Black & Blue are a specialist steakhouse, offering a range of sirloin and T-bone steaks as well as burgers and salads. Catering for vegetarians is also provided.
After nearly 3 months of not seeing some of my best friends we decided to have a boys all night out in London Bridge to go to Shunt Vaults. But being 3 hungry boys we went to Black & Blue to get our protein fix in the shape of juicy steaks. As Evi mentions, Black & Blue is a franchise with restaurants across London. From the outside B&B looks modern, clean, and even trendy. Without any reservations we were told the wait would be about 45 minutes. We ordered a few beers and let the conversations flow, and before we knew it our table was ready. We decided to skip starters and each go straight to a 280g of Sirlion steak. I ordered mine rare, the way meat is meant to be ate ;-) It was delicious, tender, tasty, and well cooked. The fries were chunky, tasty, and slightly crunchy. The service was prompt and efficient. Now you may wonder why I'm not giving it 4 stars or even 5 stars. Well as mentioned the venue is modern and even trendy, the service was good, and the food quite tasty, but like most chains it lacked that distinct character that makes non-chain places unique. It was a great night, and we had loads of fun catching up and exchanging crazy stories... hope not too many people heard us ;-)
Black and Blue Steakhouse is a franchise with restaurants in Borough Market, Glousester Road, Notting Hill, etc. It is a guaranteed place for a nice steak or lamb. Alongside the well-cooked and tasty meats this place offers, it is also nice that they always bring you an abundance of raw vegetables or roasted peppers, etc to accompany the large steaks. There is an exciting wine selection and the environment is very relaxing and spacious. The staff is extra attentive too.
Frozen Chips! What a cheek, I was aghast when my 20 fillet was served up accompanied by a scattering on greasy fat frozen chips. For that much money the least they could do is cut up their own potatoes. The steak was pretty avarage too, staff were in different, and our cheese board dissapointing. Other irritants included a steak knife to eat with that was almonst the size of a carving knife, it was cumbersome and blunt, or was that £20 steak just too tough? The wine was ok but overpriced, our large bottle of water appeared and was a miserable 50cl worth. There was no toilet paper in the loo! Need I say more? Avoid this place like the plague. If you want a decent steak go to Smiths of Smithfield.
Having read reviews on other branches of this steak house I was eagerly anticipating making a visit to their Borough restaurant. However was disappointed that I couldn't book a table (apparently it's their policy not to take bookings of anything less than a "group", whatever that means). I do understand that making a booking for a restaurant equals turning up on time, and so was disappointed when 4 of us arrived 7.15 on Tues night, to be told that the wait was 45-50mins!! My fellow diners convinced me to hang around, however after 65mins we were almost ready to walk away, only to be shown to a table after a few evil stares at the "maitre d" (who really needs to be shown the ropes of such a role). Anyway the food - the steak was good, service not bad either, but in hindsight would I have waited 65min for what we got? Probably not.
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