The Ledbury


The Ledbury is a restaurant located on Ledbury Road, Notting Hill, London, England. It holds two Michelin stars, and has been featured in S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants. The head chef is Brett Graham, and he has been received favorably by critics.

Description

The restaurant opened in 2005, under head chef Brett Graham. It is the sister restaurant of The Square, a two Michelin star restaurant in Mayfair, London, with the same backers investing in both restaurants. Graham had previously worked at The Square as a sous chef for three years. The new restaurant gained a Michelin star within a year of opening, but sales only increased by 2009. A second Michelin star followed in 2010. Also in 2010, it was awarded the Square Meal BMW Restaurant of the Year Award.
Following the outbreak of Covid-19, Graham announced in June 2020 that the restaurant would remain closed indefinitely, as it would be impossible to keep staff and customers safe with one-meter social distancing in place.

Reception

visited the restaurant for The Times' shortly after it opened. He described it as having a "hushed, moneyed feel" Terry Durack also reviewed the restaurant during 2005, for The Independent on Sunday. He described the restaurant as "seriously good", and thought it was off to a "very good start".
In 2008, Matthew Norman, writing in The Guardian, commented on its "recession-resistant prices" and gave it 9.25 out of 10. Jasper Gerard ate at the restaurant for The Daily Telegraph in 2010, describing some courses as "scrumptious", but he felt that the dessert options were a let down compared to the rest of the dishes on offer.
Harden's restaurant guide describes the food at The Ledbury as "genius" and scores the food as a one, service as a one and ambience as a two. It uses a scale of one to five, where one is high and five is low.

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