Highlights from the breakfast menu include avocado, tomato and sesame on toasted granary and hot buttermilk pancakes, and The Ivy Collection’s much-loved eggs Benedict. The all-day menu, available from 11.30am until late, offers a combination of Ivy Collection favourites and sumptuous new creations.
In keeping with the quintessentially British look The Ivy Collection is known for, The Ivy City Garden features cosy fire places, a summer water fountain (changing in the winter months to a roaring fire pit), floor-to-ceiling glass windows and bi-folding doors opening onto a hidden garden. The covered garden has its own bar and retractable roof enabing diners to enjoy the garden space all year round.
The critically-acclaimed Martin Brudnizki Design Studio consulted on the restaurant’s interiors, as with The Ivy Collection’s sister sites. Notable features in the restaurant include an onyx bar, pendant lighting, marble floor tiles, polished parquet panel flooring and a mixture of burnt orange and leather banquettes and midnight blue bar stools – all creating a stylish, yet laid-back environment for all-day dining.
All-day dining, City slickers
The private dining room overlooks the elegant garden and neighbouring Church of St. Botolph, seating up to 30 guests.
Brioche crumbed chicken Milanese with fried hen’s eggs and black truffle; a Truffle Beef Wellington sharing platter for four served with Foie Gras sauce, Dauphinoise potatoes and a herb green salad (available via pre-order) and The Ivy Collection’s ‘build-yourown’ waffle menu available for weekend brunchers.
‘Dashwood Blossom’ – Beefeater Gin, fresh grapes, mint, with nettle cordial & a splash of aloe vera juice; and ‘Garden Collins’ – Beefeater Gin infused with rosemary & lavender, with elderflower cordial & garnished with herbs from the bar’s very own on-site herb garden.
For a show-stopping moment order the Champagne cocktail tower, incorporating an arrangement of six glasses of The Ivy City Garden’s classic Champagne cocktail (sugar, rose, angostura bitters and Ivy Collection Champagne), served to guests directly at their table.
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