The Fat Duck
High St, Bray, Maidenhead SL6 2AQ, United Kingdom
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: 12:00 – 1:15 PM, 7:00 – 8:15 PM
Thursday: 12:00 – 1:15 PM, 7:00 – 8:15 PM
Friday: 12:00 – 1:15 PM, 7:00 – 8:15 PM
Saturday: 12:00 – 1:15 PM, 7:00 – 8:15 PM
Sunday: 12:00 – 1:15 PM, 7:00 – 8:15 PM
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The Fat Duck is truly a very special restaurant. My wife and I dine out a lot and often visit three-star restaurants, but at The Fat Duck, one could easily add a plus to the three stars. The presentations are very impressive and thoughtfully designed, perfectly coordinated with each course. The dishes themselves are incredibly creative, and you can truly feel the amount of thought and perfection that has gone into them. It’s self-evident that everything tastes amazing. The service is friendly, very attentive, and helps to enhance the overall experience. Our visit has left a lasting impression on us and will continue to do so for a long time. We rarely take the time to write reviews, usually only when something doesn’t go well, but in this case, we are writing because The Fat Duck absolutely deserves a positive review. We would like to thank the entire team at The Fat Duck for an impressive and exciting dinner.
We visited the fat duck on a very rare anniversary menu, celebrating 30 years of it’s fine history.
Dishes ranged from classics, to classics with new twists, to newer plates. The whole history was showcased in a single meal.
It was titled the journey, and we were provided with a map and a magnifying glass. The map detailed our menu for the evening, but hidden across it were much smaller texts, instantly making the experience playful.
All dishes were masterfully presented, with plenty of theatre and of course, delicious flavours. Highlights were the full English breakfast masquerading as a bowl of cereal, and the magical floating merengues.
Truly wonderful!
Creative food, really interesting concepts, but disfrutar is still ahead by a mile. It is definitely an experience and a show though, and sometimes that can be gimmicky but not here. Service was generally great however my primary server seems a bit solemn and did not describe the dishes as comprehensively as I saw that some other servers did – and it’s important as there isn’t a detailed menu and it’s up to the server to uniquely describe dishes. The setting is quite simple if prefer that, not too much of an ambiance. Overall still a good experience and would recommend.
This was my second time at the place and the central question was – are the classics identical, is there anything new. This is a three star joint, so level high anyways. So.
1. Many of the classics were improved and developed, so the menu is not a dead one even for the Sound of the sea etc.
2. There were new entries, my favorite was the kinda deconstructed Black Forest gateaux- it was lip smacking delicious.
Then the most notable improvement: last time e.g. sake pairings and the wines were OK, but nothing to write home about. This time… the pairings played in the same league as the food. I stole the idea of pairing a dish with a special martini instead of wine immediately to my next home meal, what a genius idea.
Service was flawless, our wedding anniversary was met with a card from all chefs and our special guest, a Viking rubber duck named “Olaf, the gourmet duck” was given due attention.
I did find the evening a tad pricey though, 750€ of the tasting menu paid beforehand should have contained even a basic set of drinks with food.
DO NOT READ OTHER REVIEWS! Please! You will absolutely destroy your experience at The Fat Duck. And considering the price tag, that’s not what anyone wants.
My friends and I chose The Trip menu. You can have three extra dishes with The Journey menu, but unless you have starved yourself like a bear in hibernation or have a huge appetite, it’s not necessary.
We arrived only knowing which menu we had chosen. We had no clue what was going to happen, what dishes we’d get, what the experience was like (except the sweet house at the end which is on every YouTube video about The Fat Duck). This resulted in a wonderful experience. One surprise after another, not just experientially as they make a lot of effort to create the atmosphere, but the flavour combinations and textures.
Absolutely wonderful. It’s well worth saving up if you have to so that you can experience this once. And if you’re well off enough to go to 3 star Michelin restaurants, this should be first on your list.
Well done Heston and team. WOW!