Lucky Cat

Gordon Ramsay’s Lucky Cat Infuriates Giles Coren in Restaurant Review | Eater London

"Launched by a celebrity chef, the new restaurant has drawn sharply negative reviews: service is described as chaotic and the cooking rarely rises above unremarkable. Specific dishes draw heavy criticism — the miso black cod is painfully sweet, smoked shortrib comes across as bland and flabby, and monkfish cheek katsu is so fishy and overcooked it’s compared to pub scampi. The lone consistently praised plate is the duck, lauded as delicious, sticky, crunchy and fatty and served with cucumber and a pillowy bao, though at premium pricing. Speaking of cost, steep cocktail and starter prices (a £16 negroni; £8 for four tiny prawn toasts) feed a larger complaint that, at these rates, everything should be exquisite, which reviewers conclude it very much is not." - George Reynolds