Maze Grill

This was far from my first visit to Maze grill, indeed this has turned into my favourite set lunch reccomendation for anyone in Mayfair on a weekday. Stray onto the a la carte and the prices leap upwards but for £21 you can enjoy 3 excellent courses in a well drilled Ramsey restaurant. The dining room enjoys views over Grosvenor Square and though the decor is a little bland, the staff are well drilled and the only inconvenience is the extended trek to the toilets it shares with a Marriot hotel.

A well cooked chicken chausseur married well with a bottle of Château Bauduc as endrosed by Ramsey, Stein and Oz and May (TV wine royalty by today's standards I suppose!). The wine is a straightfoward but well made and rapidly improving Bordeaux AC from Gavin Quinney who has made the dream of every wine fan a reality by buying and improving a chateau in the Bordeaux Appelation, cut out the middleman by offering direct sales to the UK and even finds time to write an informative blog.

No doubt the better value offerings will eventually fade away as the economy improves so for now, take advantage of one of the few upsides of the failing economic environment and pay a visit.