Harden's says
Chantelle Nicholson, former chef-owner Tredwells (RIP), opened her new hyper-seasonal, sustainable restaurant in April 2022 in Mayfair. There's be a tasting menu focused solely on vegetables as well as a more conventional meat and fish-focused offering.
Harden's survey result
Summary
Chantelle Nicholson and her team work to admirable sustainable and low-waste principles at her Mayfair two-year-old, whose plaster walls, bare tables and “simple” decor are in keeping with its wholesome ethos. The menu celebrates British veg first and foremost, as well as regeneratively farmed meat and sustainably caught fish. All reports acknowledge it as a “friendly” spot with a kitchen that “delivers good results”.
Summary
Chantelle Nicholson’s Mayfair yearling has “a menu balance that’s the opposite way around to most restaurants, with an emphasis on vegetarian/vegan cooking, but also with a few meat/fish options”. Although some more critical reviewers “were expecting more after reading the glowing reviews”, even they said it was “perfectly good”. And most feedback this year was uniformly positive, hailing it as an unqualified “winner”: “there was no need to order any meat or fish: the vegetarian and vegan dishes we had were spectacular!”.
Summary
Former Tredwells chef, Chantelle Nicholson, has opened this Mayfair newcomer in April 2022, with a hyper-seasonal, low-waste ethos and prettily distressed, minimal décor. Initial reports in our diners’ survey are mixed. All feedback suggests the (vegetable-heavy) menu “sounds so interesting”, but what are “exceptional plant-based dishes” to some tastes arrive with “not a lot of flair or flavour” to others. (And press reviewers are also split: what is to The Guardian’s Grace Dent “too good and truly delicious” to The Evening Standard’s Jimi Famurewa “occasionally feels like it loses sight of fun and basic diner enjoyment”).
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68 Duke Street, London, W1K 6JU
Restaurant details
Apricity Restaurant Diner Reviews
"Chefs table. Great menu great fun"
"Fantastic “less” waste restaurant. "
Prices
 Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £41.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £4.50 |
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| Service | 10.00% |
68 Duke Street, London, W1K 6JU
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑2:15 pm, 5:30 pm‑9 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑2:15 pm, 5:30 pm‑9 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑2:15 pm, 5:30 pm‑9 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑2:15 pm, 5:30 pm‑9 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑9 pm |
| Sunday | CLOSED |
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