We had lunch at the Savoy Grill on Saturday (booking on the Thursday before) And no, we didn’t get a booth. As you enter the room these are on the right hand side and are actually quite low – unimposing and not very private. There are as many ordinary tables and chairs which make up at least 50% of the remainder of the room. The three course lunch was 25-00 GBP and the menu (excluding accents, circumflexes and graves) was: Starters Omelette Arnold Bennett Tian of potted shrimps with Shiso cress, cocktail sauce and Melba toast. Chilled vine tomato and red pepper gazpacho with crab and avocado toast. Asparagus veloute with fresh asparagus and poached quail’s eggs Ballottine of foie gras on potato and spring onion salad with toasted Polane crips and creamed truffle dressing. Ravioli of confit duck, baby spinach, foie gras veloute. Mains Roasted rack of lamb with Provencale herb crust and rosemary jus. Braised Wiltshire pork belly, sautéed Jerusalem artichoke, braised red onions, artichoke puree and apple sauce, sauce Banyuls. Roast breast of corn-fed chicken, root vegetables, summer truffles, morel veloute. Braised fillet of halibut with baby gem lettuce salsify and asparagus, Sauternes sauce Crispy pave of salmon, crushed new potatoes with lobster and chervil, leeks braised with thyme, light lobster bisque. Pan-fried dorade with lightly braise fennel, tomato confit, feves, fennel veloute. Afters Apple tarte Tatin with vanilla ice cream and a caramel sauce (for two) Selection of desserts from the trolley Selection of English and French cheeses A sort of cut-down version of the dinner menu in Gavin C‘s earlier post. Being a day ending in a y, naturally, we had an aperitif of Laurent Perrier. We had a wild mushroom veloute with truffle oil as an amusee. (to satisfy the veloute law). To start, Gavin had the Omelette Arnold Bennett with a Qupe VS – this was nice and runny with a few, small pieces of smoked haddock and I had the Ballottine of foie gras with a Riesling.SP – the foie gras was cooler than room temperature but soon warmed up in the palate with the Riesling and tasted delicious For mains Gavin had the Pave of salmon with Seghisio 99 – the salmon was cooked perfectly to translucence. I had the pork belly with Pernand Vergelesses – the pork was good altho’ a little salty for my tase and not as good as my favourite pork belly ever at Chez Bruce. I succumbed to the chocolate tart thingy and Gavin had the cheeses (which he felt were a bit dry). We then pushed the boat out and had coffee with Casterede Calvados 1967 and R Groult Doyen D’auge Armagnac The bill was about 160-00 GBP that is 110-00 GBP on water, coffee, service and, ehm, drink! We enjoyed the food, the selection of wines, the service and the very unstuffy atmosphere (we’d never have dreamt of dining there under the old regime). I recognised the sommelier but couldn’t recall if it’d been at Amaryllis or Claridges. The staff kindly gave us a copy of the menu (as above) and a tour of the kitchen. This is bigger than the kitchen at Claridges and the chef’s table is separate in a raised. air and sound conditioned booth over the main cooking area. The table is black and shaped like a piano top and can take up to 8-10 people at 100-00 GBP per head excluding drink. We’d definitely go back as we rated it good value for lunch.