157 Commercial Street
Shoreditch
London, E1 6BJ
Nearest Transport: Liverpool Street
020 7247 7392
Hawksmoor an American steak house and bar from the dynamic restaurant duo Will Beckett and Huw Gott, serving cocktails and grills in a restrained and relaxed atmosphere.
If you've never heard of S & B day on March 14 th... then I suggest you type it into google right away!
Hawkmoor seemed to the perfect choice for such an occasion. Renowned for producing the best steaks in London, we were very excited about the trip.
It seems a rather unassuming location, however, once inside the masters in the kitchen certainly know how to cook a bloody good steak! All the meat comes from the Ginger Pig 'Observer Food Monthly Producer of the Year, and is lovingly reared in North Yorkshire'.
Before you sit down to tuck into a mighty piece of beef, be sure to have one their fabulous cocktails at the bar. (In my attempts to impress Cowie with my boozy knowledge I was stiched up by the barman who made me the stongest Cuban concoction you can possibly imagine)
Read below to see what Hawksmoor has to offer...
"Dictionary thick steaks from 28 day hung Longhorn cattle, pork chops from big happy Tamworths, racks of lamb from a flock of Swaledales grazed on heather moorland, all simply cooked on a real charcoal grill."
"For our cocktail list we've scoured our library of long out of print cocktail books. We've resurrected some great long lost classics and have added some of our own, invented by our award-winning bartenders. All are made with the finest ingredients available (and a lot of love)."
Our starter arrived along with someone else's as well which we tried to send back but they were having none of it insisting that we should have it anyway because no-one else was going to eat it! I'm not the kind of man to look a gift scallop in the shell...
Our steaks were tender, juicy, charred, rare as hell and perfectly seasoned. The fat had that brilliant, slightly crisp feel to it that gives me the shivers! This couldn't be London in 2007 without having triple cooked chips in a miniature aluminium bucket! That said they were delicious, especially when supercharged with the thickest bernaise sauce I have ever eaten. It's the kind of thing that would give Oli a reason to die on the spot!
It would be rude of me not to comment on the foot perfect service. The staff were charming and couldn't have made us feel more welcome; some of the best around.
It is quite a trek, especially if you live south of the river... but its worth the trip.
When I was trying to find the Hawksmoor I walked straight past it. It's exterior is very ugly but when you get inside the restaurant is much nicer. Understated and relaxed with a small menu this is the perfect place to come if you really love your steak. The steaks are huge, tender and full of flavour. The vegetables come seperately. I took my boyfriend for his birthday and I think it is definately a masculine restaurant. Staff were friendly and helpful and the chocolate mousse is dreamy. It is expensive but worth it for a special occassion. The resturant was pretty empty at 8 but really filled up quickly.
This restaurant is for meat lovers, their meat comes from the Ginger Pig and is all organic, free range.
I was invited by clients for lunch and my advice to other city slickers is that this is only a place to dine at if you have a spare few hours.
The restaurant has quite a cold sparse feel to it & most of the tables seem to be 2 seaters. There were 5 of us and they seated us right next to the door in a draft even though the restaurant was quite empty.
Their wines start at 18 which I deem rather pricey, but as I was asked to select any wine I chose an Argentinian Malbec at an extravagent 32. When we asked for the waitresses opinion she told us she didn't fancy wine & it was clear she did not know how to pour wine.
Now onto the meaty bit of the review (excuse the pun) The steaks are huge I ordered the rib eye which is served at either 400g or 600g bearing in mind an averages ladies steak is 200g its a lot of meat. Sides are ordered separately, their speciality being a triple fried chip which equals lots of calories!! My hunk of meat was brought to the table luke warm which was annoying. When I complained the chef told her he leaves the steak on the plate to rest, if the plates were pre-warmed it may have been a different story. To have my steak slapped back on the grill would have meant it would be overcooked.
We did order dessert but after about 45min of waiting we decided to get the bill and leave, and it was at that time they decided our desserts were ready.
The meat was delicious & tender but I will not bother visiting this restaurant again. It was also a very costly meal out. I did see they had a nice cocktail lounge area.
I recently visited the Hawksmoor for a meal after a few recommendations from acquaintances. This place is on the fringe of the City and is a New York style bar and grill. We had some cocktails to start and my Jerry Thomas's Mint Julep was delicious, and very alcoholic, which is always a bonus. They have a very comprehensive cocktail menu at Hawksmoor and they all seemed very appealing. On to the food, The Hawksmoor is NY style steakhouse and that's obviously what they focus on but they do have pork chops, fish and chicken on the menu too, so probably not such a good place if you are vegetarian (I don't recall seeing a veggie option on the menu). The mains don't come with any side dishes, so you have to order those separately. I ordered the bone-in sirloin and my companion had the pork chop. They are into organic, boutique meat here and it really shows, my sirloin was perfectly cooked medium rare and tender and succulent, it had some gristle though which is more a fault of the cut than the restaurant I suppose. My companions pork chop was delicious too. The triple cooked chips that I had heard so much about were quite disappointing though - not bad chips, but not as amazing as I'd be led to expect. The baked sweet potato was delicious though, very smoky and garlicy, as was the salad. Dessert was a bit subpar too, the pastry on the Tarte Tatin we shared tasted undercooked. The bill came to around 120 for two (mains, shared dessert and drinks), so not exactly a cheap place to eat but well worth it if you can afford it.
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