"Thanksgiving lunch at the Colony Grill Room. It even sounds legit, doesn’t it? All you need is a disapproving ex-US army father and an ambition to make biodegradable surf boards in California and you’re basically living the American dream. Anyway, kick off this confusing fantasy with their £65 Thanksgiving set menu. There’s a truffle-topped quail caesar salad, pumpkin risotto, turkey and trimmings, and of course pecan pie. If big birds aren’t your thing then there’s also a vegetarian menu complete with your old friend nut roast." - jake missing
"Whether it’s an anniversary, or a birthday, or you just want to give your nan an excuse to crack out her Sunday best, Colony Grill Room at The Beaumont in Mayfair is a great choice. There are dressed up American classics like macaroni cheese and ‘design your own’ sundaes. There are portraits of Hollywood stars on the walls. And there are red leather booths that are both swish and comfy." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing
"If you made a Venn diagram of things kids like to eat at sleepovers and carbohydrates that come in the shape of a smiley face, your friend’s dream dinner would be somewhere in the middle. The Colony Grill Room is an all-day brasserie inside The Beaumont Hotel that serves a menu of swish, big kid classics. Think hamburgers, buttermilk fried chicken, and made to order sundaes with your own choice of toppings. But with the dressed up servers and slick 1920s feel, this place still manages to be entirely sophisticated." - heidi lauth beasley
"The Colony Grill Room is a brasserie inside The Beaumont Hotel with enough gold detailing and black and white portraits of 1930s screen sirens to remind you you’re in Mayfair. But the food is actually both very tasty and home-cooked comforting. Grab one of the leather booths for a breakfast of buttermilk pancakes or come in the evening and make your way through their vast whisky collection, Don Draper-style." - Heidi Lauth Beasley, Jake Oliver, Rianne Shlebak
"This old-school, American-style grill room in the Beaumont Hotel is the kind of place you want to merrily grow old in, until one day you keel over into your perfect pile of mixed berry buttermilk pancakes. There are plenty of big red leather booths, crisp pink tablecloths, and black and white portraits of Hollywood screen sirens to make you feel appropriately Mayfair fancy. But there are also breakfasts that’ll shut your stomach up until dinner time. All the usual suspects are here, but there are also some wild cards that are worth a try, like the duck egg hash or the savoury cucumber yoghurt pot." - Heidi Lauth Beasley, Rianne Shlebak, Sinead Cranna