{"id":244,"date":"2008-02-06T19:19:25","date_gmt":"2008-02-06T19:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wild-honey-stgeorges-square-mayfair-london-restaurant-review\/"},"modified":"2008-02-06T19:19:25","modified_gmt":"2008-02-06T19:19:25","slug":"wild-honey-stgeorges-square-mayfair-london-restaurant-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wild-honey-stgeorges-square-mayfair-london-restaurant-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Honey, St.Georges Square, Mayfair, London Restaurant Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wild Honey, St.Georges Square, Mayfair, London – Reviewed By Ben John Edwards<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ben was not very impressed:<\/em><\/p>\n

I would be lying if I were to say that it was a total disaster. The
\nfood was well cooked and thought out. However, nothing on the plates put
\nin front of me had anything nearing the Wow Factor you would expect from a
\nMichelin Star.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well I’ll start by saying a very big ‘Sorry’ to Jim. It was my
\nfriends birthday celebration, and I talked him out of going to Langans
\n(which has less than favourable reviews and is a glorified ‘old boys
\nclub’) to go to much talked about Wild Honey, in London’s Mayfair. <\/p>\n

It had, incidentally, just won a Michelin star and I was very anxious to try it
\nout. Unfortunately, the only thing it had in common with Michelin is that
\nit left me ‘tyred’.<\/p>\n

Upon arrival, 10 minutes early, we were asked, neigh, TOLD to come back in
\nten minutes when our table was ready. Before I could object, we were told
\nwe could stay (oh thanks…) if we squeezed into the gap beside the
\nwindow. Half our party were then offered drinks, still in our coats,
\nwhilst the other half stood perplexed by the bar. We were then left to
\nstand at the bar perusing menus.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, a far more charming waiter picked up on our immediate
\ndissatisfaction, and our table was quickly prepared. However, they had
\ndecided that the best place to put six diners celebrating a birthday was
\nin a dingy booth beside the stairs to the toilets. Even then I had to ask
\nfor our coats to be taken.<\/p>\n

It was NOT going well – they certainly didn’t win any stars for the
\nservice. Our party were asked several times in a patronising tone whether
\nwe needed any ‘help’ with the menu (If I was unfamiliar with any of the
\nterms or ingredients, I’ll ask, thankyou), and were generally treated as
\naccidental walk-ins rather than serious diners. <\/p>\n

At one point, an incredibly rude waiter asked one of our party, quite forcefully whilst
\ndelivering his main course, ‘do you want this or not?’. <\/strong>I am quite glad he
\nhadn’t addressed me in that manner, because he would have received a
\ngraphic and detailed answer of what he could have done with it.<\/p>\n

Still, onto the food. I started with gurnard, in a ceviche style, on a
\ntomato and blood orange salsa, in reflection of the skin of the fish, a
\nnice touch. This was fine, delicate and sweet. However, the salsa was
\nreminiscent of the tomato sauce on a cheap frozen pizza, and I found this
\nto be offputting. Haunch of venison with sweet potato and kale was
\nperfectly cooked, but very delicate in flavour – I had expected a certain
\n‘highness’ which was entirely absent and far too safe for Michelin
\nstandard. <\/p>\n

I then chose from an uninspiring but tasty cheese selection,
\nwith an Epoisse-style cheese coming out the winner, and a signature ‘Wild
\nHoney’ ice cream with honeycomb, which was admittedly very good, only to
\nbe superceded by a Sainsburys Taste the Difference offering a day later.
\nSaving grace? Very good wine list; it would have been hard to pick a duff
\ndrop – the Sauvignon blanc and Viognier I had were fantastic.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So, I would be lying if I were to say that it was a total disaster. The
\nfood was well cooked and thought out. However, nothing on the plates put
\nin front of me had anything nearing the Wow Factor you would expect from a
\nMichelin Star. My beloved Bildeston Crown, Suffolk, is a far better
\nrestaurant food wise, and knocks Wild Honey into a cocked hat. But what
\nreally marred the evening was the condescending, dismissive, indifferent
\nand downright rude service we were subjected to, aside from one waiter. We
\ndid not leave a tip, as they did not deserve it. The only thing about that
\nrestaurant that was wild was me on my exit. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wild Honey, St.Georges Square, Mayfair, London – Reviewed By Ben John Edwards Ben was not very impressed: I would be lying if I were to say that it was a total disaster. The food was well cooked and thought out. However, nothing on the plates put in front of me had anything nearing the Wow read more …<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}