Has anyone eaten at the following London Restaurants.....

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Jamie Olivers 15
Blue Elephant
Gaucho Grill
???

Are they any good?

Gaucho grill is lovely if you like steak! Very knowledgeable waiters - will get you any steak in any size you want, with trimmings etc. Obviously fantastic meat.

Gaucho Grill is ok. It's a chain. Very steak-oriented. Haven't been to the others, although DH has been to 15, I think he said it was good.

Fifteen - went for lunch once, it was pretty good food but we didn't have a fantastic table (v close to the door)

We're stopping for 2 night and I think the Gaucho is a definate but we're torn between Blue Elephant and 15.

where are you staying?

Not great reviews for /link{http://www.london-eating.co.uk/8.htm\Blue Elephant} .

Blue Elephant

sorry, just feeding baby at same time lol.
Err we're staying at the Grange Holburn Hotel.
just had a look at 15 website and can only have lunch there. they're fully booked for evenings

Blue Elephant is quite fun, but quite "touristy" and the food is okay IYSWIM - if you want really good Thai food, I would suggest Patara - there are 3 or 4 of them around London and I think the food is very good. The Gaucho Grill is a favourite of ours for a relaxed evening out, but bring your appetite because the portions are generous! - yum.
They specialise in steak, but do have other things on the menu icluding a great chicken dish, fish and seafood and IIRC, a few vegetarian options. The only other thing is that they have an extensive wine list but it is Argentinian. Shout if you need any more info.

My SIL ate a Fifteen a few weeks back - she said it was fantastic, they had a taster menu which was £60 a head I think.

dh eats at Sheekey's quite a bit, he really likes it.

Also, we have stayed at the Grange Holborn twice. Was pretty good location and we were more than happy with the hotel/service each stay.

£60 a head

crikey!

oooh thats good to know. thanks foghorn!

we wanted to stay at the hoxton but it was full. looks gorgeous though.

Gaucho Grill was nice .. i love steak.
Blue Elephant is quite special .. i love thai food too .. yummm!!

what about aldo zilli's fish restaurant?

Don't eat at the Granfe Holburn...breakfast is OK though!

Its literally a 30 second walk from holborn tube station right on the corner of the road - if you get one of the rooms at a higher floor you get panoramic windows which were great for views but did make me slightly nervous. There is a Sainsbury's virtually opposite the hotel if you needed to get snacks etc, there is also a boots IIRC which is handy if you need Anadin in the morning.
If you are looking for somewhere close to the hotel to eat at some point, as you walk out of the door if you cross straight over the road (traffic lights) and then cross straight to your right (traffic lights again) there is a lovely little Italian restaurant - can't think what it is called though.
Can also highly recommend a restaurant called Krusties or Crusty's - lovely little Italian, went for DH's birthday, food was fantastic.

just down kingsway there's a Belgo, if you like mussels and want something less formal.

We only had breakfast at the hotel - choice of full english or continental, was nice enough

that sounds good.
we're going for sis in law to be's hen dooo.
i think we're seeing guys and dolls, doing a bit of sight seeing and shopping.

oh yeah, we'll only have b'fast at the hotel. too many good restaurants to slum an evening meal there!

there's chez gerard in covent garden piazza, which is Ok.

OK, maybe the little Italian's I suggested wouldn't quite be ready for a group of rowdy hen party go'ers

eyyy, less of the rowdy hen gooers lol!
there'll be no veils, condoms or l plates at this dooo