The thing is, I have always wondered how marvellous one would be straight out of the oven. Pastry Expert. The one-stop destination dedicated to one of Britain's most iconic dishes. Holborn Dining Room: The Pie Room - insultingly expensive, poor quality - See 1,098 traveler reviews, 424 candid photos, and great deals for London, UK, at Tripadvisor. Mon – Wed 11.30am – 3pm The Pie Room at Holborn Dining Room is a one-stop destination dedicated to one of Britain's most iconic dishes. We arrived at 11.30 as booked and we sat and watched the tables being reset and had a great view of the service area as although the restaurant was half empty we were seated at the very edge in the section where you feel you are actually in the corridor and really you are just being a nuisance by turning up as they might have to serve you but you are reminded you are a nobody. I bloody love a pork pie. I shouldn't have bothered. Dear allizehhr, Thank you every so much for your kind words. His hand-raised pork pie, the lid twisted into pleats at the corners, is served hot from the oven, with a light gravy that speaks loudly of reduction, calves’ feet and care. But really, go ahead. I love the interplay of crisp, animal fat-boosted hot water pastry, the dense meaty filling, punched up with white pepper, and then the jelly, reintroduced back to the tight cavities from which it has leaked during cooking. Entertain your little ones with a Pie Masterclass experience in The Pie Room. Stop by The Pie Room on High Holborn, and grab a ‘pie to-go’, pate en croute, sausage rolls and scotch eggs via the handy street-side hatch. Pork pie and gravy: ‘served hot from the oven, with a light gravy that speaks loudly of reduction, calves’ feet and care’. The Pie Room is available for private hire, every evening, for up to six people. Visit the Pie Room. Sides – creamy, cheesy or mustardy mash; minted mushy peas – are good, too. And your pub won’t have a dedicated pie room, full of honey-coloured pie moulds, waiting for Franklin’s brilliant pastry-clad wonders. Meal for two, including drinks and service £60-£130, My late mother had no truck with religious observance. Holborn Dining Room Champions The Great British Pie. Very very disappointing as we had high expectations. The Holborn Dining Rooms will launching a dedicated pie menu promising four surprise seasonal pies as well as classic à la carte options. Dear Polarsweaswimmer, I am very disappointed to read your review about your experience with us here at Holborn Dining Room. After the hard work is over, you will be able to take home with you, the recipes of Holborn Dining Room’s famous pies along with a picture of your experience, an apron and your own pie creations. Your budding chefs, equipped with a personalised apron, hat and mini rolling pin, will learn how to make one sweet and one savoury treat that they can take home, in a 2-hour immersive masterclass with our pastry experts. I was delighted to see you enjoyed so many of your meals and visits with us here at Holborn Dining Room whilst staying with us at The Rosewood. Review tags are currently only available for English language reviews. Reopening from 24th September: There are always cheaper ways, and at the Holborn Dining Rooms these pies are one of them. We did find the service a bit slow. Put your pastry skills to the test in a 2 ½-hour, hands-on masterclass, where you will learn how to make one of our signature pastries. Stop by The Pie Room on High Holborn, and grab a ‘pie to-go’, pate en croute, sausage rolls and scotch eggs via the handy street-side hatch. The chicken, girolle and tarragon pie was ordinary. please do contact me personally as it would be my pleasure to liaise with you directly. Visit the Pie Room. Best regards Pamela. The pie was small, greasy and underfilled, in a tasteless, sticky sauce, and the pastry wasn’t cooked through. She liked to cook gefilte fish, that sustaining mix of ground white fish, bound with matzo meal and sweetened with sugar. Discover the definitive pie bible from our Executive Chef, Calum Franklin. If you can get a cheaper one at your local pub, go right ahead. Combining reclaimed oak with antique mirrors, red leather banquettes with tweed detailing, and two antique patina copper-topped bars, it's a place for enjoying a convivial meal with friends, from beautifully hand crafted pies to fish and chips - all served by our friendly team who are always happy to help. Gefilte fish is food for the Sabbath, when no work can be done. All culinary traditions have a way of using up bits of animal that might otherwise go to waste, and the pork pie is one of our noblest. In a nutshell: London's pie supremo gets a pie place. It was great having the restaurant right at our hotel given some late work days. Chicken, girolle and tarragon pie with mash and gravy came to an enormous £13 - the most expensive takeaway lunch I’ve had in memory. Starters: £8-18 Mains: £16-28 (Dover sole £40) It’s not my idea of fun, but it might be yours. Dine al fresco with seasonal brunch and dinner menus, surrounded by lush greenery that evokes the design of a quintessential English garden. Next classes: Dear Meriam A, Thank you for your kind words. Hence I must give thanks for chef Calum Franklin and his pie-fetishising menu at the Holborn Dining Room, the restaurant of London’s Rosewood Hotel. To pre-order please call 02037478633 or email info@holborndiningroom.com. Dine al fresco with seasonal brunch and dinner menus, surrounded by lush greenery that evokes the design of a quintessential English garden. It’s surrounded by mango salsa. Owning the hashtag #FoodEnvy, Holborn Dining Room has nailed the art of ‘grammable grub. The pork pie was so burnt and I was amazed it was allowed to leave the kitchen. Platters will include the likes of coriander-stuffed sardines, sour pomegranate chicken, or potato, onion and herb pakoras (jikonilondon.com). The compressed filling is made with smoked bacon and is a bold expression of pig. 252 High Holborn, London, United Kingdom WC1V 7EN. Holborn Dining Room Champions The Great British Pie. If you are a resident of another country or region, please select the appropriate version of Tripadvisor for your country or region in the drop-down menu. The Pie Room at Holborn Dining Room is a one-stop destination dedicated to one of Britain's most iconic dishes. *Please be informed that cancellation policy applies. Thurs – Friday 11.30am – 4pm. Please be informed that The Pie Room is now closed for retail. We will be welcoming guests as of 1st September 2020, with reservations now being accepted. No. This is the version of our website addressed to speakers of English in the United States. Dine al fresco with seasonal brunch and dinner menus, surrounded by lush greenery that evokes the design of a quintessential English garden. Email Jay at jay.rayner@observer.co.uk or follow him on Twitter @jayrayner1, ‘All culinary traditions have a way of using up bits of animal that might otherwise go to waste, and the pork pie is one of our noblest’: Holborn Dining Room. The Pie Room at Holborn Dining Room is a one-stop destination dedicated to one of Britain's most iconic dishes. This is absolutely not what we expect to deliver nor the service we work so very hard to ensure is consistent. I was sad when they closed it and replaced it with this counter where you can only buy pies, and I decided it was too expensive to try out the new food.Today, I decided to give it a go. March 3, 2017. It comes in two forms. It snaps and crunches. Take our Masterclass find out how its done! I came because of my recently published rant about things restaurants do badly, which included pies. Learn the art of pie making with our team of pastry experts. In his debut cookbook, Chef Calum presents a treasure trove of recipes for some of his favourite ever pastry dishes. Download the app or visit cleen.world. It won’t come with brilliant gravy. To book please contact a member of our team at info@holborndiningroom.com. It is still warm. To book, please contact In this collection of recipes, discover the secrets to 80 delicious and achievable pies and sides, both sweet and savoury, including hot pork pies, cheesy dauphinoise and the ultimate beef Wellington. Join us in Holborn Dining Room after the masterclass and enjoy 10% off your dinner bill. +44 (0)20 3747 8633 or email info@holborndiningroom.com. This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of TripAdvisor LLC. God, it was good: the just-fried shell, yielding beneath my teeth, giving way to gusts of hot, sweet fishy steam and soft white flesh. Halloween – Saturday 31st October, Masterclass is from 12pm – 2pm at £70 per child. Their pies have names like Holy Cow, Billy the Kid and Al Piecino, and come from both their own kitchens and Pieminster. Visit the Pie Room. In his debut cookbook, Chef Calum presents a treasure trove of recipes for some of his favourite ever pastry dishes. Reopening from 24th September: This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC. It will be that pork cyst, from Mike Leigh’s Life Is Sweet, executed with aggression and disdain, and packed away in a shell of edible MDF. The Pie Room at Holborn Dining Room is a one-stop destination dedicated to one of Britain's most iconic dishes.