Sael London

We celebrated Valentine's Day with lunch at Sael, having seen many recommendations and high praise, and were very pleased that it lived up to the reviews. The marmite custard tart is divine - we wished it was bigger and could have easily eaten a dozen of them...but struggled to finish our 3 courses as it was. We had the prix fixe menu which is incredible value for what you have. Everything was so delicious and flavourful. We both had the onion soup, followed by the sausage and mash, and then the sorbet and the bread & butter pudding. Staff were all friendly, with the right level of attentiveness. 10/10, we'll certainly be returning

We came here for our 10year anniversary and were treated to a beautiful booth seat to be able to sit next to one another rather than opposite. Food was exquisite and the set menu had just as much attention to presentation and flavour as the a la carte choices. Staff were attentive. The fit out of the restaurant was very high end and a great all round experience.

I had dinner with my fiancé to celebrate his birthday on the weekend. We ordered the scallop with leek and razor clams as a starter, perfectly cooked scallop, the sauce was full of flavour which is not usually easy to extract from leeks. For main course, we shared the cuttlefish and scallop lasagna. The lasagna was airy and light, with thin layers of pasta which combined well the grilled cuttlefish which was more punchy and umami in flavour. For dessert, the sticky toffee pudding and chocolate tart were excellent. The sticky toffee pudding was very light and airy, a balanced caramel (not overly sweet) with clotted cream to smooth all the flavours. The chocolate tart is so smooth, silky and chocolaty with that pinch of saltiness at the end of every bite alongside with the smoked milk ice cream - just how you want a proper chocolate tart to be like. Overall, would recommend highly.

The menu is designed for you to decide how hungry and involved you wish your meal to be, all of our choices were delicious. Decent wine price structure (a pint of wine!) Staff friendly and happy to be there. Bar upstairs is fun if a bit bright.

This is the latest Jason Atherton space in St James, and, I must say, I am impressed. I had what could only be described as The Perfect Meal. For the warm welcome after I turned up at 2 pm for a late lunch, to the exceptional service by the extremely polite and competent Italian waitress and the incredibly knowledgeable Italian sommelier , my experience was just pure, unadulterated pleasure from start to end . Even the staff that was bringing the dishes I ordered, or replacing the ice in my glass, all were incredibly nice and friendly, with faultless manners and impeccable service. I had the oyster with XO sauce, the marmite tart with caviar, the bolognese mini starter with truffle shavings, the scallop with clams and leeks, the snail lasagna, and the broccoli, followed by the Roly poly as dessert, and by the Bread and butter soft serve . The pairing was by the glass, as I was on my own, and it was challenging due to the variety of the dishes I chose ; however, the sommelier was so good that I was left speechless by the impressive, faultless pairing he came up with . I started with a blanc de blanc sparkling British wine, followed by an Albariño, then a 2015 Gregorio Martinez, and ended with an excellent South African dessert wine. As a bonus the very kind sommelier made me taste a Japanese plum wine which was excellent. I really believe this to be one of the best meals I had in the last 10-15 years, and I am pretty sure a Michelin Star will be on its way very, very soon ! Thank you guys, you are all amazing and I cannot wait to come back and try the dishes that I couldn’t have this time !

Overall, I would say this is a nice restaurant. I do feel like some of the dishes are hit and miss. The marmite tart is criminally small when compared to the other dishes. The cauliflower cheese was very large, and simply a half cauliflower head they put cheese on top of. The cauliflower, burrata, and both lacked salt and seasoning. The oysters were fantastic. The fig burrata salad lacked depth. The steak was cooked well and was nicely seasoned. The bread pudding is mostly ice cream. The chocolate tart is incredibly dense, so be careful if you are expecting a light dessert. The koffman potatoes were very nice, and crispy. I would unfortunately not return until they have more time to refine their dishes. That is a disappointing fact, considering it was my most anticipated stop on my london trip.

I was a bit under the weather on that day so we decided to keep it light for dinner. We ordered scallop, calamari, halibut, a sirloin steak without any sides. Surprisingly the restaurant gave us one complimentary starter (oysters) and two sides (salad and chips), which was very generous of them. We enjoyed all of the dishes and would definitely go visit again!

The restaurant itself is nice but the food was mostly a miss with dishes either being too salty or overcooked, hence it is expensive for what it is. Between the two of us, we shared the baked oysters (average), scallops (this was good and the sauce was tasty), wagyu skewer (too salty), gochujang cuttlefish (overcooked and tough), lobster baked rice (flavourless lobster and overcooked rice) and the chocolate tart (good tart but the ice cream didn’t suit my taste).