Harden's survey result
Summary
On a quirky Shoreditch corner-site, this “relaxed” haunt offers affordable and interesting small plates, “good wine” and just the kind of “buzzy” ambience you’d hope for in these hipster environs. But for slaves to ‘Le Guide Rouge’ and their grading system there’s a problem. “It’s a really good restaurant. It’s just not a Michelin star place – its star is a distraction”. (“If this was a Michelin ‘bib gourmand’ it would be spot-on, and it absolutely deserves that sort of grade. But the star creates an expectation of something more special than this place delivers. That’s the only criticism. It is a cracking spot, but someone at the tyre place got a bit carried away”.)
Summary
It’s hard to review this funky Shoreditch five-year-old without mentioning its star from the French tyre firm – the latter setting up expectations that are not always met. Many reports do give the highest praise to its creative small plates and well-curated selection of wines. But there’s a disgruntled minority, who stumble on their feelings that it’s over-egged. (“I’m not a star chaser but I do want to have a good time, and somehow the whole experience felt a bit Spartan…”; “the food is indeed tasty, but is VERY overpriced. Is part of the problem that their Michelin star has pushed them into cramming as many tables in as possible?”)
Summary
“A favourite spot in Shoreditch” – this sassy little haunt offers fab small plates “with an affordable price-tag” alongside well-chosen wines, to provide a very “pleasurable experience”. And it’s certainly a good all-rounder. But “a Michelin star? Simply put, why?”. The team has also spun out a lockdown project into something more permanent in the form of Royale at Bow Wharf (see also).
Summary
“Perfectly executed classics with a gentle twist” and other small plates with “delicious and inventive combinations” have won foodie renown for this approachable (if “rather cramped”) three-year-old: a re-working (and not just of the name) of the same team’s original Hackney outfit, Ellory (RIP), occupying a quirky triangular site. Our reporters are a little more circumspect, and unimpressed that the venue sometimes seems to attract “the Michelin-star-chasing crowd... not what you’d want in a neighbourhood Shoreditch restaurant”.
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18 Phipp Street, London, EC2A 4NP
Restaurant details
Prices
 Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £28.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.00 |
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| Service | 10.00% |
18 Phipp Street, London, EC2A 4NP
Opening hours
| Monday | 6 pm‑9:45 pm |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑9:45 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑9:45 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑9:45 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑9:45 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑9:45 pm |
| Sunday | CLOSED |
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