The Fat Duck is one of the world’s most iconic restaurants and should be visited by all who have a passion for gastronomy, even if it is just once in their lifetime. Though it has been established for 25 years, which doesn’t seem too much...of a long time, the restaurant is certainly an historical one when considering its influence on the gastronomic world, The Fat Duck is up there with El Bulli. During this visit, I ate the Christmas themed “Fable Tree” menu. The food was excellent and executed to a three Michelin starred standard throughout the meal and the service of the evening was also attentive as expected, but also very friendly and welcoming, which is something that’s always great to see. The wine list, unsurprisingly, is also exceptional, with truly great vintages from all countries available. I had a wonderful evening at The Fat Duck and I’m sure I’ll be returning in the not too distant future. On another note, if you are considering making a visit to The Fat Duck, please do ignore all the stupid complaints that certain people are making on here, if anything they’re making themselves look quite silly by finding simply anything to moan and groan about, they’re just miserable grouches. The cocktails at the restaurant I thought wouldn’t be too out of place in the American Bar at The Savoy, as well as other world class bars, there’s not a huge list of cocktails but this is a restaurant, not a cocktail lounge. As for people that complain about seeing the “surprises” of dishes arriving to other tables before their own, it would be impossible to prevent this unless everyone was somehow curtained off, which is quite frankly ridiculous, so do ignore them comments. Some people will find anything to complain about as they think they’re entitled, as if they’re royalty or the Pope, but everyone should just try and enjoy their evening and remember that you’re just eating in a restaurant, a three Michelin starred one, but still a restaurant, it’s not a David Copperfield act. All in all, I couldn’t praise Heston Blumenthal and his great team enough, the people who make it all possible. The Fat Duck will forever go down in history as being one of the world’s true great restaurants and you must visit at least once in your lifetime if you can do so.More