D M
30.01.2025
Probably the best dining experience of my life. Thank you to the chefs and front of house team for making my 40th so special. We will be back!
marc Lewis
30.01.2025
An exercise in dining on old reputation. A pantomime that feels repeatedly repeated. Not the class or sophistication a 3* should have.
Disappointed
Richard Wong
29.01.2025
An eye opening experience with their mysterious menu
Liam Moisey
29.01.2025
Great place
Laz Hobkirk
28.01.2025
This is a brilliant food experience like no other.
F Architect
27.01.2025
Really a miraculous place with awesome food and service. Worth the wait for reservation and experience it.
Kurtis
24.01.2025
The food was delicious 5***** for me
dawa sherpa
24.01.2025
Wow it's amazing
Anthony Dixon
23.01.2025
The food was outstanding and beautifully well presented it made you eat with your eyes first.The tastes were sensational and the staff were absolutely brilliant. The Atmosphere was great. The evening was mind blowing and worth the visit and the financial outlay. Heston you are with outdoubt the Willy Wonker of the restaurant world.❤️👍
Chenchu Kishore
20.01.2025
Highly recommend it.
Laura May Artist
19.01.2025
Perfect birthday lunch. The attention to detail at The Fat Duck is unrivalled. Thank you!
Rafael B
27.07.2018
Impressive Food but overkill for me and I ended up being sick.
Jim M.
29.12.2024
Had an amazing time for my birthday… only thing I’d say, maybe too much nitrogen theatre. Other than that outstanding
Alex Tung
28.12.2024
The Fat Duck exceeded all my expectations! From the moment we walked in, the service was exceptional. The staff were incredibly friendly, attentive, and knowledgeable, making us feel welcome and well cared for throughout the entire evening.
We were lucky enough to try the special Christmas menu, and it was pure magic! Every dish brought back the wonder and joy of being a child on Christmas morning. The flavors, presentation, and creativity were unlike anything I’ve ever experienced – a true celebration of the season.
The attention to detail, combined with the team’s ability to tell the story behind each dish, made the entire meal feel like an enchanting journey. The ambiance was warm and inviting, perfectly complementing the festive spirit and culinary artistry.
It’s rare to find a place where both the food and service are equally outstanding, but The Fat Duck delivered on all fronts. Highly recommend for anyone looking for a world-class dining experience. I can’t wait to return!
Banu Tankurt
17.12.2024
Our kids treated us to an unforgettable evening at The Fat Duck, and it truly lived up to its reputation as one of the best restaurants in the world. The service was impeccable, more like an artful performance than just a meal. Experiencing this during the Christmas festive season added an extra layer of magic, making the evening even more special. We felt truly spoiled and will treasure this experience forever.
Igor Ostrowski
16.12.2024
Incredible, magical experience. Amazing staff and food.
Justin Hiew
14.12.2024
Really great experience overall with the food presentation and the waiters. However felt like the sommelier was having a bad day and not really want to explain when asking about specific wines.
Alex Connolly
09.12.2024
One undoubtedly would call a visit to the fat duck an occasion, far from day to day treats. We were in strong belief this would be the case.
We arrived to a warm welcome and a dining room relatively bustling. The staff were polite in welcome, but simple things in service were missed. Coats were taken after we sat down (confusing?) and the room itself looked like it had seen better days. Still, we wondered on what the evening would entail.
Throughout the evening the food was accompanied by some thought provoking ideas. Techniques refined in ways you'd never expect, perception tested on ideas you'd never think, yet an overarching problem existed - the food just wasn't that good.
Aerated (and nitrogen poached, I believe) cocktails that, whilst fun, did nothing because the wait between courses was so long that our taste buds had reset.
Tiny sandwiches that evoked emotion but were gone in a bite of mediocrity.
There were stars amongst the aims, but those stars were overshadowed by food that just wasn't up to standard.
Service was average. Our group, squeezed into a corner, seemed to have waiters with arms all over us. At one point we were even requested to pass a dish to another member as the waiter couldn't reach (a clear indication of a logistical problem with the restaurant). Not ideal and certainly not the standards of a restaurant with such prestige. That all being said, the waiters were energetic and fun.
The fat duck is definitely different. In some ways good, and in many ways not. It seems that whilst Heston was focused on marvel and spectacle, he left behind a trail of misses. It is certainly one to remember, but spectacle should never come at a cost of the most important thing in dining - what's on the plate.
I hope I can come back in a few years and see a different outlook, but for now it isn't worth the investment.
Lots of tricks, not so many treats.
Steve McMenamin
08.12.2024
Amazing food and the staff are amazing very friendly, professional and care.
The picture is a short rib mince pie the glass is carrot and sherry consume a hard choice to pick a favourite.
JP Vasseur FR
08.12.2024
A lover of haute cuisine, we dined at ‘The Fat Duck’ in Bray, crowned with three Michelin stars. The setting is cozy, though nothing extraordinary, and the restaurant demonstrates a great deal of creativity with a multi-sensory experience and successful animations that make the moment very enjoyable. However, the level of gastronomy is far from that of a three-star restaurant, particularly in France. The presentation is generally very well done, but finesse and originality are unfortunately not often present, especially for menus that boast record costs exceeding 450 pounds, not including wine, with tea and coffee as extras. The service, moreover, is often in need of improvement. An experience to try, but perhaps not to repeat.
Lucky Chow
07.12.2024
🤡買單2700GBP 四個人，4個人都點了wine pairing 。
2個人喝的sake pairing都說很一般不值得。2個喝non-alcoholic的pairing都覺得麻麻地。。單點仲好。
食物：非常一般。份量非常小。有三道菜都是甜點，另外沒有飯麵pasta的一道菜…女生吃完都只有7成飽，男生話5成都無。
Fat Duck的menu沒有「duck」… 說是聖誕沒有。但會吃venison。
其他：擺盤好看，Formality給足，service超級好。小禮物挺有趣。
燈光和場地窄小問題不適合拍照。
ps時間預算：從12進場，吃到4:50pm。從倫敦到餐廳差不多1小時（火車+uber）
總結：⚠️來一次體驗但不會再來這家三星餐廳。太Overrated。主要食物留吾住個胃，酒單又一般，pairing又唔掂…價格又高。聖誕menu 差吾多500 pp 加pairing 125pp… 個人會prefer去ledbury 同core…
Vivian Leung
03.12.2024
It’s one of the best dining experience I’ve ever had! Love the dining journey and how each plate is created, with loads of surprises!
TT
01.12.2024
I had the mystery menu today with cellar experience and it was a very enjoyable culinary experience. However, service lacked attentiveness, and the place was crowded and noise level was high.
Reema James
01.12.2024
Disappointing experience service and to end it we were sick after eating here. Definitely not the food service or standard expected. No one has even responded back to our messages.
Martin D
10.11.2024
Overall food was good quality , service was impeccable, however food was so overated and boring . I thought Heston was going to be far more inspiring and thought provoking . Instead we received dishes with standard flavour combinations. We saw everyone’s food before hand which took away from our experience as it was hardly surprising when we had it .
I am fortunate enough to dine in most of the worlds best Restaurants and the fat duck is no where near the standard we would expect normally. It’s a shame because I thought this would have been the benchmark for fine dining. Hardly different or exceptional for the money we paid.
Not worth £1390; insane price . I actually
Had an additional course of bread to tie me over. If you like your fine food and eat fine food often you’ll be truly bored at this menu , after you leave.
