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New Avenue Grill – Brad’s Evaluation

28 December 2012 in General

&nbspOnce once more Andre has made a decision to choose a venue five minutes wander from his office. Sadly for me this indicates it is an&nbsp1:thirty&nbspcommute for me to get to the selected pub. Andre chose a fancy bar in the city called McQueen. It was packed total of bankers. Not only did I have a massive commute, I also received to the bar ahead of Andre….. Gary was at the venue initial (as common), so we started out with the regulatory pint to get the events underway. Ultimately Andre arrived, adopted by Stacy. Warren appeared to feel because he was leaving to go on four months of travel, he could just not pitch up for pre-drinks (exactly where do his priorities lie)? Andre hailed a black cab, which was quite great with just 4 of us, as we normally have to combat for the solitary flap down seats so we never the to squeeze into the three seater. The cabbie dropped us off exterior the Liverpool Avenue Station.&nbsp

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Andre walked us just throughout the highway and a minor way down New Avenue. There exactly where three wonderful dining establishments in a row, a wine bar, a fish bar and of training course the New Road Grill. When we arrived the supervisor at the doorway knowledgeable us that our table sadly was not ready however. This by no means goes down well when you have 5 hungry fellas truly eager to taste check the steaks at our disposal. They nevertheless recovered nicely by strolling us two dining establishments down to the wine bar and provided us with a no cost bottle of crimson although we waited. Lastly they came and known as us to our table which was now prepared. We went into the grill which was properly introduced and had a french grill truly feel to it. We have a excellent cubicle table in the corner to have a wonderful watch of the routines likely on inside the rest of the cafe. My ranking for venue is = 7.
The menu provided a wonderful option of steaks with a number of dimensions options. Some other dining establishments tend to offer you a much better dimension array as this menu both offered 350g or 650g and absolutely nothing amongst. My rating for menu is = six.five.

The 1st paid bottle of wine was the Thelema Merlot 2009. A South African &nbspwine I have not actually tried using and will ned to remember for foreseeable future drinking. For subsequent bottle of the evening was a Malbec, the Lagarde 2009. I did not genuinely have significantly of this as by this phase I experienced previously experienced two pints and a handful of eyeglasses of wine (currently being our 3rd bottle for the evening). It sounded like the other men favored it however. My score for wine is = 7.

We rapidly realised why our table was not prepared, as they took eternally to occur and get our order for our meals and then they took above 45 minutes to deliver the meals. I feel currently being a new restaurant, they are nevertheless operating out their processes among the flooring and the kitchen area. For each and every service mishap we had, they accommodated generously, nevertheless we would just favor to get better assistance. My rating for waitress is = three.

I purchased a 28-day aged 650g West Region Black Angus rib-eye (the huge male on the menu). The other men all went modest, so I shared it out right after I had experienced my fair talk about (almost certainly about 500g well worth). My steak was quite very good. I find the rib-eye in no way fails. It is usually the steak of the night. Stacy yet again acquired brief changed…. celebration because of to him being in the bathroom when the steaks arrived…. and Gary swopping the steaks (as they requested the same lower). His steak was very well done even although it was requested as medium unusual. Stacy was hessitant to send it back due to politeness and anxious it might consider an additional 45 minutes. They recognised his return, turned it all around fairly rapidly and made a great steak for Stacy. After once more, accommodated the very poor support by not charging us for the steak. My score for steak = seven.five.

And lastly worth was really very good at £56 for each head. However this was with a free of charge bottle of wine and a totally free steak. It almost certainly would have arrive out at typical in contrast to other top rated London steak venues. My rating for price is = six.
Steak – 7.5 * five = 37.five
Venue – seven
Menu – six.five
Waitress – three
Wine – 7
Price – 6
Full – 67

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New Road Grill – Gary’s review

25 December 2012 in General

Organising a frequent place in the diaries of all 5 Steak Club associates present similar logistical difficulties to that of hoping to herd cats. Its been a fantastic 12 months for Steak Club, but one in which we’ve struggled to meet up with with sensible regularity given how busy everybody has been this calendar year. So Andre warrants specific thanks (if possible in the form of a ideal shooter – not to be mistaken as a strafdop although) for getting one more Steak Club organized so quickly after the final one particular. This was particularly essential presented that this would be the previous Steak Club for 2012, and the last one particular for a although for Wassie who’ll be travelling South The united states for the subsequent 106 days.
There has been some discussion as to regardless of whether we’ll enable Wassie back again in to Steak Club on his return (as it turned out, constraining the number to several associates in the taxi did result in a exceptionally more comfy journey!). Warren didn’t do himself any favours by not arriving at pre-drinks boasting that the pet ate his email or some other bizarre excuse and had to fulfill us at the venue. To be truthful to Warren, Andre did organize pre-drinks at a extremely out of the way venue, becoming McQueens in Shoreditch.
Venue 7
Our table wasn’t all set when we very first arrived at New Avenue Grill, so the manager invited us to their wine bar a pair doorways down from the restaurant and comp’ed us a very good bottle of wine (Domaine Santa Duc Gigondas 2010). Its never the greatest situation when your booking stops up getting considerably delayed, but the totally free bottle of wine was a extremely good gesture even though.
Right after really some time we had been ultimately seated in a great booth (however a small on the cosy aspect for five), inside the grillhouse. Its quite dimly lit, which produces rather an intimate but stylish ambiance which worked effectively with the dim wood and leather-based seating.
Menu 6
New Grill Road is not going to have the widest variety offered but all the classic cuts are on supply, with sensible sizes available in every. There have been broadly two main types of steaks: grass fed 28 working day aged &amp corn fed 40 day aged.
Steak six.5 * five = 32.5
I made a decision on a medium uncommon Rib eye (corn fed, 40 working day aged) and in doing so made a cardinal error in purchasing the same meal as Stacy (a male who hasn’t usually had the greatest of luck with his steak club foods). When the steak arrived, there was a clear blend up in Stacy’s order and mine (i.e. Stacy experienced been presented a marginally even bigger steak) – Stacy experienced gone to the bathroom at the time so I took the chance to correct the scenario. Sadly, this joke backfired a bit when Stacy returned and minimize into his new steak to locate it was entirely overdone (in the meantime, my “new” steak was completed to perfection!) – I experienced obscure stirrings of what I have subsequently been educated is acknowledged as “guilt”. Thankfully, the steak really was fairly tender and tasty so it was probably well worth it…
In a pleased ending, Stacy was able to ship his steak back and received a much greater cooked alternative on the property – even though I’m sure I even now owe him a beer or two -)
Waitress two
It is a massive drop from the heady days of the Large Straightforward for Andre with no waitress supporting us. Actually its been a while considering that we’ve obtained a waitress at all – really very poor display from the steak restaurant sector! The assistance was a bit slow (although there possibly wasn’t considerably the waiter could do to speed alongside the cooking area), so not considerably to give a rating on.
Wine 8
Wine is a single region you’d count on New Road Grill to do actually effectively in offered their wine bar and we weren’t let down.
The 1st wine (Domaine Santa Duc Gigondas 2010) was the no cost bottle at the wine bar and was an awesome start to the evening, adopted by one more great in the Thelema merlot 2009 (even though regrettably this time we had to pay…). The third wine was a Lagarde Malbec 2009 which I consider was a good wine (although issues were starting to get a minor fuzzy at that stage of the evening!
Price 7
£57 a head worked out pretty effectively – assisted out by a free of charge wine bottle and Stacy’s steak which we weren’t charged for. Rather good worth for a fantastic evening!
Venue seven
Menu six.5
Steak 32.5
Waitress two
Wine eight
Worth seven
Whole = sixty three
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New Avenue Grill – André’s Critique

21 December 2012 in General

More by luck than style the previous 2 steak clubs I have hosted have not essential me to get on public transport to get to either pre-drinks or the steak property. Apologies to Brad because this meant a 1.five hour traipse throughout London from South West London. The Bar, McQueen, was also not the most accessible but primarily since I didn’t want to give away the venue to very easily, despite the fact that, I see that it is currently outlined on Google maps on steak dining places, which practically expense me!

Somehow there was time for 2 Guinesses at pre-beverages even though we waited for Wassie who created some excuse about not obtaining the e-mail with pre-beverages data on it. Thinking about three out of four recipients on the mail experienced no difficulty we didn’t think this excuse held considerably h2o.
We jumped in a cab to get to the venue and immediately after the mad hurry for the single seaters suddenly realised that four in a cab actually went much better then five. This four v five concept was reinforced afterwards on. When are you receiving again Wassie?
Venue – 7
The venue has been aimed at the substantial-end as you’d count on in it is primary town area. We arrived for out 7:45pm scheduling and were achieved by the manager to apologise for the table not becoming ready. He managed it really nicely by escorting us a couple shops down the avenue to a wine bar of theirs where we have been handled to a bottle of Cote du Rhone on the house. This was the next occasion in the evening when we realised that 4 seats instead of five fitted far better about the table. But again to the actual venue for the night. We were taken to a booth, often a excellent start, but to be sincere I did not get a very great look close to the rest of the area. Question Stacy about the unisex bathroom, he imagined he’d walked into the incorrect bathroom.
Menu – 6
Good selection of cuts on the menu but it lacked in some well sized steaks with it jumping straight from a 350gr steak to a 750gr with practically nothing in amongst (if my memory serves me appropriately). The sides have been appetizing but as it demonstrated a little little for their price.
Waitress – two
I have beforehand done okay here but not tonight. Not significantly indication of a waitress at this spot. Arrive on guys, read our weblogs! Our waiter was not only not a waitress but also didn’t increase a good deal to the night and the service was gradual. I’m not certain how considerably of this was the waiter’s fault and how much was the kitchen’s. On 1 celebration the guy serving bread served Wassie and me and then remaining and experienced to be referred to as back to offer the rest of the table, perform that 1 out. And this was at the commencing when the fellas were about to start consuming the table alone. I also requested a second facet of spinach following realising that the sides that ended up brought ended up not going to go significantly but the very first time I noticed this next spinach was on the expenses – it by no means arrived at the table. I did not quibble this £4 given some other freebies (see value).
Steak – eight
I went for the 28-working day aged 350gr West Region Black Angus rib-eye. It turned out to be a great decision. The reduce was quite tender and correctly marbled with no getting a conspicuous blob of fat in the middle, which is so frequently the situation with this reduce.
Stacy on the other hand ought to know much better than to go to the loo just before the steaks get there. As it turned out by hook or by crook, Stacy acquired an overcooked medium uncommon USDA rib-eye. Coincidentally, this was the exact same purchase as Gary who was sitting proper up coming to him – attract your very own conclusions. Stacy returned the steak and the staff did not quibble at all and just went about getting an additional steak. The subsequent a single arrived a bit on the unusual facet, possibly the chefs revenge (if that was all!!), but not also unusual to question to be cooked further. Considering that our initial spherical of steaks took a extended time to occur out it was astonishing that we have been even now eating by the time Stacy’s 2nd steak arrived.
It was when yet again fascinating tasting the distinction in between the grass fed West Place Black Angus and the corn fed USDA Black Angus. On the night my grass fed seemed to be the winner and this was also the very same cut/breed that Brad requested. I seem to keep in mind preferring the corn fed final time the comparison was completed way again at Goodmans. I’ll need to go back again there once more (if I ought to).
Wine – eight
The 1st bottle of freebie wine (Domaine Santa Duc Gigondas 2010) was very good and (judging by a quick web search of the cost of it) way past the price of what I normally would have purchased at steak club – so a very good start. Out 1st paid bottle of wine was the Thelema Merlot 2009 and most Cape Townians will most likely concur that it’s hard to go improper with a Thelema. For the 3rd bottle of the evening (thank goodness for photographic proof of what we had been drinking by this phase) I went back again to the steak club roots and requested a Malbec, the Lagarde 2009. Another excellent bottle. All in all I believe one particular of our far better wine evenings at the steak club.
Price – 7
We finished up spending £57 a head which is excellent price contemplating the food. Even so, this was served exceptionally by the bottle of wine on the home, a steak on the home after the manager kindly did not demand Stacy for his steak and no assistance charge – also taken out. With these further expenditures it could have been a costly evening. It’s a new restaurant and there are some teething troubles but the manager on the night time manufactured positive that he did what he could to clean these above.
Other
Actually delicious triple cooked chips but skimpy portions. Excellent knives!
We re-kindled memories of steak clubs past with a trip again to the H2o Poet. Wassie as typical decided on the white colored spirit roulette and looks to get absent with the fact that he usually has more strafdops than any individual else. We left the pub to get a cab again to Waterloo in time for Brad’s teach. We hailed a cab and Stacy, Brad and I ran throughout the road only to get in the cab and see Wassie and Gary waving at us from throughout the avenue as they hung all around to have on drinking. Properly I suppose Wassie was nonetheless attempting to make up for lacking out on pre-drinks and Gary is not likely to have his spouse in crime for a handful of months. Still waiting to listen to what happened…
Would I go once again? Certainly
Would I recommend it to a buddy? Yes
Would I take the Steak Club there understanding what I know now? Indeed
Steak – 8 * five = forty
Venue – seven
Menu – six
Waitress – two
Wine – 8
Benefit – 7
Whole – 70
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New Avenue Grill – Stacy’s Critique

17 December 2012 in General

We made up for a relatively lean H2 as far as outings go with a last night time out only a month after our very last. The cause for this was Wassie heading off on a four month sabbatical, travelling close to South The united states so it was our very last opportunity to get together. Presented that it was two days before he was obtaining on a jet airplane, Wassie did properly to make it but he did press items fairly.
It was Andre’s switch to host so pointless to say it was off to the Liverpool Avenue area, wonderful and near for him but really a trek for most of us, evidenced by the reality that 15 minutes was added onto our curfew time. &nbspWe achieved for pre-drinks at McQueens, a stylish location buzzing with bakers. Several of us arrived on time and proceeded to catch up for the whole pre-drinks without having any indication of Wassie. Evidently he hadn’t been given the e-mail with particulars of the evening and he was producing every single effort to fulfill up with us. In the end we caught a cab to supper and fulfilled a instead sheepish seeking Wassie there. 1 upside was that there was not the typical bun combat for seats in the cab and we drove to dinner in comfort and ease. With our figures lowered for the subsequent several months and a few of benefits these kinds of as this throughout the night it got us considering about regardless of whether we need to maintain it this way…maybe even completely. In the finish it was made a decision the figures need to stay the identical with guests becoming a member of us invited by the host.
On arrival at the New Road Grill it seemed a little bit peculiar that we weren’t questioned if would like our coats taken even so the reason for this quickly became apparent. It turned out our table wasn’t completely ready, seemingly they had been finishing up and although they did so we ended up invited to have a complimentary bottle of wine at their wine bar a number of doors down. Wassie finished up receiving his pre-beverages and the relaxation of us were acquiring fairly hungry and tipsy. It took quite a even though for the table ahead of us to finish up and we had been at some point taken back throughout to the restaurant. It was extremely great of the supervisor to get care of the issue in this way and to be truthful their wine bar was actually wonderful, I might consider of trekking back across city to check out yet again.
The cafe was dimly lit with darkish household furniture and dark leather booths but this all labored effectively to create a great atmosphere. We experienced one of the booths for the evening which was excellent as sitting down at a round table, even if not all the way round, often works. The menu had a affordable quantity of possibilities but this did not include any greater cuts sadly. I went for a medium exceptional forty working day aged, corn fed, USDA certified IBP primary black angus, fairly a mouthful or so I hoped. A word of advice at this stage, really don’t go to the bathroom when the foods is served. I did and I paid the value.
Every little thing looked all right when I acquired back again to the table though my steak did look a little bit on the little side compared to the other people. However I went in advance and prepared for my 1st mouthful. Unfortunately I didn’t even bother hoping my first minimize as I could see my steak experienced been above cooked. It was properly carried out, in this circumstance not a good issue! I had a problem as it had taken about an hour for the meals to arrive so do I mail it again and danger potentially not eating right up until the following working day. In the conclude I had to have a steak cooked the way I desired so I sent it again. The second one particular luckily didn’t get as extended and this time close to it was cooked a bit on the unusual facet but I would favor this to properly completed. My second attempt was in fact rather very good so I was satisfied I sent it back again. I am commonly the a single to get the dud steak so imagined this episode was regular even so later on in the night Gary arrived clear. He had swopped our steaks when I was in the bathroom as he was served the girls part. It was at first all about the measurement which then sadly for me became about it getting more than cooked. It was very good of Gary to individual up as it is wonderful to know that I don’t always get the small straw, or will I say the modest steak.
If there was 1 thing that went with out a hitch it was the wines and thankfully so as we experienced a reasonable sum. The initial complimentary one particular was a French mix that was a excellent start off to the evening. Our 1st bottle with the meal was a South African Thelema merlot with our second currently being an Argentinian Lagarde malbec the two of which I truly enjoyed.
Waitress? Well once again we didn’t have one particular and as a substitute experienced a pair of diverse waiters coming and going. Typically the rating when we are still left in the hands of waiter is based mostly on the services but however in this situation I can’t even give them much for this. After we were seated and commenced our eating knowledge it turned obvious why the table just before us overran. Items did not occur quite rapidly and following arriving for a seven.45 booking we obtained our food at nine.fifteen, this includes our time at the wine bar waiting around for our table, but even so that is fairly inadequate. Include to this the reality that I had to send my steak back again, Andre experienced to question for some of us to be served bread and we had been charged for a facet which in no way came and you can realize why my score is so reduced. I ought to hand it to the manager though as he knew they had a difficulty and so he attempted his best to compensate for this with the free of charge bottle of wine, not charging for my steak and not including assistance onto the bill.
Our food arrived to £57 for each head which is fairly excellent for steak club and went some way to making amends for the bumps during the night. I see that the restaurant is comparatively new so I guess that issues want some time to settle down, with any luck , they get themselves sorted quickly.
As if we hadn’t experienced sufficient to consume we still went for our customary following evening meal drink at a pub about the corner referred to as the Drinking water Poet. The mature members had been below a lengthy time ago, had great remembrances and it was a great decision. Wassie organized the usual Russian roulette with white colored spirits which fortunately for the second time jogging I chose properly, two waters out of a feasible three shooters. Following that Andre, Brad &amp I thought it was property time and so we hopped in a cab expecting the other two to soar in as nicely. Wassie &amp Gary had other programs though and so we parted methods leaving the two of them throughout city at quite a late hour so hopefully they produced it back again ok.
I would absolutely advise the wine bar and there appeared like a great fish cafe that was element of the exact same set up which might be well worth a attempt. As for the Grill, I’ll give them some time to get factors sorted out ahead of heading back. When I read through evaluations suggesting they have picked up their sport I’ll almost certainly head again but Gary may possibly not be invited.

Steak – six.5 x 5 = 32.5
Venue – seven
Menu – 6
Wine – 8
Waitress – 2
Value – six
Full – 61.5

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Hawksmoor Guidhall – André’s Assessment

13 December 2012 in General

Review

Unsurprisingly the 1st critique in…
For Gary the Cape Bar was obviously each convenient and reminded him of home. The good point about the place was that there was truly a table no cost, which is frequently a exceptional occurrence until we’re steak clubbing on a Monday or Tuesday. It is most likely the very first time I’ve blogged about seats in a pub but the Cape Bar stood out for possessing the widest seats so that when you lent back on the again rest it manufactured you really feel like you have been really quick and if your back again was against the again relaxation your calves would rather significantly be on the seat. That stated it is normally edge of the seat things at pre-drinks so this was not a huge problem and they still served beverages there.

It’s usually hard to guess the identify of the steak residence with out offering absent any of the carefully guarded steak property secrets of your individual. That said, I still would not have guessed at the controversial decision of Hawksmoor (once again), albeit the Guildhall branch this time. I’ve only been to the unique so at first imagined that this was the newest addition to the Hawksmoor chain when I noticed the dimension of the seating spot. It was not the only controversy of the night…far more to comply with for individuals in the know.

Venue – 7
Huge, very big and quite diverse to the far more cosy environment at the original Hawksmoor. Also no great chalkboards showing the significant chunks of meat still obtainable to buy. On very first sight it seems to be like the principal dining spot can keep upwards of a hundred diners but the website claims that it only seats 75. I say “only”, because the latest addition to the chain of eating places seats two hundred diners. We had a booth which is always fairly great even if it did suggest possessing to shift alongside every time one particular of the ageing bladders was calling. Booths usually remind me of some godfather video or a Gothammetropolis diner.

Menu – eight

Quite good variety of significant cuts priced for each 100gr but also a selection of pre-sized cuts. Hawksmoor has traditionally sourced it’s meat from Ginger Pig, an ethical meat farm from up norf. However, there is no point out on the site (until I have missed it) about this continuing association. Probably the enhanced measurement of the chain means that they want numerous suppliers now. This constantly helps make it tough to preserve the chains as excellent as the initial. Let’s hope they handle.


Waitress – four

None. Do these folks not know who eats at their establishments? Experienced waiter who made a good recommendation with the two the primary rib and the rump but solid some doubt on to the accurate that means of the British islesporterhouse – scenario re-opened.


Steak – 7.five

We ordered a choice of steaks for the table. About a kg of prime rib off the per 100gr menu, a 350gr 55 day aged D-rump from the pre-lower menu and about 900gr or so of wait for it…Chateaubriand. Controversial. Have faith in it to be on Gary’s watch when a fillet is purchased at the steak club, even if by an additional identify (we’re ignoring all the t-bones formerly purchased).

I was keen to attempt the Chateaubriand and this is a single spot I disagreed with the waiter’s medium exceptional suggestion. Even if the form of the minimize designed a minor rarer on the inside of. I feel the reduce need to have been cooked rare, generating it slightly blue on the inside of. If you can not order Chateaubriand unusual then what can you? The lower was nevertheless overrated for the price. Price is also due to the fact that only one cow only produces 2 chateaubriands of the measurement we ordered.

The primary rib and rump ended up equally really great. My vote even now goes to the prime rib despite the fact that I feel the steak of the evening will be a break up view. The two had been truly delicious and the rump was remarkably tender for a rump (thoughts you it does aid when it is aged for 55days – even if it is not really the four thirty day period aged steak we experimented with a month in the past).



Wine – seven

One of the major reasons why producing a review inside of the week is a should, is to be in a position to keep in mind the wine. A week or two later and you can still keep in mind the steaks extremely effectively but the wine memory would seem to fade until there has been a actually standout wine. The very first wine was the Domaine de Coudoulet Syrah 2011 and the next wine was the Hartenberg Cabernet Sauvignon 2007. In fairness the Hartenberg was a really great wine but the very first did not depart any lasting memory (practically nothing to to with the alcohol content material).


Benefit – 5
It turned out to more costly than I don’t forget from the unique but benefit scores are in no way likely to fare far too nicely when a Chateaubriand is thrown into the mix.


Other

I see that the New Yorkfad of lobster, mac and cheese sides has produced it on to the menu in Londonbut at an exorbitant price. Save it for the up coming New Yorkvacation.

Other sides have been very good as was the bread starter where for once I turned down an extra slice of bread (my hollow legs regretted this later on).

Minutes from the very last conference: the strafdop homeowners will pay fro their own straffies (even if they do not get to pick them)

Total a combination of the benefit and waiter sadly carry down the score of an otherwise great establishment.

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Would I go once again? Sure
Would I suggest it to a buddy? Sure

Would I take the Steak Club there figuring out what I know now? The original relatively


Steak – seven.5 * five = 37.5
Venue – seven
Menu – 8
Waitress – 4
Wine – seven
Benefit – 5

Full – 68.5

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New Road Grill – Wassie’s Critique

9 December 2012 in General

This is a first me getting the review up numero uno!  We’ll this was my last steak club for a few months as I’m off to South America for 4 months to see what steaks Argentina and the Gouchos have to offer.

Andre picked a new’ish venue that I’d not heard of before and has not got a large presence in internet search results.

2 minutes away from Liverpool St station we arrived at New St Grill to be greated by very professional outfit.  Unfortunately our table wasn’t ready, so they offered us complementary champagne or wine bottle at their wine bar two doors down.  We were escorted there and sat down for a glass – really impressed as I’ve never had this occur before — really impressed with this. 

We were then called when out table was ready, finished off the Wine Andre had ordered and headed back to the restuarant.

Stacy then did the usual waitress check and there were only 5% waitresses, so our odds weren’t good.  Stacy is convinced that steak restaurants are actually male dominated for waiters as some unwritten rule.

The menue had a solid selection of steaks available.  I ordered NY Strip, sirlion 350g for £31.  It was very average and other steaks that Andre, Brad, Gary and Stacy ordered were much better.  I’ve got to rate my steak however. 

Stacy’s steak was too well done (well overdone) and had to send it back.  Again, no quible response to provide a new one and that was spot on.  As the steak was sent back, they didn’t charge for it and took the service charge off the bill.

Waiting times were very long the whole night and we spent a good hour longer than normally expected.  If they sort this our New Street Grill will be a winner

Steak – 5 x5 = 25
Venue – 6
Menu – 6
Wine – 6
Waitress – 3
Value for Money – 6
Total = 52

Saludos,
El Gringo

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Hawksmoor (Guildhall) – Wassie’s Critique

5 December 2012 in General

Cape Bar&nbspwas picked for pre-beverages for the following enchanting meat-up.&nbsp Gazza was driving tonight and we were back again in the Town of London.&nbsp What would the night keep for us and would &nbspGazza finally get us the elusive cab?

Yes, it was time for Gazza to appear for additional scores with a cab.&nbsp It did take us ages to flag one particular down, but he’s certainly shifting in the right course.&nbsp The cab dropped us exterior … Hawksmoor.&nbsp We’d been to 1 department prior to and ranks in some of the member’s top grills, so high expectations listed here.
We entered and had been greeted by the maître d who escorted us down a large staircase down to the cellar the place the cafe is tremendous.&nbsp Their website states it seats one hundred sixty people so a lot of area for you, your mates, and their mates and their mates mates.&nbsp The restaurant has fairly a standard sense to it, but full of hustle and bustle of waiters running out steak immediately after steak.

Now, I noticed a new option on the menu where you could purchase favorite cuts particular large cuts.&nbsp It’s priced per one hundred grams and you need to check with the waiter what dimensions are accessible on the night – these variety between £7/100g for the Bone in Prime Rib and up to £12.50/100g for the Chateaubriand.&nbsp The measurements that had been in inventory for the night time ended up among 900g and 1100g.&nbsp Amid the five of us we requested the kilogram Bone in Prime Rib and kilogram Chateaubriand (fillet !*$ !) and 350g D-Rump – aged fifty five days.&nbsp The style check benefits were fairly one thing.&nbsp I’ll go so significantly as to say two of the steaks had been in my top 5 cafe steaks!&nbsp The exciting factor is that the Bone in Prime Rib was the very best, the D-Rump is really close second and the Chateaubriand properly again in the rankings.&nbsp I can not say enough about the more compact dimension fifty five working day D-Rump, but will be purchasing that next time.

Plagiarizing Andre’s critique “A month or two afterwards and you can still remember the steaks really effectively but the wine memory looks to fade until there has been a truly standout wine. The 1st wine was the Domaine de Coudoulet Syrah 2011 and the second wine was the Hartenberg Cabernet Sauvignon&nbsp2007. In fairness the Hartenberg was a really great wine but the initial&nbspdidn’t&nbspleave any lasting memory (nothing at all to do with the alcoholic beverages content material).”
We’ll for a spot that seats one hundred sixty it is quite hard to locate a waitress.&nbsp Gazza&nbspdidn’t&nbsparrange any and without having Andre’s pink card to lure any above, waitress was by no means planning to rating well right here – ought to say assistance was excellent and waiters have been knowledgeable.
Charge per head £75.
Above to the ratings…
Steak – 8 x five = 40 (Bone in Primary Rib and D-Rump great Chateaubriand skip)
Venue = 6.5 (massive and active, but absolutely nothing special)
Menu = 8 (good choices especially in a team to discuss the greater cuts)
Wine = 6 (not memorable)
Price for cash = 7 (If we’d all had D-Rumps, this would have shot even though the roof)
Waitress = four

Whole = 71.five

Go to Hawksmoor’s for undeniably great steak … assured.

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Hawksmoor (Guildhall) – Gary’s review

2 December 2012 in General

2012 has turned out to be a momentous year for the Steak Club members with two marriages, a new addition to the Arlington household and a Western Province victory in the Currie Cup.
In honour of the Currie Cup returning to its rightful property in Newlands, pre-beverages was held at the Cape Bar. Andre and Stacey were in certain eager to spend homage to the mighty Western Province and their distinct superiority to the Sharks.
Hawksmoor has often had a excellent status, so I experienced been eager to check out the Guildhall department for a although. It’s a fast wander from the Cape Bar, but giving in to peer strain I hailed us a cab to just take us the 1 moment vacation to the restaurant (a lot to the bemusement of the cabbie!)

Venue: 6.five
Possessing arrived at the restaurant, we had been fulfilled by a pleasant feminine maître d who escorted us down the stairs to the cavernous interior of Hawksmoor. The spot is tremendous and can seat up to one hundred sixty people (that’s a total 32 steak clubs all at as soon as!). &nbspThe décor is really elegant and this blended with its large scale does give a sensation of grandeur. &nbspBeing there on a Friday nights, it was predictably busy but it didn’t feel also crammed even with becoming complete.

Menu: 7
Hawksmoor has an impressive menu with lots of cuts and measurements available, so this must be able to gratify most steak lovers. There have been a number of intriguing selections available such as the D-rump and the Chateaubriand, the two of which we experimented with (as effectively as the prime rib).

Steak: forty
Provided the range of choices, Steak Club made a decision to consider something new and order 3 steaks to discuss among ourselves – the Chateaubriand (generally a posh fillet), 55 working day aged D-rump and the Bone In Prime-Rib. The Chateaubriand was fairly regular in flavor however quite tender – not considerably to say about this though. The Prime Rib and D-rump had been fantastic although! The D-Rump in certain was a single of the greatest-tasting steaks I’ve had – absolutely advised! The Primary Rib was also fantastic and view was break up as to which must consider the crown for top rated steak of the evening.

Wine: 6.five
The first wine of the evening was a Domaine de Coudoulet Syrah 2011, which was ok but nothing at all particular. However, I managed to salvage this a bit with the second wine which was the Hartenberg Cabernet Sauvignon&nbsp2007, which was pretty and accompanied the steak effectively.

Waitress: 5
I haven’t carried out too properly on the waitress front for the final few steak clubs that I’ve hosted and sadly Hawksmoor did not alter things. As soon as once again we ended up served by a man which immediately caps this score at 5. To be reasonable he was welcoming, productive and knowledgeable on steak issues – unfortunately he was nevertheless a “he” though….

Worth: 6.five
At just underneath £80 a head it was reasonably expensive, but not ridiculously so. Its quite significantly in line with what you’d count on with a restaurant of Hawksmoor’s calibre.

Total: 71.5

P.S. Never ever ever perform tequila roulette with Wassie – a put up Steak Club quit at the Pig &amp Whistle resulted in far more Wassie fun and online games and remaining me with one of the rougher hangovers I’ve experienced for a while.

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Hawksmoor (Guildhall) – Brad’s Overview

24 November 2012 in General

In the very last 10 years, Western Province has had a significant drought when it will come to Currie Cup wins. In simple fact, prior to their gain this yr, they last gained in 2001. Gary has not experienced a lot to celebrate when it comes to regional South African rugby for over a decade, so he decided he would use pre-drinks for his steak club to celebrate with 2 Sharks, an Elephants and a Lions supporter by using us to the Cape Bar. I am not positive he very obtained the celebration he was hoping for…


I have now been in the steak club for just in excess of 2 a long time and have been very eager to try the effectively rated Hawksmoor and that is exactly where Gary took us. I am not sure I recognize Gary’s steak club method to get a great rating. In one particular feeling, he is playing safe by having us to a venue that will get extremely great consistent evaluations. On the other hand, we are all moving into this venue with very large expectations, which is constantly harmful if it does not deliver.

The Venue:
The venue is extremely good but is also extremely perplexing. As you go down the stairs you get a great birds-eye look at of the trendy bar / lounge location. We were then led into the cafe area which has a really diverse truly feel and atmosphere. It goes from the fashionable bar / lounge into a German drinking corridor sort of surroundings, but a wonderful 1 at that. My rating for venue is 7.

The Menu:
The Hawksmoor menu is impressive and structured in a marginally different style to most other steak venues. They offer you a selection of steaks priced in increments of 100g. This gives the visitor with a very good range of alternatives across diverse steak cuts at a range of measurements. They even offer steaks of up to 1.2kg (which function out rather expensive when you calculate twelve x the 100g value). My score for menu is eight.

The Steak(s):
We determined as a group to discuss a assortment of big steaks (for the very first time in my steak club member innings). We ordered a 1.2kg Bone in Prime Rib (also occasionally acknowledged as Rib-eye on the bone), a quite pricey 1kg Chateaubriand and a good valued 350g 55 day aged Rump. I normally go for Rib-eye steaks as in my impression they seem to be the best tasting and are normally very tender. I was however truly looking forward to the Chateaubriand (specially at £12.fifty/100g). They arrived at the table nicely sliced for sharing. The steaks had most likely been sitting for a although as they were a tiny chilly. The Chateaubriand was a good steak, but did not dwell up to the expectation or substantial price tag, specially when you place it up coming to the Rump and Primary Rib. The Rump was actually genuinely wonderful, a lot more tender and delicious than I predicted. The Prime Rib even so was amazing. It will absolutely go down as 1 of my top rated 3 steaks actually. So my suggestions is stay away from the Chateaubriand and reveal a large Prime Rib with somebody at your table. My score for the Prime Rib only would be a nine.five, but the mixed steak score is 8.

The Benefit:
If we did not buy the significant Chateaubriand and went for much more Rumps in between us it would not have been too expensive. The entire evening did nonetheless cost us £72 each all in (steaks, sides and two bottles of wine). This is probably a little bit earlier mentioned the regular price for each head that we pay in steak club. My score for value is 5.five.

The Wine:
I don’t remember the wines very effectively for some purpose. I vaguely keep in mind considering they ended up nice but nothing that I imagined I ought to bear in mind it to buy. We had a Domaine de Coudoulet Syrah 2011 and a Hartenberg Cabernet Sauvignon&nbsp2007. As I was not over-whelmed but did enjoy the wines, I will give the wine a rating of six.

The Waitress:
And eventually the rating for&nbsp waitress as usual, specially when it arrives to Gary’s hosted evenings, does not tend to do to well for a single and only one purpose, there ended up only waiters. The services was in a relaxed method quite solid. We have been attended to when we required nearly anything but had been not continuously asked regardless of whether we required anything at all or rushed to end up. My rating for waitress is 6.

The Summary:
Steak = 8x five = 40&nbsp
Venue = seven
Menu = 8

Wine = 6
Worth = 5.five
Waitress = 6

Whole: seventy two.5
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