wine parings are a sheer delight. The Sunday brunch will leave you full and content. Marvelous place!
Exceptional service, fantastic food, great atmosphere. One of the Best hotel based restaurants around. Soup delightful, lamb cooked to perfection and desserts sublime.
We came here for dinner. This restaurant is within the intercontinental hotel, on the right side of reception. The decor is marvellous. The service was great as was the ambience. We started off with some bread which was nice. We then got the cheese soufflé which was okay but lacked flavour. We also got the calamari which was nice- it tasted great with the lemon. For mains we got the lobster ravioli which was lovely and the sauce was exquisite. We also got the duck cappelletti which was good but the sauce was a bit too heavy. The angelo mocktail was also lovely. I would recommend coming for the experience but we were not wowed by the food. For desert we got the amalfi lemon tart which was lovely. Our total bill was £72 with our discount. The waiter was very considerate of our food requirements which was nice.
Had always wanted to visit and as I had a meeting in London, decided to pop in on a Wednesday evening. Restaurant was a bit on the quiet side. Several menu options, but decided on the 3 Course Set Menu, which at £40 (including a drink) was very good value. Fast and attentive service provided by Bridget and Peter.
Overall, I give Theo Randall's top marks for food and service. Plus the restaurant itself was immaculate. But for me it lacked a bit of character - maybe should have visited on a Friday or Saturday night.
And the lighting was way too dim.
Will definitely return though.
Our second time to this fabulous restaurant and it didn’t disappoint. The team that looked after us were brilliant and very attentive without being overbearing. Classy but not too starchy atmosphere. The food was AMAZING and reasonably priced.
Five stars for sure and we will return for the next milestone birthday. Fantastic, and a big thank you to all.
I was treated to the festive menu for my 60th birthday and we could not have been treated better. From arriving, to the service and the food. We were explained the reasons for the wine choices and they really did complement the food, which was exceptional. Would highly recommend
Lovey Lunch here fresh Italian food and a good price for the quality of the food and expensive london location highy recommend 👌 😋
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If you love Italian food and wine along with fabulous cocktails and service of the highest order from one of the very best front of house teams then a visit to Theo Randall at the Intercontinental is an absolute must. This restaurant has easily become a real favourite of ours and after yet another excellent dining experience on saturday night it’s not hard to see why.
It all began on arrival when we received a lovely welcome before being escorted to the bar area to enjoy an aperitif. Here we were greeted by Astrit who is definitely one of the best mixologists around. We got to enjoy two of his new creations. The first was the South Slope with panarea gin , aperol , lillet blanc , mandarin , lemon and bitters and the other was the Apollo with havana 7 and kraken rum , cointreau , coffee , pistachio , vanilla and citrus. These were two amazing cocktails and a great way to start the evening.
We then headed to our table and were met by Dorina , Brigida and our waiter for the evening Francisco who provided excellent service throughout the evening. On this occasion we decided to go for the a la carte menu something we hadn’t done for a while due to previous visits where we’ve loved the regional tasting menu’s and weekend brunch. We started by enjoying some Zucchini Fritte along with Focaccia and tomato crostini while finishing off our Romantica cocktail.
ANTIPASTI - Now to begin the food experience which started with two fantastic antipasti dishes. My wife opted for the Tartare di Tonno with yellowfin tuna tartare , pangrattato , rocket , capers , and amalfi lemons. I was in heaven with my Calamari in Padella with pan fried squid , cannellini beans , chilli , anchovies , parsley and chopped rocket. These were paired beautifully with a Planeta Alastro 2021 wine from Sicily.
PRIMI - We now moved on to the pasta section with the first being a Ravioli di Aragosta with dorset blue lobster , tomato and shellfish broth. My pasta dish was the one I’d seen on Saturday Kitchen that morning and it was delicious. The Ravioli di Tartufo e patate con asparagi bianchi filled with potato , winter black truffle , white asparagus , butter and parmesan. Paired once again with another excellent wine from the Planeta winery. (sorry about quality of pic).
SECONDI - It was now time to move on to the main course and easily one of the best monkfish dishes I ever had the pleasure of eating. The Coda di Rospo with cornish monkfish , charlotte potatoes , fennel , thyme , garlic , crispy prosciutto , white wine , capers and parsley. My wife enjoyed the Fegato di Vitello a pan fried calves liver with pancetta , sage , wild mushrooms and spinach. Paired with a Planeta La Segreta 2020 Nero D’Avola.
DOLCI - Now for desserts. Here my wife opted for the Cheese Course where for myself I just couldn’t decide between the Amalfi Lemon Tart and the Ricotta Cheesecake with pears , sultanas marinated in marsala and vanilla so I ordered both and what an absolute pleasure they were to. These were paired with a Planeta Passito di Noto 2019.
We finished with coffee and petit fours to bring to an end another fantastic dining experience at Theo Randall at the Intercontinental. The food was amazing , the wine was excellent , the cocktails were stunning and the service was impeccable as ever. So yes I would highly recommend a visit and it won’t be too long before I’m back again.
Thank You Theo , Dorina , Astrit , Francisco , Brigida and all the team for a fabulous italian evening and look forward to seeing you all again soon. Ciao for now.
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