Almost OT: Suggestions on a winey weekend trip from London


OK, I DID read "countryside," and I am sure that others will have tons of great little inns and winepubs, but, when in London, here is my list from others here, there, and elsewhere - very winecentric:

1) Cipriani in Mayfair    25 Davies St    London, W1K, 3DQ, 020-7399-0500 2) Locanda Locatelli at Hyatt Regency London The Churchill Hotel    30 Portman Sq    London, W1A, 4ZX, +44 20-7486-5800    Carlos Place, Mayfair    London W1K 2AL    020-7499 7070 4) Alistair Greig's Grill    26 Bruton Place (off Berkeley Sq)    Mayfair, 020-7629-5613 5) Tamrind *    20 Queen St, Mayfair    London W1J 5PR    020-7629-3561 6) Gordon Ramsay    Brook St    London, W1A, 2JQ, 020-7499-0099 Gordon Ramsey in Chelsea 7) The Capital    The Capital Hotel    22 Basil St    London, SW3, 1AT, +44 020-7589-5171 8) Le Gavroche **    43 Upper Brook St    London, W1K, 7QR, +44 020-7499-1826 9) The Dorchester Bar    The Dorchester Hotel    53 Park Ln    London, W1A, 2HJ 20-7629-8888 10) Met Bar    The Metropolitan    London, W1L, 1LB 20-7447-1000 11) Claridge's Bar    Claridge's Hotel    49 Brook St    London, W1, 20-7629-8860 12) Kemia Bar    Momo Restaurant    25 Heddon St    London W1B, 4BH, 20-7434-4040 13) Avenue Bar    7-9 St James's St    London, SW1A, 1EE 20-7321-2111 14) Rib Room and Oyster Bar at the Carlton Tower hotel on Cadogan Place in Knightsbridge. They are supposed to have some of the best prime rib and Yorkshire Pudding to be found.

15) A very trendy fine restaurant is at the Connaught Hotel. A Gordon Ramsey protege, Angela Hartnett, is the new chef, and has a modified French cooking style with many other influences.

16) Caramel Room of the Berkeley Hotel for afternoon tea. They have some very creative pastry as well as the usual tea foods.

17) La Poule au Pot on Orange Square in Pimlico

18) The Wine Library 43 Trinity Square next to Tower Hill Tube London EC3 4DJ Tel: 0207 481 0415

TN: Faithful Hound, the wine and the dog
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19) Berry Bros & Rudd's London Wine Shop 3 St James' St +44 (0) 1256 323566 Fax: +44 (0) 1256 340106

Ark Fish Brahms Little Bay Ma Cuisine Mela Miraggio

Winner was Ma Cuisine (twickenham, I think)

Best New restaurant (started between Dec 2003 & Nov 2004)

Amaya Cipriani Inn the Park Rbutti ??? Bathia (couldn't read it all) Roka Yau??cha

El Vino's in Fleet Street is a good traditional wine bar much beloved of barristers and journalists and may be just what you are looking for on that front.

Hunt



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