Marina O'Loughlin

"Everything is comfort and joy – the memory of a syrup-drenched steamed pudding with custard torments me as I sit here with nothing in the fridge but hummus."

Raphael Kadushin

"Top London Restaurants Serving British Cuisine: Rules Restaurant - Save some room for the raspberry trifle, which is anything but a trifling thing."

Simon Majumdar

"Nowhere is this made with more care than at London's oldest restaurant, Rules, in Covent Garden. The shrimp is sauteed, set in butter and lobster oil and served with lemon and a slice of brown toast."

Laura Siciliano-Rosen

"An old-school restaurant like Rules (est. 1798), all antique mirrors, chandeliers, and mounted deer heads, is an ideal place to try it. The small, sweet brown shrimp, from Morecambe Bay in Lancashire, are coated in a rich mixture of prawn butter cooked with garlic, ginger, and shallots."

Visit London

"The restaurant stays true to its earlier menus with some heart-warming pies, such as steak and kidney pie."

Eat Your World

"You’ll have your choice of old-school Brit dishes here, but end on a sweet note with the trifle, a by-the-books layered concoction of sherry-soaked sponge cake, fruit—it changes seasonally, but was three berries (blueberry, raspberry, strawberry) during our visit—vanilla custard, and whipped cream, studded with sliced almonds. Reach the spoon down to get at each layer, and watch how quickly your bowl is cleaned.""

Tanya Gold

"It comes with a Yorkshire pudding so tall I can’t really see the restaurant beyond it. It is like going blind but eating the blindness. The blindness is soft, light, crunchy; a meringue without sugar, the size of a phobia."

Jim Pickard

"My potted shrimps are deliciously buttery and come with just the right amount of toast."

Chris Pople

"My starter was Morecambe Bay potted shrimps, one of my favourite comfort foods at the best of times, but here, thanks to Rules' use of lobster butter to bind the sweet crustaceans together, it took on a new, luxurious identity. These were lovely."

Eat Your World

"Of the many things to try here, potted shrimps should be high on your list. The shrimp, from Morecambe Bay, are coated in an extra-rich mixture of prawn butter cooked with garlic, ginger, and shallots; lemon, mace, white pepper, and a bit of cayenne are also cited as ingredients. It’s like a sweet, smooth, buttery, shrimpy spread—a lovely appetizer."