Hilton on Park Lane in meal deal scandal

Has the credit crunch at last hit the formerly bulging wallets of the super rich?

Strolling through the capital last week Kitchen Rat was amused to be handed a flyer advertising three-courses for £22 per person at Podium restaurant at the London Hilton on Park Lane.

A five-star hotel hawking for business! Times must indeed be getting tough if the top-end of the market is having to resort to this sort of ad hoc advertising to drum up trade.

It does beg the question of what next? Bring your own bottle at Galvin at Windows, perhaps.

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