The Goring Hotel

"Dear Reception, there appears to be a sheep in our Royal Suite..." 🐑

Tea for two? Don't mind if we do.

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Nothing says simple luxury better than our Cornish lobster omelette 🦞

Unexpected lunch guests. Can you spot them?

Pulling a sickie at The Goring.

Sweet sophistication.

Yorkshire rhubarb and lemon shortbread tartlet, Madagascan vanilla, heaven!

Wishing His Majesty King Charles III a very Happy Birthday from all of us here at The Goring!

Word on the grapevine is that today is National Rosé Day🍷

Do it like Chef and enjoy alongside a decadent dessert, Goring style.

Pretty chuffed with our gardens here at the G 🌞🌸🌿

Find unexpected tranquillity and sip a cocktail or three in the surrounds of our paradise.

Sound the klaxons 📣 The Dining Room at the The Goring is open!

The place was truly christened by some of our fondest industry friends yesterday. Thank you to all who attended.

After dinner comes dessert, and there's always space for a sweet treat from our impeccable pudding menu.

Can we tempt you with a Flambé? 🔥

It's a beautiful day to explore our little corner of the universe.

But first, tea ☕

Without further ado, the inaugural weekend of The Goring Dining Room starts now, to a symphony of corks popping. Cheers🍸

Our team here at the G believe there can never be too many flowers 🌸🌼

Our resident fluff-ball approves 🌸

Throwback to the weekend featuring tea, cake and the simple pleasure of a day in The Goring Garden.

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Nobody can remember when we last did a full kitchen rebuild but I think it was just after the war. The new space is going to be absolutely amazing and it is being fitted with all the most brilliant new toys.

Right in the middle will sit an exciting chefs zone where we will be able to create entertaining experiences for our guests (those that are game), right in the heart of the action. It’ll be quite an adventure.

The main island is a massive behemoth of metal and electronics covered in a hood that looks like Apollo 19. It boils 50 litres of veal bone stock from cold in 0.2 seconds, and I hope it all works without taking down London’s electrical grid. The weirdest thing about it is that it is in exactly same place as it was in 1910, when Gasc (who trained under Escoffier) was the head chef.

As for The Dining Room itself, what is it going to look like?

Marvellous Russel Sage designed it. We only had one briefing meeting which went a bit like this:

Russel: So what are we trying to do here?

Us: We want to create an opulent space that makes our guests feel like Cézar Ritz has been brought back to life, and that he’s hungry to get back in the game with a statement restaurant. What debauchery and decadent madness would that lunatic create if he were alive today?

Russell has taken this very seriously.

We think our guests deserve a night out (a real one) and the new restaurant aims to provide it. At some time during your dinner, flames will go past your eyeline (don’t panic!). We plan to chivvy things along further with elegant costumes, a little music, a lot of twinkly stuff, a small but barely controlled hint of bling, and seating that Kings, Queens, Rappers and Presidents alike will want to canoodle in. Why does Michelin star food have to be served in surroundings that do not uplift and excite?

And what about that food? It’s going to be an evolutionary step, carefully taken and we can’t wait for you to try it. Two of my favourite dishes are.: Cured Cornish monkfish, mussels, seaweed, gooseberry and herb emulsion; Dry aged Aylesbury duck, plum glazed leg, spiced pain perdu and hazelnut. That sort of thing! Plus a lobster omelette here and a beef Wellington there.

Come May 20th, we sincerely hope that you will enjoy your new Dining Room, and that Great Grandpa Goring will giggle just a little while turning in his grave.

Shaken and stirred!

Channel your inner Bond at the Goring Cocktail Bar with this showstopping combo of a Martini and half a dozen Cumbrae rock oysters served over dry ice.

"Oh James you really shouldn’t!" 🍸

Shakers at the ready!

Our dexterous mixologists (or barmen as we like to call them) are standing by to conjure.

Cocktail hour in The Goring Garden - where all four seasons are covered ☔️🍹

114 years of service. Happy birthday to us! 🎈