london restaurants

Dirty posh hippies more like.

i went to meatliquor and it was so awful i've vowed never to go back. staff are so rude and we had to order drinks 3 or 4 times before anything arrived. waited an hour for food etc. avoid.

i took some japanese colleagues of mine to hawksmoor before christmas and i think it was maybe the best meal i've ever had in london. the staff there are amazing - the guys i was with couldn't really understand the menu so he asked them some vague questions about what cocktails they liked and made custom drinks for everyone. then they didn't know what any of the sauces were so they brought out each one for them to try with some bread. oh and the steak is insane. really impressed.

We went to Pizarro on Bermondsey Street and we were delighted.

We keep going back to 40 Maltby Street and loving the place, the combination of totally solid rustic food and the complete passion the staff have for the wine they import and serve is such a pleasure.

I've heard good things about both José and Pizarro - really must go soon.

yeah really need to spend more time around bermondsey for some of those places.

i took some japanese colleagues of mine to hawksmoor before christmas and i think it was maybe the best meal i've ever had in london. the staff there are amazing - the guys i was with couldn't really understand the menu so he asked them some vague questions about what cocktails they liked and made custom drinks for everyone. then they didn't know what any of the sauces were so they brought out each one for them to try with some bread. oh and the steak is insane. really impressed.

yeah i'm consistently impressed by the staff, they're just naturally enthusiastic about the food and drinks there, it doesn't feel fake at all.

got a voucher as a present over the holidays which is burning a hole in my pocket already.

I enjoyed Pizarro more than Jose - not based on the food, which was excellent in both places but based on the fact that I am neither young enough not funky enough nor (indeed) Spanish enough to love eating while standing up next to the few square centimetres of counter space I can shove myself next to. I'm much happier having a sit down meal, but would be very pleased to use Jose again for a crafty glass of sherry and a delicious snack.

i went to meatliquor twice and never had to queue and food came within 15 minutes

although once was at 9pm after shopping and the other time was before they officially opened

are there still queues then during normal times? it's been open for a couple of months..

didn't think the food was as good as before though (maybe because i don't have to wait so long and lost a bit of the starvation induced tastiness)

nice cocktails, however

i took some japanese colleagues of mine to hawksmoor before christmas and i think it was maybe the best meal i've ever had in london. the staff there are amazing - the guys i was with couldn't really understand the menu so he asked them some vague questions about what cocktails they liked and made custom drinks for everyone. then they didn't know what any of the sauces were so they brought out each one for them to try with some bread. oh and the steak is insane. really impressed.

which hawksmoor did you go to? the different branches seem to be quite different. the seven dials one have been fantastic every time i went, whereas been to the shoreditch one twice now and both times food was so and so.

i hear the guildhall one is great but not sure if can be bothered to travel on a weekday (i know, all the way to moorgate)

worth a trip imo...it's a seriously swanky place.

i've had great food twice at spitalfields one but it's not as nice a room as the others by any stretch.

hum i might give it a go in that case..

i heard good things about goodman, but never been - is it any good?

one friend who went there said better than the hawksmoor, but not been myself.

I went ages ago but ended up fighting with gf, stress, tears, that's all I can remember sorry.

I queued for about half an hour to get into Meatliquor and waited about the same again for my food.

It was decent. Not mindblowing, but then I'd eaten at the Peckham spot so knew what to expect.

Happy to see Pitt Cue Co getting a permanent place.

Looking forward to trying Hawksmoor Guildhall tomorrow night. Anyone got any tips on must-try sides or cocktails there?

Hawksmoor chips cooked in dripping = heavenly.

I'm really keen to try that Burger and Lobster place, too. I think it's run by the same people as goodman?

Have spent a few weeks at home/skint so not much to contribute, but fwiw I did have a wonderful pizza in the Edinburgh Brewdog whilst I was home, so I'd hope the camden one's food would be similarly good.

(Even though I don't often say much, I've missed this thread more than any other!)

if they have the tamworth belly ribs in guildhall (it's on the menu at seven dials but not shoreditch) - deffo have it. it feels counter intuitive to eat non-beef there, but you will not regret it.

it seems sadly it isn't. but yes the dripping chips (again missing in shoreditch!) is 3 times better than the triple cooked. maybe it's nonuple cooked?

mag i work for ran Hawksmoor's beef shin macaroni recipe (from the new place's tasting menu). Did have me drooling.

Thanks all. Beef dripping chips a must it seems.

if they have the tamworth belly ribs in guildhall (it's on the menu at seven dials but not shoreditch) - deffo have it. it feels counter intuitive to eat non-beef there, but you will not regret it.

― Alan Shearer (ken c), Thursday, January 5, 2012

They have Plum Pudding Belly Ribs...

http://thehawksmoor.com/wp-content/uploads/menus/GH-Dinner.pdf

yeah i tried that last time it was good but for some reason wasn't as incredible as the other one! I'm not sure why. maybe i just visited on a bad day?

have the £3 bone marrow with your steak as well - it's fatty.. i remember as a starter was a bit too big even shared..

only thing i would skip is the lobster - rather small for £17.50

never had a bad cocktail there but having looked at the menu, http://thehawksmoor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/GH-Cocktail.pdf

i had the somerset sour and the px treacle last time, px treacle was the better of the two, and a good one to have after the meal, more of a regular drink.

there are so many it's hard to tally. the one with climpsons coffee in it is amazing also, had that a few months back.

Sadly I didn't make it on Friday. My girlfriend was full of a cold so we switched our booking to this week.

Anyone eat anywhere good on the weekend?

nearly went here http://www.formans.co.uk/ but ended up in the counter cafe

wasn't over the moon about counter cafe when i went. it was tasty but for guts of a tenner i'd expect a less dainty fry-up, or just in general wouldn't want a dainty fry up.

anyone up for a london restaurants meal outing sometime this year? would be a bit of a laugh i reckon.

looks like pitt cue is open...

http://theskinnybib.com/2012/01/16/pitt-cue-co-american-barbcue-soho-london/

i would eat that

I know the Seven Stars pub just off Lincoln's Inn/within the Inns of Court pub is quite well known, but really do want to rep for its food. Went there just before Christmas, and as always I had the herring, which is probably one of the weaker things on the menu, but my friend's roast duck hash with poached egg on top was AMAZING. It was actually widgeon, and very very gamey. The Adnam's also excellent. Yes it's a little pricey, but I've had a lot worse for the same or more.

i love the shaky pete cocktail at hawksmoor. went there for the roast on sunday and it was perfect.

Not sure if this thread is coverng takeaways but there is a Japanese one at the start of Leather lane that has just opened (replacing the 'authentic' Italian pizza one) and its excellent.

I really fancy Banh Mi this weekend. Where are people's favourite places?

Any thoughts on this list?

http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/features/10293/London-s_best_banh_mi.html

I love the mackerel one at Keu.

For some reason Bánhmì11 wasn't at Broadway Market when I went last Sat. Unless it closed up before I arrived at 3pm.

Meatliquor last night. Got there just after six, the queue started about five minutes later. When we left at 7.30, it was probably over 100 people long.

Just fucking unnecessary. Either take bookings or install some kind of webcam for the queue. No-bookings policies are increasingly the choice of disgusting savages.

I refuse to go to Pitt Cue Co for the same reason, I can't be arsed trekking across town only to be confronted by a half-hour long queue in the freezing cold.

Was passing Pitt Cue Co after meeting a friend so decided to pop in. I was on my own so figured the wait wouldn't be so bad. Ended up being about half an hour.

The St Louis ribs and burnt ends mash I had was all kinds of amazing though.

I refuse to go to Pitt Cue Co for the same reason, I can't be arsed trekking across town only to be confronted by a half-hour long queue in the freezing cold.

isn't it in soho?

looking forward to trying the new pitt cue co, prob will go on a monday night sometime.

has anyone been to the admiral codrington? the chef tweets pics of their burgers that make me desperate to go there.

it's in chelsea btw...

http://p.twimg.com/Aku0ijdCIAE77wM.jpg

My girlfriend took me to the Admiral Codrington for my birthday last year solely to try that burger.

I must have gone on an off night though as my burger was burnt on the outside and cold in the middle.

I've been meaning to go back.

How are the Goodman burgers?

Been wanting to try them based on this... http://youngandfoodish.com/london/top-10-burgers-in-london/

lucky chip now in residence @ http://www.sebrightarms.co.uk/

went to honest burger in brixton last week. £7 for burger & rosemary chips. good stuff. we were early though and there was a queue building as we ate.

lucky chip at sebright has been a bit of a mixed bag imo. long waits, not an amazingly nice pub either, crappy music.

How do y'all rate the Marquis of Cornwallis. I did some time in Russell Square not long ago and enjoyed it.

Peter G. (American)

Ate two of these last night - delicious!

http://youngandfoodish.com/burgers/the-best-1-50-steamed-burger-in-london/

Anyone got any London food blog recommendations?

i read these, but looking at them now i'm not sure why...

http://londoneater.com/
http://blog.city-eating.com/
http://londonreviewofbreakfasts.blogspot.com/

also covers food stuff sometimes:

http://www.greatlittleplace.com/

lucky chip at sebright has been a bit of a mixed bag imo. long waits, not an amazingly nice pub either, crappy music.

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