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London Map: SketchSketch Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

Cuisine Continental, Modern British
Hours Art Gallery: Mon-Sat 7pm-2am (last food order 11pm Mon-Wed and 1am Thurs-Sat); Lecture Room and Library: Tues-Fri noon-2:30pm and Tues-Sat 6:30-10:30pm. Parlour: Mon-Fri 8am-9pm, Sat 10am-9pm; The Glade: Mon-Sat noon-3pm; East Bar: daily 6:30pm-2am
Address 9 Conduit St., W1
Location Mayfair
Transportation Tube: Oxford Circus
Reservations Reservations essential for dining
Phone 087/0777-4488
Web site www.sketch.uk.com
Prices Main courses £15-£30 ($29-$57). Snacks and small meals £8-£24 ($15-$46). Lecture Room and Library 3-course fixed-price dinner £35 ($67); 7-course vegetarian fixed-price dinner £65 ($124)
Credit Cards AE, MC, V

Frommer's Review

Inaugurated in 2003, this restaurant, tearoom, art gallery, bar, and patisserie became an overnight sensation. Food, art, and music are artfully harmonized. In a converted 18th-century building in Mayfair, Mourad ("Momo") Mazouz, along with a team of chefs and designers, masterminded this fashionable creation. The British press hailed Sketch as a "camp wonderland."

You can come here to dine elegantly but also to bar-hop, as there are a number of venues that, to confuse matters, change their agendas as the day progresses. For example, one section is an art gallery by day and "gastro-brasserie" by night. Whimsical and informal, the Parlour is for light lunches and delectable teas. In the Lecture Room and Library, each dish represents different sensations. The Art Gallery becomes a restaurant and bar at night. The East Bar is a popular late-night rendezvous and The Glade is open for lunches and light snacks.

The menu showcases a cuisine that is both bold and imaginative -- and also delicious. For starters, you get not only fresh Tsarskaya oysters, but they come with lemon, shallots, vinegar, and warm rye bread pudding. The fresh pumpkin soup is always invigorating. Well-flavored, tender lamb is served with a beet-root cake, white cabbage, and dried fruits, and the roasted and caramelized baby tuna comes with steamed zucchini, red pepper, celery leaves, and toasted sesame seeds.

Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.


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