The Five Fields is a fine dining restaurant, off the King’s Road, in what was once the Chelsea Spanish restaurant El Blason.
Chef Patron Taylor Bonnyman, working in collaboration with Head Chef Marguerite Keogh, offer elegant and playful modern British cooking which emphasises the use of artisanal, fresh British ingredients – particularly vegetables which feature everywhere, including the dessert menu. The restaurant’s name comes from the 18th-century, cartographer John Rocque who recorded the local area as Five Fields and from the fact that in the 21st century, all their vegetables and herbs are cultivated in the restaurant’s own gardens in East Sussex
Zoe Williams, in The Telegraph, described ordering the foie gras with shimeji mushrooms and rainbow carrots as “the smartest choice I have made all year” and said her companion told her the restaurant “does the opposite to what you expect, and forces you not just to enjoy it, but to confront how good it is.” Time Out is similarly positive, saying that their experience there was “stellar”. Their website gives the restaurant five stars – one for each field – and their readers give it the same top rating, although it’s worth noting they also put it in the top, luxury, price bracket (a three course meal costs £50 per head).
As the Five Fields was refurbished eighteen months ago it is – as it should be – up to date with the latest accessibility regulations. The restaurant has a well equipped adapted toilet for disabled guests, with vertical and horizontal hand rails on the wall side and a further adjustable bar on the other side. The entrance has a the slightest, almost imperceptible step but inside it’s step free, although the room is not the biggest so may have closely packed tables. Outside, the footpath may be a little narrow.
They ask for less able visitors to mention any requirements they may have when making a reservation which isn’t something you’d always want to do but at least this isn’t a call that able bodied people wouldn’t need to make. You will definitely want to call ahead to make a reservation as there are only five dinner services a week for 40 seats in the dining room.
The access is up to scratch and the food is by most accounts indulgent and outstanding (although expensive). We give the Five Fields a provisional 2.5 BBS Ticks.
