Chop Shop (Mayfair)

• Has collaborated with the acclaimed New York based restaurateurs the Altamarea Group
• A road we often walk down with feelings of sadness
• Course the decor is industrial
• Meat cleavers and knives is a pretty cool
• Choosing from the menu was a serious matter
• Whilst the bourbon laced Haymarket was a fine gentleman&rsquo
• Cotechino scotch egg with salsa verde £
• A faultless ball of heaven with a fresh almost floral salsa verde
• 9 (which we ordered without cheese) was pure comfort food
• Baked gnocchi with braised oxtail and a sprinkling of crumb
• 14 was beautiful with the sharpness of the peaches
• 26 was one of the best steaks we&rsquo
• 4 and hot crunchy Chips with rosemary sea salt £
• A breather was required before desserts
• Crushed shortbread cookies with Chantilly cream £
• Coupled with the superb service this was without a doubt a stand out meal
• Even though we left with swollen bellies and spinning heads
• This restaurant is a collaboration of Chef Michael White (of 2 Michelin starred Marea in New York) and local restaurateur Will Guess (Rowley's Steakhouse &
• They serve this with some really nice
• I was a bit underwhelmed with the duck jar as it was slightly too hard for my liking and the foie flavour was amiss
• The white onion was quite surprising
• Lush and perfect with the slices of toast
• I'd've believed you if you told me this was a cocktail
• The batter was soaked in that gorgeous buffalo sauce you get from genuine NY style wings but they were still very crispy and the spicy kick was pretty damn good
• The cachel blue cheese dip was a good cooler
• I was actually impressed with how it turned out
• The quality of meat is good tender
• They serve it with a tomato stuffed with some sort of parmesan herb thing
• 16) served with a side of white beans and capers
• I think this is a seasonal treat
• Front of house was really great and were really lovely but our actual servers (we had three three to cover one table
• Another server kept asking if we were okay and if we needed stuff which was nice but the server who brought our starters was really abrupt and slightly bordered on rude
• I had to tick the box for 'tasty comfort food' and I was optimistic that Chop Shop would be my safe bet
• It had that classic run down spuntino esque vibe with dim blue lighting that puts one in a mellow mood
• Pulled pork sausage roll with spiced apple ketchup &ndash
• Initially we were trying to go to Byron for their 25p burgers
• We passed that and explored the surrounds for something to stuff our faces with before worming our way back to the office
• They were gracious and brought me delicious oxtail croquettes melt in your mouth with chilli mayo and the truffled artichoke mousse
• I booked for 7 pm which happened to be happy hour so we started with a cocktail that was not included in the set menu for half price
• A cocktail subtley laced with rosemary and bulked with &lsquo
• It did work very well with the smooth and creamy artichoke and truffle mousse I ordered to start

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