london restaurants

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.

― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Monday, 6 February 2012 23:26 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

dammmmn

I quite like this guy.

Ate two of these last night - delicious!
http://youngandfoodish.com/burgers/the-best-1-50-steamed-burger-in-london/
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haha i rememeber eating this before - was very good value for £1.50!!

went to the sebright for a friend's b'day the other week, was STARVING and looking forward to some lucky chip. got there just after nine and they'd just closed the kitchen. despite having an entire room booked out for a party. was so annoyed. and so hungry.

their customer service is a bit lacking imo. great burger though, and i appreciate the pickle

also, i am kind of over this whole post-meatwagon burger burger burger fixation. burgers are great but there is other food as well.

burgers are kinda shite tbh.

OMG THE BURGER BACKLASH HAS BEGUN

burgers are kinda shite except when they're amazing, which is p much the point of the burger burger burger fixation.

i am not over it, obv.

well i am on record as saying that it doesn't take much to make a great burger - good bread, good meat, it's not fucking rocket surgery - so why lucky chip need approx 15 minutes per order is beyond me

reaaaaally all london needs is an mf'ing in-n-out burger

Just had very good chicken soup with matzah balls, followed by a hot dog with sauerkraut at the Deli West 1. Probably not as frighteningly authentic as they claim, but the quality of the food was good. Wd like to try Kosher Roast as well, currently in Kensal Rise I think.

the burger fixation won't end while people still have to travel to get a decent burger, same as craft beer won't end as a big hype till you can get it everywhere.

i prob was a bit harsh upthread, others may disagree about sebright, i wouldn't warn you off it by any means but i dunno, i think i like the little netil yard, roll on summer for some burgers and ipa there...

i was in paris at the weekend and went to quite a few places i'd read about/researched, gotta say i was mostly disappointed.

the thing that got me most excited all weekend was a tea shop: http://www.dammann.fr/index.php

my entire room smells of rooibos oriental tea right now. they have an "autumn/winter collection" of tea.

ok london restaurants crew the sun is out and we want to sit out by the riverside in a nice pub garden

anyone ever been to 'the ship' in wandsworth?

or the docklands maybe? the captain kidd in wapping has good riverside patio but the food is terrible

i know some good places even further out into the burbs but don't want to travel too far

The Prospect of Whitby has the same awesome terrace/mediocre food problem as the Captain Kidd. There's a good one across the river in Rotherhithe whose name completely escapes me (it's not the Mayflower).

Whenever I go out west by boat there appear to be about 10 of them out near Hammersmith and most of them look good, although may well be packed.

The Old Brewery in Greenwich isn't directly overlooking the river but it has a big outdoor area and the food and beer are both fantastic, Meantime brewed on the premises etc. Also you could move along to the Cutty Sark and its big riverside cobbled terrace after.

Also The Gun out near Canary Wharf is meant to be excellent, never been in though.

The Grapes in Limehouse had great fish and chips last time I was there (last May). Delia Smith and David Owen were eating upstairs.

That doesn't surprise me at all, The Grapes is owned by Ian McKellan.

The Narrow in limehouse is alright, haven't eaten there but it's a Gordon Ramsay joint so you'd hope for good things.

Plenty of recommends round Dalston here but anywhere that hits around Cafe Oto at all that anyone can think of?

Had dreadful meal in the Narrow. Poor service, waiter kept trying to flog the specials it was embarrassing. It's in a good spot though.

xp there are a handful of really nice turkish grill places around the shacklewell lane junction (where stoke newington rd becomes kingsland rd) if that doesn't feel like too much of a shlep. Number 19 Bos Cirrik is particularly good.

yeah the best places in dalston are mostly the turkish ones (mangal is the "classic" i guess but cirrik and stone cave are good too) (and somine is a 24hr lifesaver if you find yourself around there in the early hours - a friend swears by the lentil soup as a hangover dodge tactic). the shanghai is good too, closer to cafe oto - people rarely talk about it when talking about good chinese places in london but it's excellent

LMNT on queensbridge rd is ok too

Erin Cave (with the big Eye on the front) down by the Rio is also amazing.

I'm not sure why I'd want to eat by the river - not if the river was the Thames!

Cleanest urban river in Europe etc etc. I heard that once. No idea whether it's true.

I've been trying to eat out less recently, mostly as an attempt to reduce personal lardiness. Nevertheless we've hit some good places the last few weekends:

RSJ - in behind the South Bank Centre. Really very good modern European business, nothing trendy but nothing shy of delicious, the £20 prix fixe was remarkably good value.
Azou - tagine restaurant in the odd hinterland where Hammersmith becomes Chiswick. The bread sticks in my mind, but the fish tagine was great too.
32 Great Queen Street - Covent Garden sister resto of the Anchor and Hope, with a similar (maybe slightly longer?) menu, i.e. totally great. Takes bookings, meaning avoiding the scrum to get into A&H.
Zeret Kitchen, in an unpromising concretey corner of Camberwell. They're incredibly friendly and nice in there, and their set meal ("Zeret Surprise", although they tell you what you're going to get) is genuinely the best value meal I've had in ages: £16.95 for two people. We arrived hungry and couldn't finish, massively enjoyed all of the food. I can't recommend this place enough.

(Zeret Kitchen is an Ethiopian restaurant btw.)

The Thames is pretty clean, it's just naturally muddy.

mud is not clean