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Heddon Street Kitchen

Heddon Street Kitchen

3-9 Heddon St, Mayfair W1B 4BE, W1B 4BS, London, United Kingdom

Meat • Cheese • Cocktail • Modern Cuisine


"The problem with having an eponymous restaurant Mr. Ramsey is that when your staff mistreats its customers, it reflects poorly on you. The horrible service would have been comical had we not been celebrating a birthday and career accomplishment. The waiter rudely chastised us for not listening when he asked who wanted sparkling water and who wanted still, seemingly having complete amnesia from our order just 5 mins earlier. When we casually shuffled the waters to the right person, he offered, unsolicited, it is not my fault you received the wrong waters, you weren 't listening. Our jaws hit the table. Later, we attempted to smooth over Watergate by explaining that we could not hear him in the loud restaurant (he seemed to only mouth his words instead of vocalize them). He responded you can 't expect me to raise my voice. Why yes, that 's exactly what we expected. We ordered burgers (two medium rare and one medium well) and fish and chips. After we said medium rare, he seemed to mouth the words medium well but we couldn 't actually hear him, he was still mouthing words and our lip reading skills were not up to task. Oddly, our food arrived less than a minute after we placed our order and when we inquired of the food runner which were medium rare, he responded, with condescension that they were all medium well and the restaurant was not licensed to serve meat any other way. What a surprise. The bottoms of the buns were complet lt soggy, indicating that they had been prepared long before we ordered them. Had it just been bad food, we might not have sworn off future visits to your restaurants. However, the fact that the staff felt unapologetically entitled to berate us is something that we can 't get past. That behavior comes from the top. Badly done Mr. Ramsey. Badly done indeed."

Hammer & Tongs

Hammer & Tongs

171 Farringdon Road London, EC1R 3AL, United Kingdom

Bbq • Meat • Bars • Fish


"I love a restaurant meal you can not reproduce in a house kitchen, provided that your house is not equipped with a wood burning smoker.At the time we order was cape malay curry fish from the small bite menu. chops of fish, crushed and fried and served in a delicious curry sauce that had the sweet of dried fruits as well as some acidic tang. the seasoned on the menu were curcuma and coriander, but I think I also tasted kumin. the strange thing was that this dish was served cold. if I were trying to get this back home, I would serve it warm. all our BBQ elements arrived simultaneously. I think I would have preferred a slower progress of tapas-style service, with crooked who arrive as they are ready. from the sommees or spears my companion reported his curry lamb as tasty, beautiful on the outside and delicate on the inside. I had the spit consisting of three head on besties that were skinned on a bed rucola and desecrated and served. nizzaer blackening rub added a bitter contrast to sweet meat, but the taste of prawn. did not flood our larger dishes were spiced chicken wings and pork. the pork ribs had fallen so tenderly from the bone that they could easily be eaten with a knife and fork. I loved the marinade that was only subtle sweet and sour, not as in her face american bbq saucen. chicken wings were also great. very thin skin with subcutaneous fat, although grilled instead of deep fried. meat is still succulent, so every temperature they use to achieve both large skin and meat is perfect. the spicy dry rubbing was not based on sweet for aroma.Sides were also amazing. first we thought the roasted potato had been boiled with meat drops because they were so tasteful. apparently they were steamed, oiled and finished in a smoker. perfect texture with crispy outside and fluffy interiors. I thought the seasonal greens of the roast brokkoli was also amazing. they were also steamed, oiled and finished in a smoker. exceptionally aromatic.br/> we have taken to end a few foods after home that they have no problems packing in a collection container. the house red was pleasant and affordable at £23 a bottle. server were efficient and knowledgeable about eating. I want to try back and more of the menu. in the month juli 2019 offers hammer and tongs 50% discount on eating. with the discount we paid £50 for our meal including service, but would have been happy to pay the full price. the only dish I wouldn't order again is the cold fish curry starter."