Latest reviews in West Brompton, London, United Kingdom

Mr Wing - by AliZebu

AliZebu — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:41:45 +0000

Review by AliZebu

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7370 2624

'Mr Wing' is the ONLY Chinese restaurant worth visiting in Earl's Court.

The food is on a par with 'The Good Earth' & 'Royal China' restaurants with a character all of its own.

It is fairly expensive and you are paying for the atmosphere and decorations such as the waterfall but for a treat it is worth.
You could always take-away your favourite dishes as, trust me, they will be easily better than their local competitors.
They also deliver via 'Room Service' for an addtional fee.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!'Mr Wing' is the ONLY Chinese restaurant worth visiting in Earl's Court.

The food is on a par with 'The Good Earth' & 'Royal China' restaurants with a character all of its own.

It is fairly expensive and you are paying for the atmosphere and decorations such as the waterfall but for a treat it is worth.
You could always take-away your favourite dishes as, trust me, they will be easily better than their local competitors.
They also deliver via 'Room Service' for an addtional fee.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

No. 10 Restaurant - by AliZebu

AliZebu — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:34:07 +0000

Review by AliZebu

Rating: 3.00

Phone: 020 7373 7000

Tags: chinese, vegetarian dishes

I went here after being informed 'No. 10' was a decent Chinese restaurant of the few scattered around Earl's Court.

I found it disappointing as it was closer to the inferior quality places in Chinatown for food.
The Char Siu was fatty and had an unpleasant aftertaste (not MSG!) and the rice & noodles were merely adequete.

The atmosphere inside is very nice and relxed and service is commendable. I really wish the food was up to standard as I liked everything else.

I was hoping my first visit was a bad day but a subsequent take-away of different dishes was just as lacklustre.

The prices are more expensive then most of the chinese cheapies in Earl's Court and the place itself is pleasant but the food is sadly the same.

'Mr Wing' remains the only Chinese outlet in Earl's Court I have found worth visiting.I went here after being informed 'No. 10' was a decent Chinese restaurant of the few scattered around Earl's Court.

I found it disappointing as it was closer to the inferior quality places in Chinatown for food.
The Char Siu was fatty and had an unpleasant aftertaste (not MSG!) and the rice & noodles were merely adequete.

The atmosphere inside is very nice and relxed and service is commendable. I really wish the food was up to standard as I liked everything else.

I was hoping my first visit was a bad day but a subsequent take-away of different dishes was just as lacklustre.

The prices are more expensive then most of the chinese cheapies in Earl's Court and the place itself is pleasant but the food is sadly the same.

'Mr Wing' remains the only Chinese outlet in Earl's Court I have found worth visiting.

Exhibition Court Hotel 4 - A very nice hotel by antilope83

antilope83 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:51:15 +0000

Review by antilope83

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7370 2414

Website: http://www.exhibitioncourthotel.co.uk

The hotel is in a very beutiful area, within easy reach of 2 metro stations, the Earl's Court and the Gloucester Road. It's managed by affable and helpful people, The rooms are not so big but very comfortable and have all you need, even the phon and the iron with its ironing board! The cost for a day is not very expensive comparative to other hotels (also in worse areas),
Very recommended!!!The hotel is in a very beutiful area, within easy reach of 2 metro stations, the Earl's Court and the Gloucester Road. It's managed by affable and helpful people, The rooms are not so big but very comfortable and have all you need, even the phon and the iron with its ironing board! The cost for a day is not very expensive comparative to other hotels (also in worse areas),
Very recommended!!!

Hache Burger Connoisseurs - Hache svp by misssaigon

misssaigon — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:11:55 +0000

Review by misssaigon

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7823 3515

Website: www.hacheburgers.com

Tags: american, good value, lively

A burger place with buzzing atmosphere, great staff and no rush. The Hache chefs gave us the most amazing halloumi side, followed by a Hache burger mexicain - delicious salsa and cooling guacamole. Plus a pale rose wine that at Â£12.95 we thought was a real bargain. Plus we could actually book - it's near Sophie's Steakhouse where you can't.A burger place with buzzing atmosphere, great staff and no rush. The Hache chefs gave us the most amazing halloumi side, followed by a Hache burger mexicain - delicious salsa and cooling guacamole. Plus a pale rose wine that at Â£12.95 we thought was a real bargain. Plus we could actually book - it's near Sophie's Steakhouse where you can't.

Santa Lucia - love this place! by filippa

filippa — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:06:13 +0000

Review by filippa

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7352 8484

Tags: italian, good value, lively

Wonderful, friendly, cosy atmosphere with an authentic Italian feel, really buzzy without being sloppy. Excellent food, promptly served, at reasonable prices for this part of LondonWonderful, friendly, cosy atmosphere with an authentic Italian feel, really buzzy without being sloppy. Excellent food, promptly served, at reasonable prices for this part of London

The Gourmet Oriental - Bad Food by ulibka

ulibka — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:19:36 +0000

Review by ulibka

Rating: 1.00

Phone: 020 7351 1714

Tags: healthy food, delicatessen, rare finds

I was very disappointed with my order. Although it arrived right on time the food was of very poor quility. Spring rolls were very greasy and my noodle dish tasted like mush. I don't recommend this take away.I was very disappointed with my order. Although it arrived right on time the food was of very poor quility. Spring rolls were very greasy and my noodle dish tasted like mush. I don't recommend this take away.

606 Club - great club by neilwaller

neilwaller — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:57:25 +0000

Review by neilwaller

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7352 5953

Website: http://www.606club.co.uk

Tags: jazz, live music, club

my local club...a massive night out...see you there frimy local club...a massive night out...see you there fri

Embargo - Embargo - a new era, a new club by jesstaylor

jesstaylor — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:21:57 +0000

Review by jesstaylor

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7351 5038

Website: http://www.ponana.co.uk

Tags: cool, friendly, trendy

I was lucky enough to get an invite to Embargo this week and I have to say there's a new kid on the block for the Kings Road set...or should I say a new, stylish, grown up and cool, kid on the block.

So, lets talk about my two favourite things, rum and dancing. The drinks menu was impressive, I would advise kicking off with a red berry rum martini, now I've given you a tip you have at least 20mins to decide on your second choice and believe me it will take you that long to get through the list (lots of goodies on offer). Dancing, well what I can say, except, multicoloured lit up dance floor...need I say more?! OK, I shall, it's fun, the music was a cool, old school, hip, vibe, something for everyone, not sure if that's a constant, but I hope so as it could have been my iPod playlist - except it was put together in a much better flow.

OK, one final note and this could be the clincher - the outside terrace. A haven for the long lost smoker or a relaxed place to chill, cool off and energize before hitting the sparkly dance floor.

Have a great one!I was lucky enough to get an invite to Embargo this week and I have to say there's a new kid on the block for the Kings Road set...or should I say a new, stylish, grown up and cool, kid on the block.

So, lets talk about my two favourite things, rum and dancing. The drinks menu was impressive, I would advise kicking off with a red berry rum martini, now I've given you a tip you have at least 20mins to decide on your second choice and believe me it will take you that long to get through the list (lots of goodies on offer). Dancing, well what I can say, except, multicoloured lit up dance floor...need I say more?! OK, I shall, it's fun, the music was a cool, old school, hip, vibe, something for everyone, not sure if that's a constant, but I hope so as it could have been my iPod playlist - except it was put together in a much better flow.

OK, one final note and this could be the clincher - the outside terrace. A haven for the long lost smoker or a relaxed place to chill, cool off and energize before hitting the sparkly dance floor.

Have a great one!

The Electric Beach - Nice by BorisJohnson

BorisJohnson — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:08:38 +0000

Review by BorisJohnson

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7937 1492

very goodvery good

Chutney Mary - Fabulous Food. Romantic. 'Indian' but not curry. by Angella

Angella — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:43:15 +0000

Review by Angella

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7351 3113

Website: http://www.chutneymary.com/

Tags: indian, romantic, expensive

For his birthday, son wanted to eat Indian, but a local everyday place would not be exciting enough, which set us a challenge. We wanted somewhere special. On line we found the famous Chutney Mary's and booked it. The food, decor and prices all exceeded my expectations.

Wonderful food full of flavours such as rose. Spinach which tasted fresh, not like it was cooked five times. Splendid refreshing fruit sorbets.

Menu constantly changing. Not what I'd planned after reading on line. (Which was duck and apricots, followed by a date and walnut kulfi.)

Cocktails and Drinks
Interesting cocktails. My drink, cardamon cooler, vodka, strawberries and cardamon, was entrancingly pink. With a sophisticated black bent straw.

It was only 100 ml. In a champagne glass. That didn't last long. And it was half filled with ice. So I added water to get the benefit of the drink's dregs and make it last the whole meal. Servers kept trying to sneak it away but I stayed alert and kept demanding it back.

Vodka and strawberry with three thin slices of fresh strawberry.

It's years since I've had a cocktail with fresh strawberry in the drink as opposed to sitting on the rim so you are afraid to touch it in case you look too desperate and greedy.

It's easy for a restaurant to afford a slice of strawberry when strawberries are plentiful in UK summer, or as now, in spring, almost in season - somewhere in the world giving a greenhouse forced hard, tasteless strawberry.

In Singapore you get fresh fruit cocktails all year, whether at a cheap roadside stall or a grand hotel.

I remember having strawberries in a strawberry daiquiri at a Quality Inn South of Washington DC in the 1980s. I passed it on the motorway coming in from Virginia years later and yearned to stop. Here at Chutney Mary's the joy of the cocktail was not strawberry but the totally new experience of the crunchy cardamon.

I think I'll remember the Chutney Mary cocktail years later as well.

The food is everything you could want. Delightful to read the menu, dishes wonderful to look at, tastes divine, different from every other meal youâ¬"ve had, inventive, colourful, memorable, fresh and healthy. The duck was great and the accompanying sweet potato. Lamb with mash was more-ish.

Desserts
I had the 'degustation' combination dessert, of three items, mango panacotta, choclate fondant and rose sorbet. Prettily presented. The chocolate was full of flavour with a hot melting centre. What looked like creme brulee was not as good but melting. The sorbet was wonderful. I loved the rhubarb sorbet, and the mango.

The Baked Alaska was a small tall castle. Not large. Granny ate the lot, so I never got to try it. She refuses to eat Indian and doesn't like curry or spices but she was quite happy. She liked the sliced duck and baked alaska though she'd have preferred a sweet wine.

I filled in their form and gave them ten out of ten for food.

Service
Service nearly there. Only nine out of ten for service. Knowledgeable. Polite unobtrusive warmth from the men. Quiet women servers. Not the jollity of Italian waiters at an Italian restaurant.

But probably suitable for those on expensive accounts who don't want distractions. Also ideal for jealous wives and girlfriends who don't want their menfolk chatting up anybody else.

My complaints were: They put a candle on my sonâ¬"s dessert but brought it up when I was away from the table. They should have waited until I came back because I didn't see it nor get a photo of him looking astonished and happy at his birthday candle.

The server took a photo and stepped back to get us all in. A really smart photography-wise person will take two photos in case somebody shuts their eyes. Besides people tend to look awkwardly anxious with fixed grins in the first photo but relaxed and happy in the second.

Romantic
Candles provide romantic dim light. No distractions from others. You don't hear a word from other tables. Total privacy.

The circular conservatory where we sat was lovely at night. Gleaming wood. Thirty pot plants around the edge. A tree in the middle sheltering you overhead so you are not overlooked by the block of flats at the back.

Candles provide a romantic atmosphere. Admittedly we nearly burned our hands, our sleeves and our menus three times as we passed the birthday cards and menus across. But the candle design with oil inside a cube looks as though it's meant to be safe and can't spill.

Prices
High. We were paying about £150 for four for a birthday. I could have had a mango lassi for under £4 or one of several wines by the glass, none sweet, but opted for an unusual cocktail.

The restaurant offers set menus about £20 or £22 but little choice. About three options in each section and if you are allergic to shellfish and don't want vegetarian you have only one choice. However, if you want to go for the atmosphere, or eat there regularly, that's a good option.

I could not see the price of coffee. The coffees were listed in a line. I might have opted for a cheaper coffee, or known they were all the same price. I was distracted from my conversation by puzzling over this.

It's a legal requirement to tell customers prices and not make it up at the end and shock them into ordering something they can't afford or consider poor value.

What they should tell you:
Steep stairs, a challenge to those of us in high heels, and no lift. Granny, aged 92, made it down. And up. If she had gone downstairs and then wanted the cloakroom immediately I would have been concerned.

Toilets are at the top of the stairs to the right of the entrance. It may be built on a slope. The main restaurant is basement from the front stairs. But the projecting conservatory seems to be ground floor. Maybe it's basement with a view of the sky.

Toilets were spotlessly clean. One of the few places where you felt that the rolls of toilet paper outside the protective wrapper were not gathering dust on the surface.

Clever divided doors. Such a good idea. Solves a problem which was bothered me for years. Enables you to get into a cubicle without one large door blocking the area diagonally when you open it.

A second dispenser, of moisturizer, would have been welcome. And a flower display. However, the effect was very elegant and clean.

Will I go back? Can't wait. Dad was already saying he wants to go there on his birthday.

For a change of venue they have about four sister restaurants all in central London, Covent Garden and so on. We went to Veeraswamy's years ago and thought the decor was unusual but it was overpriced with indifferent food. However, if it's under new ownership and could be up to the standard of Chutney Mary's, definitely worth a trip and a try.

This branch is near Kensington. We took a wrong turn and arrived late. But the restaurant is large and we had no trouble getting a table on a Monday evening.

Granny was impressed. When she'd been a teenager her mother had always taken her for tea to classy places, so she knew how to behave with the best people, she told us twenty times.

Parking
If you book about 8 pm you arrive after the congestion charge has ended. The sofa inside the entrance enables passengers to wait in comfort while you fetch the car. I think there's a yellow line outside, maybe because you are approaching a bridge. Our driver said he parked in a street nearby.For his birthday, son wanted to eat Indian, but a local everyday place would not be exciting enough, which set us a challenge. We wanted somewhere special. On line we found the famous Chutney Mary's and booked it. The food, decor and prices all exceeded my expectations.

Wonderful food full of flavours such as rose. Spinach which tasted fresh, not like it was cooked five times. Splendid refreshing fruit sorbets.

Menu constantly changing. Not what I'd planned after reading on line. (Which was duck and apricots, followed by a date and walnut kulfi.)

Cocktails and Drinks
Interesting cocktails. My drink, cardamon cooler, vodka, strawberries and cardamon, was entrancingly pink. With a sophisticated black bent straw.

It was only 100 ml. In a champagne glass. That didn't last long. And it was half filled with ice. So I added water to get the benefit of the drink's dregs and make it last the whole meal. Servers kept trying to sneak it away but I stayed alert and kept demanding it back.

Vodka and strawberry with three thin slices of fresh strawberry.

It's years since I've had a cocktail with fresh strawberry in the drink as opposed to sitting on the rim so you are afraid to touch it in case you look too desperate and greedy.

It's easy for a restaurant to afford a slice of strawberry when strawberries are plentiful in UK summer, or as now, in spring, almost in season - somewhere in the world giving a greenhouse forced hard, tasteless strawberry.

In Singapore you get fresh fruit cocktails all year, whether at a cheap roadside stall or a grand hotel.

I remember having strawberries in a strawberry daiquiri at a Quality Inn South of Washington DC in the 1980s. I passed it on the motorway coming in from Virginia years later and yearned to stop. Here at Chutney Mary's the joy of the cocktail was not strawberry but the totally new experience of the crunchy cardamon.

I think I'll remember the Chutney Mary cocktail years later as well.

The food is everything you could want. Delightful to read the menu, dishes wonderful to look at, tastes divine, different from every other meal youâ¬"ve had, inventive, colourful, memorable, fresh and healthy. The duck was great and the accompanying sweet potato. Lamb with mash was more-ish.

Desserts
I had the 'degustation' combination dessert, of three items, mango panacotta, choclate fondant and rose sorbet. Prettily presented. The chocolate was full of flavour with a hot melting centre. What looked like creme brulee was not as good but melting. The sorbet was wonderful. I loved the rhubarb sorbet, and the mango.

The Baked Alaska was a small tall castle. Not large. Granny ate the lot, so I never got to try it. She refuses to eat Indian and doesn't like curry or spices but she was quite happy. She liked the sliced duck and baked alaska though she'd have preferred a sweet wine.

I filled in their form and gave them ten out of ten for food.

Service
Service nearly there. Only nine out of ten for service. Knowledgeable. Polite unobtrusive warmth from the men. Quiet women servers. Not the jollity of Italian waiters at an Italian restaurant.

But probably suitable for those on expensive accounts who don't want distractions. Also ideal for jealous wives and girlfriends who don't want their menfolk chatting up anybody else.

My complaints were: They put a candle on my sonâ¬"s dessert but brought it up when I was away from the table. They should have waited until I came back because I didn't see it nor get a photo of him looking astonished and happy at his birthday candle.

The server took a photo and stepped back to get us all in. A really smart photography-wise person will take two photos in case somebody shuts their eyes. Besides people tend to look awkwardly anxious with fixed grins in the first photo but relaxed and happy in the second.

Romantic
Candles provide romantic dim light. No distractions from others. You don't hear a word from other tables. Total privacy.

The circular conservatory where we sat was lovely at night. Gleaming wood. Thirty pot plants around the edge. A tree in the middle sheltering you overhead so you are not overlooked by the block of flats at the back.

Candles provide a romantic atmosphere. Admittedly we nearly burned our hands, our sleeves and our menus three times as we passed the birthday cards and menus across. But the candle design with oil inside a cube looks as though it's meant to be safe and can't spill.

Prices
High. We were paying about £150 for four for a birthday. I could have had a mango lassi for under £4 or one of several wines by the glass, none sweet, but opted for an unusual cocktail.

The restaurant offers set menus about £20 or £22 but little choice. About three options in each section and if you are allergic to shellfish and don't want vegetarian you have only one choice. However, if you want to go for the atmosphere, or eat there regularly, that's a good option.

I could not see the price of coffee. The coffees were listed in a line. I might have opted for a cheaper coffee, or known they were all the same price. I was distracted from my conversation by puzzling over this.

It's a legal requirement to tell customers prices and not make it up at the end and shock them into ordering something they can't afford or consider poor value.

What they should tell you:
Steep stairs, a challenge to those of us in high heels, and no lift. Granny, aged 92, made it down. And up. If she had gone downstairs and then wanted the cloakroom immediately I would have been concerned.

Toilets are at the top of the stairs to the right of the entrance. It may be built on a slope. The main restaurant is basement from the front stairs. But the projecting conservatory seems to be ground floor. Maybe it's basement with a view of the sky.

Toilets were spotlessly clean. One of the few places where you felt that the rolls of toilet paper outside the protective wrapper were not gathering dust on the surface.

Clever divided doors. Such a good idea. Solves a problem which was bothered me for years. Enables you to get into a cubicle without one large door blocking the area diagonally when you open it.

A second dispenser, of moisturizer, would have been welcome. And a flower display. However, the effect was very elegant and clean.

Will I go back? Can't wait. Dad was already saying he wants to go there on his birthday.

For a change of venue they have about four sister restaurants all in central London, Covent Garden and so on. We went to Veeraswamy's years ago and thought the decor was unusual but it was overpriced with indifferent food. However, if it's under new ownership and could be up to the standard of Chutney Mary's, definitely worth a trip and a try.

This branch is near Kensington. We took a wrong turn and arrived late. But the restaurant is large and we had no trouble getting a table on a Monday evening.

Granny was impressed. When she'd been a teenager her mother had always taken her for tea to classy places, so she knew how to behave with the best people, she told us twenty times.

Parking
If you book about 8 pm you arrive after the congestion charge has ended. The sofa inside the entrance enables passengers to wait in comfort while you fetch the car. I think there's a yellow line outside, maybe because you are approaching a bridge. Our driver said he parked in a street nearby.

Troubadour Cafe & Deli - The Real Deal by pixie1

pixie1 — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:40:12 +0000

Review by pixie1

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7370 1434

Website: http://www.troubadour.co.uk

Tags: lively, cosy, cultured

There are so few places in London with this kind of genuine atmosphere. The place is literally brimming with character. Just sit back with one of their delicious cocktails and lap it all up. The menu has plenty of familiar staples like burgers and fish cakes but it all seems good quality and our dinner was pretty good. Yes it's busy and crowded but it's fun and that's what it's all about here. There's a great little music venue downstairs too where you can catch unsigned bands. We'll be back!!There are so few places in London with this kind of genuine atmosphere. The place is literally brimming with character. Just sit back with one of their delicious cocktails and lap it all up. The menu has plenty of familiar staples like burgers and fish cakes but it all seems good quality and our dinner was pretty good. Yes it's busy and crowded but it's fun and that's what it's all about here. There's a great little music venue downstairs too where you can catch unsigned bands. We'll be back!!

Shaukat & Co - by Shemirani

Shemirani — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:24:26 +0000

Review by Shemirani

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7373 6927

fantastic fabric shop in kensington. hard to believe the stock of liberty fabric they carry.fantastic fabric shop in kensington. hard to believe the stock of liberty fabric they carry.

Organic Pharmacy - wonderful by acelle

acelle — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:01:54 +0000

Review by acelle

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7351 2232

Website: http://www.theorganicpharmacy.com

Tags: massage, aromatherapy, herbal treatment

Every time I go into Lloyds I end up spending at least an hour and way too much money there. A selection of weird and wonderful products with fascinating exotic names that you wouldn't find in your local boots! This place is magic. I am aware that it is a bit odd to refer to a pharmacy in such terms, but for any beauty enthusiast, check it out and you will be charmed.Every time I go into Lloyds I end up spending at least an hour and way too much money there. A selection of weird and wonderful products with fascinating exotic names that you wouldn't find in your local boots! This place is magic. I am aware that it is a bit odd to refer to a pharmacy in such terms, but for any beauty enthusiast, check it out and you will be charmed.

La Pappardella - Little Italy by MartaZ

MartaZ — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:01:56 +0000

Review by MartaZ

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7373 7777

Tags: italian, lively, romantic

aaahhh, La Pappardella....

There's nothing I can say that can give their food justice...

I've known La Pappardella for years, though I haven't been there for a while, until recently, where my husband and I decided to celebrate our 1st wedding anniversary.

So we went there full of hopes for a delicious, romatic evening. And such evening we've had.

We were greeted by two of their staff and even though we have booked a table, they gave us a free choice to sit wherever we wanted. The restaurant is small but they do have some sitting downstairsin and in the back garden in the summer.

We've ordered a nice bottle of white wine. The choice on the menu is endless. Anything from pasta through risotto to pizzas and salads. We started off with grilled prawns and carpaccio. Now, I'm not a big fan of sea food, but I scoffed up almost all of my husband's starter. Carpaccio: tender and full of flavour.

For main, my hubby chose risotto. That was the biggest plate i have seen while eating out. It was rich and creamy with fresh chicken and tender veg.

I went for a lobster spaghetti. A bit extravagant, but it was a special occasion and I just wanted to compare London's lobster to the one we had in St Kitts. Well, I was not dissapointed. A huge plate of pasta (though it was slightly over-cooked and i like mine a bit tenter) in a rich, fresh tomato and a hint of a chilli sauce and there, on top, lay the lobster in its full glory: cut in quarters. It was delicious and... messy.... I never had to "play with tools" like this before, as previously I had my lobster shelled. But it was so much fun to get dirty.

Ice-cream based desserts were the perfect finish to a lovely meal. At the ned, we received complimentary shots of lemon flavoured liquor.

3 course meal for 2 with bottle of wine and service we have paid £75 which is an absolute bargain for the quality of food and service you'll receive in return.

I love that little place and we just keep coming back for more.

Buon apetito!aaahhh, La Pappardella....

There's nothing I can say that can give their food justice...

I've known La Pappardella for years, though I haven't been there for a while, until recently, where my husband and I decided to celebrate our 1st wedding anniversary.

So we went there full of hopes for a delicious, romatic evening. And such evening we've had.

We were greeted by two of their staff and even though we have booked a table, they gave us a free choice to sit wherever we wanted. The restaurant is small but they do have some sitting downstairsin and in the back garden in the summer.

We've ordered a nice bottle of white wine. The choice on the menu is endless. Anything from pasta through risotto to pizzas and salads. We started off with grilled prawns and carpaccio. Now, I'm not a big fan of sea food, but I scoffed up almost all of my husband's starter. Carpaccio: tender and full of flavour.

For main, my hubby chose risotto. That was the biggest plate i have seen while eating out. It was rich and creamy with fresh chicken and tender veg.

I went for a lobster spaghetti. A bit extravagant, but it was a special occasion and I just wanted to compare London's lobster to the one we had in St Kitts. Well, I was not dissapointed. A huge plate of pasta (though it was slightly over-cooked and i like mine a bit tenter) in a rich, fresh tomato and a hint of a chilli sauce and there, on top, lay the lobster in its full glory: cut in quarters. It was delicious and... messy.... I never had to "play with tools" like this before, as previously I had my lobster shelled. But it was so much fun to get dirty.

Ice-cream based desserts were the perfect finish to a lovely meal. At the ned, we received complimentary shots of lemon flavoured liquor.

3 course meal for 2 with bottle of wine and service we have paid £75 which is an absolute bargain for the quality of food and service you'll receive in return.

I love that little place and we just keep coming back for more.

Buon apetito!

O'Neill's - Good way to start off your night out by MartaZ

MartaZ — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:06:27 +0000

Review by MartaZ

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7244 5921

Tags: cool, relaxed, food

As any other O'Neill's, this place is no different: jolly, loud and packed! Good basic food, drinks and great music on Friday and Saturday nights> You're bound to have a great timeAs any other O'Neill's, this place is no different: jolly, loud and packed! Good basic food, drinks and great music on Friday and Saturday nights> You're bound to have a great time

Rossopomodoro - Loved it by thelightstudios

thelightstudios — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:06:26 +0000

Review by thelightstudios

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 020 7352 7677

Tags: italian, good value, romantic

We had a great meal here
love from all the
Light Studios
We had a great meal here
love from all the
Light Studios

Nikita's - Excellent Ruski Standard! by Jimbos

Jimbos — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:18:11 +0000

Review by Jimbos

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7352 6326

Website: http://www.nikitasrestaurant.co.uk

Tags: romantic, takeaway, crowded

I went to Nikitas with a friend. We were both impressed how stunning the place looks with lots of candles and pretty bits and pieces - very cosy and welcoming. We first sampled a few yummi Vodkas at the bar and then went downstairs for our meal. I must admit I was a bit apprehensive about the food (I had some below average food in a well-known London Russian Restaurant some years ago) but needn't have worried. Although the choices for me as a vegetarian were rather limited, the Blini starter and Mushroom Stroganoff main were utterly delicious. We were served by friendly and attentive staff and really had a great night out. I can't reccommend Nikitas highly enough!I went to Nikitas with a friend. We were both impressed how stunning the place looks with lots of candles and pretty bits and pieces - very cosy and welcoming. We first sampled a few yummi Vodkas at the bar and then went downstairs for our meal. I must admit I was a bit apprehensive about the food (I had some below average food in a well-known London Russian Restaurant some years ago) but needn't have worried. Although the choices for me as a vegetarian were rather limited, the Blini starter and Mushroom Stroganoff main were utterly delicious. We were served by friendly and attentive staff and really had a great night out. I can't reccommend Nikitas highly enough!

Mona Lisa - Italian by Blodwyn

Blodwyn — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:52:46 +0000

Review by Blodwyn

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7376 5447

Tags: italian, lively, breakfast

Good Italian food staff very helpful three course for about £8.95 on blackboard or £12 to £15 with drink and a coffee used by Taxi drivers staff spanish closes @ 10pm most nights

8 out of 10Good Italian food staff very helpful three course for about £8.95 on blackboard or £12 to £15 with drink and a coffee used by Taxi drivers staff spanish closes @ 10pm most nights

8 out of 10

Sophie's Steakhouse & Bar - excellent by T_leaves

T_leaves — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:56:24 +0000

Review by T_leaves

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 020 7352 0088

Tags: american, lively, tasty

Loved it. came here with our British Friends and had a fantastic time. Highly recommended to ay Americans Heading to London, England.Loved it. came here with our British Friends and had a fantastic time. Highly recommended to ay Americans Heading to London, England.