11 NOVEMBER 2000, Page 35

Chere Chelsea

From Mr Nigel Wilkinson Sir: Having damned a Chelsea restaurant with faint praise, Robert Hardman (Restaurants, 28 October) tells us that his dinner bill 'of £101 . . . was not excessive for that part of town'. Chelsea-dwellers, I suggest you spend your weekends in Paris; what you save on dinner will pay for your night at the hotel.

Nigel Wilkinson

Paris