Dining The Ritz Hotel, London

the ritz restaurant



exterior of restaurant on piccadilly

the hotel has 6 private dining rooms, marie antoinette suite, boiserie, , rooms within grade ii* listed william kent house. marcus binney states restaurant not 1 of beautiful interiors in london, can claimed beautiful restaurant in world .

césar ritz once commented room heavily designed in bronze fortunate hotel built steel, or walls collapse weight of bronze . flanking entrance main restaurant 2 life-sized figures set in bronze vert after clodion, holding gilded bronze lustres 6 lights each, mounted on pedestals of polished echaillon marble ornamented bronze . restaurant , adjacent guest room designed p. h. remon , sons of paris. ceiling described montgomery-massingberd , watkin painted trompe-l oeil ceiling on pinkish clouds drift across blue sky encircled garlanded balustrade . bronze chandeliers feature, influenced 18th-century augustin de saint-aubin engraving known le bal pare et masque, , le festin moreau le jeune, given city of paris king , queen on 21 january 1782.

on northern end against piccadilly arcade floor-to-ceiling mirrors, divided panes, give room spacious effect, when lights on day during winter. @ south end of restaurant watercolour davis , gilded figures known thames , ocean , buffet made norwegian pink marble below it, believed inspired louis seize s buffet of mansart .

dining service @ ritz

during 1977 major renovation of hotel, scaffolding used in project hidden clean cloth during mealtimes in louis xvi restaurant not upset diners possibly disturbing sight. during renovation, columns in hotel s lobbies stripped of many coats of cream-coloured paint display original pink marble. of work done in renovation done restore , clean while keeping original 1906 colour scheme. of furniture original opening still in use; new items faithful copies styled after originals. hotel retained nightstand call buttons maid, waiter, valet , servant, refusing make patrons dial telephone services.

from inception, kitchen run french chefs, , had specialist in russian soups , viennese pastry; cakes became famous king edward made regular orders buckingham palace. m. malley, had been saucier @ paris ritz appointed chef des cuisines, , invented dishes such saumon marquise de sevignre (salmon crayfish mousse), filet de sole romanoff (served mussels, small slices of apple , artichokes), , poulet en chaudfroid (chicken accompanied curry-flavoured pinkish mousse) @ hotel. ritz renowned supreme catering service, using fine rooms conferencing between executives , directors of multi-national firms. table @ restaurant still needs booked weeks in advance. rivoli bar, built in art deco style, designed in 2001 interior designer tessa kennedy, bar on orient express. lounge decorated marcel boulanger in louis viv style, clubroom lenygon , morant, influenced palladian design of cumberland house in brettingham, , other rooms decorated clear william chambers , robert adam influences. meals can served on nanking china in trafalgar suite. banquet , catering services received royal warrant hrh prince of wales in 2005.