Gloriously elegant formal dining experience played out daily against a backdrop of marble floors, Italian leather chairs and antique crystal chandeliers, where diners are spoilt rotten by punctilious service which combines formality and friendliness in equal measure.
Sebastien Lephinoy fires the stoves with the help of a top brigade, and the menu is suitably luxurious, making use of a myriad of the myriad ingredients at the kitchen’s disposal.
Hot or cold starters might embrace mushroom and black truffle salad on petals of roseval potatoes infused in shallots and olive oil or delicate sea urchin flan with a fennel sauce and shavings of truffle. For mains, it’s the likes of roasted challans duck breast from vendee with ginger-caramel pear or black forest venison cooked with truffle and juniper berries served with a grapefruit compote. A memorable, utterly French experience.