Fillet Of Beef
Crafthouse

Crafthouse

70 Boar Lane 5th floor Trinity Centre Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 6HW, LS1 5DE, United Kingdom

Seafood • British • European • Vegetarian


"We 'd been meaning to go to Crafthouse for a while and finally managed it for a Sunday lunch on a blustery Sunday the offer was very reasonable compared to some prices £25 for 2 courses. We came up in the private elevator from the road a nice touch; but then were left waiting in a corridor for 5 minutes whilst staff rushed around a half full dining room, then taken straight to our seats in the bar side of the restaurant we would have had a view of Boar lane and South Leeds if the blinds across the windows hadn 't;t all been fully down I can appreciate there would have been some glare earlier in the day, but the sun had already set when we arrived and so half our view was of greige. Service was a bit 'by the numbers ' there was a set order they worked in and we wouldn 't be allowed to order food at the same time as a drink even though we were ready. Starters were OK cured salmon was tasty and well presented, though the accompanying slice of brioche looked a little mean and unevenly toasted; the prawn cocktail was very salty prawns with a limp and tired salad and not enough Marie Rose. Mains were where it all fell apart we were offered beef or lamb either well done or pink and both settled on well, as medium was not allowed; Both meats arrived rare, and though tasty were very tough and gristly cuts, with a lot of visible fat around and through the meat. Veg were OK, though didn 't;t feel particularly freshly cooked. With a (very good) rum old fashioned at £18 the total came to £76 including a 12.5% service charge. Ambiance was noisy, with some dance ish music a bit too loud for my tastes perhaps closing the door on the very noisy group in the glassed off 'private ' dining room would have helped. I 'm glad we went, but there are much better options for the price, or less don;t think we 'll return."

Northbank Restaurant Bar

Northbank Restaurant Bar

1 Paul's Walk, London, United Kingdom

Vegan • British • European • Vegetarian


"that is the bourgeois place where we are usually not common, but I liked it. many city people in suits. there was a coat room. elegant, attentive service. great view of the themes. a bottle of red house wine was at £20 and light and fresh. eating was really good. we shared the pear and blue cheese salad to begin. a good selection of leaves, among them beet leaves and frise. a tiny piece of fine fenced tored as well as the pear and blue cheese. dressing was strong with thymian, but a little on the oily side for my companion. my head was the crablinguine with a side of carburized brokkoli. broccoli was still firm, so I like it. crab linguine was quite fiery with chili and contained a lot of crabs. are they warned that this is being blown with cheese, which is a no-no in italia. a little baked, but there was salt and pepper on the table. the fish and chips of my companion were the best fish in chips in the last memory for both of us. thin crispy teig on the fish. amazingly good chips were crispy, non-fat, and inside kissed. homemade tartaric acid sauce with finely sliced wobble and capern was incredibly freshly tasted. mushy heaps were prepared with fresh heaps, not dried. so a lighter, brighter take classic fishing and chips. my gastronomic partner has praised to order this sometime. the fish and chips come with curry sauce that we asked to be replaced by bearnaise. it was nice that they didn't charge us extra for the replacement."

Spring Restaurant

Spring Restaurant

Somerset House, New Wing Lancaster Place London, WC2R 1LA, WC2E 7EN, United Kingdom

Italian • British • Vegetarian • Contemporary


"The space is really lovely. While we waited for some of our party to arrive, we sat in the tree lined atrium, which has a sky light and beautiful tactile plasterwork resembling leaf veins. The main room is also light and airy, with charming installations of drifting porcelain leaves along the walls. We came for lunch, and I imagine both rooms to be at their most attractive during daylight hours. While waiting with drinks we were served good olives and outstanding smoked almonds sprinkled with fried rosemary and coarse salt. I started with gnudi with spinach and sage butter. Nice simple sauce of lemon and butter, but I would have preferred the sage to be a little more fried so that it lost a little more astringency. Buttery sauteed spinach was delicious. My main was panfried sea bream with turnip greens, jerusalem artichokes with a garnish of cooked tomato and olive salsa. The fish was perfectly cooked with a crispy skin. The sweet sauteed jerusalem artichokes were my favourite part of the dish. Lunch was pleasant, and all the cooking was very well executed. However, besides the smoked almonds at the bar, nothing about my food was particularly exciting. Perhaps I am starting to suffer from a jaded palate. Service was knowledgeable and gracious. Although we did sense a touch of disdain when some of us ordered downmarket limoncello at the end of our meal instead of dessert."

Luscombes

Luscombes

United Kingdom, South Oxfordshire

Fish • Steak • Pasta • English


"so. for a kick-off, this place has many potentials and is a very attractive and beautifully positioned place, right at the main train of the fair mile at henley on thames. good. that said the experience of our meal was less than satisfactory. After we decided that we didn't want to start and have only preferred a main course, we were surprised that our food came out within 5 minutes after the order and was ploned before us. that's good, but what we were greeted by has given us the feeling that we were back. the 80s with a beefeater art of experience. my friends steak was floppy and looked like something from tesco for 3 pfund and her veg was overcooked and black. with young, trunk broccoli, they only need to blanche for 2-3 minutes, as they wipe very quickly. on my head. this was 4 crevettes, deep fryed with a dressing that was good; no problems there at all and a lacking 1970 style prawn cocktail with super market marie the rosesoße pressed about what had been frozen on the bed of the shrunk iceberg salad. the chips, were stacked on the side and were dry and bleeding to be honest. no taste, and they were probably too long in the many remaining ofenchips. When I came back from the gents, I found my friend who knows the very polite and young waitress that eating was not good at all. that said the ingredients were good, it was how they were cooked and presented. pretty awful. each cook worth weight white how to cook a good steak and present young veg without being floppy and crowned. then we saw the young waitress who left the owner who then went to empty us. I guess she was upset that we had complained. I understand, but this is not professional and shows a significant lack of customer service as home personnel. the barman was polite and we paid quickly. we couldn't get out fast enough."