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Dinner by Heston Blumenthal vs St. John
Both restaurants are rated very highly by travel writers. Overall, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal is preferred by most reviewers compared to St John Bar & Restaurant Smithfield. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal scores 93 with positive reviews from 14 sources like Travel + Leisure, Independent and Time Out.
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
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66 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7LA
From $0 /night
Fodor's
"Exceptional olde English-inspired dishes executed with ultra-modern precision in an open kitchen is the schtick at Ashley Palmer-Watts' acclaimed award-winner."
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BlackBook
"Like a culinary Doctor Who, Heston Blumenthal takes you on a historical trip back through time with his first London venture."
Gayot
17.0
"The contemporary dishes look to Britain's gastronomic history: scallops with cucumber ketchup and peas, and slow-cooked short rib of beef."
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Independent
"Here is the missing link between the labour-intensive complexity of contemporary haute cuisine, and the produce-led simplicity of modern British pioneers."
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The Guardian
"Dinner is a brilliant restaurant, one that embodies Blumenthal's mixture of deep technical craft, ingenious feeling for theatre and astute sense of how to turn a meal into a story."
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St. John
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26 St John Street, London EC1M 4AY
From $41 /night
Concierge
"They call it "Nose-to-Tail Eating," and you'll be amazed at the number of obscure cuts that can crop up between those too extremes and end up on your plate."
Fodor's
"Foodies travel the globe for pioneering chef Fergus Henderson's ultra-British nose-to-tail cooking."
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Frommer's
"The ingredients are the best, the cooking is superb, and the dish is what it says on the menu."
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Insight Guides
"This little restaurant, a stone’s throw from Smithfield’s meat market, is a Clerkenwell favourite. It offers simple but curious dishes such as Middle White belly and dandelion."
BlackBook
"Located in a former smokehouse near Smithfield meat market, St John specialises in what chef Fergus Henderson terms ‘nose-to-tail’ eating – ie, offal."
