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Hix Oyster and Chop House

Hix Oyster and Chop House

36-37 Greenhill Rents London, EC1M 6BN, United Kingdom

Beer • Wine • Steak • British


"After a long weekend of Chester we explored and booked this restaurant. This was our first time here and booked it on a Sunday for 4.30, when Sunday lunch ended at 5. Arrived at 4 for happy hour Oysters who were good. They showed that they were busy, so they sat on a small table, just before the bar, as no other tables were laid. However, there was no Sunday noon 3 course set menu so I tried to order the pork stall. No ****! I chose a steak and my wife had fish and chips. Drinks were ordered first, but after I finished my 6 Oysters, I remembered the staff that drinks were not delivered to the table. only 10 people in the restaurant. The food was good. The atmosphere was bad as my wife and I were sitting in an empty restaurant. At the end of the meal, the waitresses sat at the bar to eat. Sad to see one of the employees eat a roast meal! On THIS experience today, the rating is low. At the time we booked, we should have been informed on the website that Sunday noon is available until it is gone. We also felt that we were more of an inconvenience at that time in the late afternoon. What I would have liked /expected to pass from a restaurant of this standard was more than “perturbable about it”, a kind of customer service that would have made a compromise or a small offer, like a 3 course set dinner as expected, but perhaps pay a little more depending on what main was ordered. In no way did we feel an important customer."

Oldroyd

Oldroyd

344 Upper Street London, N1 0PD, United Kingdom

Wine • Cheese • British • European


"The restaurant is small, the tables are small, they serve in small plates style... but they are all big on flavour and quality! We squeezed into our little corner table and managed to devour a couple plates of food in between the catching up! Who says bloggers only focus on the food?! The pork belly and pea croquettes were an excellent way to start the meal, though simple they were simultaneously meaty and light, and quite delicious. We also enjoyed the special of sardines on toast with a tangy chutney type sauce, the lamb and almond meatballs were not at all stodgy as meatballs can be, and came in a fantastic romesco sauce which I would happily pour over everything. Including the crisp and skinny courgette fries. The highlight of the meal was the cornish crab tagliarini; so much crab flavour packed into this plate... it was creamy, the tagliarini was soft and light... I probably could have eaten the whole thing on my own if I'm being really honest. As we were too busy chitchatting, we'd forgotten that Oldroyd only give you 1.5 hours at your table... so get those plates rolling in thick and fast. We'd run out of time... but the staff were really lovely about our faux pas and moved us into the two seats at the tiny bar so we could have dessert. The chocolate mousse was absolutely worth teetering precariously on those stools for (as a shorty, bar stools are not my friend... . We only really scratched the surface of the menu so will be back again for some of the more meaty, richer dishes perfect as autumn and winter roll round!"