Hotels near Brasserie Blanc

TV chef Raymond Blanc brings his French accent to British dining with Brasserie Blanc, a chain of restaurants with branches in several UK cities including Bristol, Leeds, Chichester and Cheltenham. This branch in Covent Garden was the second location in the capital, lanched after the success of the original City restaurant. When asked what a Brasserie Blanc is, Raymond replied, "if the Manoir is a delicate waltz then the Brasseries are the Can Can". The aim is to deliver simple, high quality food that comes as close as possible to the meals that Maman Blanc prepared when Raymond was growing up in Besancon. Order Maman Blanc's miscellany of salads as a starter and you get a healthy platter of cucumber and dill, celeriac, braised leek, carrot vinaigrette, blue cheese chicory and radish. The cooking is certainly not of a standard you'd enjoy at Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, his Michelin starred Oxfordshire country house hotel, but at these prices you wouldn't expect it to be.