Five of us went for a long post Christmas lunch there and we were blown away by the food: tasty, delicious, surprisingly subtil... but YES the portions are ridiculously TINY and yet the price is high for them. I think the best way to experience the variety of dishes is to try the gourmet menu where you get to taste quite a few of the dishes ( tiny I repeat) but it is preferrable you are selfish and do NOT share them otherwise you'll leave the place still hungry. The service is first class, but can be a bit in your face and a bit OTT: 3 people around the table at the same time, pouring us water etc.. feels sometimes annoying and intrusive. I can pour my own water, thank you!Also you do get first class service but my god.........they all look so STIFF! you need to relax and SMILE a bit... it would make everyone more relaxed and the meal more enjoyable.

The Maze restaurant was very disappointing. Their starters are for one and you are told you need to order five or six items. Oh yeah because they don't even are enough for one. Then after an hour and your main coarse doesn't come they indicate that they never had your order. WELL, if you expect Gordon Ramsay level of perfection you WONT get it at this restaurant. Very disappointed and even without getting a main coarse it cost over 120 GBP.

If you go to Maze and you want a bit more of an intimate less formal service, then sit at the bar, and order the taster menu, where you get little titbits of the a la carte menu. The portions are small - but like the tardis - amazingly adequate. The flavours are so rich and sumptous, that any more would spoil it - like eating a whole box of Belgian chocs in one go. The service is impeccable and the cocktails are works of art - and very delicious. Maze is just a'maze'ing and we will definitely be returning.

I have to say after the hype I was expecting more of the food at Maze. Not because the ingredients are not top quality (they clearly are) but the menu is rather inaccessible to someone such as myself who is allergic to fish.

Almost everything on the menu was composed heavily of fish, and of the few dishes that weren't I found that other unusual ingredients put me off (e.g. snails).

As such I had to ask 'off menu' and was very happy with the result. My steak was cooked to perfection and they withheld the snails, much to my stomach's grateful relief.

However I do think that the mark of a truly good menu is one which caters to all tastes, and like the other reviewer I agree that the atmosphere at Maze is rather downbeat. Possibly because the location means that the bar is solely used by people waiting for tables rather than passing trade, and as such lacks the vibrancy that one might otherwise expect.

The waiting staff were excellent, although at one point the waitress actually wrestled a bottle of wine out of my grip as I was filling my empty glass, which I thought was a bridge too far in terms of obeisance to customer satisfaction training.

A good effort. A more accessible menu would encourage a repeat visit, but if Maze persists in the fish theme I will have to continue to pass.

Gordon Ramsay proves yet again with Maze that he is a veritable magician in the kitchen. The food at Maze is so good that you'll find your fellow diners in raptures.

I've never seen a group of people so excited about a meal out. Top stuff, Gordon!