Rhodes W1
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Rhodes W1 is a quality restaurant
located in London
, England. It was opened in 2007, and gained a Michelin star within a year of opening in January 2008. It serves European cuisine, and is one of two Rhodes restaurants in London to hold a Michelin star.
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Rhodes W1 opened on 18 May 2007, and is located at the ground floor of the Cumberland Hotel in London. It is separate from the similar named Rhodes W1 Brasserie in the same hotel. It a European cuisine restaurant based along the same lines as Rhodes 24, with the other restaurant serving British food. Kelly Hoppen
was the designer for the interior of the restaurant.
On launch, Rhodes announced his intention to improve on his five separate single Michelin stars he had previously won, "I really want the Michelin inspectors to come here and recognise that it's more refined than anything I've done in the past." Within a year of opening, it was awarded a Michelin star in January 2008, which it retains to date as one of two Michelin starred restaurants for Gary Rhodes in London.
While Gary Rhodes
had promised to be present in the kitchen whenever he could, the head chef on launch was Brian Hughson. Hughson had previously worked with Rhodes at Rhodes in the Square in the late 1990s.
reviewed Rhodes W1 for The Times
in 2007, describing the food served as "like a mini-smorgasbord of flavours". While he criticized that many items on the menu carried supplementary charges which brought up the price of the bill, he suggested that it simply made the restaurant more suitable for a celebratory meal. Terry Durack also reviewed the restaurant in 2007, for The Independent
; he gave it an overall score of seventeen out of twenty, summing the restaurant up as "Rhodes W1 shows that the chef's chef can bring a lighter, modern, touch to his almost anal brand of food perfectionism. I knew Rhodes was good. I didn't know he was this good." Marina O'Loughlin gave the restaurant three out of five stars while reviewing it for the Metro, while warning people when visiting to avoid the similarly named brasserie. Time Out reviewed the restaurant in 2009, giving it four out of five stars. The review described the service as "flawless" and thought that the restaurant "holds much promise".
Restaurant rating
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located in London
London
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, England. It was opened in 2007, and gained a Michelin star within a year of opening in January 2008. It serves European cuisine, and is one of two Rhodes restaurants in London to hold a Michelin star.
Description
Kelly Hoppen
Kelly Elaine Hoppen MBE is a South African-born British interior designer and owner of Kelly Hoppen Interiors.-Career:Hoppen began her career at the age of 17. Her first restaurant design was the Gary Rhodes restaurant Rhodes W1. She went on to design apartments for a number of celebrities...
was the designer for the interior of the restaurant.
On launch, Rhodes announced his intention to improve on his five separate single Michelin stars he had previously won, "I really want the Michelin inspectors to come here and recognise that it's more refined than anything I've done in the past." Within a year of opening, it was awarded a Michelin star in January 2008, which it retains to date as one of two Michelin starred restaurants for Gary Rhodes in London.
While Gary Rhodes
Gary Rhodes
Gary Rhodes OBE is an English restaurateur, cookery writer, and chef, known for his love of British cuisine and distinctive spiked hair style ....
had promised to be present in the kitchen whenever he could, the head chef on launch was Brian Hughson. Hughson had previously worked with Rhodes at Rhodes in the Square in the late 1990s.
Reception
Giles CorenGiles Coren
Giles Coren is a British food critic, television presenter and novelist. He is known for expressing controversial opinions, and for his television appearances with the comedian Sue Perkins.-Personal:...
reviewed Rhodes W1 for The Times
The Times
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in 2007, describing the food served as "like a mini-smorgasbord of flavours". While he criticized that many items on the menu carried supplementary charges which brought up the price of the bill, he suggested that it simply made the restaurant more suitable for a celebratory meal. Terry Durack also reviewed the restaurant in 2007, for The Independent
The Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
; he gave it an overall score of seventeen out of twenty, summing the restaurant up as "Rhodes W1 shows that the chef's chef can bring a lighter, modern, touch to his almost anal brand of food perfectionism. I knew Rhodes was good. I didn't know he was this good." Marina O'Loughlin gave the restaurant three out of five stars while reviewing it for the Metro, while warning people when visiting to avoid the similarly named brasserie. Time Out reviewed the restaurant in 2009, giving it four out of five stars. The review described the service as "flawless" and thought that the restaurant "holds much promise".