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Went there a few days after it opened and FOH was Fawlty Towers level bad, so much so that I forgot what any of the food was like. Went back last month and the food was very ordinary, seasoning was way off and the rice wasn't cooked properly.

PRR is really tasty but not really the place to go for a relaxing meal with the folks, it's almost always v busy and noisy.

LOVE Il Giardino, like you say the food isn't special but the atmosphere and service are just so so good.

Franklins is great, yes.

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Toast (surprisingly classy small plates and a wine specialism, super nice and enthusiastic staff)

did a lunch interview in here recently and yes, would recommend

OH wait never mind me it was somewhere else completely

Went to Il Giardino once, not in a rush to go back because it was just bog-standard Brit-Italian and with very little effort I could do better at home. But it's good to know it's there if I can't be arsed. Service was fine, but nothing out of the ordinary.

Stet reports ace croissants and coffee from Peckham Refreshment Rooms but we won't be eating there for a while because of those high stools - not great if you're up the duff.

Totally agree about food at Il Giardino, if I hadn't been treated so well there I wouldn't be so fond. Coffee (and bloody mary's) are indeed lovely at PRR. Anyone been to the new cafe in the tunnel bit outside Rye station?

Mary's? Oh dear

Stet had sampled the new cafe's coffee, described it as ordinary.

it's amazing! they deliver through the just eat site.

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this is good to know! i've been back there a few times now with friends for beers and big plates of food. they have some interesting stuff, last time we were there the ppl next to us were eating this which looked awesome

Where is good with a private dining room these days? I'm looking to hire one for an event - c. 50ppl, good food, and the ability to clear away tables for drinks and dancing afterwards. My current favourite is the Salon at the Zetter hotel but there must be other options. Ability to carry on late is kind of essential.

went to that paolina's caff in kings x and it was bogger than bog standard, wtf yall

went to honey & co cuz of lex's review, and man SO GOOD. just loved the whole evening. will definitely be going back

also went to foxlow & that was a lot of fun as well

went to that paolina's caff in kings x and it was bogger than bog standard, wtf yall

paolina's has had new owners for a while now, sen viet is the one in that area now

in the market for restaurant suggestions in south-west now that i'm moving to battersea btw

South Asian in Tooting!

Yeah, the Keralan resto near St Georges is excellent - I forget the name, but it has/had decals in the window reading "Kerala / she is so lovely", and the food was mind-blowing.

this one? http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/apollo-banana-leaf

also i guess this when i'm feeling solvent http://www.gordonramsay.com/london-house/

I'm keen to try the Chicago-style hot dogs at Coffee Dogs in King's Cross. Also, frozen custard!

Actually, a quick google-map shows me I was talking about Sree Krisna, which is apparently next door to the Apollo Banana Leaf (at 192 tooting high street) - very fond memories of that place.

Also, the community centre near battersea park station used to serve amazing jerk chicken, though this was about 17 years ago

Not SW (though funnily enough easily accessible from Battersea) but the Anchor and Hope / Great Queen Street lot have opened up a place in Camberwell called The Camberwell Arms - similar kind of thing, shorter menu, more open-fire grilling than the other spots, the front part is still pub-like (and actually perfectly usable as a pub, in the way that A&H isn't really). I love it, it's only been open a month and we've been 4 times...

yum! might pay a visit there next time i'm at rat records. those guys have also got a great place in stockwell thats worth a visit.

Hey it looks like that coffee dogs place is making a stab at doing in actual Chicago-style hot dog, rather than calling a hot dog a "Chicago Dog" and not paying the slightest attention to the (v specific) Chicago style. Am already looking forward to hearing what my wife, a student of the Chicago dog, makes of it.

Well, they know what 'sport peppers' are so that is half the battle. My friend Sam(antha) has something to do with it, so am also going to lobby for corn dogs.

Hitting the food stalls pretty hard in Leather lane over the last couple of weeks. Thai Curries all tried so I went and had Tamagoyaki (er, omelette) and its terrific.

With bacon and vegetables too, its kind of dangerous but yummy.

That's my nearest street food (but you won't go wrong with the felafel shop). The wraps place near the el cheapo deli items stall is OMG, too.

Yeah that's next week.

I get fed at work so don't have an excuse to go that often, but <3 leather lane at lunchtime

Swear that I've had the equivalent of lunch grazing on the omnipresent CHICK schnitzel and soup samples. Think most would buy from them if they revised their prices down from £6 for a sandwich in a street where everyone else charges +/- 50p from £4.50, but until that fine day...

Tried the newly opened Q Grill in Camden today, from the guy owns The Fish and Chip Shop in Islington.

Disastrous.

We ordered from the £10 lunch menu. Then several minutes after ordering, we were told we'd be charged more than that, because the lunch offer doesn't start till Monday. Despite the lunch menu board being the first thing you see when you walk in. None of the mains come with anything, so you have to order sides. I had the southern fried chicken (£13.50) which, bafflingly, turned out to be a breaded chicken escalope. Add in some slaw and fries at £3.50 each and that was the price of a main course in a genuinely good restaurant.

re SW my Tooting recommendations have been Mirch Masala and Chennai Dosa, I'll be checking them out ASAP.

have heard from tooting/mitcham friends that the dosa is very much "a thing" there, and photographs suggest it is awesome

Srsly who needs restaurants when the wild garlic is up? Yes, there are places where it grows in central London. Made chicken Kiev last night where the internal garlic butter was made with wild garlic/green peppercorns/butter, was awesome.

not a restaurant but do any of you guys frequent/have been to the stapleton hall tavern near crouch hill? it's listed as having a pool table - is there one there? is it a good one? is it heavily used? (i.e. if i were go to there will i get a go?)

Nope, don't think it's had one since it was the Larrick.

ah ok thanks.

fullback it is then.

Is there anywhere to get a really good falafel flatbread in central London? And by that I mean the standard of any average hole-in-the-wall joint in Israel. I keep having terrible, lukewarm, soggy, underpowered stuff. Le Comptoir Libanais?

Not very central, but the place in Shepherd's Bush Market is pretty good. Ditto the place on Camberwell Church Street.

I like The King of Falafel on Judd St, but I'm no connoisseur.

I'll second Judd Street King of Falafel. Also not a connoisseur but I don't actually like Falafel, yet ate there numerous times when at uni so they must be doing something right.

There is a great felafel place on Leather Lane (look for the queue and the green/yellow livery, because I've forgotten its name) and passable felafel a little further down the street at a place called Chick.

Thank you all.

the hoxton beach falafel stall is really good - i had them at chatsworth rd market when i lived round there but i assume they can be found elsewhere too http://www.hoxtonbeach.com/index.php

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this cunt-run new restaurant opened down the road from my old house a month after i moved out, bit sad i can't boycott it in person/shoot withering glares at them every time i walk past

that's bad have you seen their apology tweets?

yeah the ones where the entire subtext is "but he was a CRIMINAL"? completely shit

i initially read that these people were owned by the same people who run pubs called the hemingway and hunter s (WHAT) in dalston - apparently they're not actually affiliated buttttt in the course of discovering this i also discovered that in those pubs, the urinals are shaped like women's mouths

fuck all these people forever