“On balance, Tom Aikens deserves its status as one of the capital’s top foodie destinations”.
(Time Out, Eating & Drinking Guide 2009)

“This is zenith-class cooking from one of the country’s greatest culinary talents – so do make this Chelsea pilgrimage.”
(AA Restaurant Guide 2009)

“…a marvellously judged Modern British cuisine that’s as inventive as it is reasoned and as beautiful to look at as it is restrained.”
(Tatler Restaurant Guide 2009)

“As befits fine dining, service here is silky and the food is sophisticated and considered. A very rewarding place to eat…All dishes are imaginative, well presented and with good assertive flavours.”
(Charles Campion’s London Restaurant Guide 2009)

“Aikens the chef is a brilliant technician as well as a conjurer, aesthete and showman. Satellite dishes that accompany the main offerings dazzle and delight, and impeccable service ensures the show runs on oiled wheels.”
(Tatler Restaurant Guide 2008)

“…every element of the experience, from the service to the crockery &, of course, the food is exceptional…The chic, monochrome setting is a suitably sophisticated backdrop for Aiken’s cooking, which turns ingredients into works of art in terms of flavour, texture & presentation.”
(Square Meal Guide 2008)

“Fans find Tom Aikens’ ‘complex’ cuisine nothing short of ‘sublime’, and his ‘Zen-like’ Chelsea dining room is often touted as ‘one of London’s best’.”
(Hardens London Restaurant Guide 2008)

“It perhaps sounds obvious, but Tom Aikens’ food is fabulous.”
(Bazaar Going Out Guide- December 2007)

“…this eponymous, much-heralded Chelsea temple to the serious foodie just gets better, and has deservedly put Tom Aikens up there among the pinnacle of top London kitchens.”
(AA Restaurant Guide 2009)

“…a meal in this tastefully neutral dining room is among the finest you’ll eat in London.”
(Square Meal Restaurants & Bars 2009)

“Aikens knows how to push the buttons for hard-wired gastronomic pleasure..”
(Harper’s Bazaar Going Out Guide 2009)

“…by focusing far more on the main ingredient, his cooking has moved up a level. Dishes still look appetising and the innovative and original touches remain…”
(Michelin Great Britain & Ireland 2008)

“Food is incredibly refined: beautiful to eat and to look at… The cooking was without exception superb.”
(Time Out, Eating & Drinking Guide 2008)

“The ‘most imaginative food on the planet’… ‘eating here is a true experience’.”
(Zagat London Restaurants 2008)

“This eponymous, much-heralded Chelsea temple to the serious foodie has deservedly put Tom Aikens up there among the pinnacle of top London kitchens…This is zenith-class cooking from one of the country’s greatest culinary talents – so do make this Chelsea pilgrimage.”