Hibiscus Restaurant London | Chef Claude Bosi
Hibiscus Restaurant London | Chef Claude Bosi
Hibiscus comes to London
Another exciting event will be the opening on the 24th of October of Hibiscus which is being moved from its seven year home in Ludlow, Shropshire, to central London by chef Claude Bosi and his wife Claire. Will Claude be able to bring his two Michelin stars to the new restaurant located at 29 Maddox St, W1, we wonder? To achieve this goal, Bosi aims to bring his entire kitchen brigade down to London. The site used to be an office building and has undergone a full renovation into a forty five seat dining room and an 18 seat private dining room on the lower level. The full three course a la carte menu is £49.50 and there is a shorter set price lunch menu at £25 for three courses.
The culinary style is classical with a few modern twists. For instance: Savoury ice cream of foie gras with a warm emulsion of brioche and balsamic caramel; Ravioli of langoustines, onion and cinnamon, Granny Smith salad; Hereford suckling pig in two services; Sea bass stuffed with wild mushrooms, creamed chestnut, and cardamom oil; Hibiscus tart au chocolat with Indonesian basil ice cream; Cinnamon millefeuille with dried fig ice cream and crushed figs.
There will be an extensive wine list concentrating mainly on France but with many New World wines; prices start at £16 50 with 16 wines offered by the glass and plenty of half bottles.
The couple are keeping a foothold in Shropshire with their pub the Bell Inn in Yarpole.
The reservation number of Hibiscus London will be 020 7629 2999
On Friday 13 June I, along with three other people were “kicked out” of this restaurant because the fourth member of the group was a last minute addition. The maitre refused to add a fourth place to the round table and left us with the choice of either one of us leaving (which was of course out of the question) or for the four of us to leave. What an unpleasant, unhelpful young man the maitre!! Appalling.
This has never happened to me before and it surely is not happening to me again in that place. One expects a certain level of courtesy when walking into a restaurant like that to spend some money, even if it has lost a Michelin star this year. Kinda see why…