One of the best restaurants I’ve been to this year 🙌🏼
From Tredwells to All’s Well, I’ve been a big fan of @chef_chantelle for a while so I was excited to finally make it down to her latest venture: @apricityrestaurant, which was everything I’d hoped it would be ☺️
Nestled away on an expensive looking road, paces away from hectic Bond Street, the shabby-chic restaurant is a haven of laid-back serenity.
Here’s what we ate:
🌱Tempura courgette flower, radish, pea ajo blanco
🥗 Red butterhead lettuce salad, miso, aioli, cashews & crispy kale
🌱Miso roasted cabbage, smoked bean emulsion & pickled kale
🍆Aubergine, roast almond butter, zhoug, dukkah cracker
🌽 Charred corn, roasted courgette, pink flamingo peas, hazelnuts, tofu purée
🍄 Oyster & black pearl mushrooms, herb relish, flinders wheat, XO sauce
🥔 Pink Fir potatoes, brown butter, smoked emulsion
🍨Fig leaf oat crème, w/ elderflower & gin granita
🍨 Strawberry, cashew cream, “goldencomb” w/ raspberry granita
🏆 Faves: The courgette flower, mushroom dish & strawberry dessert
💰Starters: £11-£14, Mains: £26-£31, Desserts: £12. It’s worth noting that the pricing seems higher as it includes service charge so the team get a more secure salary
💭 I just LOVED this place. Staff were friendly & attentive, the food was beautiful – could eat those crispy mushrooms forever. The sustainability aspect is mega impressive, the decor is perfection – the whole experience just felt special
🙋🏼♀️ Will you be visiting the restaurant? Let me know in the comments below 👇🏼
🍽Name: @apricityrestaurant
📍Location: Mayfair
🌾Gluten Free Options? Yes
🌱100% Vegan Business? No
🍽 Cuisine: Hyper-seasonal, local, vegetable focused food
📦Leftovers: None – we ate it all
🌍Sustainability: There simply isn’t room to tell you just how much the team do. This is their whole focus. What I love about Chantelle is that she cooks amazing food and does it with purpose, with a zero waste approach. From the local, seasonal ingredients to the recycled chairs made from Coca Cola bottles, every single element here has been carefully considered and curated
👨🍳 Chantelle is from NZ
♿️ Wheelchair friendly: Yes
🐶 Dog friendly: Yes
Apricity is featured on my list of Best Vegan-Friendly Date Night Restaurants. To see the rest of the list, click here.