It always seemed to me to be a bit weird how much love there was for royalty. Where I originally come from, the last emperor was some time ago and imperial majesty is not much in vogue. In contrast, in the UK, everyone seemingly wants a piece of the crown and it is big business to be linked with nobility. This is embodied in awards of the royal warrant to many different suppliers. This is a great way to boost sales.
Came for lunch with friends. Nice place but was bit busy. Place has its charm for being the official Grocer to HRH the Queen but same didn’t reflect in the taste of food.
Overall I say good experience
I'm a huge fan of this uniquely British institution. With an impressive selection of tea and cakes on offer this is a beautiful spot for afternoon tea. The service is slow but professional. Definitely pop downstairs after and pick up some champagne ice pops to complete your F&M experience!
I had a quick lunch with a califlower soup, a Maldonado Iberico with melon and a glass of Champagne Fortun's Blanc de Blanc.
Even regarding these simples dishes i must say that everything was of high quality, aswell as the bread and butter.
Specially the Iberico was realy of a great standard.
The ambience is a beat noisy and in what concerns decoration Fortun's with justify a more acurated work.
Rosie Alittlelusciousness
+3.5
A few weeks ago I met up with the community manager of food review site Zomato to talk all things food, pop ups and blogs. This was followed with them sending me a voucher for food at Fortnum and Mason, and having never actually eaten at the restaurant there, I took them up on the offer.The Gallery is situated at the back of the ground floor of Fortnum and Mason. I booked for Mother's Day and invited a girlfriend to join me. We both love Fortnums so were interested to find out more about their food. Fortnum and Mason has the most wonderful food hall serving all sorts of sweet, savoury and alcoholic treats, so expectations for lunch were high.Being Mother's Day it was super busy in the restaurant but despite a small queue of waiting diners forming, they whisked me through to the table while I waited for Julie to peel herself away from the shopping delights of another floor of the department store and join me, which she did very soon after I was seated. The restaurant was serving the normal menu, plus a fixed Mother's Day menu that was £25.50 for 2 courses, or £29.50 for 3. This menu was made up of 3 options per course and included the dishes we already had our eye on, so we went for that. We both chose the same for starter and main.For starters we couldn't resist the Fortnum and Mason smoked salmon, served with homemade soda bread and a herby sauce. The salmon was some of the best I've tried - delicious without being too oily and cut to a perfect thickness - I find smoked salmon can be cut too thin sometimes and you can barely taste it. The herbs complimented the smoked fish wonderfully and our glass of Chablis was ideal to drink with the starter.
Busy, busy, busy. So it's loud and you end up shouting out a conversation. As one would expect of Fortnum and Mason, the food is delicious as are all the cakes. Highly recommend the Kings Coffee blend.
Had a lunch meeting with a very good friend. I must say I was pleased with a highly attentive and helpful service, with genuine effort to please. Welsh rabbits were lovely as well as large, delicious mushrooms. Given the fact of F&M righteous reputation it always has and should have a big buzz around.
Rosie Alittlelusciousness
+4
The Gallery is situated at the back of the ground floor of Fortnum and Mason. I booked for Mother's Day and invited a girlfriend to join me. We both love Fortnums so were interested to find out more about their food. Fortnum and Mason has the most wonderful food hall serving all sorts of sweet, savoury and alcoholic treats, so expectations for lunch were high.Being Mother's Day it was super busy in the restaurant but despite a small queue of waiting diners forming, they whisked me through to the table while I waited for Julie to peel herself away from the shopping delights of another floor of the department store and join me, which she did very soon after I was seated. The restaurant were serving their normal menu, plus a fixed Mother's Day menu that was £25.50 for 2 courses, or £29.50 for 3. This menu was made up of 3 options per course and included the dishes we already had our eye on, so we went for that. We both chose the same for starter and main.For starters we couldn't resist the Fortnum and Mason smoked salmon, served with homemade soda bread and a herby sauce. The salmon was some of the best I've tried - delicious without being too oily and cut to a perfect thickness. I find smoked salmon can be cut too thin sometimes and you can barely taste it. The herbs complimented the smoked fish wonderfully and our glass of Chablis was ideal to drink with the starter.Our choice of main course was a no brainer. We'd seen plates of roast beef being brought out to other tables and it looked so good. Huge Yorkshire puddings, rare roast Glenarm salt aged beef, steaming gravy, fresh vegetables, cauliflower cheese and crunchy-on-the-outside / soft-in-the-middle roast potatoes. It really was the perfect Sunday roast. And the portions were so big that it gave us time for a proper catch up while we soldiered our way through the food. By the time we ordered puddings it was very late lunchtime and they'd run out of one of the options on the fixed menu, so said we could choose any pudding we wanted from the main menu. This was really great of them, and made up for the slightly haphazard and awkward service throughout the meal - drinks orders had been taken twice, plates were nearly dropped, teapots chipped and a general sense of too many diners and not enough staff.Julie chose the rhubarb crumble for pudding. A scrumptious crumble with a slightly tart fruit filling, that looked a bit of a mess but tasted good. I went for the creamy blood orange cheesecake, which was a lot prettier than the crumble and equally as tasty, though it nearly defeated me after all that food.
The Gallery is light and airy, and a lovely environment to spend a weekend lunch.
The food was amazing, I had the sirloin stake with bearnaise sauce (which was delicious, cooked to perfection and not grisly in the slightest) and my husnabd chose the lemon sole with brown shrimp, and a side of jersey royals. For dessert, we shared the blood orange cheesecake, also perfect: light and moussy and less dense than a regular cheesecake.
It was quite busy, but the service wasnt great. it wasnt the waiting time, but more the attitude of both the hostess and the waitress; very brusque and dismissive. We almost felt guilty being there and it seems they prefer larger tables.
Our meal came to £70 for 2 mains, a dessert, a beer and a soft drink, which i thought was reasonable for the quality of the food.
Sunday lunch at the Gallery is a pretty relaxed affair, which is what appealed to me the most.
Went along to the Gallery with my mother and boyfriend and I have to say the menu offered a great selection. I had smoked salmon to start followed by the risotto. The salmon was really fresh and the bread that accompanied it was super yummy.
The risotto itself was good, not the best I have ever had but the flavours were on point.
Both my mother and the BF had the roast beef. First things first the portion was huge! My mother couldn't finish it but the BF did and then some. I tried some of the beef and the it was pretty exceptional. Tender and flavoursome.
The desert which is my favourite bit was certainly not a let down. I had the poached pear and icecream. Even writing this now I could do with another helping .
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Fortnum and Mason's Gallery restaurant has proved that a visit to F&M is not just for the wealthy residents to do their weekly foodshop, old dears to take afternoon tea or tourists to gawp at the impressive window displays. The Gallery is the epitome is English class in a civilised, central environment.From the get-go, F&M is all about style, class and originality: from the plush red carpets and suited staff to the counters for every conceivable luxury consumable, F&M is decadent, luxurious and a pleasure to visit.Up the staircase on the ground floor sits The Gallery, recently renovated to become a clean, quiet space tucked away from the hustle and bustle of shoppers, with light wood and marble décor and an air of civilised calm, whilst lacking the pretence commonly associated to luxury brands.Our waiters were young, refreshing and eager to please, offering us the space to be indecisive and take our time with our orders, without letting us feel abandoned at any point.Food was exquisite; I chose brill; a meaty fish fried to crispy perfection scattered with baby shrimp, resting on a bed of spinach and served in a creamy sauce. Absolutely divine. My dining companion ordered a huge, juicy steak, which was excellent quality and a hearty portion, despite being a sirloin cut. We chose a creamy cauliflower cheese side, as well as triple cooked chips; delicious and all plates were polished off nicely. All ingredients are flavoursome and rich, and the menu consists mainly of meat or fish dishes of seasonal produce.The ambience is gentle and homely, and clientele seem to range from the more mature generation taking afternoon tea, to the tourists who wanted to dine in THE F&M (and then get directions) to pals catching up over a glass of fizz.I would definitely recommend eating here, and doing so for a family reunion or to treat yourself whilst central and starving.
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Fortnum and Mason, in the heart of Piccadilly has to be one of the best known department stores, not only in London - but across the world. The department store opened in 1707, were the first to sign Heinz baked beans in 1886, and carried on their legacy even through the hard times of WW2. Since then it's become the go to place for the luxury seeking Londoner, and stands as both a monument and tourist attraction to the world. Visit at 8pm in the evening and you'll find the store deserted. It's my favourite time to go, the whole place becomes your own private, indulgent shopping experience. From a praline or two when you arrive, to a quick glass of something sparkling downstairs and a swoop through the Christmas department - you really could spend the day here.
Midday at the weekend, the store does get extremely busy. Fight your way through the crowds, to the back of the building and up the stairs to the restaurant - everything does calm down a little. At first glance the restaurant isn't anything particularly special either. Simple brasserie style décor, lots of natural light flooding through and far too much wooden furniture - it's all looking a little bit tired as well. But actually take a seat, enjoy the excellent service (which must be hard work given how busy it was) and you'll soon realise the décor here doesn't need to play any part, or at least very little. The focus is all on the food. Utilising the best ingredients they stock in their food hall its a great way to see how good the produce, and the quality of what they sell is here. With a section of the menu titled "To Share (or not)" - I decided to not. And kept these Dublin Bay prawns all to myself. Large, juicy and incredibly meaty - with a squeeze of lemon and some outstanding mayonnaise. Apart from the slightly hefty price tag, the quality and flavour couldn't be faulted.
And then there was the steak. If steak is on a menu who can ever really resist the temptation. Steak from Hawksmoor has always been a favourite of mine, Mash in Piccadilly wasn't bad either. But Fortnums could easily give them both a good run for their money. Glenarm salt-aged beef was an absolutely stunning example. The company, Hannan Meats ages its finest beef in a room made of hand-cut Himalayan rock salt bricks over a period of 28-45 days. The meat it produces is incredibly tender, full of flavour and of course, a little salty. The little pockets of fat were dangerously just as good. Bearnaise sauce, and red wine jus were equally delicious. Both packing flavour, and consistency throughout. This is a reason to visit The Gallery restaurant alone.
I wouldn't normally write about a side salad, or chips for that matter - but they both deserved a special mention. The rocket and parmesan salad packed much than what it read on the menu. The rocket was peppery, fresh and fiery. The parmesan cheese had a strong flavour, with those all important unravelled crystallized, crunchy pockets of protein. The whole salad was tossed in a sweet balsamic glaze. Dishes like this are so simple to put together, but so many places get it wrong. Here they couldn't have got it more right.
And the chips, or fries depending how you feel about it. I'd probably put them in the fries category if we're going by size. Triple cooked to perfection. Golden and crunchy on the outside. Soft and fluffy on the inside. With a good sprinkling of salt and not an ounce of oil in sight my only complaint would be that they're not serving them from a small window out the side of the restaurant. I'm sure a short queue would form rather quickly - and I'd be there at the front of it.
Dessert on the other hand really was the oddity of our meal. Firstly it was abysmally small. About the size of of a few raspberrys (as you can see from those perched on top). Flavour wise it wasn't bad. The sort of thing you could imagine eating on a winters night, curled up on the sofa. But in a restaurant, I'm not so sure. It was so light and delicately flavoured that perhaps some intense richness, or bitter dark chocolate would have been better. At least then the intensity could have battled with size and left you feeling more satisfied. It did cost £7 after all, and that's a lot of money for something which is gone in almost a blink.
Despite a slightly underwhelming dessert there is no doubt that The Gallery restaurant have got simple, quality led cooking down to perfection. The steak was perfect and at £21.50 very competitive in comparison to nearby competition (I bought some straight after from the Food Hall). Prawns were delicious and the sides shouldn't be forgotten - in fact there were many more and I plan to work my way through them. If you think The Gallery restaurant is the biggest tourist attraction, then you couldn't be more wrong. If I was a tourist I'd leave a very happy - if not a slightly poorer one.
A good place to have tea when you want to have some elegance in it. They have a variety of tea and decent sandwiches and scones to be paired with.
The food and staff were excellent. We had the lamb, salmon, and rarebit. If I make it back to London, I will make it a point to eat there.
After a successful shopping tour at F&M, we stopped here. The dishes and drinks were served quickly. Delicious.
Wow, just had the most succulent and delicious grouse - first of the season! Also lovely dessert and cheese board. Good service.
I really enjoyed the food and the view from the restaurant. I can definitely recommend this place. The staff is great.
Excellent champagne afternoon tea. Fabulous service from angelina and mourad. Champagne was chilled to the right temperature. Savoury dishes were delicious, the cake was great as we're the scones and cream. Jasmine Pearl tea was very fresh. It was very busy however we were not rushed and had a very enjoyable afternoon.
Mayfair area, as one comes out of an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, is surprisingly poor when it comes to quick lunch places. The establishments fall into the two extremes of very posh and expensive (and often very good, e.g. HIDE, Five Fields, The Ritz, Wolsey etc) and godawful chains like Cafe Concerto. So it was a lovely surprise to stopover at this Fortnum & Mason establishment for a quick lunch after an exhibition and a spot of F&M shopping. Sparkling tea was good, mackerel with spinach and gooseberry sauce, yummi, and my friend's cauliflower burger with sweet potato chips, ok. It's nothing to rave home about, but a half decent bridge between the aforementioned two extremes. Service was friendly, if not particularly attentive.
Amazing service, the young lady manager was just perfect and all the staff was very kind, our waitress was simply lovely. The borlotti and chickpeas egg simply stunning. The egg worths the visit.
Fortnum & Mason is an institution. Yo do not come here for a bargain or a deal. It’s the English culture condensed in an afternoon tea with scones, clotted cream and jam. It’s that experience that droves us here, that was fulfilled perfectly and that lets us forget about 55 pounds we spent instantaneously.
Came here for lunch. Pumpkin Ravioli was amazing. The staff were friendly and professional. Overall a great dining experience.
Great service, peaceful atmosphere, if you love F&M you will love Gallery, something about it, it makes you feel and think about past ) whatever it means, )
We had a tremendous Sunday roast here... probably the best I've ever eaten. The beef was special.
Excellent food, excellent service, overall I'd say good value for money really.
Food was excellent, although service could have been slightly more attentive hence a 4 instead of a 5.
Wonderful environment and relaxed environment and pleasant staff, during peak times it is very busy so keep in mind before going.
Great manager, good service. Fresh food well presented.
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