So, you can't write about a top end restaurant in the middle of a cost of living crisis without talking about the cost. Le Manoir is expensive. It's really expensive. Can it be worth it? Obviously, only you can answer that question for yourself. We...had a lunch reservation for what I will delicately call a significant birthday (I know, I don't look nearly old enough). We arrived a bit early to walk round the lovely gardens. They are beautiful and if you go in the summer rather than the depths of winter, a lovely place to sit outside with the paper. The Manoir itself is rather like something from an Agatha Christie book. It's grand, but welcoming and comfortable. Welcoming and comfortable is important. Every guest is treated the same, regardless of whether they are going once a week or once in a lifetime. There is no pressure to order the most expensive wines, no disapproval if you have a glass of their cheapest instead. You are made to feel welcome and to feel comfortable. In December, your only choice for lunch is the festive tasting menu. This is set, with just one choice - turbot or duck for main. It started with some amuse bouche - a sweet potato crisp with various bits of loveliness on, and a coriander choux bun filled with crab. I could have eaten about fifty of each. Each course is small but perfectly formed. The pumpkin agnolotti with the pumpkiniest pumpkin veloute you could imagine. The celery ceviche with chilli and citrus. Everything tastes completely of itself, and yet makes perfect sense with everything else. It's exquisite to look at, and wonderful to eat. There's nothing here that is going to challenge your sense of what food is, or what flavours should be paired. You're not here to be educated. You are here to eat really lovely, beautifully sourced, prepared and cooked food. And you are going to be looked after really nicely while you're being fed. Each course was lovely, even the one with poached egg (why do people eat poached eggs). The exotic fruit ravoli was fresh and bursting with sharpness and sweetness. And the meringue at the end served with all sorts of sticky gooey saucy goodness. nom nom nom Is it worth it? Well, only you can decide that. The prices are high, but there are over 200 staff working at the place. They grow as much as they can in the gardens, and the inflation in the restaurant trade has been running at ridiculous levels. Yes, it's expensive. But absolutely worth it for a treat or a very special occasion. You won't regret it!More

Every time we come we are blown away by the fabulous dining. We opted for the tasting menu which was incredible, seven courses of delight, the highlights for me being the langoustine and the dessert. Having been greeted at reception when we checked in for...the night with a glass of sparkling English wine, we didn't choose to accompany our dining with the wine flight but instead chose a couple of glasses each from the extensive menu. Breakfast the next morning was equally stylish, delicious and, as with everything here, impeccably servedMore

Beautiful location, gardens and house. Hospitality is fabulous but it just lacked the wow factor. Food is lovely but not the greatness you expect from a Michelin star restaurant. Worth it from an experience point of view but I would not go back.

What can I say, he lives up to his reputation. We had the most wonderful day out yesterday, at 8.30 is we boarded the British Pullman train from Victoria station. I will write a separate review on this element. However on arrival at Le Manoir...aux Quat'Saisons, we were greeted warmly and professionally by all the staff we met, we were given a map of the gardens and went for a wander! The gardens are beautiful and well worth a stroll, actually a good idea given what lunch provided. We were seated in the conservatory and awaited lunch. It did not disappoint one bit. The mushroom risotto was delicious and I would have licked the plate if allowed. The garlic and tomato roll was sublime and resulted in requests for more! Which arrived swiftly! The second course of sea bream in another wonderful sauce with a touch of wasabi was like magic on the palate! Now I am a diabetic and a pescatarian so this was noted and I had a separate menu from the others. It takes a genuine genius to make vegetables really tasty and wonderful and they have a number of them here! Led by the master! My main course of grilled chicory with a number of accompanying creations were a masterpiece of vegetarian cooking! Coffe and tea were served with accompanying petite fours mine were sugar free and a big thank you for that. If you can go do you won’t be disappointed.More

Le Manoir is an icon, everyone who’s remotely interested in food and dining out in the UK knows this legendary hotel and restaurant. The service was great from start to end and the staff were very friendly and professional. The lady that brought our drinks...in the lounge and the lady who served us in the dining room were both such lovely people. Regarding the food, first of all I’d like to mention the bread. Bread at Le Manoir is possibly the best bread I’ve encountered at any restaurant in the UK, never do you see such a selection and of good quality outside of France, we ate all of them, a most impressive bread basket. Cheese is also fantastic and mostly French, another thing I like to see as most restaurants in the UK no longer offer continental cheese. Vegetables served at Le Manoir are of a high standard and fresh from the garden, which is good to see. All dishes served (besides vegetarian) were good, though not spectacular. Considering Le Manoir at £220 for the tasting menu is more expensive than Gordon Ramsay, Clare Smyth and Hélène Darroze which are all three Michelin stars and deservedly so, I think pricing here is a bit off. For comparison, Claude Bosi is also two Michelin stars and is undoubtedly the next restaurant in the country to gain three stars and the tasting menu there is priced more accordingly at £185. Coming back to the vegetarian menu. Two dishes were okay but not really to my taste, these were the Moroccan aubergine course and the curry course. I was hoping to be served something more in line with French cuisine, perhaps akin of the Waterside Inn or Le Gavroche. I didn’t expect to be served something Moroccan and Indian, which was pleasant enough but barely one star quality, never mind two. I don’t think Arpège will be quaking in their boots any time soon over this vegetarian menu. I also found the beetroot dessert rather strange, I suppose the flavour combinations worked but this was hardly a decadent dessert of classic French cuisine. It’s also worth mentioning that the dining room is somewhat dated. I’m a passionate lover of antiques and classical décor, but would choose modern over 00s and 90s interior design, which is what the conservatory we sat in felt like. I was also slightly disappointed to not encounter Monsieur Blanc that evening also. Considering both Michel and Alain Roux frequently meet their guests in their restaurants, I was left rather disappointed at Le Manoir. Dining at Le Manoir was a slight bittersweet experience for me. This is such an iconic property that now seems to have been around since time began. My recent visit however was part top notch and part not so much. Perhaps it’s now resting on its laurels. Despite the negatives, I would still highly recommend Le Manoir for its fantastic staff, wonderful bread, great cheese and it’s lovely gardens and house.More

It's an amazing place, haute cuisine food, live music. Decor is very nice handles a pop culture theme

WOW it was our anniversary and went for a beautiful lunch in this amazing restaurant everything was just simply wow

Ok, I am not going to lie this is not cheap, BUT you get everything you could possibly hope for in a weekend away. I was still full from the night before when the huge breakfast arrived the next morning. Walking in the gardens was...such a pleasure.More

An indulgent lunch in beautiful surroundings with attentive staff as a special treat for my husbands birthday. Lunch is a set 7 course tasting menu, but there is an option to swap dishes if there is something that does not suit. We enjoyed all the...savoury courses, the sweet courses slightly less so, but that is just personal taste. We did not go for the wine pairing menu on this occasion and with just pre-lunch drinks and bottled water the meal was still £500 for 2 of us. The gardens are beautiful and all in all we had a fantastic day here.More

We arrived early for a tour of the gardens hosted by Jose. Jose gave us a glimpse of how proud all the staff are to be working at Le Manoir and the care they all take to make the stay an exceptional one. 3 staff...for every guest, nothing is too much trouble and a genuine desire to create that perfect experience. We booked an overnight stay to celebrate a birthday and anniversary. When checking in Oliver told us we had been double upgraded to the blanc de blanc suite which was quite a shock. The suite is amazing with two toilets, lounge/dining room, huge bathroom with a double walk in shower and a large bedroom. Obviously everything is white and incredibly designed from the "luggage trunk" coffee table to the tv surround sound, air conditioning and tv above the bath. There is an outside garden/patio area with a small pond. Freddie gave us a tour of the kitchen and wine cellar where we met the staff. It's great to see how much preparation there is to everything from the 10 gardeners to the kitchen to the restaurant. We have visited before and nothing rivals Le Manoir. We chose the prestige flight to accompany the set menu. The food was superb, amazed at how much flavour there can be with simple home grown produce. The Canadian iced wine was a revelation and the lady sommelier was brilliant, a real font of knowledge. Overall there is nothing to criticise about Le Manoir. It is the perfect place to be. Can't wait to visit again. And thankyou to all the staff for making our stay so special.More

The place is delicious, if you go to the restaurant ask for Mrs. Luz, she is the best waitress and knows all the dishes, she is a sweetheart and she is very good, she delivers everything very quickly

Lunch to celebrate a special wedding anniversary we arrived early but the gardens are fantastic to explore and setting as stunning as ever. Lunch was delicious we did not order the wine flight but ordered wine to suit the occasion and stayed as long as...we wished a total of 5 hours. For us it’s a special occasion and the service, food attention to detail as you would expect.More