The Restaurant - The Keepers House (Mayfair)

• Within the Royal Academy is The Keeper&rsquo
• T resist) seats 40 diners at one time and serves British food though the chef is actually Italian
• The restaurant is open to the public for dinner only
• On the ground floor is a lounge area called the Belle Shenkman room
• The restaurant is downstairs
• There was a rather odd problem with the lights on the night on our visit
• I presume this was just teething troubles
• Sourdough bread was baked from scratch in the kitchen
• A second batch was fine (14/20 for the second batch)
• Clay baked potatoes with summer truffle and artichoke (£
• The potatoes were cooked through OK in their grey clay but had limited flavour
• Sea vegetables and pickled green tomato was surprisingly subdued
• With such a simple dish it is all about the key ingredient
• 19.50) had a very dark appearance but the flesh was cooked properly
• The chard with it was reduced to a slimy texture
• My hare loin with trompette mushrooms
• Although it appeared correctly cooked had remarkably little flavour for what is normally quite a distinctive meat
• Pink fir potato and leek hash was cooked properly but entirely lacked seasoning (11/20)
• A plate of three cheeses with figs was fine
• So in the end the bill was just £
• A typical three course meal with a modest wine
• I struggled with the lack of flavour in both my starter and main
• The chard with the fish was simply not pleasant
• D go along with her to whatever exhibition happened to be on at the time (free for friends and a +1) and then we&rsquo
• I still visit regularly with that strange loyalty that comes from what had

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