L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon (London)

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L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon
Michelin star
Street addressWest Street
CityLondon, WC2
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates51°30′47″N 0°7′42″W / 51.51306°N 0.12833°W / 51.51306; -0.12833
Other informationNearest station:
London Underground Leicester Square

L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon was a Michelin-starred restaurant in West Street, Covent Garden, in the City of Westminster, London. The restaurant spanned three floors, with the counter on the ground floor, the tables and restaurant on the first floor, and the salon bar and terrace on the upper floor. The restaurant was run by French celebrity chef, Joël Robuchon, while the executive chef was Jeremy Page.

Description

The restaurant was northwest of

The Ivy. It was opened in 2006, with the L'Atelier ground floor promising no-reservations required outside of 5pm to 7pm, which at the time caused some consternation for food critics who wished to review it.[2] As with the other L'Atelier restaurants, the seating is laid out around an open kitchen, with the entire floor of the building decorated in black and red. La Cuisine is on the second floor, which is a formal sit down restaurant,[2] and there is a bar on the third floor.[3] It is one of twelve L'Atelier de Joël Robuchons around the world.[3] The executive chef of the restaurant was Jeremy Page, and the Chef Patron was Joël Robuchon.[2]
Page, who previously worked in other Robuchon restaurants, took over from Xavier Boyes after his departure.

Reception

Joe Warwick in the book Eat London says of it, "the ground floor is a low-lit combination of black and red that makes it look like a giant bento box at battle with a 80s cocktail bar. Customers sit along a sleek shiny counter and eat small plates of some of possibly the most exquisiste seasonal French cooking currently in London."

onglet with polenta.[3]

sweetbreads were exemplary, and enjoyed the other elements of the meal.[2] Matthew Norman ate at the restaurant following its opening for The Guardian, giving it a score of 8/10 overall, stating "what we most admired about the cooking was the lack of fuss and poncery".[6] The Independent's Terry Durack also visited around the same time, and thought that while the pricing structure was a "nightmare",[7] he gave it a score of 16/20 which marked the restaurant as being "capable of greatness".[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "London's l'Atelier de Jol Robuchon to close". 8 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Rayner, Jay (8 October 2006). "L'atelier de Joel Robuchon". The Observer. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d "L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon". Time Out London. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  4. ISBN 978-1-905428-27-4
    . Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  5. ISBN 978-1-118-33388-4
    . Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  6. ^ Norman, Matthew (14 October 2006). "L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, London W1". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  7. ^ a b Durack, Terry (1 October 2006). "L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon, London WC2". The Independent.

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