6 Hamilton Place — Restaurant in London

Last weekend, I was invited down to 6 Hamilton Place. I’m a lover of fine dining spots and so is my mum so I took her with me this time. I can say with my chest that this is definitely one of the rare occasions when the food is as great as the decor.

We kicked off our experience with a Champagne Cocktail (Hennessy X.O. Cognac topped with Laurent Perrier Brut Champagne). This touched me very quickly so I had to hold off until we ordered some food.

For our starters, we went for salt and pepper prawns, steamed chicken with chilli sauce, lamb shashlik and har gou. All 4 dishes were amazing - particularly the prawns and har gou dumpling. For our mains, we went for the Lamb Kofta (served with rice), Sichuan style spicy crispy chicken and Stir-fry Singapore style noodles with prawns. I probably wouldn’t order the crispy chicken again. The Lamb was very well seasoned and the noodles had so much flavour.

I’m not big on chocolate desserts at all but I actually enjoyed the Warm Amedei dark chocolate fondant, coffee, caramel and vanilla ice-cream. As you can imagine, it’s quite a rich dessert. The trio of creme brûlée (raspberry, chocolate and vanilla) was also nice. Vanilla creme brûlée was the highlight for me, can’t go wrong with a classic.

Overall, we had a perfect evening at 6 Hamilton Place. I’d recommend to anyone, especially those of you who are tired of being served mid food at fine dining restaurants. That is not the case...

Unfortunately I did not enjoy my dining experience here. I was joining a reservation for 6 people but when I arrived I was told to wait outside as the restaurant hadn't opened yet. I was waiting for 10 minutes outside when I texted my friends asking when they'll arrive - they said they'd been seated at the table 25 minutes ago and were waiting for me. They had to come outside to let me in, and they had no clue why I was told to stand outside.

Whilst seated, a waiter spilt a drink down my friends chair which went down her back and on her jacket and bag. They didn't seem fussed and didn't offer any compensation for it. I ordered the chicken taouk which was dry and bland, and so was the rice too. For $30 you would expect it to be the best tasting chicken and rice (which is all it was) but I'd had a lot better from a kebab shop. At the end, we were given the bill and all the party had paid apart from one - when the last person tried to pay, they waiters said they needed a minute, and for some reason got 3 members of staff to fuss over the receipt with calculators and pens, doing a lot of maths for 15 minutes, not telling us what was happening. We were all really confused at why our friend couldn't just pay the remainder of the bill since everyone else had paid their share. They then showed him a figure to pay, but changed their mind and starting running the numbers again. It was very strange. I...

What a restaurant and what an experience.

First I’ll start with the service. Absolutely impeccable, a lot of smiles and knowledge on the dishes. Everybody was warm, friendly and welcoming. I cannot thank the staff enough for an amazing evening.

Second the food. Overall it was very very good. Some things better than others. The diced beef is phenomenal, soft and full of flavour. Was looking forward to the crispy Sichuan chicken but it wasn’t fantastic imo. The trio of creme brûlée was easily one of the best desserts I’ve ever had in my life, no exaggeration. I had a mojito which again was one of the best I’ve ever had (although pricey at £17).

Thirdly the ambience It was quiet which I like, no loud garish music drowning out your convo, just light hearted feel good music in the background. There were a couple of birthdays in the restaurant and the staff encouraged everybody to sing happy birthday to them which just helped with the overall experience and ambience. It felt very warm and inviting.

Random one to end but the toilets are the cleanest and most immaculate toilets I’ve seen anywhere in my life. That alone is worthy of highest ratings as a lot of restaurants and bars have awful facilities.

Some restaurants claim to be “high end” but lack in areas, whether it be food, value for money, service or ambiance. This restaurant is the full package, I cannot...