I was not impressed when I went - admittedly it was a Sunday evening, but all the dishes which had been reviewed well were out! To be honest, that’s just bad operations management. It is understandable if one or two things were off the menu, but four off the starters list and three off the mains were no longer available. The service was slow and indifferent, the food itself was good, although the rib-eye steak I got was perhaps about 100g (considering usually a steak is 150-200g this was a bit on the tiny side) and the chips were over-salted (to the point where I had to down lots of water!).
While this might be opening issues, I think it is more likely that Mr Ramsey is relying on people wanting to say they’ve been to his restaurant. A previous review mentioned the poor decor - considering the downstairs is spectacular, the upstairs is a massive disappointment. Completley uninspired. Don’t go unless you are taking people who desperately want to say they’ve been to a Ramsey restaurant and who don’t mind what they eat or how they’re served.

The Warrington Hotel is renowned as having one of the finest pub interiors in London, and is now part of the Gordon Ramsay empire.

Mr Ramsay himself is said to dislike the ‘gastro-pub’ label, (good so far) and so has retained the downstairs bar as a pub, and created a fine dining restaurant upstairs. (NB It is no longer a hotel as such - there’s no accommodation).

Built in 1859 and extensively refurbished in 1900, the classical white Italianate exterior belies the opulence within: only the entrance pillars, with their green and blue glazed tiles with plant motifs, and a pair of huge iron-and-glass lamps hint at the splendour to come.

The bar area is dominated by a huge curved bar, with a marble counter and carved mahogany base. Elsewhere, Tiffany-style lamps compete with etched and stained glass, murals, mosaics, elaborate plaster work and yet more glazed tiles. The style is hard to define - a sort of art-nouveau crossed with arts-and crafts. The restaurant, on the other hand, is restrained cool in the extreme: creams, greys and beiges make for a calm, if slightly dull, dining space.

It still serves real ale, with three reliable if unadventurous regulars (Fuller’s London Pride, Greene King IPA and Adnam’s broadside) joined by a guest ale, which this week was the very nice (and rare, in London) Harviestoun ‘Bitter and Twisted’, an blond beer coming in at 4.8% ABV.

The menu (and I haven’t yet eaten here, so can’t comment on the quality) also divides between bar and restaurant. The oddly-named ‘Bar Snacks’ menu features meals rather than snacks - soup at £3.50, a Ploughman’s lunch at £6.50 and a selection of pies, mushy peas and mash at £11.50. Hot food is only available at lunchtime. I’m less impressed that a 12.5% service charge is added in the bar - perhaps a sign of restaurant-management thinking.

The restaurant, on the other hand, is much more what you’d expect: starters from £6.75 to £9.25, including scallops, potted duck, snails, steak tartare, fresh salmon and risotto; soups and salads from £6.50 to £8.25; and mains - all restrained modern British fare- range between £10 and £20, with side dishes are around £3 and puddings at £6.

The wine list has plenty of variety - ranging from £13.50 to a selection in the £100+ bracket, so you should find something to suit your taste and pocket. Again, a service charge of 12.5% is added, so expect a two-course meal with wine to cost around £50 a head. The restaurant seemed very popular, judging by the constant arrival and disappearance upstairs of a stream of generally well-heeled diners.

A few quibbles, however: the menu has, rather oddly, a separate ‘Crustacea’ section, which is slightly too biological for my liking, when ‘shellfish’ would suffice. (They could go the whole hog, I suppose, and go for a menu headed ‘flora, herbivora, ave and icthyes’. Or maybe not).

And the development of the restaurant has changed the atmosphere somewhat, from the local pub it was to a slightly more varied and, it has to be said, more pretentious crowd, although the atmosphere was still welcoming enough. Overall, it’s worth a look inside, with a pint or two…

The previous review gives you a great overview of the Warrington proposition. My experience was ok but a bit disappointing considering the price and all the buzz around the place. While the pub itself is really great with lots of character and a really local crowd who clearly has been going there before Mr Ramsay came, the restaurant was a bit of a disappointment.
First the room, which has a great volume, is really poorly decorated. White, beige and light grey dominate with some dark wood tables but the inconsistent lighting (strong in the main room, low on the side) create an atmosphere best described as “greyish”, not warm at all in a room which has so much potential. More important is the food which again was a bit puzzling. It’s never great when you arrive in what is supposed to be a fantastic restaurant (not talking about anything too exotic here) and then you dont know what to order because of lack of inspiration… The menu is very down to earth and “wintery” (snails, pies, duck, steak, sole) and I ended up having endives with stilton as a starter followed by a choucroute. It was good in decent quantities (probably right if you want to have 3 courses). We ended up sharing a crumble which was really good (and light with liquid cream on top). Finally the service was rather average which was surprising for a Ramsay kind of place. The highlight of the dinner (beyond the dessert) was the wine, a very good Bordeaux decently priced. We did end up spending over £50 a head including service so that was a bit steep…
So we spent a good evening with our friends but really found that the place looked too formal and lacked both character and warmth. I will stick to my other favourite gastro pubs who are much more lively and warm while serving great food (The Cow, The Westbourne) in the area.

The Warrington, Gordon Ramsay’s latest investment of £6million opened earlier this month, without publicity, but rumour has it that it is already fully booked for several weeks due to word-of-mouth recommendations.
Kate Moss is among those who have been seen eating at the pub in Warrington Crescent, Maida Vale.
The Warrington features an art nouveau bar and dining room and has been renovated extensively by the celebrity chef who bought it more than a year ago.
The TV chef seems to be sticking to a very down to earth menu and doing his best to keep the locals happy by considerately restoring the pub’s listed Victorian interior.
The menu features classics such as steak and kidney pie (£11.50) plus more adventurous dishes like braised Gloucester pig cheeks with Swede (£11.00) and roast Guinea Fowl with Puy lentils and bacon (£13.25). Bar snacks include pork pies (£6) and pickled cockles (£1.50).
The pub’s archaic stained-glass windows, mosaic-tiled porch, stone fireplace and frescoes featuring semi-naked women attests to its origin as a brothel, later became known as Warrington Hotel- have all been retained.
The Warrington is run by Mark Sargeant, the former head chef at Ramsay’s Claridge’s restaurant, who is responsible developing the Ramsay group’s expansion into pubs.
It was bought by Gordon Ramsay Holdings as part of a strategy to conquer London’s gastropub market.
Last week, Ramsay purchased his fourth venture - the York And Albany in Camden, which is set to reopen in May.
His two other pubs are The Narrow in Limehouse and The Devonshire in Chiswick, are being received positively in their respective localities. At best I think you could end up paying around 30.00 for lunch and 45.00 for dinner ot just go in for a drink and eat for under tenner.