Tom Aikens
43 Elystan Street, Chelsea,  SW3 3NT
Telephone: 020 7584 2003
info@tomaikens.co.uk Email info@tomaikens.co.uk
 
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I've always thought going out to a restaurant should be about eating food you can't get at home. That's why Indian food was great because, well... it's difficult to make without a spice rack full of exotic pungent dried leaves. These days though, there's been a resurgence in homely English grub and so the molecular food revolution is a real treat. Clever food, cunningly cooked in a way I could never replicate at home. The chance to go to London's premier Michelin starred molecular restaurant then, could not be missed. Tom Aiken's has won just about every single restaurant award going and, when you go in, you'll see why. The food is, quite simply and without hesitation, sublime. Highly recommended is the tasting menu, which takes you through the entire repertoire with specially selected wines accompanying each dish. From the main menu I opted to start with the Boudin of pheasant and lentils with a truffle and Sauternes foam. On the large white expanse of plate, the small jelly-like chilled Boudin came elaborately laid out but tasted gracefully gamey - not over powering and not under-flavoured - while the truffles and lentils really gave the pheasant a backdrop to display the flavours fully. For main course, the veal sweetbreads (which again came in such tangled decoration it was close to modern art) were delicious - salty and creamily-soft, perfectly partnered with the earthy celeriac milk and mini-veal lasagna. The only downside I could find to this wonderful restaurant is that all black-and-white setting left me a little cold. Hardly off-putting. This is a superb restaurant of the very first rank. You will not be disappointed.
 
Visiting Tom Aikens
 
 
Opening Times
Lunch Mon to Fri 12:00 - 14:30, Dinner Mon to Fri 18:45 - 23:00
 
Ticket Prices
£65 three courses, Lunch £29 three courses, Tasting menu £80
 
Travel
 
Underground Stations
South Kensington Tube (8 minutes)
Sloane Square Tube (11 minutes)
Railway Stations
Victoria Railway Station (24 minutes)
West Brompton Railway Station (29 minutes)
 
 
 
Car Parking
 
Chelsea Cloisters Pure Parking (2 minutes)
Whitelands House Pure Parking (6 minutes)
 
 
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The Troubadour
265 Old Brompton Road, Earl's Court,  London,  SW5
25 minutes distance from Tom Aikens
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Blue Kangaroo
555 King's Road,  SW6
29 minutes distance from Tom Aikens
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London Restaurants
Tom's Kitchen
27 Cale Street, Green, Chelsea,  London,  SW3
2 minutes distance from Tom Aikens
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Gaucho Sloane Avenue
89 Sloane Avenue, Chelsea,  London,  SW3
2 minutes distance from Tom Aikens
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London Hotels
Draycott Hotel
26 Cadogan Gardens,  SW3
8 minutes distance from Tom Aikens
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The Rembrandt
11 Thurloe Place London,  SW7
8 minutes distance from Tom Aikens
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London Event
Maharaja: The Splendour Of India's Royal Courts
Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum, Cromwell Road,  SW7
10 minutes distance from Tom Aikens
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Medieval and Renaissance Galleries
Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum, Cromwell Road,  SW7
10 minutes distance from Tom Aikens
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London Sights and Attractions
Proud Chelsea
161 Kings Road,  SW3
5 minutes distance from Tom Aikens
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London Sights and Attractions
Saatchi Gallery
Duke of York's Square,  King's Road, Chelsea,  London,  SW3
9 minutes distance from Tom Aikens
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London Shopping
Traditional Toys
Chelsea Green,  53 Godfrey Street, Chelsea,  London,  SW3
2 minutes distance from Tom Aikens
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Parfums de Nicolai
101a Fulham Road, Chelsea,  London,  SW3
4 minutes distance from Tom Aikens
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London Leisure
Lush Spa
123 Kings Road, Chelsea,  London,  SW3
5 minutes distance from Tom Aikens
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G-Spa
63-81 Pelham Street, South Kensington,  London,  SW7
5 minutes distance from Tom Aikens
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London Pubs
The Cadogan Arms
298 Kings Road, Chelsea,  London,  SW3
10 minutes distance from Tom Aikens
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The Cross Keys
1 Lawrence Street, Chelsea,  London,  SW3
13 minutes distance from Tom Aikens
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London Nightlife
Boujis
43 Thurloe Street, South Kensington,  London,  SW7
9 minutes distance from Tom Aikens
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27 Cale Street, Chelsea,  London,  SW3
2 minutes distance from Tom Aikens
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35 Ixworth Place, Brompton, Chelsea,  London,  SW3
2 minutes distance from Tom Aikens
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