March 2024 by Catriona Brooks
Absolutely wonderful experience yet again! We went for the March Midweek 5 course menu, one with a wine flight.The food was superbe, the staff we're all so friendly and special thanks to Jason the bartender, who created a flight of non-alcoholic cocktails for husband, which were incredible and spectacular.Thanks to all and see you again soon!
March 2024 by Neil Brooks
Excellent evening once again at L'Ortolan, wonderful food as always, exceptional service and a lovely dining experience overall, would definitely recommend. :-)
March 2024 by George King
Simply stunning food the cod dish was
March 2024 by Rhianna
Came here for a 8 course tasting menu from a gift voucher. Overall the food was excellent but a few unusual menu items (such a Gorgonzola butter milk ice cream dessert). Good selection on both the meat and vegetarian tasting menu. Service for all 8 courses took 3 hours but could have been served faster and not all courses were bought out hot.. unsure if this was intentional or not. At the end of our service we were bought a bill for the service charge, I understand this wasn?t included by the gift voucher but seemed very unprofessional to add 12.5% to a gifted meal.Vegetarian options: Vegetarian tasting menu available
March 2024 by Derek Baker
Just had an amazing 5-star experience. The food was top quality. What made it an experience was the chefs table. We sat in full view of the kitchen, watching ours and other guests' food being prepared. Seeing how a professional kitchen works. The chef dressed our lunch on the pass and came round to tell us all about the course, not just what we were about to eat but what was in it, where the ingredients were soursed and what flavours to expect.
March 2024 by Amaia Lesta Sobrino
Excellent Chef table experience. It is not only food and drink. Gettign to talk to the staff was an amazing experience. The food was delicious. I opted for a diary and meat free menu. Every dish was amazing. Every bite was full of flavour. In terms of drinks, I normally only drink water with lunch. This time, I went for the mocktail pairing. I loved all of them, sugar free, creative and full of new flavours.
March 2024 by Maksim Klania
The place of the high standards of everything. The interior, together with professional servants, provides a sweet anticipation of the upcoming experience of art coming straight from the cuisine of unique tastes.
March 2024 by Amit Jain
Loved the experiencePros+ Well crafted menu+ balanced tasting dishes+ vegetarian menu available+ courteous staff+ green surroundings which add to positive feelOpportunity areas- given the menu and the weather we missed soup (we had vegetarian). Though that's the restaurants prerogative to design the menu, just sharing the idea.Vegetarian options: Good vegetarian menu
February 2024 by Cindy Balmont
Friendly staff, very attentive and knowledgeable on the food and
February 2024 by Sandra Rice
Absolutely amazing food. Excellently presented, well flavoured and each course we were given a full description by the waiter/ress of what we were having. Very attentive staff who were unobtrusive. Couldnt fault a thing. Not the cheapest place but definitely worth going to for a treat. We tried the 8 course taster menu. We didn't drink as both driving but tried a mocktail was splendid. Should have taken some photos of the amazing food but completely forgot as we were enjoying it so much,
February 2024 by Andersen Alton
My favourite
February 2024 by Tommy Snipe
Visited L'Ortolan as a birthday treat.First of all, the food was amazing. We started off with pre-dinner cocktails and it was easily one of the most flavourful cocktails I've ever had. We went for the 6 course tasting menu with the wine pairing alongside it. From the canapes to the dessert, each dish was brilliantly crafted and left you wanting more.The wine pairings too were excellent, particularly impressed with the wine pairing for the cod dish wherein the the savouriness of the dish really brought out the fruitiness of an otherwise quite tannin heavy wine.The level of service was fantastic. The staff made sure you were looked after, such as ensuring glasses were topped up and that we enjoyed the dishes, but not in an intrusive way. Explanations of each dish and of the wine pairings were great. They even made sure to provide a special touch on the dessert for my birthday (see picture).The atmosphere of the restaurant was good, however nothing outstanding with some of the decor feeling slightly subdued; although you could argue that this enabled the good to stand out even more.Overall, it was a great experience and one that I would highly recommend.
February 2024 by Joel Davis
We had the Chef?s Table 8-course meal which was very good save for the second course of soup which had conflicting flavours. The experience itself was enjoyable and the service attentive. I was shocked to get a £35 bill for putting 34kW into my electric car (even Tesla superchargers won?t cost you half that per kW). A disappointing end to a nice meal.
February 2024 by Louise Revell
The food & wine pairings were amazing. The service was exceptional, all the staff were very knowledgeable. We were made to feel very welcome. The whole experience was delightful.
February 2024 by Christine Jones
Uninspiring taster menu, constantly described in the waiters' script as "wonderful". Brutally described Carrot was delicious; Vichysoisses should have been called Boring Potato. Chicken and citrus tart are the menu you get at M&S 'Dine out'. Pre dessert, which should have tickled our appetites was a stodgy banana doughnut.Have had much better meals there, so very disappointed. By the by, why can't we have our water and wine on the table instead of having to ask a waiter??
