He set his sights on returning it to its former glory, giving the restaurant a major refurbishment and restoring the menu to the fresh oyster and seafood focus it still holds today.

Upon its refurbishment by Chef Corrigan, The Guardian described the new Bentley's as: A fine job reviving this fusty old relic, and if the upstairs grill seems sedate, that's doubtless intentional.

All the noise and merriment is concentrated in the marbly, wood-panelled room below, and anyone whose affection for the mollusc is reciprocated is directed to the oyster bar downstairs.with reviewer Matthew Norman awarding it an 8/10.

[5] Food Critic Jay Rayner has reviewed Bentley's twice, upon its reopening in 2005,[6] and again in 2021, where he said of his visits: In any case what scant anonymity I have is useless here, not because I do this job, but because I am a regular.

[7]Fay Maschler named Bentley's as one of her favourite restaurants for The Evening Standard, saying: It is a serious enterprise devoted to prime ingredients treated with wit and brio, and because ebullient Richard Corrigan is a consummate chef and restaurateur.