Quirks of London and other Greater London, United Kingdom Restaurant Reviews

Restaurant Name: Small and Beautiful

Cheap, awesome food and great service

Favorite Dish: The steak!

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Theme: Eclectic/International
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: Kilburn High Road, Kilburn
Directions: Come out of the Kilburn Underground Station, turn right, walk down the high road until you walk under another railway bridge. Small and Beautiful is right beneath it.

Restaurant Name: OXO Tower

A great place to go if you have no budget or if someone else is paying! Like all expensive places to eat the food is superb and the experience of going there is sublime! It's totally silver service but probably not as expensive as The Ivy or China Whites. And the great thing about it is, the views of London are fantastic!

Favorite Dish: The John Dory (fish) was excellent! So delicious! I was amazed they were even selling it as New Zealand John Dory. It was £45 but it just the best I have ever tasted! Amazing to think they had flown this fish from NZ to London to sell in a fancy restaurant when back home this fish is used in just about every fish and chip shop in NZ!!

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Theme: Eclectic/International
Comparison: more expensive than average
Prices: US$41 and up  » Currency Converter
Phone: 020 7803 3888
Address: Barge House Street, London, SE1 9PH
Directions: Nearest Tube Temple, then walk across the bridge to the south side of the river. Look for the big tower with OXO in red lights.

Restaurant Name: Nandos!

Nandos is a chain restaurant doing quite well in London. Having been a regular customer I can only sing it's praises. As far as fast food and take away food is concerned, this place is the only place I go! It's a Portugese themed restaurant but owned and started in South Africa many years ago.
You'll find them pretty much everywhere in London although I haven't seen it in the central city. There are branches in Shepherds Bush, Earls Court, Finchley Road O2 centre, Kilburn, Canary Wharf, Fulham, Ealing, Richmond... Everywhere.

Favorite Dish: They basically serve grilled chicken but in many different ways. My favourite being - in a pita pocket, with salad, cheese & pineapple. This comes with a devine mayo & Peri peri sause (the house speciality) which can be made as mild or as extremely hot as you like.
I haven't yet made it up past the medium stage as yet...
They also cater for vegetarians with salads & rice dishes.

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Theme: Other
Comparison: less expensive than average
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: Everywhere - it's a chain
Directions: Look at the website below and you can find your nearest branch.
Website: http://www.nandos.co.uk/

Restaurant Name: Vinopolis

I went here for a friends Hen night and it was really nice. Unfortunately I wasn't feeling that great but the food was nice and the wine tasting was fantastic!
You can hire a wine professional to take you through three reds and three wines (more if you are prepared to pay more), then you get a three course meal for around £55 - which is steep I know but it's kind of worth it.
We had our tasting and dinner in the Cantina which is slightly cheaper than the main restaurant but just as nice!

Favorite Dish: The wine tasting was the best. The guy who took the tasting was very funny, charming and knew his stuff. Having not ever been though a tasting before it was extremely interesting and the wines were sensational. They do try and push you into making a purchase but we politely said no - since the cheapest bottle was about £22!! I usually don't spend more than £7! But it was something different for a saturday evening.

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Theme: Eclectic/International
Comparison: more expensive than average
Prices: US$31-40  » Currency Converter
Phone: 020 7940 8333
Address: Vinopolis, No.1 Bank End, London, SE1 9BU
Directions: The nearest station is London Bridge (Jubilee and Northern Lines). Take the Borough High Street West exit to top of stairs, turn right into Stoney Street, first left into Park Street and follow the road round to the Vinopolis main entrance

Restaurant Name: SHISH

There are a couple of these restaurants in London and although it's on the expensive side, they do have some nice food on the menu.

Favorite Dish: Eveything that I've had tried is pretty good. I have to say though that I have only been in the Willesden Green branch - not the Shoreditch one.

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Theme: Middle Eastern
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$11-20  » Currency Converter
Address: Willesden Green Tube
Directions: Turn left out of the tube station and cross the road (keeping on the left). Shish is on the corner.