New venture and neighbourhood restaurant in Notting Hill with food from ex-Ikoyi head chef. Editor's note: awarded 1 Michelin star in the 2024 guide
Dorian is a new venture from owner Chris D’Sylva and head chef Max Coen who was also head chef at 2 Michelin starred Kitchen Table and 3 Michelin starred Frantzen in Stockholm. Therefore, quite a lot of but surrounded this new venture. In general it was a good meal, in quite a confined and loud space, but sadly the liver parfait and roti snacks proved to be more enjoyable and better executed than the larger dishes. The beef tartare was good and the pigeon good quality but the frisee accompanying the sweetbreads was too salty for comfort. Unfortunately the £79 sirloin to share that was strongly recommended was cold and the venison was basically raw for the majority of the cut rather than rare. However the duck had good quality, the dessert and cheeses enjoyable adding to a good bistro menu in principle. I would happily come back and simply have all the snacks at the bar with a glass from their good wine list as its forte based on this visit however, I will a dish or two again on the next visit which will hopefully be better as I enjoyed the style of the menu here.
Food Grade: 66%
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