104 Restaurant in City of London, Westminster

La seule fois où on a bien mangé à Londres : cuisine moderne, avec du goût, mais il faut réserver car seulement 12 couverts

Fantastic evening What a wonderful restaurant, great vibe, fabulous food & wine We had the tasting menu which we would highly recommend A Massive Thank You to the Chef & Maître

From the moment we arrived until we left everything was superb. Every small detail has been carefully handled and the quality and flavours of the food simply superb. Charming and understated service too. Outstanding.

My partner and I have been going here for years and have enjoyed ourselves every time. We have taken family and friends too and always had a good experience. The food is delicious and the atmosphere lively and the service excellent and friendly.

An amazing meal at 104. Incredible service with delicious and delightful food. I’ve never had such an exquisite eat-out experience before. A relaxed an intimate setting with wonderful friendly service. The beef and scallops were delicious and I can’t wait to be back as soon as possible.

Absolutely outstanding. The ambience was amazing. The front of house was a very friendly gentleman who was attentive but not overloading The food was well deserving of a Michelin star. I always think the sign of a great restaurant is the quality of the bread and this was of the highest order. The starters - unbelievable gazpacho and the langoustines were plump and very tasty in a tempura batter- far superior to the normal standard you find Mains - again excellent - superbly cooked - good quantity and the highest quality. Sweet - all three were of the top draw including a selection of cheeses. Wine list - not extensive but it didn’t need to be. I was very impressed All this by one Welsh chef - pity he was from Swansea but the right side of the bridge !!!!! Thank you so much for an excellent Sunday lunch and how goes the song go - I’d walk a million miles for one of …. Absolutely !! A definite cert to come back to and equal to many 2and 3 star restaurants. Da iawn

This very small Michelin stared restaurant was a delight to discover! With only 5/6 tables, the chef plans his menu according to the season. The wine selection and knowledge was very detailed, we had an incredible evening. Not enough words are in my vocabulary to describe how delicious to food is! We will be returning this winter and hope for there to be a truffle menu available.. ;)

A very charming venue which gives an intimate dining experience. Personally, I love to be close to the pass at a restaurant and prefer a less “manicured” experience, no matter how high-end the food is. 104 fits that criteria. The food itself is, as expected, excellent. 3 delightful courses, with an astonishing pumpkin risotto for my main dish which was incredible. The oven-fresh madeleine’s post-dessert was a delightful treat. Service is personable, professional (without being stiff) and non-intrusive. A perfect balance in my book. A great experience, and would recommend!

Fantastic food, great service, interesting and well put together menu. Have been a couple of times and never slightest bit disappointed. Compliments to the chef

What a hidden gem in Notting Hill. We were torn between the A5+ Wagu beef or the XL Scotish langoustine with Australian truffle on the menu so took the tasting menu which had both with wine pairing option and we were not disappointed. Beautiful food presentation, hats off to the chef. Special Thanks to the Maitre D with the wine presentations and great sense of humour.

We ate for dinner, it was compliment to the chef, service delicate and menu tasty, it is a address to try

What a wonderful place. A tiny restaurant that feels like a small NYC west village restaurant but the difference is that the food is amongst the very very best in London. Others will write in more detail but what I really liked was that the food was technically excellent (the Turbot was better the monkfish I recently had at the highly acclaimed CORE as it was it truly perfectly done). The menu is very simple and not overdone. Emphasis is entirely on the flavours. Classic dishes impeccably presented and cooked and not big portions. Everything about the food from the bread onwards was representative of the very best of what is available in London. A very small and intimate dining room. If you want a more lively atmosphere then this is not the place. But it is a perfect place for a quiet dinner with your wife or partner. I completely concur with all the other reviews. This was superb!

This was my best restaurant experience, the food and the service was impressive! We booked tables for my husband's birthday and undoubtedly it was a great decision. I would encourage everyone to try the langoustine dish, nothing can match its amazing taste! The service was so good and made our evening smooth and comfortable. The maître d' was very welcoming and his easy manner added to the experience. I am already planning to go back, just to have the langoustine again.

Ingredient led, top quality cooking, lovely neighborhood place where the chef is ALWAYS in the kitchen.

We had a fairly early reservation at 104 last Thursday evening at 7.30pm and the restaurant was still quiet when we arrived. One other table was in situ and the rest filled up over the two-and-a-half hours we were in the restaurant, during which time we never felt rushed, and, as other reviewers have mentioned, since 104 only caters to about a dozen covers, "filling up" still felt like being in a very intimate and almost private dining space. 104's room is necessarily small but it is nicely proportioned with classy low-key decor and you certainly don't feel in any way cramped although the environment for talking is quite muted simply as a result of the small number of people in the room and a slight feeling, at least at first, that you could easily be the loudest person in the room with your conversation audible and probably irritating to other diners. Happily, we quickly felt at ease in the very relaxed and friendly atmosphere after we were warmly greeted by Matt on solo front of house duty, who offered us water and aperitifs whilst we looked over the menu which contrived to be both short at two pages and yet still full of dilemma as to choice. We had champagne by the glass to start, a Larmandier-Bernier Blanc de Blancs, which combined richness with both dryness and minerality in very good balance and seemed good value at £15 a (generous) glass. My companion stayed on champagne for the rest of her meal as it proved to be both an excellent aperitif and a perfect pairing for fish whilst I was able to try Matt's suggestions of both a white wine and a red wine from 104's nicely-varied wine list during the meal. A very positive note on wine is that Matt confided that, although there were only a small number of wines which were listed by the glass as well as by the bottle, he was happy to open any bottle and sell it by the glass (although I feel he might draw the line on that approach before the top-priced £6,000 a bottle Domaine Romanée-Conti but maybe not). As to the menu, we were sorely tempted, and Matt tried so hard to persuade us, to go for the £110 five-course tasting menu, liberally laced throughout with Alba white truffle and Schrenkii caviar, and comprising courses of Orkney hand-dived scallops, Native blue lobster, Cornish turbot, red deer loin, and Valrhona chocolate moelleux. He almost had me with the amazing aroma of the formidable white truffle which he showed us but we decided that the five courses would be too much and too rich for us. And, as most of the dishes on the tasting menu were available in either the same or slightly altered form (without truffle or caviar although these could be added at extra cost) on the £42.50 three-course dinner menu, and this menu seemed more than adequate in both choice of dishes and capacity to satisfy our appetites, we went for that and tbh it was the right choice for us. As we had dithered, Matt had brought us lovely, delicate and very tasty cheese tartlets with the thinnest of thin pastry as a pre-starter and he kept us supplied with home-made dark sourdough bread, excellent butter and chatty interaction at just the right frequency throughout the meal. As first course, I had Scottish langoustine, meaty and full of flavour with spiced puy lentils and a rich bisque emulsion (which carried a £12 supplement) along with a lovely glass of fresh and creamy Laderas de Leonila, an organic, low sulphite, bio-dynamic white wine, blending Doña Blanca, Godello and Palomino grape varietals, from Bierzo in Galicia whilst my companion had a beautiful, golden-yolked, poached Burford Brown hen's egg with shiitake mushrooms, an earthy jerusalem artichoke puree and a sprinkling of piment d'Espelette which cried out, as Matt had said it would, to have had white truffle shaved over it but, alas, my companion had demurred from adding it, something she admitted to regretting after the fact. As main course, I had red deer loin, perfectly cooked and amazingly tender, with creamy caramelised celeriac, sweet brussels sprouts and rich grand veneur sauce along with two glasses of a Côtes du Rhône red blend which brought Grenache, Syrah and old vine Carignan grape varietals together very nicely whilst my companion had a very light and pleasant dish of Cornish turbot with spinach and champagne sauce. We decided to split our final course into two parts. First, we shared an excellent selection of four cheeses (which carried an £8 supplement), French according to the menu (but iirc what Matt said, three French and one Belgian, albeit only just), one soft and mellow in flavour, one soft and full in flavour, one hard and very deeply flavoured (like an aged Gouda) and one blue and spicy, accompanied by black grapes and rye crackers. Then, we finished off with a rich, indulgent and delicious Valrhona 70% warm chocolate moelleux with Madagascan vanilla ice cream and Matt brought another extra treat to go with it, two light and fluffy madeleines warm from the oven. By the end of the meal, we were fully satisfied and convinced that our initial selection of the three- (or really two and two-halves-) course menu had been right for us. At the end of the meal, Richard came out of the kitchen to thank us personally for eating at 104 which was a nice touch and, at £100 per head, including 12.5% service, my companion and I both felt the meal had been excellent value for money and had definitively established 104 as a place for a return visit.

We had a terrific birthday dinner there. The prix fixe menu had a choice of fois gras and lobster followed by steak or fish. It was excellent. The service was what really distinguished this very small restaurant (only 5 or 6 tables and maybe 600...

Matt (front of house) and Richard (in the kitchen) are all there is to this ten-cover nook, a mile north of Notting Hill Gate. As others have said, they are phenomenal. Matt knows everything - I mean everything - about produce, vintages, cuisine, the London...

We had a superb evening ...21st birthday with family and friends, with the whole restaurant to ourselves. Superb balanced menu and wines, relaxed and welcoming but very professional service. I would highly recommend 104 Restaurant for any special occasion.

104 is a real gem, absolutely wonderfully cooked delicious food and phenomenal atmosphere and service. Whether you're looking to celebrate a special occasion or have a truly special experience, 104 is the place to go for a sophisticated yet cozy meal. Matt and Rich made...

Fantastic restaurant, first time we have been but definitely will return. From outside the restaurant looks indifferent but inside the food and service were superb.

This little gem contains more superlatives than one review could possibly contain. My expectations for London dining were already set fairly high having recently sampled CloveClub, Kitchen Table, Lyle's et al. 104 exceeded on all fronts. First the warm welcome from Matt, gracious & inviting...

Came here with my girlfriend on the advice of a good friend. I was unsure what to think about it beforehand, but whilst walking up to, then entering the restaurant, it was clear of the standard that would be set. Firstly, the room is intimate,...

I have now dined here twice, the first for a simple meal out with a friend and the second for a group of friends for my birthday. Both evenings were delightful. The restaurant is small which makes it feel wonderfully intimate with service which is...

While researching a future holiday on Tripadvisor, I came across a review of Restaurant 104 and thought it worth a try - and I am so glad I did. The service experience was warm and professional, the food excellently cooked and presented (as well as...

The enormous amount of hard work, dedication, bravery and bravura that it takes to open a tiny (14 covers) restaurant must not be overlooked. The chef has to do everything from start to finish, there is no separate pastry section, there is no commis to...

Oh my goodness, what a fantastic meal we have just had. We had an unexpected date night opportunity and booked 104 at the last minute on a Saturday night - never a good omen. BUT, it was the best meal we've enjoyed in a long...

We went for dinner here for the first time last night and had a wonderful evening. The restaurant can only seat a max of 15 people which made the whole thing feel wonderfully intimate. We were made to feel so welcome as soon as we...

Each dish was amazing and made from the freshest ingredients (probably the best Turbot I ever had). The portions were perfect, and the sauces to die for.... All served with wonderful homemade high hydration sourdough and farm butter. The space is lovely and intimate and...

An outstanding lunch in this intimate restaurant. Limited choice but who cares when the food is so good? Every course was a little masterpiece.

Highly recommend 104 restaurant, the food was stunning and extremely high quality. The chef is so skilled infusing the different flavours that compliment each other, whilst keeping it simple. In comparison to other high end restaurants in Notting Hill the price was very reasonable that...

Following A great review in The Evening Standard and with Mariannes’s departure. It’s great to return to even better experience. Superb ingredients cooked perfectly. Good portions too, the homemade focaccia was as you would find in many great Italian restaurants, Richard even gave me some...

I came from the other side of London to try out Richards new venture: 104 and I must say it did not disappoint. The food is impeccably put together using the best ingredients & the service was attentive. I had scallops to start & duck...

This was a fabulous visit and a good chance to see Richard & Matt again. We first met just over a year ago at his restaurant in Essex where we enjoyed a fantastic lunch but unfortunately that restaurant had to close. During this time we...