I am a great fan of Restaurant vouchers/offers, and was particularly pleased to see Travelzoo recently offered a 3 course set meal for 2 people at Marco Pierre White’s restaurant attached to Chelsea Football Club. The offer covered the period from October to January (although the whole of December was excluded – probably due to various Christmas parties being held there).
I decided to buy 2 vouchers, at a cost of £49 each. This was easily accomplished, as I subscribe to Travelzoo and receive all their E mails. The vouchers were E mailed back to me the same day.
The only drawback of this offer was that you could not use it on match days, and also only in the evening.
My first visit to the restaurant was in early October, and I must say I was really looking forward to it.
Chelsea football Club is actually located at Fulham Broadway, and not Chelsea as you may have thought! Mark and I took the train from Reading to Paddington, a relatively short journey. We had decided to make a day of it, and didn’t go straight to the restaurant – but spent a lot of time in Oxford Street, Selfridges in particular.
The day went quickly and it was soon time to hit the tube again and head towards Wimbledon on the district line. We got off at Fulham Broadway, and walked through a modern shopping complex to reach the High Street. Outside, we turned to the left (fortunately there were street directions, as we would not have found it so easily). We walked on for about 5 minutes and soon came to Stamford Bridge (Chelsea’s ground). Again, the restaurant was clearly marked and we soon arrived outside the glass fronted and silver chromed exterior.
We pushed through the revolving door, and were met at the front desk by a friendly waiter who found our booking and showed us to our seat.
The restaurant interior was extremely dark, with lots of sparkling lights festooned around pillars – it did remind a bit of a Christmas tree.
We were offered the wine menu, and I chose a glass of house white, and Mark ordered a glass of beer. The waiter then came to provide us with a bread roll each.
Naturally, we had a special menu, a choice of three starters, three mains and three desserts. Additionally, there was a delicious ‘amuse bouche’ for us to try – very concentrated onion soup, with 2 little onion biscuits.
My starter was 3 little scallops over a bed of lettuce; they were cooked to perfection and basically melted in the mouth. As a main course, we both decided to choose sirloin steak with peppercorn sauce. Neither of us as a rule have sirloin at home, and we would have been foolish to not choose it here. I must say that this was lovely, and the sauce was divine. Any side dishes were an extra charge of £3.50 each, and we both ordered the triple cooked chips. Again, these were gorgeously fluffy inside, and crunchy on the outside.
The desserts did look tempting, but we both choose biscuits and cheese. Sorry to be boring! The cheese was served with a very refreshing quince jelly. I really loved the plates these were served on, an appealing apple and blackberry pattern.
Overall, we had a pleasant experience here – the staff were attentive, but not overtly so, the restaurant ambience was excellent and most importantly of all – the food was delicious.
My score out of 5:
Would be 5. Excellent, but probably best to wait until you see an offer – as it can prove expensive.
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