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Drinking at Oriole today and SOFUCKINGEXCITED! We want something relatively quick/cheap but delicious near Farringdon and were thinking about Apulia. Thoughts?
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angor posted:Drinking at Oriole today and SOFUCKINGEXCITED! Oh a friend of mine is playing there tomorrow and I'm planning on going along. Let me know what it's like!
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Dec 22, 2015 12:33
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DrAlexanderTobacco posted:Hey guys, Fernandez and wells does OK stuff though a bit pretentious. There's a Franco manca near there too for pizza, Hawksmoor Knightsbridge if you want to splash out. Jia on Harrington road does decent Chinese food too.
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Dec 22, 2015 14:35
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sweek0 posted:Oh a friend of mine is playing there tomorrow and I'm planning on going along. Let me know what it's like! Oriole was fantastic. I like the atmosphere there more than Nightjar. Feels a little more relaxed and open which is nice. Drinks and service are both excellent. The sharing cocktails say they serve 4-6 but we got 10 drinks out of each one we ordered which was really nice.
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Dec 23, 2015 15:24
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angor posted:Oriole was fantastic. I like the atmosphere there more than Nightjar. Feels a little more relaxed and open which is nice. Drinks and service are both excellent. The sharing cocktails say they serve 4-6 but we got 10 drinks out of each one we ordered which was really nice. Alright, thanks!  Am really looking forward to it. What drinks did you have and what stood out for you?
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Dec 23, 2015 15:49
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Mmm, Oriole was alright but not great. They didn't have a sound engineer which didn't help the band, and the service just wasn't good, at all. They did eventually give us a free round in return for the fact that they had messed up three of our 9 drinks in total. I was surprised because when we talked to the waiter, she said she's been working at Nightjar for five years. Cocktails themselves were good. I forgot all the names but we had one spectacular sharing one with dry ice which was a lot of fun, and the whisky and tobacco liquor one I had really stood out as well. Just gonna say that I do prefer Merchant House if you're looking for that kind of atmosphere, where the staff really know their stuff.
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Dec 24, 2015 10:12
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Honourable mention has to go to The Chester in Oxford. I am staying out here with my sister and we had the most epic Christmas Eve lunch; a gigantic platter piled up with steak, bubble & squeak, chips, and salad. Seriously good. I imagine some of you let get out here from time to time. Also it's really close to Oli's Thai which is rightfully getting a lot of attention at the moment because that is seriously good food. Booked out several months ahead though.
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Dec 25, 2015 12:30
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Can anyone recommend good places for lunch at equivalent price range to EAT pret or similar but is more interesting?
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Jan 9, 2016 18:50
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...what area?
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Jan 9, 2016 19:06
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I'll try and steer them, but somewhere accessible from Waterloo by walking ideally?
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Jan 9, 2016 22:44
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Maybe Wasabi..?
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Jan 10, 2016 00:07
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Pret's other brand, Itsu, is pretty drat good for a more interesting yet still alright-priced lunch.
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Jan 10, 2016 19:53
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Bollock Monkey posted:Pret's other brand, Itsu, is pretty drat good for a more interesting yet still alright-priced lunch. Pret owns Itsu? Didn't know that but not that surprised. I used to like their vegetable gyozo (gyoza?) hot pot but they changed it and I like it no more.
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Jan 10, 2016 20:55
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There's the Wahaca street food stand by the Southbank Centre which is only a short distance from Waterloo. In my experience getting a decent lunch at Eat/Pret/Wasabi/Itsu tends to add up quickly to about the same kind of price as a burrito. Edit: Also a street food market at the back of the Royal Festival Hall but I don't know what days it is open.
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Jan 10, 2016 21:55
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I've been annoyed at Wasabi since they changed their bento lunch special from 2 meat dishes with rice/noodles for £5.45 to only 1.
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Jan 11, 2016 11:18
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Out of those chains I like POD and Itsu the most I think. POD's really quite good.
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Jan 11, 2016 13:29
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Has anybody had to look for low-carb options in central London? My options seem limited to: Chipotle - bowls are pretty good and substantial, and their website has a nutrition calculator Five Guys - bunless option, again tasty and a good amount of veg Tortilla, which I'm eatting right now and really isn't as good as Chipotle Herman Ze German do a sausage and salad meal advertised as low/zero carb Pret have maybe two salads with low carbs Are any of the salad places like Pure worth trying as opposed to getting salad and meat from M&S or Tesco? Even that seems pretty limited , so many of the salads are bulked out with pasta.
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Jan 11, 2016 14:18
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Again POD and Itsu for that kind of stuff. Out of the salad places I quite like Tossed. I've tried 5 Guys' bunless option and thought it was pretty awful. Wrapping a burger in bland icecold lettuce leaves... ugh. GBK's bunless options are much better. Also Tortilla is better than Chipotle.
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Jan 11, 2016 14:21
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Chilango do a salad version of their burritos that's really good. Just, you know, £6-7 a pop.
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Jan 11, 2016 14:55
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I thought Itsu was mostly fairly high carb, all rice dished and noodles? What's a good order from Tortilla because I just had a chicken bowl and it seemed small and tame compared to the same thing for about the same price at Chipotle. With Five Guys I've been taking the bowl option, don't know if that's better, wrapped in lettuce never appealed to me. So you get a bed of onions and green pepper, good amount of lettuce if you want it, hot sauce on the meat, I like it. I'll try Chilango, I think there's a new one near here, and Benito's Hat who I don;t think do online orders. And I've seen I think GBK or Honest burgers bunless options recommended before.
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Jan 11, 2016 15:13
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BizarroAzrael posted:Chipotle - bowls are pretty good and substantial, and their website has a nutrition calculator Also comes with added E. coli and norovirus...
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tentish klown posted:Also comes with added E. coli and norovirus... Only in the States, thankfully.
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BizarroAzrael posted:I thought Itsu was mostly fairly high carb, all rice dished and noodles?
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Jan 11, 2016 17:43
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The best part about the Five Guys bunless burger is that it's carb free, but it feels like cheating, even with bacon and cheese.
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Jan 11, 2016 18:04
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I miss working near an Abokado for lunch options. The salmon teriyaki rice edamame salad was the best.
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Jan 21, 2016 10:24
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Anyone been to Fera, Simon Rogan's restaurant? Is it worth the not-inconsiderable cost?
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Jan 21, 2016 10:59
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peanut- posted:Anyone been to Fera, Simon Rogan's restaurant? Is it worth the not-inconsiderable cost? No but we went to Roganic when it was open and it was pretty amazing.
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Jan 21, 2016 11:32
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Quite impressed with Leon at the wharf. Was getting bored of Eat and Birley. Nice lamb kofte wrap lunch and very decent banana cinnamon porridge breakfast.
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Jan 21, 2016 19:32
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ineptmule posted:Edit: Also a street food market at the back of the Royal Festival Hall but I don't know what days it is open. Its open Fridays (and the weekend - but what the hell are you doing in Southbank at the weekend, Londoner!) In the other direction, Cubana does a decent Cuban street food lunch which is around the same price as an EAT.
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Jan 21, 2016 20:26
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Steakandchips posted:Quite impressed with Leon at the wharf. Was getting bored of Eat and Birley. Do you work on the wharf? I'm there Monday to Friday. Found any other decent places?
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Jan 22, 2016 19:41
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Onion Rings posted:Do you work on the wharf? I'm there Monday to Friday. Found any other decent places? Aye, I do. Hazev at South Quay, amazing turkish food.
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BizarroAzrael posted:I'll try Chilango, I think there's a new one near here, and Benito's Hat who I don;t think do online orders. And I've seen I think GBK or Honest burgers bunless options recommended before.  And then hate yourself. Also, Nandos is another option for low-carb. Can't go wrong with a whole chicken.
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Jan 26, 2016 23:54
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I'm waiting for the Brewer Street one to open. Happy enough with Chipotle even though I have no idea how so many carbs get into guacamole.
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Jan 27, 2016 13:07
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I went to The Delaunay on Sunday night and it was very good, would recommend. I'd also suggest putting Zedel on the map as well (if anyone still maintains it) since its very much in a similar vein although a bit cheaper and not quite as fancy. Still its a pro place to take someone on a date, or someone who is visiting from out of town.
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Feb 3, 2016 16:28
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Zedel is a proper gem imo, it's one of the best places in the city. Lovely space, nice atmosphere, cheap but decent food and you can usually just walk in.
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Feb 3, 2016 16:48
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I see Murakami on St. Martin's Lane has closed already, just as I went to try it for the first time. 
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peanut- posted:Zedel is a proper gem imo, it's one of the best places in the city. Lovely space, nice atmosphere, cheap but decent food and you can usually just walk in. :facepalm: I walked past that nearly every day for the last 4 years and always assumed it was just another tatty chain.
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Horse Clocks posted::facepalm: I walked past that nearly every day for the last 4 years and always assumed it was just another tatty chain. I was really hoping I could keep that quiet... Yeah, it's great down there and easily missed, I've taken dates to Bar Americain for cocktails and had a great time. People just think it's a little coffee shop or something walking past. Not eaten in the Brasserie yet though.
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Apparently you need to keep an eye on your bill as lots of random poo poo you didn't order get tends to get put on it.
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GiantAmazonianOtter posted:Apparently you need to keep an eye on your bill as lots of random poo poo you didn't order or get tends to get put on it. I've been a ton of times and so has my family and no one has ever had this problem
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