The Tudor Pass at Great Fosters

We had a great lunch menu at the Tudor Room yesterday. It is indeed a room, with maybe 8 tables in total, and a bit dark, but with nice views to the beautiful gardens, which are worth a visit. The staff was very friendly and took the time to explain thoroughly every dish. They were particularly attentive, perhaps a bit too much so (constantly looking at us), but it didn't spoil the experience, as the food was really top-quality, definitely worth a Michelin star. We were welcomed with some lovely canapés followed by a small olive oil and peas pre-starter, which was subtle and refreshing, even if on the small side. The bread and butter was very nice indeed, warm and crusty as it should be in a restaurant of this standard. We then had starters: my pigeon was particularly nice, but the cold crab dish of my guest wasn't so flavoursome. The sea bream was refined too, but not exceptional. For mains I had a really tasty pork dish (made of various parts of the pork, including some tender cheek cooked in barbecue sauce) and my guests had the equally well-executed turbot with lovely parmesan gnocchis. For dessert, two of us had a light and exquisitely presented dish celebrating the gariguette strawberry (compressed, fresh, as a sorbet, tuiles) and the other guest enjoyed a rich manjari chocolate sponge with coffee cream and yuzu sorbet. Both desserts were equally good, but flavours in the starters and mains could have been more consistent. Only three tables of the room were used on a Friday lunch, which makes me wonder why cancellation within 48 hours would incur a charge. Overall the experience was great, service was faultless and we will probably return, but we had even better food at the Latymer, which is now unfortunately closed for lunch on Fridays. If possible, I would have given 4 and a half stars. Going there for a lunch is nice the gardens are beautiful too. Highly recommended.

There's nothing like going through a "Small Door" of an entrance into the sound of squeaky floorboards of a lovely Old Hotel. This hotel has plenty of character unfortunately I've not had the privilege of staying here overnight or any kind of dinner or even breakfast, however I've dropped off lots of people here and I've not heard one bad thing about it.

Simply amazing! Why go into London when you can have fine dining at Great Fosters in Egham. We dined at Tony Parkin's Tudor Room on our anniversary (having been married in Great Fosters the previous year). From the moment we were met by the friendly team our experience was flawless. Each course is carefully designed to wow but not over power. The dishes included goats cheese and beetroot palate cleanser, sea bass & cavair, quail, monkfish and a honey & milk pudding. Stephen the awesome sommelier matched each course with a beautiful glass of wine including a Verdicchio and Sancerre. I have to say it was simply a lovely evening and at £95 for 5 courses it is true value for money. What made it even better is that Tony personally introduced the dishes and talked about their creation, bringing each dish to life. We will be back very soon!

Wonderful settings.

Sandwiches were nice - bread was a little hard on some parts.

On entrance, one of the waiters (blonde short hair) was very rude. My partner left the front door open and the waiter said "you could shut the door". Then later as I went back to the room from the restroom, the same waiter was moaning to the reception staff saying "this is ridiculous, it makes no sense". Not a very good atmosphere.

Better than average. Overall it is tasty apart from the first tuna starter have fishy aftertaste. It is not very experimental and not very memorable either though. I would give 4 stars if I booked a normal table. However I booked chef’s table, which charges £30 more per person. Thought it would be a dining experience with chef cooking in front of you and introduce each dish to you. However it’s just a separate room with the same dishes but charges much more. The atmosphere in the main restaurant is much better. The chef’s table room is where they store the wines. Although it’s a separate room, you have no privacy with the door open and different waiters keep coming in to get wines for other customers. Also, I would say the food presentation can be better. There’s some details aren’t right.

Beautiful venue for a superb lunch. A clever menu with twists and delights. This was chefs craft at its best. Perfect cooking of in season ingredients. Subtle flavours with everything beautifully presented; each course is explained by a chef and the service is excellent.

One of the best meals we've ever had, attention to detail in the food as well as the service was immaculate. The actual dining area was extremely private and this made the atmosphere fantastic. Every course was consistently brilliant with Alex and the chefs coming to explain the ideas behind each part of the dish. Waiting staff were also knowledgeable and attentive. Attended for a 5 year anniversary and they catered for our religious/dietary requirements. Can't wait to return!

My reservation was at 2pm. I was trying to call Tudor Room since 14:05 to say I was running 15 minutes late. When they finally picked up the phone at 14:15 (being very precise) and I was few steps from the place, I learned the chef had left. That’s the way they treat their customers. I’m very used to fine dining, but this is the first time ever a restaurant refuses to serve us for being 15 minutes late. There are so many Michelin starred restaurants in the U.K., therefore I would never recommend anyone to try this place. By having no choice, my husband and I are currently having afternoon tea at the hotel.