These Are Our Favourite Game Restaurants This British Game Week
Game season is at its best in November, and British Game Week is the moment to make the most of it. Running from 2nd to 8th November, this is the ideal time to enjoy your picks of venison, pheasant, partridge and grouse. From grand dining rooms to neighbourhood pubs, some of London’s best restaurants have been adding special dishes to their menu since the beginning of the season, with things reaching a pinnacle for Game Week. If you’re on the hunt for the most delicious game dishes in the capital and beyond, we’ve rounded up the restaurants and pubs offering just that.
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
At Restaurant Gordon Ramsay’s The Wild Table, expect ingredients that celebrate the colours and flavours of autumn, when woodlands and orchards turn red and gold, and game comes richly into its own. At The Wild Table, every dish this autumn is built with precision brought to every ingredient, whether it’s rich venison, hand-reared by Lake District farmers, paired with earthy beetroot or veal sweetbread with tandoori masala and notes of tropical mango.
Or visit the new Gordon Ramsay at Sea Containers, with a menu that celebrates British produce, from premium grass-fed British beef and Suffolk pork to Shetland mussels, Cornish cod and Devon crab, alongside Gordon Ramsay classics that you can enjoy overlooking the Thames.
where: 68 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, SW3 4HP
website: www.gordonramsayrestaurants.com
Ekstedt at The Yard
Ekstedt at the Yard, the flagship restaurant at Great Scotland Yard Hotel, has launched Sunday by The Fire, where Michelin-starred chef Niklas Ekstedt brings his signature wood-fired cooking to the table. Look forward to open flame, smoke, curing, fermentation and preservation at its core, with a menu that includes wood pigeon with heritage carrots, fermented grains and milk bread, hay-smoked guinea fowl with roasted girolles, sweetcorn and fermented grains and mustard jus gras. Sunday by The Fire runs every Sunday from 12.30 to 2.30 pm at Great Scotland Yard Hotel.
where: 3-5 Great Scotland Yard, London SW1A 2HN
website: www.ekstedtattheyard.com/sunday-lunch
The Jugged Hare
Game season is at the heart of The Jugged Hare’s identity, so this one’s a solid choice for a delicious meal that puts game dishes front and centre. Renowned for showcasing excellent British wild produce, the restaurant has a daily-changing menu which regularly features dishes that celebrate seasonal game, from venison and pheasant to partridge and muntjac. With a strong focus on provenance and traditional British cooking, it’s one of London’s go-to destinations for diners looking to experience game at its very best.
where: 49 Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4SA
website: www.etmcollection.co.uk/venue/the-jugged-hare/
Corrigan’s Mayfair
At Corrigan’s Mayfair, there is plenty to choose from this season, starting with the game bird terrine, made with chicken liver and foie gras and served with toasted brioche. For mains, choose between royal parks venison with caramelised cauliflower, chard, medjool date ketchup and ras el hanout or Scottish grouse served with girolles, sweetcorn salsa, hazelnut, pickled cherries and game chips. The whole roast partridge is another autumn favourite, served with green lentils, pancetta, celeriac and hispi cabbage. Plus, you can enjoy a real sense of autumn running through the menu, from chanterelles and girolles to autumn truffle and root vegetables.
where: 28 Upper Grosvenor St, London W1K 7EH
website: www.corrigansmayfair.co.uk
CORD
For those celebrating British game season, CORD by Le Cordon Bleu showcases an exceptional game dish on its à la carte menu. It’s a perfect example of fine dining technique applied to the best of British wild produce, ideal for those looking for a sophisticated way to enjoy the season. The Highland venison en croute is a luxurious dish which features a tender loin of Highland venison, served with black pudding, parsnip, carrot and star anise.
It’s a refined and comforting celebration of one of Britain’s most sustainable and flavourful wild meats.
CORD by Le Cordon Bleu showcases an exceptional game dish on its à la carte menu.
where: 85 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1AE
website: www.cordrestaurant.co.uk
Theo Randall Cucina Italiana
Head to Theo Randall Cucina Italiana for seasonal Italian food that’s perfect for cool-weather dining. The iconic restaurant has a roasted guinea fowl on their November menu that’s stuffed with prosciutto di Parma, lemon zest, thyme and mascarpone, and served on pagnotta bruschetta with mixed greens and portobello mushrooms
The restaurant is celebrating game season with a delicous dish on the menu.
where: InterContinental London Park Lane
One Hamilton Place, Park Lane,
W1J 7QY London
website: www.theorandall.com
The Cinnamon Club
Vivek Singh’s The Cinnamon Club, the fine dining Indian restaurant in the Westminster Library, has long been established with its take on game classics. Offering a variety of seasonal game plates, sit amongst the lavish book-lined shelves of The Cinnamon Club’s exquisite Old Westminster Library, whilst feasting on innovative dishes, like the clove smoked anjou squab pigeon with beetroot raita, pumpkin and peanut or the chargrilled Balmoral Estate venison loin served with rock moss and dried lime and a masala mash.
where: The Old Westminster Library, Great Smith St, London SW1P 3BU
website: www.cinnamonclub.co.uk
Pavyllon
We’re big fans of the counter at Pavyllon London, and it’s one of the best places to enjoy the finest French twist on British Game Week. Try the feathered game terrine with pickled girolles, cognac jelly and green salad this season.
This is one of the best places to enjoy the finest French twist on British Game Week.
where: Hamilton Pl, London W1J 7DR
website: www.pavyllon.co.uk
The Kirkstyle Inn
At the Kirkstyle Inn, you can look forward to dining experiences that highlight the best of Northumberland’s local game and culinary traditions. Try the six-course lunchtime tasting menu that includes venison cottage pie, with braised red cabbage or the game terrine from the main menu.
On November 4th, you can also book the Feast of the Wild Game Tasting Dinner, which features a five-course menu with perfectly paired wines.
where: Slaggyford, Brampton CA8 7PB
website: www.theksi.co.uk
The Mutton
Classic dishes featuring local British produce are the focus year-round at The Mutton at Hazeley Heath. Try the Hampshire pigeon served with bacon jam, sweetcorn salsa, pumpkin seed granolas you enjoy the warm atmosphere of this homely countryside pub.
Classic dishes featuring local British produce are the focus year-round at The Mutton at Hazeley Heath.
where: Hazeley Heath, Hook RG27 8NB
website:www.themuttonathazeleyheath.co.uk
Sussex
The two Gladwin brothers – one a restaurateur, another a chef – have combined their skills in Sussex, one of the restaurants launched by the brothers, serving cuisine centred around British produce.
Whether it’s a Sunday roast or the pre-theatre menu starring the mighty Sussex beef fillet wellington, the restaurant puts sustainable livestock from the Gladwin farm in the spotlight. A specially curated wine list from the family’s vineyard in West Sussex makes for a perfect pairing with your meals as well.
where: 63-64 Frith Street, London W1D 3JW
website: www.sussex-restaurant.com
