Best Lunch Restaurants in West Hampstead

CORE is exceptional. We've been fortunate enough to have been to a significant number of Michelin 3 stars. We both agreed this is a top 5. It's hard to add anything meaningful to the prior positive reviews. I'll add a couple of items I haven't seen much in the reviews. First, my wife is a vegetarian and CORE accommodated that beautifully. Second, the price of CORE, is very fair, particularly when compared with other 3 stars. We both had the classic menu, drank a nice bottle of Malbec, had two cocktails and some cognac. The bill was less than $1,000 US. While that is still a lot of money for a meal, it's probably the least we've paid at the 20 plus 3 stars we have now been to. Finally, we were impressed that the founder was very visible and friendly to patrons throughout the evening. That's something we are increasingly seeing less of in 3 star restaurants. It was nice to be greeted by her as we walked by the kitchen. It seems ridiculous to give a review and not talk about the food at all. It is exceptional and I have no insights that other reviewers have not already provided. This is a 3 star restaurant in every respect.

Just absolutely wonderful , when for my birthday and the family just loved it

Excellent ambiance and the pre theatre menu is very good value for money. We were celebrating a birthday and i had hand-painted something as a gift which i has presented to my friend until seconds later the waitress slammed the bill on the table (which we hadn’t asked for) and said she’s leaving the bill because the next guest had arrived. By then we had overstayed our assigned time slot by exactly 1 minute and my friend was unwrapping the parcel. The gift presenting moment was special and emotional one for us but ruined it all for being rushed out the way we had been. Very inappropriate and not in line with what Clos Maggiore purports to be.

Great meal with the family waitress was fantastic food excellent, expensive but expected !

Staff are nice, food remains very good and has been very good for a very long time, which is commendable, the pricing inflation had been pronounced in the past few years and is the main con.