The Ivy Kensington Brasserie

The Ivy Kensington Brasserie

Located in the heart of Kensington, London. Open 7 days a week for breakfast, weekend brunch, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner.

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The Ivy Kensington Brasserie brings the familiar luxury of The Ivy on West Street to a relaxed yet sophisticated all-day dining restaurant on Kensington High Street.

A number of tables remain unreserved throughout the day allowing more people to experience a taste of Ivy magic in both our dining and service.

Open seven days a week and comprised of a main restaurant, bar and a semi-private table for ten for an extra special experience, The Ivy Kensington Brasserie provides the perfect setting for any occasion.

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Restaurant Review: The Ivy Kensington Brasserie

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Following a successful launch on the King’s Road, can The Ivy magic win over Kensington?

So The Ivy train rumbles on, calling at the site of the Pavilion for its first venture into Kensington (its other location on the King’s Road, the Ivy Chelsea Garden, has been a notable hit ever since it opened last summer).

It is a subtly different beast, styling itself a brasserie rather than a restaurant, although the distinction will be lost on most; the menu is slightly more casual and there is a range of exclusive cocktails, of which the light, delicious Ivy Kensington royale – a mixture of raspberries, gin and champagne – is the one to try.

Anyone who has been to an Ivy restaurant before will know what to expect from the food, which alternated between brilliant (scallops with a parmesan biscuit to start; beautifully tender rib-eye steak; the restaurant’s signature chocolate bombe) and faintly disappointing.

Doubts about the quality of the food aside (stick to the shepherd’s pie if in doubt), this shows, yet again, that Kensington can still surprise when it comes to new restaurants, even if they do stem from this illustrious pedigree.

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Sitting opposite High Street Kensington Station the restaurant offers diners a luxury experience with delicious British food.

The restaurant can seat up to 138 inside and 46 outside, boasting an outdoor terrace that, with an entirely retractable roof and floor to ceiling windows, allows guests to enjoy a garden dining experience.

It is a mere stone’s throw from Olympia London as well as landmarks such as The Royal Albert Hall and Kensington Palace.

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For ‘The Ayes’, they make “a great local addition” providing “great British food in a buzzy setting” (“I keep expecting to be disappointed, and I’m not!”)

For ‘The Nays’, “hugely underwhelming food” and “uneven” standards generally make it “feel like they are trying to milk the franchise, but are destroying it in the process”.

The most popular is the “ladies-who-lunch” favourite on the King’s Road, whose “garden is to die for” (although “it’s an uphill struggle actually being seated in it”) – a “super, bustling and tastefully decorated venue with fabulous people watching opportunities” (and where the Top Tip is “its great breakfast: it’s much quieter so service is spot on!)”

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Image courtesy of the Ivy Kensington BrasserieThe buzzThe Ivy Kensington Brasserie is the latest exciting addition to the enviable collection of restaurants in the Caprice Holdings Group.

In recent years, iconic eaterie the Ivy has branched into the most desirable London neighbourhoods of Marylebone and Chelsea, and now it's the turn of the Kensington residents to discover, in this new sister restaurant, a sophisticated all-day dining favourite on their high street.

Advertisement - Continue Reading Below The lowdown Arriving at this gloriously high-ceilinged brasserie, you're greeted by fresh flowers from the market a stone's throw away – the first of many nods to the original and most famous Ivy Restaurant in the West End.

Menu highlightsWe recommend ordering a cocktail while you peruse this huge menu – the Ivy Kensington Royale coupe of raspberries macerated with hibiscus, Sipsmith sloe gin, orange bitters and lime, topped with champagne is delicious.

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Glances at the menu show the Ivy’s brasserie offers much the same as the other locations, but the group have managed to give the place its own character and – impressively as they slowly morph into a chain – its own charm.

Here’s the thing with these new Ivy restaurants: they shimmer with style, and that’s the first reason why you go.

Being the first Ivy named as a brasserie, it feels easy and relaxed, but it’s a ballroom of a place, with booths of dark leather and white table cloths leading to a Titanic-type bar, green marble in the floor, great orbs down throwing golden light into champagne glasses and smart staff gliding around the room.

Poured exclusively for the restaurant, the drinks include the Crystal Garden (Calvados, Poire William eau de vie, white grapes, lavender infused honey and lime, over ice) and the Night At The Proms (the Ivy gin, pomegranate juice, elderflower cordial, Champagne).

Final flavour: British classics and comfort food, done very well and served in a charmingly memorable spot At what cost: Around £15 for a main, cocktails around £9, wine from £21 Visit if you like: The Ivy Cafe, Balthazar, German Gymnasium Follow Going Out on Facebook and on Twitter @ESgoingout

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Another Ivy restaurant that bills itself as laidback with its all-day dining menu.

The Ivy: a fine dining institution once renowned for wooing the rich and famous while making us mere commoners wait, like, forever for a reservation.

Everything else is still classic Ivy: the handsome dining room and bar buzzing with smiley waiters; the two-hour table limit (and they mean it); and a prudent menu of mod-Brit dishes that may lack a certain ingenuity but is very much on point.

The seared scallops, for instance, were technically wonderful, and the same goes for the slow-roasted lamb shoulder – a fatty chunk of tasty meat sitting pretty on a heap of cheesy polenta.

And the only exciting thing about the strawberry cheesecake sundae was that it was hoarding extra chunks of meringue.

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