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Pollen Street Social
• Modern British• Mayfair
About the restaurant
Skegness-born chef Jason Atherton is one of UK dining’s true success stories, operating an empire of Michelin-starred and fine-dining venues across the UK and even in Hong Kong and Shanghai. He’s also a regular on TV shows like Saturday Kitchen and The Great British Menu.
On the edge of Mayfair, just to the south of Oxford Street, Pollen Street Social has an atmosphere that’s part-Mayfair, part-Soho – exquisite service that’s worthy of its acclaim but that doesn’t take itself too seriously. The room is bright and breezy, with filament bulbs and some bar seating available.
Like many of its Michelin-starred contemporaries, the restaurant offers a four-course prix fixe menu with a couple of choices for each course. If you’re feeling adventurous, opt for the tasting menu, which isn’t cheap at £135, but should offer excellent value for food of this quality. Food tends to be strictly seasonal and make use of incredibly good British ingredients, including fresh fish and seafood from Brixham market and the Scottish isles, beautiful game and plenty of options – including dedicated menus – for vegetarians and vegans.
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Critic reviews
The Infatuation
Even though Pollen Street Social presents these classic traits, it doesn’t feel like a ‘fine dining’ restaurant, so we don’t see why anyone should consider it as one. For a start, there’s an atmosphere. Old people, young people, smart people, scruffy people
Standard
Things are done properly, rather than flashily, so go for something reliably high-end rather than anything ground-breaking.
The Telegraph
Unanimously passes the motion that, after Heston Blumenthal’s Dinner, this is the second best opening of the year so far
The Independent
The big innovation in Atherton's kingdom is the dessert bar, where one perches on stools and watches as the pastry chefs perform their calorific prestidigitations.
Time Out
Pollen Street Social’s philosophy is ‘deformalised fine dining’, and to this end the decor is smart but approachable – white-walled, linen draped and wood-panelled.
The Nudge
Here, though, is where it all started, and should you head along to Pollen Street Social, you’ll first perch at the bar for a signature cocktail
- 8-10 Pollen St
- W1S 1NQ
- London
- +44 20 7290 7600
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