Paprika
Room 43

Room 43

43 Lavender Hill, London, United Kingdom

Meat • Seafood • Chicken • Cocktail


"We came to Room43 after reading lots of positive reviews, and found the food descriptions particularly appealing. Our first impression was positive, as it felt quite cosy inside, and one particular waiter was very energetic. This waiter made us some cocktails which were delicious. That said, things went downhill from there. It took quite a while before the other waiter decided to take our food order. We ordered eight dishes between the two of us, as these are small plates. Eight was slightly too many I'd suggest 3 dishes per person should be enough. Our main issue was the flavours of the dishes, which were severely lacking. The salmon and the chicken had seemingly no herbs or spices on them as they tasted like plain baked salmon and chicken. The okra and lamb stews, and the smoked aubergine starter all tasted like tinned tomatoes and nothing else. The calamari was decently crispy but, again, lacked flavour and the pieces of actual seafood were quite small in comparison to the amount of batter. The lentil and mango salad had too many lentils and too little else once the mango was gone, we were eating plain lentils with no dressing or flavour. Finally, we are pretty sure the vine leaves are in fact the Asda vine leaves, which taste fine, but the mark up was quite substantial. Overall, we were expecting a flavour explosion based on the menu descriptions, but we in fact just had a disappointingly bland meal. My boyfriend also thought the music was a touch too loud for a dinnertime slot maybe a post dinner performance, from say 9pm, would be more appropriate, or a pre dinner cocktail performance from 5 7pm. In any case, don't have loud music on when people are trying to converse over dinner. We also found it a little odd to have a jazz band there as the ambiance and decor in the restaurant do not feel suited to a jazz band it's not a very opulent venue."

Grill Market

Grill Market

293 Fulham Road, London, SW109PZ, WC1X 8PG, United Kingdom

Bbq • Cafe • British • Mediterranean


"by esin huseyin the grill market could feel a greasy airflower serving dripping burgers - they will be glad to know that this is not another burger review. the grill market was reopened recently after a month of renovation, so I decided that it was the perfect time to drive to holborn and see what it was about. it led a small debate between me and koray, as though the place a “handful”, eating for us justified more of a restaurant vibe, and they will find out why. well, I really went past this place, quite possibly because I am not normally a holborn girl, but I think mainly because grill market is very used with its shopfront and color palette. large windows on both sides of the building to create a lot of natural light, as well as the use of wood, metal and gray – it created a clean and friendly environment. the open kitchen and seating opportunity, created a warmer environment, and even allows them to be a bit more involved in the food – they can see what is being prepared, and the smells from the kitchen entice them. As I said, it is all quite neutral – but the fun and the color is injected through their food. I want to say that in the hour or so that I was here, this place had a constant flow of people, and even had a squeeze to most of my time there. it may be because I visited during the midday hours, but in any case it was a good sign – there were even calls of people in “Oh, it’s changed here...” concerning me when they can keep regular customers in a city that constantly grows and expands, they my friend, earn a medaille. grill market has a few menus to choose from; breakfast, lunch and salad. I decided of course for the lunch menu and decided to go a little light with a mixed salad and fresh hot halloumi from the grill. before I ordered, my exact words were “I am not much salad man...” – I was wrong, so wrong, that I will eat my hat halloumi. now a little more about the salads, here were the selections I had to choose: tomato, broth, red planks, caps, roasted paprika basilikum. chickpeas, mais, korrian, early on onions harissa dressing. cous cous, quinoa, bulgian weiz, roasted courgette, minze, feta pint nuts. kale, bon, hazelnuts, with an orange ingwer dressing. carrots, white red cabbage, green paprika, vinage I would be here for age groups if I went into detail about each individual salate – but there were some that I loved more than others. the cous cous was my favorite; the note of feta and mint that came through were amazing, and super refreshing. the salat that had actually brot was really incredible – now this brot was actually wet from the dressur used, and wet brot is usually a huge artpas. in the word of the child; it was not a “No no no no no no”, but it was a huge “yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes” moment. if they don't know this reference, I'm old. the contrast between the hot eating from the grill and the cold salad – simply worked. they are not the first to do this, but I feel that the choice of salads they have used was not only original, but honestly, it would be something for everyone. if they are in a little hurry, they can also take it away in a box that is good for the location, as it is mainly office space around holborn. the salads were all freshly made on this day, and they could taste that the salads were still crispy! salate tends to go a bit meh when it sits in his dressing for one because. and the one thing to mention that the salads all change once in a because, so they will never look bored – we are quite trying to get back to a few weeks! this week it was a Persian lamb flat brot. nom. there are many reasons why I enjoyed my visit and would go back; the friendly mood of the place (they were even old j, I know that I said this in another review on the other day, but they come up. , friendly staff (they even knew their ancestors well, good eating, but also the fact that they don't rely on their food alone because it regularly changes. that is for me success, not to mention, if they can make me eat a plate of salad and be full of it, it is worthy of assessment. for our non-food-related reviews and functions or updates to the reviews we have published here on zomato, please visit our website."