I was going to write an in-depth review of my recent trip to Le Gavroche with my girlfriend. However, when checking out other posts on the restaurant I came across the following post from @laissezfaire.
Basically my experience was similar and I don't see any point in re-writing such a comprehensive and excellent review. I've added my comments to the review and have reproduced some of them below:
"I was just about to write up my recent visit to Le Gavroche then read your review and thought: you’ve beat me to it!
My recent experience wasn’t quite as disappointing as yours, but I
concur with a lot of the points you make, especially about the cheese.
When i’ve had cheese at Gidleigh Park and the Waterside Inn, it’s
been a real pleasure and treat. The waiters have talked you through the
different cheeses, asked you what you like and tempted me to try
something a bit different. This just didn’t happen at Le Gavroche and the guy doing it just
seemed a bit bored – we wondered if it was the normal persons night off?
Again with the service, it was generally ok, but there were small
deficiencies and when you’re paying over £300 for two you expect
better. For example, our starter dishes were left on our table for 10
minutes when we finished, we had to ask for more drinks and the
pre-dessert was left standing and was brought with our actual desserts
(they thought we wouldn’t notice).
The food was very good, but not truly outstanding and not one
element of the whole experience (food, service, ambiance, extras) was
the best I’ve ever had.
Like you, I thought the wine was superb and I had a fantastic half
bottle of Bordeaux that was probably the highlight of the evening.
Glad it wasn’t just me – I’ve seen lots of other reviews that adore
the place, but for me you can clearly see why Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
has 3 stars and they only have 2"
Basically, Le Gavroche was very good, but not exceptional, which is what I expect when spending well over £300 on a meal for two!
So would I go back? Well, probably, but only if someone else was paying!
