Elystan Street offers a chic backdrop for heartful, modern British fare that's both comforting and sophisticated, making each meal a delightful occasion.
"Elystan Street is a fine dining restaurant in Chelsea that has the feel of a living room where you’re worried about breaking anything for fear of bankrupting yourself. Despite the wannabe chill but quite unchill atmosphere, the food at this modern British restaurant is tasty. This isn’t fiddly, fancy stuff. It’s bolshy flavours—scallop and crab-stuffed courgette flower, gorgeous lamb with a garlic purée you want to exfoliate with—that you can gobble up like a trust fund. The a la carte menu is similarly bolshy in price, as is the tasting menu. But for a blowout meal, this is a restaurant you can easily settle into." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, sinead cranna, rianne shlebak
"This fine dining restaurant has the feel of a living room where you’re worried about breaking anything for fear of bankrupting yourself. But the food at this modern European spot is tasty. Like, really tasty. This isn’t fiddly, fancy stuff you play around with. It’s bolshy flavours—scallop and crab-stuffed courgette flower, gorgeous lamb with a garlic purée you want to exfoliate with—that you can gobble up like a trust fund. The a la carte menu is similarly punchy in price, as is the tasting. But for a blowout meal or a treat-yourself set lunch, Elystan Street is a restaurant you could easily settle into." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak
"Imagine you had a wealthy godparent who had just become known to you. Imagine they invited you across town to a world of gleaming white Georgian architecture and four-door Porsches. Imagine you were sitting in a sedate room with them eating a very posh Twix. Well, you’re in Elystan Street. The fine dining restaurant in Chelsea has the feel of a living room where you’re worried about breaking anything for fear of bankrupting yourself. Despite the wannabe chill but quite unchill atmosphere, the food at this restaurant is tasty. This isn’t fiddly, fancy stuff you play around with. It’s bolshy flavours—scallop and crab-stuffed courgette flower, gorgeous lamb with a garlic purée you want to exfoliate with—that you can gobble up like a trust fund. The à la carte menu is similarly bolshy in price, as is the tasting menu. But for a blowout meal or a treat-yourself set lunch, Elystan Street is a restaurant you could easily settle into. photo credit: Courtesy of Elystan Street" - Jake Missing
"Phil Howard’s French-leaning, modern European restaurant in Chelsea has one star." - Eater Staff
"Another Mayfair departee, The Square’s Phil Howard, opened Elystan Street in Tom Aikens’ old restaurant, and swiftly attracted customers old and new. Howard’s menu is at the high end — pluma of Iberico pork with spare rib kromeski is a typical main — and priced to match, although the lunch menu is marginally kinder. With the move, Howard — without going full new Nordic — has also modernised, and lightened his approach." - Alexander Larman, Adam Coghlan
