london restaurants

smdh what a horrible way to view the world

(the tweet that is)

I was intrigued about the Hunter S opening when I was working just around the corner; someone I knew went in and reported that the gents was wallpapered with p0rn. So that saved me a visit. I hadn't heard about the urinals - that's even worse. Ugh.

lol - i remember wandering into the hemingway a couple of years ago. big overstuffed, pre-distressed couches, dinners costing 24 pounds and "impossible" taxidermy "art" on the walls, all the while pretending to be a pub. the very worst, though, were the books on the mantelpiece above the faux fireplace. can you guess who the books were by? well you may have heard of him, his name was ERNEST HEMINGWAY. here are a lot of his books. our pub is called the hemingway, did we tell you that part?

the truth is that pub is named after wayne hemingway

ron hemingway

http://www.drinkfinder.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/500x500/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/1/1/111572_4.JPG

there's a place opened on warren street called "steak and lobster" which seems to do a steak or lobster for 20 quid deal.. is this a fake lobster and burger? or are related??

that picture of the cunt-run restaurant never opened for me :( what is it of?

http://www.edwardian.com/brands/restaurantbrand-en.html

This is British Soul Food - food with heart that feeds the soul.

Always fresh, always seasonal, always locally sourced, and always exceptional value. Scoff and Banter - British food the way it should be.

You’ll find Scoff & Banter restaurants in Guildford and

there's one in soho too, i like its name because it's like a big flashing alarm saying "tracer don't come in here!!!!"

Was in Sagar at the Hammersmith end of King Street on Saturday for an early dinner and left full and satisfied for not much money.

surprised steak and lobster haven't been sued by lobster and burger

oh haha that's all i talk about it seems (since 2 months ago)

http://www.spectator.co.uk/life/food-and-drink/9304542/fischers-is-like-visiting-vienna-without-having-to-go-to-austria-thank-god/

what a url

Holy shit @ that first line.

Tags: Anti-Semitism, Austria, Chris Corbin and Jeremy King, Food, London, Restaurants, Vienna

That first line o_O

http://dalstonist.co.uk/a-death-row-themed-pop-up-restaurant-is-opening-in-hoxton/

well. this is happening.

These people's mamas didn't raise them right

Yeah, was thinking Death Row Records. Kinda disappointed its not.

Every time i read Dalstonist it strengthens my resolve to move to Norfolk.

Any good new restaurants around Covent Garden for a relatively inexpensive but formal business lunch? Went to Brasserie Blanc yesterday and it was fairly awful.

i was recommended 10 cases at the weekend

I like the Green Man And French Horn on St Martins Lane - it's an ex-pub and looks like it but the food is vg (part of the Terroirs lot).

32 Great Queen Street remains my favourite restaurant in Covent Garden by a country mile, but that's not new obv.

10 Cases looks relevant to my interests. Love a super-short menu.

Excellent. Thanks!

any good places in angel these days? i always get v frustrated trying to find places in that area, but suspect that's a lack of knowledge than some kind of Angel gustatory deadzone.

Have you been to Little Georgia in Barnsbury Road? I've been meaning to go for about two years.

I haven't. This looks good for me in fact. Thanks! Will report back.

I quite like Pho - usually followed by the frozen yoghurt place Frae

thanks Bob. I'm not enormously keen on the Pho chain (if that's what it's part of). Think it stems from the time I lived close to a v good Vietnamese and on the one occasion I went to a Pho it didn't really stand up. Mentally placed them in the Strada/Carluccio's/Byron Burger level - fine in their way and useful at times but not places I'd actively seek out.

Sounds about right...on Vietnamese, has the Kingsland Road moment well and truly passed? I've eaten there in a couple of places recently and seems not as good as recent years.

yeah, other people here much better qualified to comment, but it can feel like it. the good one I was referring to was on the kingsland road - and when I started going there it was family run (cute kid running in amongst the tables), you'd see the kitchen staff grabbing the same things for their breaks that you were eating, and the broth was incredible.

then after about a year I went in one day and it was poor - watery stock and sketchy service + some ill-favoured heavies sitting where the staff had used to sit.

I liked it so much I didn't really have the heart to explore elsewhere and anyway moved out of the area soon after.

i went to sen viet last fri and it was terrific. thx lex.

Gobsmacked to see that the London restaurants blog that I follow - Cheese and Biscuits - rates the Viet Grill as the best of the Kingsland road set - "...the Viet Grill is, and always has been my own favourite" (in their latest review of the new 'Salvation in Noodles'.

This is the very one that I last tried recently and was particularly disappointed. I did have a massive case of the 'sunday sads' on a grey day- but pretty sure the food wasn't very good.

is it true that brasserie zedel gives you a 1/1.5hr time limit on your table?

that's half as much again as this place! http://www.opentable.com/hourglass-tavern

or, a new round of recommendations anyone? partic non-british food

is it true that brasserie zedel gives you a 1/1.5hr time limit on your table?

They gave one to us when we were there … but didn't enforce it (we were there quite a bit longer).

any good places in angel these days? i always get v frustrated trying to find places in that area, but suspect that's a lack of knowledge than some kind of Angel gustatory deadzone

The Pig and Butcher is really good, run by the same people as the Smokehouse in Canonbury.

The name should give you an idea what to expect.

after moving to stratford i've come to really appreciate the hackney pearl and the pizza at the white building

#bestpizzainlondon ?

certain blackheath old hand still unbeaten iirc (well I went there on monday & can confirm)

best pizza in london is peel & chimney mobile wood-fired pizza imho

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/oct/19/beast-restaurant-review-jay-rayner

If you follow the money behind the group back, it leads to some pretty interesting places.

G3org3 Bhuk0v is the face of the company but the main shareholder is M1kha1l Z3lm@n. He co-owns the company with Isk@nd3r M@khmud0v who is one of the richest people in Russia and has traditionally had very strong ties to M1sh@ Ch3rney, who is str8 gangster.

wow!

(lol jay rayner's review of the first goodman starts out like a dvd extra from red heat)