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sketch Lecture Room and Library

9 Conduit Street, London, W1S 2XG

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    • Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat: 12:00pm - 2:00pm, 7:00pm - 11:00pm

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    Diner ratings

    • food: 8.5
    • value: 8.0
    • service: 8.7
    • based on 67 ratings
    • toilets: 8.8
    • ambience: 8.8
    • recommend: 8.6
    • overall rating: 8.5

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    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 and 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 1 - 6 (n/a)
    The Library 1 - 6 (n/a)
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    About sketch Lecture Room and Library

    Located on the first floor, the Lecture Room and 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.

    Sample dishes

    • Autumn (wild duck fillet on toast, wild mushroom pickles, lettuce filled with bone marrow, paimpol coco beans, hazelnuts, pumpkin velouté with coconut milk, autumn vegetables, apple and tandoori ice cream), £35.00
    • Sea bream, mussels and octopus (sea bream fillet lightly cooked in espelette butter, paris mushrooms with noilly prat, citrus, mussels à la marsellaise, venere black rice aubergine and white miso, grilled octopus with satay), £37.00
    • Cheese (selection of cheese from maison mons, roanne accompanied by sarasson cream, mostarda di cremona, crackers, grapes seasoned with olive oil and maldon salt), £20.00

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    Snapshot

    cuisine: French
    price: Over £45 | €51 | US$70
    opening times:
    Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat: 12:00pm - 2:00pm, 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 turnaround 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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    Reviewer :  – gastronaut

    Lovely and quirky decor with extremely attentive impeccable service. Had the set 3 course menu with lots of little extras that made the meal memorable. Good ambience and friendly staff! Would definitely recommend for something a little different than your usual fine dining experience.

    • overall: 7.7
    • food: 7
    • value: 7
    • service: 8
    • toilets: 8
    • ambience: 8
    • recommend: 8

    Reviewer :  – foodie

    Took my mother-in-law to Sketch for her birthday dinner and we all had a great time. The tasting menu in the fine-dining room was worth it. Usually I flag by the 4th course but everything was so good that I powered through to the end - almost. i would've been able to polish off the desserts too, but they were a bit uninspiring so I knocked a point off in the "Food" category. Service was attentive, not intrusive, and impeccable. Pierre's Gagnaire's influence is clear on the menu. Will go back.

    • overall: 9.8
    • food: 9
    • value: 10
    • service: 10
    • toilets: 10
    • ambience: 10
    • recommend: 10

    Reviewer: (Anonymous)

    They called me the previous day to confirm my booking for the Lecture Room at 2pm. Nevertheless my friend who arrived before me was taken to the Library. Hence we both ended up waiting in separate rooms patiently for twenty five minutes, until she decided to call me. It would have been quite awkward if we were not close or in a hurry. Fortunately we found food and service excellent otherwise.

    • overall: 8.3
    • food: 9
    • value: 9
    • service: 7
    • toilets: 8
    • ambience: 8
    • recommend: 9

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