The Michelin star restaurants London guide has been there and active for years now. Some reviewers feel that the system of assessment is eccentric in nature considering that there is a possibility if assessors colluding with the restaurant establishment managers to get a ‘fair’ rating in the guide book. Normally, no fees or free foods or customized reception organized for the inspectors when they visit the establishments since they may not even know them or when they are coming. In this case, it makes the process result objective. They do not announce when they start their visits to a hotel nor do they introduce themselves when they get into a hotel.
It is upon the hotel establishment to maintain their services, cuisine, personality and consistency in quality services for them to gain stars or lose them. Michelin does not easily award a star or remove one; they have more than one assessor and if two or more inspectors find the establishment outstanding. They will most definitely award it a star, but it can easily take out one star if the restaurant has shown signs of inconsistency or losing their quality as rated before. Each year, the Michelin red guides come out normally between October and March, and every restaurant of its type strives to ensure that they are rated three stars which are normally hard to come by. An establishment that is coming up may not get the Michelin star restaurants award but may make it to level four of ‘Bib Gourmand’ as a rising star.
