What the press says...

I love Theo Randall at the Intercontinental. I worked with Theo at the River Cafe and he is a brilliant chef. I've had some fantastic meals there over the last year or so and the food just gets better - Jamie Oliver

Smooth service, polished surrounds, a terrific wine list (supported by spot-on suggestions from a clued-up sommelier) and, of course, Theo Randall’s knockout cooking combine to deliver one of the best Italian dining experiences in London - Ben McCormack, Editor, Square Meal

Theo Randall's restaurant at the Intercontinental has been one of those little secrets known to some of us ever since it opened. Unsurprisingly it has now become one of those secrets that lots of people know about. But then, seeing that it's a great restaurant, this is hardly surprising - Dylan Jones, Editor, GQ

Theo’s Mirabelle plum and almond tart should win prizes. In fact it alone would justify the recent award win of Italian Restaurant of the Year. His food is confident, authentic and the taste transports one from the realities of the Intercontinental, in which the restaurant is situated, to a place a long way away, deep inside rural Italy - William Sitwell, Editor, Waitrose Food Illustrated

The fish is as good as fish gets. It has a clarity of flavour and a gelatinised juciness you would otherwise not experience… I now feel drawn back by the sheer quality - Terry Durack – The Independent on Sunday

Randall is the most famous chef you have never heard of. This restaurant served me the best meal I have eaten all year - Jay Rayner, The Observer

Some of the finest pasta I have had outside of Italy - Matthew Fort, Fabric

You must go and try Theo's cooking ... It is out of the ordinary food, brilliantly done - The Guardian

To go from comparative obscurity straight to Park Lane is to take a chance. In fact it is a triumph. It's a mark of Randall's success that we came very, very close to staying on for dinner - Matthew Norman, Guardian Weekend

It is exactly the kind of food I like to eat, and quite clearly lots of other people do too. We loved the food, all of it - Guy Dimond, Time Out

We love Theo Randall’s food because it's real - not primped, fussed, gussied-up, invented-for-restaurants-only nosh. We like the swish new eponymous restaurant at the InterContinental Hotel on London's Park Lane. Its choc-and-pistachio space is so comfortable that, despite the smart address, you can easily imagine popping in for a drink and a snack in the bar - You – The Mail on Sunday

The décor is smart but not too austere and works well for business or a romantic meal au deux. The food is sensational – modern rustic Italian - Where London

This was a beautiful evening of brilliant but unboastful cooking - Andrew Billen, The London Magazine

Before this restaurant was a success at the end of 2006, few had heard of him. Now everyone claims to have been waiting for him to be discovered for years - Tom Otley, Business Traveller

Theo Randall at The InterContinental brings a ray of River Cafe-style sunshine to the plusher surroundings of Mayfair - Times Saturday Magazine

Quite the most tender, intensely savory game I’ve had - Sudi Pigott, Food and Travel

The huge delight of this place is that under all the food-fashionista front, it has the heart and the soul of a proper Italian ristorante. The menu is genuine stuff, cooked with huge skill (my agnlotti is something I will remember until the day I die) and great passion. This is some of the least self-aware, most wholehearted Italian food you will find in London - Taste Italia

We managed five beautifully balanced courses, and wouldn’t have done away with a single one of them - The Resident