The Ivy, London most famous celebrity restaurant

Cuisine: British
Average price for a meal for two: £80
Service Charge: Cover charge of £1.50 per person

1 - 5West Street,Covent Garden,London, WC2H 9NQ

Nearest Tube: Leicester Square


Review courtesy of Charles Campion from THE EVENING STANDARD

The Ivy is a beautiful, Regency-style restaurant, built in 1928 by Mario Gallati.It has been a Theatreland and society favourite ever since and never more so than today.The staff, it is said, notice recessions only because they turn fewer people away. That's no joke: The Ivy is booked solid, and behaves like a club even if it isn't one. To get a booking it helps to proffer the name of at least a B-list celebrity. If your heart is set on a visit, try booking at off-peak times a couple of months ahead, or at very short notice, or ask for a table in the bar area.
It's also less busy for weekend lunch - three courses for a bargain price, with valet parking thrown in.And once you're in? Well, first off, whether you're famous or not, the staff are charming and un-hurrying. Second, the food is pretty good.
The menu is essentially a brasserie list of comfort food - nice dishes that combine simplicity with familiarity. You might start with spiced pumpkin and coconut soup; the risotto of wild mushrooms; or the eggs Benedict. Then there's deep-fried haddock; grilled pork sausage; and well-made versions of classic staples such as the Ivy hamburger with dill pickle; shepherd's pie; and salmon fishcakes.Even the vegetable section is enlivened with homely delights like bubble and squeak.
For dessert you might turn to chocolate pudding soufflé; rhubarb fool; or go all Pickwickian and finish with a savoury - herring roes on toast, or a serious Welsh rarebit.



what's a rarebit ???
a rare rabbit ??
or rare bites ???
i know haddocks are available in Singapore at Holland Village.
Yet to have brekkie there thou..