28-50

European Restaurant in Mayfair
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8 / 10 from 1 review
Address
15 Maddox Street
Mayfair
London
W1S 2QQ
Map
Telephone
020 7495 1505
Cuisine
European
Region
Mayfair
Nearest Station
Oxford Circus
0.12 miles
Opening Summary
Bar:
Mon - Weds: 12:00 - 23:00
Thurs - Sat: 12:00 - 00:00

Bar food is available all day from 12:00 – 23:00
Restaurant Facilities

Disabled Facilities

Children Welcome

Credit Cards Accepted

Music Played

Outdoor Area

Booking Advisable

In the heart of fashionable Mayfair is the newest addition to the 28°-50° family: our stylish Maddox Street Wine Workshop and Kitchen. Designed over two floors, it continues our tradition of providing a high-quality but relaxed dining experience and excellent value for money. Choose from over 30 wines, available by the glass, carafe or bottle, as well as a regularly changing modern European food menu, created with skill and inspiration by our executive chef.

On the ground floor is our first ever champagne bar, with an amazing choice of 40 to 50 varieties, including four available by the glass. There are also outdoor terraces at the front and rear for 'al fresco' dining, plus a spacious basement room for private parties and group events.

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All In London Review

Another success for the 28-50 stable

The rep of Michelin-starred Texture hasn’t wavered since opening six years ago. It was launched by Icelandic chef Agar Sverisson and sommelier Xavier Rousset, who after meeting at Le Manoir Aux Quat’Saisons decided to open a restaurant with a champagne bar that served Scandinavian-inspired food.

Fast forward to September 2013 and the duo are opening their third branch of 28-50, a more informal eatery in Mayfair’s Maddox Street, home to many a fine restaurant like Claude Bosi’s Hibiscus and famed steakhouse Goodman. As with their other “wine, workshop and kitchen” establishments in Clerkenwell and Marylebone, the wine is as important as the food.

The entirety of the main wine list has options by the glass and even by the teensy 75ml, which depending on your viewpoint may be for you to sample a few or down as many as possible with each course. Like the food menu, the list is constantly changing, but on the night we visit some notable examples include bold reds Vacqueyras 'maitre de chais' and Xinomavro from Greece. A separate, lengthy collectors list starts from £44, with some coveted bottles costing over £2,000. Then there's the ground floor bar with more than 40 champagnes, from popular choices like Bollinger and Moët (along with their 1990 vintages which cost hundreds, naturally) to grower champagnes like Larmandier-Bernier.

The Nordic influences have been swapped for French ones, and executive chef Errol Defoe adds a sophisticated touch to simple dishes like salt beef, here served shredded and stirred into a mustard and yoghurt dressing with chopped gherkins and capers, and tuna Niçoise, which becomes a dainty plate of soft boiled quail eggs, piquant black olives, green beans and perfectly seared strips of tuna drizzled with olive oil.

As the place is buzzing (as any newly opened eatery with good pedigree should be) there are leisurely gaps between courses, which is no bad thing. Confit duck is full of flavour and comes with a version of cassoulet with white beans and bacon. The Icelandic fish stew is far more complex than it sounds; a supremely rich hotpot of cod, onion and potato with crisped up melted cheese over the top, boosted at the end by a kick of mixed spices. Dessert is a sublime poached fig with chocolate mousse and fragrant vanilla ice cream, which the sommelier pairs with syrupy Vin Santo.

They may be sticking to a formula here, but no one is going to complain.

Reviewed by Leila
Published on Sep 30, 2013


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