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The Ivy Frommer's Highly Recommended

1-5 West St., WC2, London

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Cuisine Contemporary European
Hours Mon-Sat noon-3pm; Sun noon-3:30pm; daily 5:30pm-midnight (last order)
Location Piccadilly Circus & Leicester Square
Transportation Tube: Leicester Sq
Reservations Reservations required
Phone 020/7836-4751
Web site www.the-ivy.co.uk
Prices Main courses £15.50-£28.75
Credit Cards AE,DC,MC,V

The Ivy Review

New restaurants with a more exciting vibe, a more adventurous menu, and chicer decor constantly open, but The Ivy retains its reputation as the favorite haunt for A-list celebrities. There's a genuine welcome, a great buzz, and a menu that stays comfortingly familiar. There's nothing too challenging in starters of smoked salmon, potted ham, or shellfish bisque, and mains of salmon fishcakes, the famous Ivy hamburger, or roast poulet for two. Occasional flights of fancy appear -- such as Moroccan-spiced rump of lamb with hummus and harissa -- but even that dish is well known to a clientele that regularly stays in the latest fashionable riad in Marrakech. Standards are high; service is smooth. Long live The Ivy.

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