Bonhams Restaurant

4.5 (28)

£26 to £40

British

101 New Bond Street, London, W1S 1SR

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About this restaurant

Good for special occasions
Good for business meals
Romantic

Located within one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious auction houses, Bonhams Restaurant is the perfect Mayfair destination for lunch and dinner or simply to relax over coffee or a glass of wine. Every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evening the restaurant offers a fixed five course dinner menu with the option to sample selected wines. Head Chef Tom Kemble’s elegant, naturally plated dishes, which use a blend of French technique with carefully sourced seasonal produce, won the restaurant a Michelin star within nine months of opening. Bonhams Restaurant provides the chance to drink some of the world’s great wines by the glass at affordable prices. Under the guidance of Richard Harvey, Master of Wine, and sommelier Charlotte Logan-Jones, the restaurant offers many sought after wines including Burgundies from Sylvain Cathiard, Jean Grivot and Comte Lafon, Château Cheval 1982 and Screaming Eagle 2011.

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Additional information

Dining style
Casual Elegant
Price
£26 to £40
Cuisines
British, Scandinavian
Hours of operation
The Restaurant Opening Times are: Lunch Mon- Fri 12.00 – 14.30 Dinner Wed- Fri 19.00- 21.00 Please note that access to the Restaurant for dinner is via Haunch of Venison Yard, off Brook Street
Website
http://www.bonhams.com/restaurant
Payment options
JCB, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Smart Casual
Executive chef
Tom Kemble

Location
101 New Bond Street, London, W1S 1SR
Neighborhood
Mayfair
Parking details
None
Public transit
Bonhams Auctioneers and Bonhams Restaurant is approximately 3 minutes walk from New Bond Street (Central and Jubilee lines) and 7 minutes walk from Oxford Circus (Victoria, Bakerloo and Central lines)
Additional
Bar Dining, Cafe, Counter Seating, Non-Smoking, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Reviews

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4.5

(28)

4.6Food
4.6Service
4.1Ambience
4.1Value

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28 Reviews

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Angelina
London4 reviews
5.0
Dined on December 2, 2016
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
The staff were courteous and attentive, the food was great and the wines were amazing. Would definitely recommend it.
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OpenTable Diner
London3 reviews
3.0
Dined on November 4, 2016
1. Overall 3
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 2
Lovely team but there were only 3 other couples there for the whole of the Friday service which made the restaurant feel dead and too quiet. Despite high quality food, it was probably overpriced at £80 for a 5 course tasting menu excluding drinks.
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Londondining
London6 reviews
5.0
Dined on October 25, 2016
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
Went for lunch on Tuesday. The food was delicious and service was excellent. Would go again. Recommend this restaurant.
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JJH8 Gold
London19 reviews
5.0
Dined on October 14, 2016
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Outstanding food, great wine and lovely service. The crab consommé was outstanding and red mullet bouillabaisse had an incredible depth of flavour. Hugely recommended.
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OpenTable Diner
Brighton1 review
4.0
Dined on October 6, 2016
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
Quiet discrete dining room. Excellent food and wines served by attentive staff with pleasant relaxed manner. Good ambience.
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Suzette
Oxford5 reviews
3.0
Dined on September 23, 2016
1. Overall 3
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 1
I am afraid the atmosphere and dining environment spoilt the evening for us, despite the very high quality of the service and the food. The music system wasn't working so usually there would have been background music (which might have helped a little). The room was sparse, clinical almost, tables very close together. We could hear every word from our neighbours which dominated our conversation. The toilet and the brightly lit wide corridor down to it was almost industrial. Apparently this place is bolted on to the Auctioneer House and really is functional with no softness whatsoever. The toilet had none of the things you would expect in a Michelin starred restaurant such as tissues, handcream etc. There was security guard in the corridor standing there which felt a little awkward. We paid £330 for the two of including delicious well selected paired wines. At this price, I feel more attention needs to be urgently paid towards the diner's experience and it could be rectified. The food is spot on so they just need to make some tweaks.
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helsinki
London30 reviews
4.0
Dined on August 10, 2016
1. Overall 4
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 3
My first v/isit to Bonhams Restaurant was an excellent occasion - very good food perfectly cooked and an outstanding wine list. The two amuses actually did encourage the appetite. The sashimi of langoustine did not look enticing under its rather grey seafood jelly but the taste was sensational. Major Cornish turbot precisely slow-cooked with lovely potatoes, followed by a delicious Bonhams chocolate slab with passionfruit ice cream. A fabulous Meursault and a great Tokaj. Superb coffee. Very attentive service. A triumph!
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OpenTable Diner Gold
London33 reviews
5.0
Dined on July 14, 2016
1. Overall 5
2. Food 4
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
Had a wonderful evening catching up with a friend at Bonhams. Well deserved michelin star. No menu choice (can cater for veggies) but even though I don't love lamb and that was the main, all the food was perfectly cooked and you couldn't really not enjoy it. All the staff were lovely and friendly, providing attentive but not over-exaggerated service. The wine list is fantastic - for wine buffs there is an array of expensive vintages, but if you are more there for the food, or just want a nice bottle then there are plenty under the £50 mark, which is often a rarity in a michelin restaurant. highlight - it's not the most complicated but the bread and butter was the best I've had. So often restaurants chill the butter so it's too hard, the bread is unremarkable. But at Bonhams, it was perfect - demonstrating the attention to detail and care that carries through all their food.
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OpenTable Diner
London1 review
4.0
Dined on July 14, 2016
1. Overall 4
2. Food 5
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
Very good indeed. Very fairly priced wine list by London standards, never mind Mayfair; the high-quality Riesling I was drinking was scarcely over 2x markup. All 4 courses that I consumed were of very high quality; the gazpacho with eel and mustard ice-cream was superlative, an adjective I don't ever recall ascribing to a soup! Service was slick, with one minor fault regarding silverware, which was resolved quickly upon enquiry. Even coffee was very high quality, made with beans from a third-wave London roaster, and far superior to the Musetti and Illy used even by expensive Michelin star possessing competitors. I'd recommend the experience to anyone: the £94 per head bill, inflated by extra wine, coffee and an additional starter, was very fairly priced for the calibre of the cuisine.
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Avispo
London13 reviews
3.0
Dined on July 8, 2016
1. Overall 3
2. Food 4
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 2
We had a nice meal in the restaurant. Our food was generally of high standard - one minor complaint was that I felt the octopus in my warm octopus salad was slightly overcooked. The wine list is interesting and I think reasonably priced for a good central London restaurant. The place itself is not very inspiring: a small and rather uninspiring dining room. The main reason I would not go back was that I thought the service a tad snooty, perhaps they thought we weren't the classy buyer-type that Bonham's gets. Perhaps it was an off day for our waiter. So overall very nice food but service and ambiance slightly lacking.
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Additional information

Dining style
Casual Elegant
Price
£26 to £40
Cuisines
British, Scandinavian
Hours of operation
The Restaurant Opening Times are: Lunch Mon- Fri 12.00 – 14.30 Dinner Wed- Fri 19.00- 21.00 Please note that access to the Restaurant for dinner is via Haunch of Venison Yard, off Brook Street
Website
http://www.bonhams.com/restaurant
Payment options
JCB, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Smart Casual
Executive chef
Tom Kemble

Location
101 New Bond Street, London, W1S 1SR
Neighborhood
Mayfair
Parking details
None
Public transit
Bonhams Auctioneers and Bonhams Restaurant is approximately 3 minutes walk from New Bond Street (Central and Jubilee lines) and 7 minutes walk from Oxford Circus (Victoria, Bakerloo and Central lines)
Additional
Bar Dining, Cafe, Counter Seating, Non-Smoking, Wheelchair Access, Wine

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