sketch Lecture Room and Library

9 Conduit Street, London, W1S 2XG

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Diner ratings

  • food: 8.6
  • value: 7.7
  • service: 9.0
  • based on 120 ratings
  • toilets: 9.2
  • ambience: 9.0
  • recommend: 8.8
  • overall rating: 8.7 

Party & group booking

Top tips for booking the Lecture Room and Library - Getting into London’s top restaurants can be tough. Here are some top tips for booking success: Book in advance. The Lecture Room and Library only takes reservations exactly three calendar months prior to the requested booking date. Look for alternative days. Friday and Saturday evenings are the most popular times to dine out. Try dining earlier in the week Mondays or Tuesdays are good bets. Be flexible with times. The most popular booking times are in the mid-evening, so take a look at dining earlier in the evening or even late at night, around 10pm or after. Please note that sketch Lecture Room & Library accepts bookings up to 3 months in advance. In the case of cancellations, the restaurant requires 24 hours notice.

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The Lecture Room & Library at sketch 1 - 40 -
The Library 12 - 22 -

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We say…

toptable Dining Awards 2009 – Runner Up: Best Rated & Best Over £45. Located on the first floor, the Lecture Room & Library at sketch boasts an elegant high-ceilinged dining room and a Michelin star. French master chef Pierre Gagnaire has adapted his distinctive menu style to create a range of unique menus that include an affordable Gourmet Rapide set lunch, in addition to the full à la carte and tasting menus. Each dish combines top-quality ingredients to create exquisite tastes and sensations, with menu highlights including the legendary starter – langoustine five ways; a main course of pan-fried fillet of Simmental beef; and the indulgent grand dessert – five miniature signature delicacies. An award-winning international wine list of 1,200 bins is carefully chosen to complement the food. Please see our top tips for booking below.

Sample menu

Signature dish

Scottish red mullet (grilled fillet with harissa, star anis and mixed dried fruits, pink shrimp cream and lime zest, pan-fried beef heart tomato, steamed spinach).

Sample dishes

  • Marinated shitake mushrooms, green asparagus salad, lemon grass and black pepper consomme
  • Sautéed potato gnocchi with rosemary, grilled courgette, fennel and shaved parmesan
  • Strawberries fair

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Snapshot

cuisine: French
price: Over £45 | €51 | US$70
opening times:
Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat: 12:00pm - 2:00pm, 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Sun: 7:00pm - 11:00pm
dress code: Smart

Essential information

A credit card is required to secure a reservation, if there is availability - this is simply to secure your booking, absolutely no money will be charged to the card except in the case of late cancellations. Late cancellations (within 24 hours of the reservation) will incur a charge of £25 per person for lunch reservations, and £60 per person dinner reservations. No shows will incur a charge of £60 for lunch and £100 for dinner reservations. There is a 2 hour turnover on all tables.

Checklist

  • allergy friendly dishes
  • business/discreet
  • celeb chef / owner
  • celeb spotting
  • cocktails
  • comprehensive wine list
  • kid friendly
  • live music/dance
  • low carb dishes
  • michelin starred
  • private dining room
  • vegetarian friendly
  • wheat/gluten free

Diner reviews for sketch Lecture Room and Library

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6 Feb 2010

Reviewer :  MD  -  gourmet

sketch Lecture Room and Library, stunning rooms, excellent service, but it is pricey. Food was very good, but not at good as 2 stars.

  • overall: 9.2
  • food: 9
  • value: 7
  • service: 10
  • toilets: 10
  • ambience: 10
  • recommend: 9

26 Jan 2010

Reviewer :  PM  -  gastronaut

A great gastronomic experience in a unique venue - definitely some of the most interesting food you can eat in London. The gourmet rapide menu is excellent value, and I would struggle to justify eating off the extortionate a la carte at lunchtime, especially as you get countless little extras and amuse bouches. One criticism was that my main course of cod seemed a little plain compared to the more extravagant starters, but was nevertheless perfectly cooked.

  • overall: 8.8
  • food: 8
  • value: 8
  • service: 9
  • toilets: 10
  • ambience: 9
  • recommend: 9

25 Jan 2010

Reviewer :  DC  -  gourmet

We changed the reservation from Lecture room to Gallery on the advice of someone who'd been to Sketch often and were very pleased that we had. The atmosphere is lively, with lots of opportunity to eye up the "beautiful people" (or at least those that thought they were ...)and take in the video art. The service is first rate, from entrance to exit all the staff were polite, attentive and helpful. Food is very, very good, if slightly quirky. I'm not a fan of the pod toilets though.

  • overall: 8.2
  • food: 9
  • value: 8
  • service: 9
  • toilets: 5
  • ambience: 9
  • recommend: 9

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