Otto's Restaurant - Speisekarte

Very classical old school French restaurant with classic dishes - feels like you have time slipped into decades ago. I was there for lunch and the food /

A very memorable meal. nice environment, great food and wine, excellent company. Oh and I guess we have to say something about the duck and the ceremony that accompanies it. Loved every minute.

A really good 'Old Fashioned ' find. Great surroundings, lovely attentive and at time 'french ' staff and most enjoyable food. Otto you deserve a big pat on the back always love visiting your restaurant. Speisekarte ansehen

This was one of our most memorable meals in London (ever). Food was excellent, the wine and after dinner drink list were well curated and the service was impecable (and friendly). A little off the beaten path but worth it. Can personally recommend the duck pie which came with a heavenly sauce.

I gave Otto's a five star review even though I really didn't like the grouse main course which I ordered. It was too strong for my taste but that does not mean that it was not well prepared. My wife had the beef wellington which she enjoyed. The first courses were escargot served with marrow bones and a shrimp cocktail. Both were good. The escargot might have been a little large--nothing to complain about. Next time I might split a first course and order the chicken. Good wine list which can be as reasonable or expensive as desired. I enjoyed the old school buzz and the wait staff were terrific. I would recommend this restaurant.

This is now my favourite French restaurant outside of France. It reminded me of my dinner at La Tour d'Argent in Paris. The experience is similar, without the fancy style. Here it is more authentic and traditional. But the food has nothing to envy. All the dishes are impeccably prepared and the menu offer an incredible selection: choosing is impossible. The quality is extremely high and I am not applying the standards of a French restaurant abroad, but of a French restaurant in France. One of the best meals I have had! The staff is extremely caring and friendly. We need to thank God if we still have such traditional, reliable restaurants, who invest more on the quality of the culinary offer... Speisekarte ansehen

We came for the Canard à la Presse in this lovely restaurant. Soon we were shown the partially roasted bird. The breasts and legs were removed, with the remaining carcass to be chopped up. Subsequently, only part of it returned to be pressed: too little liquid appeared. Before this stage someone was already working on the sauce which made me think we were watching a fake pressing . . . this didn’t diminish the utter quality of the first two courses. We drank Sauternes with the first and Haut Bages with the second. The latter was served too warm, room temperature instead of 16-18°. Our waiter cheerfully chilled the remaining wine. The disappointing leg appeared at least an hour later: it tast...

I have been wanting to go to Ottos for several years. We finally went there last night where we went for the Pressed Duck. Now this is not cheap but it is unutterably delicious, absolutely outstanding. Ottos is the only place currently serving pressed duck (the Ritz does sometimes). This involves a lot of elaborate cooking at the table. Flames leap into the air, delicious smells waft across the table and you watch in awe as the team keep going. You are asked to take part in the actual pressing which involves turning a very heavy silver wheel that operates the press. This squeezes out the blood from various unspecified bits of the duck and is used as one of the main ingredients in making the...

The proprietor of this restaurant is a man who is dedicated to the pursuit of perfection; specifically, perfect execution of the French culinary classics. We've been three times. On our first visit, bird flu in France thwarted our quest for the almost impossible to find pressed duck, so we had the lobster incarnation instead, pressed on a rare (possibly unique lobster press created for the 1900 Paris exhibition. The theatre of the tableside preparation was memorable, and the lobster (done three ways, including a souffle was easily the best I've ever eaten. Perfection is not always attained, and the second visit for the same spectacle, the same dishes, in the company of a friend faltered a ta... Speisekarte ansehen