Ollie Dabbous is back with his latest restaurant called Hide. This three storey restaurant combines a fine dining tasting menu with an all-day al la carte on the ground floor and a basement bar.
Test Drive
Ollie Dabbous' HIDE is by some way one of the most hotly-anticipated restaurant openings of the year. But what's it like to actually eat there? We went to find...
Restaurant details
Address: 85 Piccadilly, London W1J 7NB
Telephone number: 0203 146 8666
1 Michelin starNearest Station: Green Park
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Critic reviews - total score 8.5 out of 10
Reviewed on May 20, 2018
"Heavenly menu notwithstanding, Hide is not for me. Not even for that mash. It’s dessert that crystallises the nagging impression I’ve been building. Intentional or not, it’s an incestuously close relative of the tipsy cake from Heston Blumenthal’s Dinner, another place that left me unmoved..." READ REVIEW
Reviewed by May 12, 2018
"It takes a special kind of genius to create a magnificent space like this and then to bring it alive with warmth and inclusivity from the off. Enabling guests to belong is such a powerful part of the DNA of great restaurants: I only had to glance at the mix of unself-conscious couples executing selfies, groups of young men, families, older couples, all of them smiling, to see that Hide had already succeeded." READ REVIEW
Reviewed on May 11, 2018
"Possibly my favourite course, white asparagus in a filthily good slick of salty hazelnut praline, left me quite hair-tossingly ecstatic. But if you’d been on the number 19 bus heading to Piccadilly, you probably know this already. For a restaurant with five private dining rooms, there are very few places to hide." READ REVIEW
Reviewed on May 25, 2018
"Hide is like a handsome friend who has inherited impossible wealth and lives a charmed life, but who is so completely lovely that you cannot resent him. Don’t overthink it. Dabbous is knocking out his most fabulous five-star food yet. Go before that waiting list grows." READ REVIEW
Reviewed on April 17, 2018
"This is a rare example of a chef at the height of his powers teaming up with wine connoisseur backers who have very deep pockets. In this case, it’s a marriage made in heaven: brilliant food, fantastic wine list curated by expert staff, and a location in Mayfair that will ensure regular patronage by those who can afford it." READ REVIEW
