insideKENT Magazine Issue 136 - August 2023 | Page 104

LONDON
CONTEMPORARY ELEGANCE AND DESTINATION DINING AWAIT AT ...

COLLINS ROOM AT THE BERKELEY , LONDON

RENOWNED FOR ITS FIVE-STAR HOSPITALITY OFFERING WHICH EXTENDS FROM ITS LUXURY HOTEL TO ITS STANDALONE DESTINATION DINING , THE BERKELEY IN LONDON IS AN EXPERIENCE THAT HAS TO TOP YOUR LONDON FINE DINING / STAY HOTLIST . FROM THE BOUTIQUES AND TREATS OF LONDON ’ S KNIGHTSBRIDGE AND BELGRAVIA HERALDING YOUR ARRIVAL TO ITS HERITAGE WITH A LUXE CONTEMPORARY TWIST FACADE AND INNER ENCLAVES , NOT TO MENTION THE WHO ’ S WHO LIST OF ACCLAIMED CHEFS , BARTENDERS AND F & B EXPERIENTIALS THAT CALL HERE HOME , YOUR JOURNEY TO MODERN LUXURY DINING AWAITS ... BY SAMANTHA READY
It ’ s not often that you can utter the words Marcus Wareing and his namesake Michelin offering , Cédric Grolet , Prêt-à-Portea and the , so-sought-after-there ’ s- a-wait-list terrace of the The Berkeley Bar and Terrace fame , and be talking about the same place . Yet , dining options at The Berkeley offer it all ; French patisserie , afternoon tea , a dedicated cigar menu , Michelin fine dining , and contemporary elevated dining and cocktails from the Collins Room for good measure .
Being offered a sought-after outdoor spot on the Terrace to coincide with sundown was too good an opportunity to pass up , rewarded with an intimate corner table and our pick from The Berkeley Bar ’ s impressive signature Champagne , wine and cocktail lists . And when I say impressive , I mean impressive . Here you ’ ll find everything from vintage Champagne that has been tucked away in French cellars to single malts , small-batch rums and single glasses of revered reds - each with its own one-of-a-kind character that underpins the bar and terrace ’ s ethos of being the ‘ New Old Fashioned ’.
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