Please click below to listen to my review of the relaunch of the Balls Brothers in Mayfair. Good solid food in a drinking establishment.
Be aware the place was pretty loud – it was very busy early on and later the lights went down and the music up.
Worth dropping by after work, but not a place for a special trip. The wine list was a touch disappointing, very predictable and nothing by the glass that jumped out as interesting.
Photos below!
Outside Menu
Bar Menu
Main Menu
Duck Liver and Foie Gras Pate
Egg & Asparagus
Scotch Egg
Chicken Schnitzel
Chicken Schnitzel
Beef Burger
Chicken Breast with Beans, Chorizo & Butternut Squash
Please click below for my podcast review of Foxlow Soho which opened recently and had a soft launch with a 50% off food deal
I had a lovely meal here. The squid for starter, and the fried chicken and chicken burger were really excellent. The lamb was really good as well – I love salt marsh lamb. We had issues over the amount of time it took us to get our mains, though they know why it happened and it’s something they can address. Less good was my friend’s steak, which was not very good to start with, and came out over-cooked. They made up for it in spades though, with free drinks, a replacement main course and a new steak.
We didn’t get to try the desserts, but the cocktails were good. I had a Tom Collins, which I think could have been a bit sweeter and lemony-er. The others I had a sip of were really excellent.
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Upstairs in the restaurant, the bar
Upstairs in the restaurant – the view out of the window
Downstairs in the restaurant
The Menu
Deep Fried Calamari with devilled mayonnaise
Rare breed spare ribs with green slaw
Rare breed spare ribs with green slaw
Chicken Burger with Bacon, Fries and a curiously big hand!
Please click below for the Sakagura Piccadilly Restaurant Review Podcast where I try out the Lobster Ramen in conjunction with Shoryu and a couple of other dishes.
I enjoyed the ramen, but thought it was a little expensive at full price, especially when you can go to Tonkotsu or Bone Daddies just a few minutes’ walk away.
The duck yakitori was lovely, especially with the sweet plum sauce counterbalanced with the sharp lemony spice rub. Also good were the pork gyoza, which were well cooked and delicate in flavour. I’m not sure that it’s as good as Roka, considering it’s about the same price, but it’s not too far away.
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Please click below for the Stoke House Victoria Review Podcast. Recommended – the food was good and I like the carvery layout. The hot sides were good, but the cold sides were only ok.
