As you'd expect from Corbin and King, the duo behind Le Caprice, The Ivy, The Wolseley, The Delaunay - essentially a string of top London restaurants - The Colony Grill Room is a lesson in smart casual dining. The restaurant within The Beaumont, the restaurateurs' first hotel, takes its lead from the traditional grill rooms originally found in London and New York. The 100-seat restaurant set on two levels features an ornamental stained-glass roof light, blood-red leather banquettes, and 1930s bentwood and studded chairs. Alongside eggs benedict, omelettes, lobster and American sandwiches the a la carte menu includes plats du jour which vary depending on the day of the week, so you might get meatloaf on a Monday and Cornish fish stew on a Friday. Open seven days a week, from early for breakfast until late for supper, eating in The Colony Grill Room is "the dining equivalent of being driven, very sedately, in a vintage Bentley" (The Independent).
As you'd expect from Corbin and King, the duo behind Le Caprice, The Ivy, The Wolseley, The Delaunay - essentially a string of top London restaurants - The Colony Grill Room is a lesson in smart casual dining. The restaurant with..
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