L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon

I actually prefer this location to the one in Paris.
Don’t get me wrong, the one in Paris is nice. But this location is truly special. The service is top notch, the menu creation is inspiring, and the food is superb.
My first experience here was during restaurant week a few years ago, it was a steal of a deal! Since then I come back fairly frequently (as often as my budget will allow) and it always seems to get better every time I go.
It is quite pricey, but I do think it’s worth the money.

Had a spontaneous dinner at the restaurant last night and must say the service was impeccable, the atmosphere was great and the food divine… Highly recommended

What a great experience, both at the bar and later the restaurant. Cocktails were excellent and I highly recommend starting your night in the bar; I actually wish we had more time there before our table was ready. The menu is extremely flexible. They offer two tasting menus (either 5 or 8 courses), both available with or without wine pairings. They also offer items a la carte, including both small plates and entrees. Like most places, they expect all members of your party to do either the tasting menu or a la carte but not a mixture. We ended up ordering a la carte and asked the sommelier to pair wines with each dish. The sommelier totally nailed the pairings. Some of the dish highlights include the seared scallop, the lobster «ravioli’, the hot foie gras, and the filet. Easily earns its Michelin star. Expensive for sure but you get what you pay for here.

Amazing evening! The food is beautifully made, delicate and amazing flavors, pricey but worth every penny!

Truly spectacular in every way. The food, the hospitality, the service, the ambiance, they all hit the right notes in an evening that was more like a symphony than a meal. We ate on the ground floor in the bar area, a concept begun in 2003 at his left bank St. Germain location in Paris. I highly recommend this as it allows you to watch the precision of the kitchen, which you’re in full view of, and you can engage more easily with the staff and your neighbors if you so choose.
Either before or after dinner make sure you head to the 3^rd floor for drinks as an apéritif or post dessert coffee or tea. Beautiful lounge like bar with an outdoor patio area on warm nights.
The staff is so great you could have a bad meal and walk out smiling. Of course, having a bad meal here has got to be impossible. We opted for choosing 3 courses each from the starter list/​tapas style and portion part of the menu. See my attached pics for mouthwatering crab, langoustine, scallop, girolles (chanterelles), black cod, quail, chocolate soufflé and pineapple dishes. Epic meal!

Came here with my wife while on a quick visit to London. Coming here is a five star dining experience complete with over attentive staff, unique tasty dishes, and high prices.
My wife had a five course tasting menu while I secreted a few things a la carte.
A few standouts–
Lamb chops– maybe the best lamb I’ve ever eaten. Perfect.
Blacken Cod– pretty good. But not the best I’ve ever eaten.
Foie gras stuffed quail– very good especially the quail.
In the downside the deserts didn’t wow us. My Oreo cookie chocolate entrée was just so so. My wife had a mango sorbet /​homemade candy concoction which was also just ok.
Service was good and friendly– which it should be for the prices you pay and the mandatory service charge.
Had this restaurant been 20% cheaper it would be an easy 4 or even 5*.

The food is not only delicious but an amazing experience and work of art. Thank you !

We had a very good lunch time deal with top end quality food, from very well poached egg, to pig trotter terrine, foie gras & blackcurrant coulis teaser and deliciously baked bread.

It’s a five star place, no getting around it. L’Atelier serves super high quality food in a casual environment. The location is in the heart of tourist London, but L’Atelier is hidden in a smaller street so it’s not crowded.
All the foie gras dishes there are really good and perfectly cooked. I especially liked the lobster dumplings with foie gras sauce, since the lobster was really sweet, the foie gras sauce gave it just the right amount of bitterness it needed.
I also really enjoyed the veal steak. It was also cooked to perfection and was tender as fuck mate. They have a sommelier there if you dont know your wine shit, but make sure you are specific when you tell them what you want otherwise they just gonna suggest the most expensive shit.
Would probably come here every time i go to London because french food is bomb AF

Utterly incredible. Beautiful food, lovely attentive service. My dessert was a masterpiece.

Delicious, inventive cuisine. Professional and attentive service without being pretentious. Elizabetha and Sarah were outstanding! Unique ambiance. Super cool vibe. Out favorite meal in London!

Excellent service, nice décor and ambiance. Was there for the Holidays, the menu was different but still very original.
Did the wine pairing, they were all excellent choices, so much that we asked if we could have a copy of the wine list so we could order them later.

The bar on the 3^rd floor is a trendy but chill place to start the experience. Everyone who works there is friendly.
As for dinner, you have two options. Traditional dining area on the 2^nd floor and a more lively experience at raised tables on the ground floor. We chose the ground floor and had a great experience.
The food is very expensive but worth the price. I had Dover sole and two dumpling appetizers. Delicious.

Ich bin ohne Erwartungen zur Mittagszeit hier gewesen.
Nach einer knappen Stunde und um £31 für 2 Gänge erleichtert, verließ ich das Restaurant enttäuscht.
Bei meiner Hauptspeise, Ravioli in Gemüsebrühe war das spektakulärste der Stempeldruck auf der Ravioli.
Die Vorspeise-​soft boiled egg-​war erwartungsgemäß ok.
Ein weich gekochtes Ei ist nichts besonderes, aber ich hab auf aromatische Akzente gehofft. Vergeblich.
Dass ein besterntes Restaurant, zusätzlich unter dem Namen von Joël Robuchon, derart schlecht abliefert, ist mir ein Rätsel.

I really enjoyed a lovely dinner with friends. Had the 8 course with regular (non-​French wine parings). The 8 gets you an extra dessert and a few other goodies. We sat downstairs; the stools feel a little uncomfortable for an 8 course meal. The quail and caramel desert were very memorable. The french vibe was also very cool.
After dinner they seated you upstairs for coffee and dessert, which was great, too. There is a pre-​theater special that I would have tried if I knew about it.

This place was a highlight of our recent trip to London. The food was exquisite and the staff was warm and friendly, it was truly a dining experience!!!
I look forward to returning! Should have another Michelin star!

After having been to a few other L’Atelier locations, I feel that the food at this L’Atelier was the best. I did the big tasting menu and everything was so amazing. The cocktails were delicious (could have been a little stronger), and the presentation of each dish was phenomenal. It was a little bit dark and slightly tight in there, but it didn’t really matter since I sat at the counter. I highly suggest sitting up there, especially if you eat alone a lot like I do. I can’t wait to come back next time I’m in London!

We’ve dined here both upstairs and down, and at the sister restaurants in Las Vegas and (now closed) New York. Of all of them, this is our favorite, because of the intimate size of the downstairs area. It offers arguably the best tasting menu in London, with wine pairings that superbly match each course.
The artistry of the food arrangement is really unsurpassed, and it’s great fun to watch it being assembled before you, so be sure to ask for a seat at the counter. This makes it easy to chat with the servers and sommelier, making it a friendly, energizing experience. For parties of more than two a few tables are available downstairs, which I recommend over the less intimate upstairs dining room.

Regular Tuesday evening at work and a senior colleague declared that we would be doing a ‘spontaneous’ team dinner after work. I volunteered to organize. Knowing the nature of the people at dinner, I knew I needed to look at the top end of the range — Hakkasan, Galvin Bistrot, sketch, L’Atelier de JR. Amazingly, sketch and this place had seats available — the bosses preferred good food over funky atmosphere, so we settled on L’Atelier.
Free team dinner at Michelin restaurant — yes, please! But oh no, I have some medical restrictions for a few months on alcohol, raw food and delicacies like caviar and foie gras — oh so sad (What a strictly upper middle class first world problem: P)
We were seated upstairs in a dark gallery with dimmed lighting, stylish décor and a view of the kitchen. We provided plenty of logistical challenges to the restaurant between my dietary constraints and one of the party arriving 45mins late, which upset some of the rhythm of the multi-​course menu.
After some confusion, we finally placed our orders. The tasting menu comes in 5-​/​8-​courses with two different types of wine pairings (Sommelier’s choice vs. French pairings) — we decided to brave the 5-​course menu with Sommelier’s choice (not for me!)…but as I started reading through the details of the menu, I realised I could have almost none of the courses without replacements, so despite the «strict» rules about the entire table ordering the menu, I was allowed by the chef to order off the ‘small tasting dishes’ menu. The other alternative was to order off the vegetarian tasting menu but frankly, what’s the point?
After running into foie gras in the most unlikely places, I finally picked 4 small dishes (with dessert to follow!) to keep pace with my colleagues’ 5-​course menu. A nice balance of veggie, pasta, fish and meat with non-​alcoholic drinks.
Verdict:
1) Spiced Carrot Juice — excellent. Light, gingery, quenches thirst perfectly without overwhelming the palate or weighing me down.
2) The amuse bouche with port reduction, egg etc– hmm, oh yes, readied the palate very nicely for a grand meal afterwards
3) Slightly smoked aubergine caviar with vegetables and spicy tomato coulis — Tangy and sour from the tomato coulis, just the way I like it, the aubergine was of a smooth texture with crunchy veggies to balance out the creaminess. I like.
4) Capellini with tomatoes and a méli-​mélo of crunchy Spring vegetables — a cold dish of stringy pasta in tomato sauce presented pleasingly with a range of veggies. This was certainly the most underwhelming dish of the evening for me. It made me wish I had gone for the lamb, cod or crabmeat instead.
5) The Apple Mint Soda took a while to materialise, some chasing was required — I liked the first few sips but soon, it was ghastly in its sweetness and it overpowered my palate and appetite so much that I had to drink water to wash out its flavour before eating
6) John Dory fillet on a tomato reduction with avocado vierge sauce — I hadn’t had a dory in a long time, so I enjoyed the dish. It was a bit more-​ish which is perfectly fine as I was starting to get a bit full. I would venture to say that a tomato reduction is a fairly strong flavour, not always ideal with fish, but this worked. In the future, I’ll keep in mind not to order two dishes (aubergine caviar and this) in the same range of flavours — both dominated by the sourness of tomato
7) Gyoza of braised veal shank with spinach and harissa — This definitely felt like a ‘main’. For one, there are 4 substantially sized gyozas where one might expect 2 or 3. Also, the meat is bursting with flavour and tender, so you can’t just inhale it without noticing the quantity. The gyoza was made perfectly, crispy on the outside and moist on the inside.
8) The bread basket was fabulous!
Aha, dessert. While the rest had to go with their menu-​dictated choice (something boring with raspberry), I could pick from a wide range, and I decided to go for the Warm Guanaja chocolate soufflé and Sicilian pistachio ice cream, despite their warnings that it could take 15−20mins. It didn’t take that long and oh my gosh, definitely the highlight of the meal! The soufflé was the BEST I have had in life. It was light as air, the chocolate was dark and intense, the texture was flawless… I almost didn’t notice the pistachio icecream because I couldn’t get over the soufflé, ooh la la.
I noticed my colleagues enjoyed a wide range of wines from various regions, including an unusual Riesling from Luxembourg.
So. Why the 4 stars, and not 5? Well, when my dinner costs a small fortune (over 700quid for 4 of us, and I wasn’t even drinking), I would like to not feel like I’m inconveniencing the chef through my dietary constraints. If foie gras is merely a garnish in a dash, can they not exclude it? Even chain restaurants are happy to customize so this was unexpected. Service was friendly but a bit confused. Even so, excellent place and quite an experience!

Being in England, I’m trying to accrue as many fine dining experiences as possible. This was so worth it!
Absolutely delicious. From the beginning to the end, it was definitely a two Michelin star experience. It was actually fairly empty when me and my friend went, so we had 3 people serving out table. They recommended the Riesling from Germany which was lovely. Nice, sweet and refreshing. It suited my tastes perfectly.
I ordered the lobster salad, which has fresh lobster (really good, comparable to Newfoundland!), avocado, fried courgette and large mozzarella cheese balls. It also has a green creamy sauce which I would hazard is avocado.
This came after a basket of fresh bread, which of course also tastes great when you’re hungry. This was followed by an apéritif which was quite interesting.
They brought out a free bowl of mashed potatoes which somehow was also really good, rich and creamy.
We finished the night with dessert. I ordered the chocolate mousse but I just couldn’t finish it. So good but so rich! Definitely get desserts to share! It had this white whipped cream around it which was nice and a little bit lighter to complement the rich dark chocolate mousse and it had a hard chocolate top.
Good value for fine dining. Plus, you get a free dessert voucher after your first meal there!

We were somewhat disappointed in our experience here. The food was good, don’t get me wrong. However, the food wasn’t great, and for the money that we paid to eat here, we expected and should have received great.
We ordered a range of things from the menu including the foie gras, scallops, miso cod, and lamb. The foie gras was done excellent and so was the lamb. Surprisingly, the best part about the lamb was the mashed potatoes that came with it. Unfortunately, the miso cod was very average and we have had much better. However, the biggest letdown were the scallops. The presentation was beautiful (as it was in every dish), but they smelled and tasted fishy, to the point where we couldn’t even finish them. They were also in a very harsh flavored sauce that did not go well with them at all and couldn’t even cover up the fishy taste enough to swallow them.
I am happy we tried L’Atelier after hearing so much about it, but I highly doubt we would go back after the mediocre experience we had there.

I just came here for drinks… but after the experience that I had, I will definitely return for dinner.
Upon entering the lobby, you are greeted with a chic, tasteful décor and a typically friendly hostess. The other thing that you are greeted with is a beautifully cloying food aroma. And this is one of the very reasons that I know I will return here!
After being escorted to the lift, you will head to either at the restaurant or the cocktail bar. In my case, the latter. The chic, gloss black and red décor continues through here and I always appreciate a bar with dim lighting. I never understand why in London, bars insist on flood light-​strength illumination!
The table staff tried very hard to accommodate our large group and did so with good grace. When my cocktail arrived, it was presented in a beautiful manner along with a single petal — I know that they have great attention to detail here and I very much appreciate this.
With the amazing ambiance, great service and that oh-​so-​wonderful food aroma… I can’t wait to return!

Been to the restaurant once but more frequently to the bar upstairs which is a place you need to know about as not evident from the outside or, as you step into to the restaurant.
The bar is a cosy place with soft furnishing to relax into. There is an outside area for the summer time. During the winter there is a large fire to keep you warm. Cosy little seating areas which are great for a catch up treat.
This is a treat as the price of the drinks are rather on the higher end of the scale. Waiter service is attentive without being hassled and drinks served with a decorative little rose petal placed beside it.
Cocktails are wonderful (but reflected in the price). Challenge here is not to drink too much that you forget (or stop caring) about the cost as it can be a pricey visit!
However, love it here!

L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon had flawless execution from start to finish. I am 110% satisfied with the experience I had here. Right when you walk through the door, you’re greeted by a friendly host who gladly checks your winter coat. I came here for lunch yesterday with a friend and we both had an amazing time. The atmosphere is dark, dim, and especially trendy. I loved the back where the wall is covered with tree leaves. We were seated at the bar, which was lovely because you can see everything the chefs are doing. Every dish is carefully crafted and none reach the table unless it looks absolutely perfect. And yes, it tastes as good as it looks.
It was lunchtime and a prix-​fixe menu is available with a few options at different price points. We opted for the one-​starter or dessert and main entrée for £28. We both went with starters and a main entrée.
Starters
L’ŒUF DE POULE — Poached egg in a crispy rice batter served with black truffle &Iberian ham; This was incredibly delicious. My friend said it reminded her of hash browns & breakfast, which isn’t a bad thing at all.
LE CŒUR DE SUCRINE — Heart of lettuce with chicken breast, crispy bacon & parmesan shaving; Very light, but still very tasty. All the elements of a caesar salad, not the most unique dish but still very good nonetheless.
Mains
LE CABILLAUD — Cod fillet served with flat parsley ravioli and vegetable broth; Very light and flaky but very tasty. The vegetable broth was amazingly flavorful, the fish was steamed cooked to perfects, and the ravioli cover gave it a nice touch.
SPECIAL OF THE DAY, PORK FLANK — This isn’t on the menu, but it was most definitely the best dish we ordered. The pork was tender and juicy and packed full of flavor. It was one of those dishes that with every bite you take, you roll your eyes back and savor each bite. Yes, it was that AMAZING.
Not only did we have an incredible lunch, but to add to the already amazing experience, the service was just as good. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised given this restaurant has 2 Michelin stars, but the waitstaff kept bringing us little sides throughout the entire time. Compliments of the chef, we received an amuse bouche to give our tastebuds a teaser, fennel & mashed potatoes as sides for our entrée, and a little dessert to end our meal. We spent a good two hours in here and we were never rushed out even though we sat and stewed for a while after our meal was over.
I’m a big fan of this restaurant and I’ll gladly say that this was one of the best experiences that I’ve had at a restaurant in London. If you’re short on dough and want to experience a culinary experience here, try to come during lunch time when the prix-​fixe menus are available.