Lunch at Babylon, Kensington

11/06/2015

The roof gardens


Earlier this week we jumped on the train from Cardiff for a much needed day out in London, it feels like it's been forever since both John and I have had the chance to be back in the Capital together, in fact when you have a family it can be a bit of a struggle having any quality time together. We think it's very important to make time for yourself as an individual as well as a couple so when Virgin Experience Days asked me to choose an experience I thought would be perfect for treating the man in my life in the run up to Fathers day I couldn't wait to surprise John.


The roof gardens

Opulent interior


I am fully aware of how much John does, he works long hours and happily gives any of his free time to spend with our sons and very rarely complains, he is in all honesty a very dedicated father so it was wonderful to raise a toast to him over a three course lunch in the beautiful surroundings that is Babylon, a Roof Terrace on the 7th floor overlooking Kensington.


herbed bread

poached egg


The entrance to Babylon is just off Kensington highstreet and you take the elevator up to the roof terrace on the 7th floor with stunning views across the city. The staff were exemplary right from the word go, not once did we have to pour our own wine or sparkling water and they where all extremely knowledgable about the menu, the ingredients and service was seamless throughout our meal.

As soon as we sat down we where offered some freshly baked herbed bread with olive oil and some sparkling water while we decided on what to have from the lunch set menu. We both went for the same starter, the vegetarian option of poached egg on baby asparagus and spring onions and pea style mini falafels which was beautiful presented and a we both enjoyed every single bite. Our meal was accompanied by an Italian white wine as recommended by our waiter.


white wine

Babylon Restaurant


All the dishes were perfectly proportioned, the starter was just enough as we like to enjoy each course as they come without getting to full to early on into the meal. For the main I went with the Beetroot and Halloumi Koftas on a pea puree served with salad leaves and it was delicious, with a hint of heat it felt indulgent without being too heavy. John opted for the Slow roasted Pork Collar which he said was cooked to perfection and beautifully presented.


dessert


Babylon Restaurant


Onto desserts and John had the roasted apricots and cream while I had the loose salted flapjack with caramelised bananas and rum ice-cream, we both took our time to enjoy and savour each mouthful, throughout our meal we could not fault the food which was served straight from the kitchen to our table. To end off our relaxing lunch we enjoyed an americano with some Petit Fours as we soaked in the atmosphere of this bustling and vibrant restaurant which attracts some very stylish clientele as well as families.


Colourful doors



After our meal we went for a little stroll around Kensington, such a beautiful London borough dotted with private parks, beautiful townhouses and amazing boutiques. There really isn't anywhere like London, so colourful and exciting and we are actually here later this month for a few days and if we have time we may pop back to Babylon as well as The Roof Gardens which was having a private at the time we were here as apparently they have four resident flamingos we would love to say hi to.

The Babylon 3 course meal with a bottle of wine, coffee and petit fours costs £85 from Virgin Experience Days and we highly recommend it, if your looking to eat somewhere really special with faultless service, fresh food and a stunning location then this would be perfect, especially for Fathers Day

Thanks to Virgin for inviting us to experience Babylon. 

10 comments:

  1. wow the food looks amazing! Looks like you had a great time!

    kirsty xx

    kirstyralph.co.uk

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  2. The food looks amazing. Dads really do need to get a toast for all they do as well. :-) If it wasn't for them we probably would never get a break :-)

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  3. I'm so hungry now after reading this! It sounds like a gorgeous day. The NLM and I are desperate for some more "us" time, so I know how much you would have relished this day. What a lovely memory. x

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  4. this looks so good! I need to do a date like this with T before the baby is born! x

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  5. Looks like a good place to go. London has loads of nice places to eat x

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  6. I like the look of this restaurant, very classy. The loose salted flapjack with bananas looks amazing. I think for the quality of the food and the fact that it includes wine, the voucher is good value.

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  7. Looks amazing! I've never eaten in a restaurant like that before! x

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  8. This looks and sounds amazing, I've been wanting to go for years! Can't believe there are flamingos in the roof garden either x

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  9. What a wonderful date, that place looks gorgeous! xx

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