The Savoy’s own Savoy Grill in London: Beef Wellington, the charcoal grill, menus, hours and dress code

The Savoy’s page for the Grill describes an Art Deco room with «Hollywood glamour» and a British and French menu with a long wine list, and it keeps a roll of the people who ate there: Winston Churchill lingering over lunch, James Dean in a corner booth, Marilyn Monroe crossing the room, Frank Sinatra, Oscar Wilde and Queen Elizabeth II. The MICHELIN Guide’s inspectors write of chandeliers, of décor «elegant and opulent in equal measure», and of a room «unsurprisingly popular with celebratory couples».

The menu is built round the grill. On the à la carte the Beef Wellington comes with truffle, red wine jus and a shallot purée for £66; Dover sole, grilled or Véronique with a Champagne beurre blanc and grapes, is £69, and so is Steak Diane with wild mushrooms and brandy. From the charcoal grill a 220g fillet is £65, a 300g rib-eye £64 and a 250g A5 Wagyu Denver steak £99, each with a sauce: béarnaise, peppercorn, chimichurri, Café de Paris butter or red wine jus. For 2, a 900g côte de bœuf is £150 and a 600g Chateaubriand £155, with up to 45 minutes to wait.

Before it, Louet-Feisser oysters come plain with shallot mignonette or as Rockefeller, 3 for £22 and 6 for £43, and the Arnold Bennett soufflé of smoked haddock and Montgomery cheddar sauce is £24. Caviar is sold by the 30g: £120 for Imperial Oscietra, £270 for Imperial Beluga. Sides are £8.50 each, among them «Bloody Mary» fries. The desserts that arrive with some ceremony are the crêpes Suzette with Grand Marnier at £26 and an apple tarte tatin for 2 at £38; a sticky toffee pudding is £19.

At lunch the Grill is cheaper. The set lunch, Monday to Friday from noon to 5.45pm, is £59 for 2 courses and £66 for 3, with a choice of 3 starters, 4 mains and 3 desserts: hake with barley risotto, guinea fowl with Madeira jus, pumpkin gnocchi. The Wellington is on it too, at £26 more a head. The pre-theatre menu online the same day carries the same dishes, hours and prices. At the other end of the evening, the Savoy Grill Experience is £130 a head for the whole table, served until 10.30pm: a Comté gougère, an oyster, the soufflé, the Wellington and a vanilla cheesecake.

The kitchen belongs to Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, which also runs the River Restaurant and Restaurant 1890 in the hotel, as the Savoy’s questions page explains; the Savoy’s own chefs cook for Gallery and the bars. Beside the main room there is a Chef’s Table that looks into the kitchen and a Wine Room where a sommelier leads the tasting. Groups and private dining go through Gordon Ramsay’s events team on 020 7592 1373.

Guests who wrote about the Grill in the Google reviews of the Savoy collected on 4 October 2026 talk mostly about the staff. A family celebrating a birthday at the Grill on 24 June 2026 asked for Piña Coladas, which were off the cocktail list, and the bar made them anyway. A party of 10 writing in September 2026 met in the American Bar, where a musician sang at the piano, and moved on to the Grill for dinner. A visitor writing in July 2025 called the Wellington «just unbelievably good»; one in October 2025 summed up dinner and drinks as «expensive but fantastic».

Simpson’s in the Strand, first opened in 1828, has stood at 100 Strand since 1904; Jeremy King Restaurants has revived it as the home of the English roast and the silver carving trolley.

Rules was established by Thomas Rule in 1798 and calls itself London’s oldest restaurant, owned by 4 families in its 200-year history.

The Grill at The Dorchester in Mayfair has red leather booths, a copper pudding bar and a Sunday lunch from noon to 3pm; it asks for no shorts or sportswear in the evening.