64 Goodge Street (Fitzrovia)

Newly awarded 1 Michelin star venue (2025) located at its namesake in London

64 Goodge Street is a new entry to the Michelin guide for 2025 in gaining its Michelin star after operating for 18 months having opened in late 2023.  The head chef is Stuart Andrew, formerly or Portland and Clipstone. To my delight, the menu here is a la carte (lunch‬‭ being 3‬‭ courses‬‭ for £59‬, dinner‬‭ being 3‬‭ courses‬‭ for £85).  As my dining companion and I levelled out at 2 courses each, the price was adjusted to £70 each for two courses at dinner.  The snack of petite‬‭ gougères,‬‭ black‬‭ truffle‬‭ &‬‭ Gruyère had to be done and this was loaded with warm and silky smooth Gruyère and were spot on.  The Œuf‬‭ (egg) croustillant,‬‭ petit‬‭ violet‬‭ artichokes‬‭ &‬‭ crème‬‭ de‬‭ parmesan‬ was a delight (croustillant simply being the crunchy breadcrumb exterior and perfectly runny egg yolk inside) with a beautiful parmesan sauce.  Equally pleasurable was the no-nonsense Quail‬‭ forestière,‬‭ sauce‬‭ Albufera‬.  The rabbit was cooked perfectly and had a very good balance of acidity in the vegetables and and the richness from the accompanying sauce‬‭ Albufera‬.  I was actually most impressed on this visit by the perfectly done Pommes Anne (layers of blanched potatoes glued together with their own starch and fried to perfect levels thereafter) as well as the superbly delicate pastry on the mille-feuille Gariguette of strawberry – a skilful and very worthy Michelin starred dessert.  Coffee was from Dalston coffee and the whole meal was overseen by the wonderful host we had who turned out to be the Manager, Ashley Best.  This is a quality and charming venue serving simple and enjoyable dishes which I genuinely feel like returning for for all the above reasons for the circa £150 per person dinner with bottle of wine that is was.  PS. note that 15% service charge appears to be the growing, new norm in London restaurants now for those that only dine out rarely.

Food Grade: 76%

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