This is a very special place. The tasting menu is beautiful and exceptionally good value. The duck course was probably one of the best, if not the best, dishes I've ever had. The Drunken Butler manages to be a fine dining experience in a warm, welcoming and very gently cool environment. So lovely!
A wonderful place that is like eating at 5 star chefs apartment. Lovey space and great well selected wine list. Food is brilliant
Had Iranian tasting menu and spent £235pp including wines (£160 with non alcoholic drinks). Food is decent but not out of the world. The portions for fish and lobster (additional £30) look ridiculously small (about 3cm long)… Our seats are very closed to other people’s seats so it’s hard to get the privacy we wanted. Service was excellent.
The amount of creativity, passion, and thoughts that have gone into the menu to combine the traditional Persian flavors with modern French techniques is absolutely fascinating. It’s not just the creativity and presentation, but everything also tastes incredible. If I lived in London, I would have to restrain myself not to go more frequently than once a month!
The other favorite part of my dining experience is how the tasting menu transitions from small modern French dishes, suddenly, to a Persian feast (photo attached). The chicken and the rice could be the best I ever had.
Lastly, the fact that you are sitting in the kitchen and everything is being prepared around you is an experience you won’t forget.
Dominic was really awesome and looked after us so well.
Congratulations to the chef and staff for this amazing concept and can’t wait to come back.
I’m persian so this review is definitely bias! Thank you for delicious ghormeh sabzi and salad shirazi and the best bite of kookoo sabzi. The dessert was also very innovative, I enjoyed it. I wish I had more. I was also pleasantly surprised to see lavashak with fish and it tasted great! I’m very grateful that you open the restaurant like this to try to push Persian cuisine to the next level. If I could give feedback it would be I was very disappointed the tahdig was not crispy, wasn’t a fan of the gheymeh, the olivieh nor the mocktails. I was surprised there was no pomegranate drink. Also, there’s no phone number and I received no reply through email. If there was an à la carte menu, I would go back at least once every 2 to 3 months, but because it’s a fixed menu, I will go back every couple years to experience the new innovations. The final price without alcohol for 2 was around £250. Best of luck to the chef and owner! Thank you!
We absolutely loved the place 😊 you definitely need to book and definitely don't be in a rush . The food is freshly prepared daily . Worth the wait in-between dishes as you are a tasting Michelin Star food and the tastes are AMAZING 😍 thanks to who I'd like to call my friend the Head Chef and all he's staff as they are a great bunch of people , knowledgeable, helpful and have a great sense of humour. The ambiance is so comfortable, so relaxing, you will see from my photos. I have pictures of the dishes , which I will name when I next visit as so much goes into every dish with flavours out of this world , worth treating yourself . They are also opening a wine bar across the road which will definitely be worth a visit. Top notch, everything else we eat now is bland in comparison 😁 keep up the good work guys and see you soon 🤞
One of the best experiences of my life. Yuma is an exceptional host with truly authentic and bold ideas. He has taken Persian fine dining to another level! 🙌
The best restaurant experience I've had in a really long time. Not only was the food superb, we immediately became friends with Yuma, the head chef and owner, and it was as if we were at a friend's place having dinner. I also love that there was no menu, making us excited about what would come next after each course. We're definitely coming back!
The staff and service at the drunken butler are a real part of the experience. Very friendly and helpful, always ready to recommend something to drink! The decor is beautiful.
We had the Sunday lunch which is a set menu of family style eating.
All of the food was delicious, but I would say there are too many starter /dip type things for my liking. We were quite full of savoury by the time the mains arrived. Dessert was just one tiny dish at the end, I have a sweet tooth so felt a bit short changed by this.
We had an arrival drink and shared 2 bottles of wine between 4 the bill was £150 each.
I had a lovely time but probably wouldn't go again.
Fantastic Food from very talented yang Chef.
Phenomenal service
Highly recommended to choose the "chef table " it's excellent experience for food lovers.
Superb restaurant for any food and wine aficionado. The tasting lasted 3 and a half hours. Eclectic mix of cuisines and surprising ingredients combination. For example lobster topped with caviar, in a sauce of curry and a touch of vanilla (yes it was succulent). My favorite dish was the monk fish. However I was not a fan of the rare pigeon meat. The dishes are tastefully paired with carefully selected wines, including natural ones. Overall it was exquisite, a treat to oneself.
A refreshing concept of dishes prepared with high quality ingredients. Homemade focaccia and bread stick were brilliantly made. Scallop were well cooked.
Atmosphere is really pleasant and room setup it’s really chic. View of the chefs from the street is cool concept. We noticed a chef table at end of the room.
Overall a good experience but requires more fine tuning of dishes in particular the right mix of ingredients as I felt some of the combinations I could not taste all the ingredients eg waffle didn’t taste as described.
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