london restaurants

seriously this place is THE BOMB

xpost No, Moro easier than you'd think - and if you can't get in there, Medcalf and The Ambassador nearby will certainly accommodate. Medcalf is an especially good Plan B.

if you're willing to eat at the bar or wait for 20 mins you get a table at Moro ime

Veeraswamy is an 'occasion' restaurant I think. I've only been there once, celebrating someone's birthday, and don't remember the food that well, but the surroundings and ambience were quite interesting, colorful and pleasant.

anyone been anywhere good recently? we went here the other week + it was really good -

http://www.squaremeal.co.uk/restaurants/london/view/101378/Chilli_Cool

better than gourmet san imo

went to palmer's in bethnal green and it was amazing - the owner is really nice, funny guy too. interior not exactly sophisitcated but man the food is great and v reasonably priced as well (for what it is)

i think i saw something abt that in the time out? will have to check it out, that's not too far from where i live

http://www.latiumrestaurant.com/

Best ravioli I've ever eaten, seriously. And that includes in Italy.

place called Trullo opened a month or two ago just round the corner from Highbury & Islington tube, really delicious, simple italian food. they make good use of a big charcoal grill and their pasta is gorgeous. pretty reasonable prices, especially on the wine, really nice and max mark-up of a tenner according to our waiter. its getting harder to get a table off the street so best to book, i really recommend it.

I had my birthday dinner at Chili Cool this year; that place is amazing and I try to go at least once a month.

Good Vietnamese in Theobald's Road: Banh Mi Bay - the reviews I've read seem to be hacked by Cafe VN advocates - I think it's fine. The latter is the place that's sucked the life out of the old Potemkin space, avoid.

I went to Chilli Cool for the first time the other week, it's delicious and extremely reasonable.

Huge portions as well.

Yeah, if you're in a group of four and not drinking booze, it's hard to spend £20 a head.

Went to L'Absinthe for a birthday meal recently. It's in Primrose Hill, but don't let that put you off (if indeed it does). The French bistro food is excellent (it's normally done so badly), and it's extremely unstuffy, although I find the proprietor's Gallic sallies slightly tiresome, everyone else seems to love them. Not horrifically expensive either.

Yeah, that's a good place. Very tasty unpretentious food, which is more than can be said for the owner. I wouldn't be surprised if at the end of the night the little beret comes off and his natural thick Huddersfield accent comes out.

The Sardinian restaurant near me is nice.

http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/restaurants/nuraghe-info-18798.html

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Anyone know where I might find London's tastiest cottage pie? Or to widen it a bit...general amazing new discoveries in and around town?

Just thought Tayyabs in Whitechapel deserves a mention - their lamb chops really are very good. And Relais de Venise in Marylebone, although I think there's another one in the city. No menu, just steak. Always full and really decent.

But all this is just an excuse to tell people to go to Gelupo in Soho - seriously the best ice creams I've had, including Italy. Had their pear, cinnamon and ricotta last night and it was absolutely amazing. Astonishing in fact. Opposite the apparently excellent but expensive Boca di Lupo restaurant - their chef likes experimenting with ice cream apparently.

tayyabs is ace. relais de venise is ace too, had a great time! second helpings!

i live in covent garden and have never been to gelupo's before, gonna remedy that now as i fancy some ice cream. cheers!

yeah i went to gelupo and got some of their sour cherry granita + it was the bomb

Anybody ever been to the Wolseley? Cecconi's?

wolseley pretty popular, v busy, good eggs benedict kinda thing

Yeah, I really enjoyed it and Cecconi's is an excellent Italian place.

has anyone been to the hawksmoor? holy jesus they can cook a steak. best sirloin i've ever had by miles and miles, and fucking huge. bring your wallet tho...

yeah ive been there! we went their for breakfast the other day as well + it was craaazy

The Hawksmoor Breakfast £30.00
(for 2 to share)
Smoked Bacon Chop, Sausages (Pork,
Beef & Mutton), Bury Black Pudding,
Short Rib Bubble & Squeak, Grilled
Bone Marrow, Trotter Baked Beans,
Fried Eggs, Grilled Mushrooms, Roast
Tomatoes, Unlimited Dripping Toast &
HP, Onion and Bone Marrow Gravy.

!!!

argh 'there'

fuck that's not even that expensive really...the dinner last night was about 40 quid each but my brother brought me along. will definitely be heading there for that soon, sounds fucking unreal. christmas breakfast plus booze. they have excellent ipa too.

yeah it's not too expensive at all, but you kind of need a lie down afterwards esp when they also have bottomless bloody marys on the menu

i've tried their burger and it was pretty good but so rich. that breakfast looks amazing

Hawksmoor has just opened a branch by my flat, which will be convenient when I roll home from that brunch menu.

Last night I was taken to Barrafina. WIN.

has anyone ever tried a burger from the meatwagon? http://www.themeatwagon.co.uk/
it's £5 and probably the best burger i've ever eaten

My bro gave me a tastecard for my birthday, but I haven't had the chance to use it yet. Does anyone else have one? Any North/East/Central recommendations?

Trullo was great.

not been to the meatwagon but byron is good imo, anyone tried that? gourmet burgers are such overkill and mostly horrible, byron a lot juicier and less like choking yourself with bread/meat

As an American whose first job was 'drugstore soda fountain waitress/short order cook' I'm here to tell you that if you can't get my own version of cheeseburgers, you may as well eat them at BYRON. They're good, also PROPER ONION RINGS.

Meatwagon is also tempty - will report back.

the burgers at byron are really nice but i always end up spending loads when i go there. yes the onion rings are great!

oh must try the onion rings out sometime. this thread isn't revived half often enough.

another good place i've been recently is this small argentinian place near my flat (just off middlesex st.) called Moo: http://www.moogrill.co.uk/
we had the delicious steak sandwiches (lomitos) with a massive argentinian beer. great service will be going back frequently i imagine.

i second the meatwagon burgers, they're really good, just wish they were closer to where i live

they travel around. for instance a few weeks ago they were set up by the canal basin just off city road. need to watch the twitter i guess

Gourmet Burger Kitchen was great when it started, but is dreadful now it's part of that general chain. Yeah, Byron is pretty good, I think. Another vote for the onion rings.

GBC and Hamburger Union are pretty shit - identikit 'medium' burgers and they will not do med rare, for example, which is a sure sign the meat is not as good as it could be. You don't need to cite health and safety in a spurious way if your beef is good.

Moo! looks fabulous, must go before Christmas.

I've been meaning to try the new Hawksmoor in Covent Garden for some time, looks amazing. Moo! looks good as well.

In other expensive meat news, I ate at the Old Brewery in Greenwich last week, which is terrific if you're in the area. They have a sausage roll that costs £14 (!) and is full of foie gras and other goodness.

i have a tentative date who likes korean food - any suggestions?

nice...

gbk and all those places are terrible imo. just big nasty dry slabs of meat and way too bready buns. london is full of terrible burgers.

oops my "nice" was in relation to the foie gras sausage...not the tentative date.

for korean koba's pretty good iirc? went there quite a while ago tho http://www.koba-london.com/

not tried many Koreans in town but Dong San is great

Korean: ASADAL is right next to Holborn tube and is ideal for a date, nice lighting and grills in the tables - and although it's affordable, it's a bit dearer than other ones because of the interior, which is very New York. Otherwise most of the dilapidated ones by Centre Point are pretty good and do lunch specials for about £6. They're heaving with Korean students pretty much whenever.