information established september 1 2003 2003 09 01 closed may 1 2014 2014 05 01 chef gary rhodes food type modern british cuisine dress code formal rating michelin guide 2008 1 street address tower 42 25 old broad st city london postal code zip ec2n 1hq country uk coordinates 51 30 56 n 0 5 2 w 51.51556 n 0.08389 w 51.51556 ; 0.08389 coordinates 51 30 56 n 0 5 2 w 51.51556 n 0.08389 w 51.51556 ; 0.08389 seating capacity 85 covers website www.rhodes24.co.uk rhodes twenty four was a quality restaurant located in the city of london . run by celebrity chef gary rhodes the restaurant was located on the 24th floor of tower 42 formerly known as the natwest tower and operated between 2003 and 2014 . contents 1 description 2 reception 3 references 4 external links description edit rhodes twenty four opened in 2003 following the closure of restaurants city rhodes and rhodes in the square the previous year . 2 located on the 24th floor of tower 42 in a location formerly used by roux fine dining it served modern british cuisine described in its initial press release as very british fayre . 3 chef gary rhodes was introduced into the space by albert roux who put him in touch with the company looking to revamp the former restaurant twentyfour . the original agreement was to take over the restaurant private dining rooms and bar for an initial five years . 4 the restaurant was funded by restaurant associates and fronted by rhodes using the chef s signature dishes including his bread and butter pudding and jaffa cake dessert . 4 rhodes described his hopes for the restaurant on launch if we never get a michelin star here i will be very disappointed but what i really want is customers . 4 it won a michelin star in 2005 5 which it retained until it closed as one of two michelin starred restaurants for gary rhodes in london . 6 reception edit fay maschler reviewed the restaurant on the second day after opening in november 2003 4 giving four out five stars whilst describing the meal as good hearty food . rick stein who happened to be dining with the critic described a potted mackerel and gooseberry jelly dish as quite nice stuff . 3 marina o loughlin writing for the metro in the same month also gave four out of five stars and said that the food gave superior comfort food with a view . 7 giles coren reviewed rhodes twenty four in december 2003 for the times . he found a great deal of difficulty in booking a table which was only alleviated after revealing himself as a restaurant critic . he described the menu as being standard for a gary rhodes restaurant but said that it was not in the class of gary s two recent closures but competent . 2 he gave an overall score of six out of ten . 2 a review in january 2004 in the independent described the restaurant as being like a boardroom but praised the use of both suet and mutton on the menu giving an overall score of thirteen out of twenty . 8 the evening standard conducted a second review in 2005 with toby young visiting the restaurant . he gave it two stars out of five criticizing the restaurant for serving locally grown in season produce but said perhaps i m being a little unfair on rhodes twenty four . i find it hard to separate the restaurant from the man whom i ve always regarded as supremely irritating . 9 mark bolland reviewed it again for the evening standard in april 2008 describing it as being much like an airport terminal but said that the menu was imaginative and featured the expected rhodes twists but found that the service was slow and robotic ; giving the restaurant three out of five stars . 10 as of 1 may 2014 the site is occupied by city social a jason atherton and restaurant associates venture . references edit full list of michelin stars in britain and ireland . telegraph.co.uk . 24 january 2008 . retrieved 18 may 2011 . a b c coren giles 20 december 2003 . rhodes 24 . the times . retrieved 18 may 2011 . a b maschler fay 19 november 2003 . gary s towering ambition . evening standard . retrieved 18 may 2011 . a b c d wood joanna ; walker ben 6 november 2003 . rhodes in the tower . caterer search . retrieved 18 may 2011 . an interview with gary rhodes . caterer search . 18 april 2007 . retrieved 17 may 2011 . wallop harry 18 january 2011 . michelin guide 2011 record number of uk stars . the telegraph . retrieved 17 may 2011 . o loughlin marina 12 november 2003 . rhodes towers above . metro . retrieved 18 may 2011 . rhodes 24 london . the independent . 4 january 2004 . retrieved 18 may 2011 . young toby 21 february 2005 . best in season . the evening standard . retrieved 18 may 2011 . bolland mark 14 april 2008 . rhodes twenty four is like a new airport terminal . the evening standard . retrieved 18 may 2011 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rhodes twenty four & oldid 622052575 categories michelin guide starred restaurants in the united kingdomrestaurants in londonrestaurants established in 2003hidden categories coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 august 2014 at 12 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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