- Overall 5
- Food 5
- Service 5
- Ambience 5
We have been to Ormer Mayfair several times now. Every visit has been outstanding.
All the staff are perfectly polished in their craft. Everything is a presentation without being ostentatious. They have integrated much of their supply chain to grow and make their own ingredients, and the control this gives them over food quality and consistency definitely shows.
The food alone is enough to justify the price. Chef draws on their unusual combination of heritages and showcases what a top kitchen can produce without stretching dishes out of all recognition. This is molecular gastronomy used to bring out the best of each dish rather than to let chemists show off in a kitchen.
Where Ormer Mayfair really shines is their wine pairings for each selection in their tasting menus. With some encouragement and a willing audience, their sommelier elevates the experience from great to magnificent. If you're curious you will get a story for each wine, the estate, and winemaker. Unusually in the industry, the pairing selections seemed to me to be evidence-based in contrast to a more common sommelier approach of "most people like this". For one course we were asked our preferences and by that point we had learned enough to say "we're in your hands and trust your choices implicitly; please consider everything you want, even choices you might normally not dare". We were richly rewarded for our faith.
One of us selected the optional cheese course where we were treated to what we now understand is the Ormer standard: staff who were knowledgeable and passionate, completely devoted to creating the best possible guest experience. We asked for unusual cheeses we wouldn't find elsewhere or on store shelves and once again were richly rewarded.
It is impossible to single out any one staff member for praise because every single one of them could and should be used to teach what fine dining could and should be elsewhere. I don't understand how Ormer Mayfair has only one Michelin Star!
