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The White Swan

The White Swan

108 Fetter Lane, City of London,Westminster, United Kingdom

Fish • Meat • Steak • Cheese


"meanwhile through a busy week, I decided to be a little bit cheeky by jumping off the work for a few hours. a quick text to my friend and a finished customer meet later, I was on the way to a lazy lunch. we heard the buzz over the recently reworked white swan at chancery lane. herr flavour and I were once regular and could not wait to see the new version. Unfortunately for him he was gone on the business and let the ladies explore in his absentness. this former irrigation hole was historically a popular hot spot of the fleet street pressebrigade before it turned into a posh pub and dining room. now again opened as pub and cophouse, the natives are already in the waiting line to come. at the entrance were the delicious aromen from the dining room to sue us up. rule number one of the lazy lunches dictates, however, that a frecher g t has to be consumed before eating in a sleepy manner. gin is something that the white **** has in full! our sophisticated bartender led us to a Hendrick ginn, served long and chilled with a gurkenband. this is the point! the new chophouse theme was certainly well received. past are the white tablecloths and wallpapers, replaced by trendy exposed bricks and deep wooden tables. this beautiful room is available for private rental and would be a great place to impress your friends or colleagues. the menu consists of pub favorites, cuts from British finest meat and fresh fish from south coast day boats and British fishing ports. if mr. flavor had been here, he would have made a beeenstock for the 45-day white park sirloin with béarnaise and large chips. we believed a little easier. the salt baked celeriac, blue monday cheese and kale salat with chestnuts was divine and flavored with a beautiful earthy seasonality. my friend ordered iron age ‘Pick and Brunch’, pickles and English senf, which came in the form of a terrine. I could not resist helping me to a greedy unhappiness. the albarinho was certainly a suitable partner for following the fishing nets. fluffy fishcake with fertile tomatenrelish were mouth-watery crunchy and bursting with terribleness. I had never ordered gurnard before and his fleshy texture was beautifully complemented with braided fennel. the big chips were absolutely crushed and let us dessert without room. as much as I enjoy a girly lunch, it is time like this when I miss my pretty man and his inexorable appetit. a quick espresso later I was moved back to the office with an earlyling in my step and a very satisfied little bit. I cannot expect to introduce my customers into this wonderful new venue, which is available for 7 days in the week."

Paternoster Chop House

Paternoster Chop House

Warwick Ct., Paternoster Sq., City of London EC4M 7DX, EC4M 7LS, United Kingdom

Wine • Steak • Drinks • British


"Please take this review seriously, because the management team won 't. In summary the food was extremely good but took so long to arrive that a McDonalds burger would have been just as welcome, and the enjoyment of the food was compromised. The efforts to make amends at the restaurant were extremely poor, hence no hope of them taking this seriously Visited on a Saturday evening over Valentine 's weekend, and it was pretty quiet, maybe 11 tables occupied, which it was why it was so surprising that we had to wait so long for food. We ordered main course only, and in the meantime watched another couple (that arrived after us) getting served their starter and main course before we received our food. After serving the other couple their main course something seemed to click with the waitress because she came to our table and reassured us our food would be here soon. When it finally arrived, it came with 2 sauces that we hadn 't ordered because the food had taken so long ... personally I would have ordered the sauces if I wanted them so this was of no interest to me. The food was very good but by this time we were so hungry that the quality of the food was pretty much lost on me. When a different waitress came to collect the plates and I mentioned the long wait she said it was because we 'd ordered chateaubriand which needed 30 mins.... ok, except we 'd waited over an hour. She then spoke to 1st waitress and we were given a complimentary tiny pastry tart each (the size of a £2 coin) because of the long wait. Every table was asked if they were happy to pay the 13.5% service charged when settling their bill, but unsurprisingly we were charged it without given the option to refuse to pay it. It 's not the cheapest place to eat, but as long you don 't turn up hungry and are ok to wait, then you should have a better experience than us."