The Ivy Bath Brasserie (2024)

FAQs

Is there a dress code for the Ivy Bath? ›

FAQ. What is the Dress Code at The Ivy Bath? The dress code at The Ivy Bath Brasserie is smart casual, allowing you to express your style.

Totally dependent on what you choose, you could spend as little as £50 to £60 pounds a head, equally you could easily double it if you chose the more expensive dishes. The Ivy is all about the experience, best to go there and not worry about the cost just for one day and have exactly whatever you want.

The Ivy is famous for being the place in London for celebrities to go if they want to see and be seen. For this reason, it is an exciting place to head if you fancy a night of glamour, but you will need to book far in advance because tables get booked up quickly.

Afternoon Tea is served every day from 3pm to 4.45pm and costs £29.95 per person, or £39.95 with a glass of Champagne.

Our dress code is smart casual.

Jeans can definitely feature in any smart casual look, but you need to choose the cut and colour carefully. If you want to wear jeans in a smart casual setting, opt for a straighter, slimmer fit rather than anything too relaxed or baggy. Darker washes usually fit better in a more formal setting, too.

The famous shepherd's pie is there, with its rich browned-meat flavours, along with old-fashioned seafood dishes such as plaice with earthy brown shrimps, doused in a buttery sauce. The Ivy made its name on this sort of comfort food: it's like what you might get at a top boarding school, only better.

Visiting from Switzerland, Lena Graf and husband Stefan clink glasses on the patio at the Ivy. “I had more fun people-watching here than anywhere in recent memory,” writes Lucas Kwan Peterson.

Caring, also known as the 'King of Mayfair', co-owns the Ivy group in a 50/50 partnership with former Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin-Jassim Bin-Jaber Al Thani.

Do you have to tip at the Ivy? ›

The vast majority of the money from the service charge is given to the restaurant staff, not the management,” a spokesman said. “At present, if a customer does not want to pay the service charge of 12.5%, they can opt to leave a cash tip, and this will be given directly to the waiter.

The Dessert:

Every time I've come to the Ivy Market Grill I get the same dessert and insist that whoever I'm with has it too. It's called the Chocolate Bombe. It's a great name isn't it?