The 3rd choice by James was the 1 Michelin star restaurant Hide Above in a beatiful location in Mayfair overlooking Green Park.
The restaurant is a big place spread over 3 floors – but if you are there for the Michelin experience you will be seated at the first floor where we got a beautiful table in the corner with floor to ceiling windows providing us with a great view of the lively street below us just opposite Green Park. We were slightly distracted in the beginning as England was playing France in the World cup – so we kept checking our phones for the first 45 minutes but unfortunately England lost.
We got presented with a massive wine list and the Sommelier said – that for some of the wines – they would be picked up in a wine cellar down the street – but it should be possible to deliver any of the wines to our table within 15 minutes. Our Dessert wine was one of the ones that needed to be picked up and yes I believe we had it within the 15 minutes promised. We got some help from the Sommelier to pick the wines and they were all OK but I think the wine list was a bit overwhelming.
There was a choice of a 5 courses or 7 courses tasting menu – so 3 of us decided to go for the full 7 courses experiences whereas 1 person just wanted the 5 courses. What was slightly annoying when being presented with the menu was that for nearly every course you had to choose between 2 dishes – but one of the dish would have an extra charge – so for a 1 star Michelin restaurant the prices were quite high compared to other places we have been. The dish that really stood out for us on this evening was the Venison, which was so tender and just melting in your mouth – so that dish made it to our Dream menu. We were also really impressed by the Cheese Trolley, which had a great selection and some delicious cheeses. 2 plates were enough to share between us and ended up being voted as our 2nd best Cheese course ever.
We had a tour of the kitchen at the end of the night but it was so late that we didn’t really see much. What was much more interesting was that they have their own bakery on site, which worked throughout the night – so there we saw 2 very busy bakers. Also need to compliment the restaurant for their bread, which was really delicious.
So despite England losing in football we had a nice evening. Although we believe the restaurant was overpriced for being a 1-star and the service could have been more attentive – but that is what sometimes see when the restaurant has only got 1-star.
