Knighsbridge station has several exits on both sides of the main road, bringing you out either beside Harrods department store or on the other side of the road beside the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Harrods contains several eating places, as does the next department store. The Mandarin Oriental has Dinner restaurant overlooking the park - high prices, amusing ice cream cart, or a smart basement restaurant, or interior bar beside the entrance to Dinner restaurant. (See my previous posts on the Mandarin Oriental restaurants or my reviews on Tripadvisor.)
I drew myself a map of the restaurants I was planning to visit in Motcomb Street. I went to Patisserie Valerie, Petrus, and Rococo Chocolates. all within steps of each other.
Motcomb Street has a couple of traditional red telephone boxes as well as a grand Greek stye facade, the Pantechnicon, with columns. They look to me like Doric columns, the plain ones. (Ionic columns are curly both sides of the top of the column, the capital, like scrolls, whilst Corinthian columns have fussier or prettier multiple leaf effect.)
Patisserie Valerie. (See previous post.) Indoor and outdoor seating.
Petrus restaurant. (See subsequent post.) Indoors. Pricey with special offers at lunch time, for special occasions, starting at just under £40 per person for a three course meal, plus wines, coffee, service. But you can pay a lot more, choosing vegetarian meals, taster menus, and dramatic desserts.
Rococco chocolates. (See subsequent post.) Indoor seating, and outdoor seating front pavement and back courtyard. Roccoco chocolates evokes all sorts of punning idea. Roccoo. Cocoa.
Walking towards them you pass several more.
Angela Lansbury BA Hons
Author, travel writer, photo-journalist, Speaker.
I drew myself a map of the restaurants I was planning to visit in Motcomb Street. I went to Patisserie Valerie, Petrus, and Rococo Chocolates. all within steps of each other.
Motcomb Street has a couple of traditional red telephone boxes as well as a grand Greek stye facade, the Pantechnicon, with columns. They look to me like Doric columns, the plain ones. (Ionic columns are curly both sides of the top of the column, the capital, like scrolls, whilst Corinthian columns have fussier or prettier multiple leaf effect.)
Patisserie Valerie. (See previous post.) Indoor and outdoor seating.
Petrus restaurant. (See subsequent post.) Indoors. Pricey with special offers at lunch time, for special occasions, starting at just under £40 per person for a three course meal, plus wines, coffee, service. But you can pay a lot more, choosing vegetarian meals, taster menus, and dramatic desserts.
Rococco chocolates. (See subsequent post.) Indoor seating, and outdoor seating front pavement and back courtyard. Roccoco chocolates evokes all sorts of punning idea. Roccoo. Cocoa.
Walking towards them you pass several more.
Angela Lansbury BA Hons
Author, travel writer, photo-journalist, Speaker.
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