Upstairs at the Grill

We visited Upstairs at the Grill last night (28th December 25). We have been fortunate enough to have eaten in son great restaurants, the best of which was probably The Hand and Flowers in Marlow. Upstairs at the Grill comfortably sits alongside the best of them. The setting and service was excellent, staff were knowledgeable, attentive and friendly but not overly so. The steak was the star as you would expect, meat of the highest quality, seasoned and cooked to perfection (on the rare side of medium rare, just how I like it). However, the accompaniments , ohhhh the accompaniments! We started with the venison cone, (venison tartar, in a slightly meaty cone) and haggis fritters,, simple but ohh so good. We then had the scallops, sweet and salty and (we are detecting a theme here) cooked perfectly. Our sides with the steak were, carrots in Marmite (I could have dine with more Marmite as I am most certainly a lover), American style fries (they had run out of the Thrice Cooked Chips). Potatoes Dauphinoise, a pepper sauce and the Cafe de Paris Butter (this is a whole new flavour experience, and I spent five minutes trying to guess what was in it), Jay Rayner definitely should have chased his missing one up. I had the Brioche French Toast for dessert, which on reflection as I sit here the following morning is probably the finest dessert I have ever eaten, no exaggeration! Passionfruit, coconut, lime on a square of cooked brioche that had the slightest hint of meaty flavour (almost as if it have been cooked in the same pan as a steak) it was divine! All in all it was a fantastic experience and I hope to be back again soon. Thank you to the team.