The Ritz was named the UK’s best at the prestigious National Restaurant Awards on Monday night. The accolade is thoroughly deserved: executive chef John Williams oversees one of London’s great dining rooms, a lavish, glamorous place with a menu of French adjacent dishes cooked with precision and flair.
Service at The Ritz is befitting of Mayfair too – that is to say, upmarket. But it isn’t cloying. It is not easy to straddle the gulf between “too much” and “not enough” when looking after tables. So many modern restaurants in London bring excellent food but it is in the service they falter.
