Davies and Brook at Claridge’s Gets Five Star Fay Maschler Review | Eater London

"Located in a converted bank and run by former Gordon Ramsay International CEO Stuart Gillies, this is an unpretentious, welcoming neighbourhood wine bar and restaurant with an eye for detail and cheerful, well-trained service. The brief but meaningful menu finds a comfortable middle ground between a house-burger and an elaborate tasting menu: a marvellous buttermilk chicken in crisp tempura batter slathered with barbecue sauce, blue cheese and spring onion; perfectly judged plaice with sweet beetroot and salty parmesan; tiger prawns with a harissa that "knocks your socks off"; and a fiendishly drinkable house cocktail. It feels posh without being overbearing — the kind of local place that prompts the question of why more venues don't get this balance right." - George Reynolds