Hoi Polloi - Ace Hotel (Shoreditch)

• Hoi Polloi is the new Ace hotel&rsquo
• E went all Celtic with potato farls
• Both of the dishes were very good alongside their tangy Bloody Marys (£
• This was a dainty slice of moist cake with a layer of ganache
• Chunks of hokey pokey and a splodge of salted caramel foam (this even came with a little gold on top)
• Starting from the interior design (which is on one hand very 70s
• To the Staff (who are dressed in a casual but uniform outfit
• Cooking is art and thats why your plate is an artwork"
• I came for dinner on a Friday night and had one of their vegetarian dishes which was definitely tasty
• I went there for brunch with a friend on a very wet London day
• We definitely felt like we were among the cool kids who had also stumbled on a secret
• If anything just for the honeycomb butter that came with my French toast a combination of savoury buttery and sweet exceptional
• There's always a slight awkwardness that comes with dining at a restaurant within a hotel when you're not a guest
• They generally have some of the best places to eat and more often than not are happy to accommodate outside guests
• Hoi polloi is a brother restaurant of Bethnal green's Bistroteque
• They have an extensive menu with some really delicious sounding food
• The coolest part was entering and exiting through the flower shop rather than through the hotel lobby
• It felt as though you were headed into a secret garden
• Hoi Polloi is definitely a must
• The best thing about Hoi Polloi is not (only) the food
• One of the best way to kick start the weekend
• This week's review is of Hoi Polloi at the Ace Hotel London
• Hoi Polloi is stylish and youthful just like the Ace Hotel guests
• An all day restaurant drafted with the hotel guests in mind
• Hoi Polloi is able to fulfill all your eating and drinking desires
• The restaurant was still considerably calm when we arrived at 11
• Hoi Polloi was full and buzzing of people visiting for brunch and lunch
• As the tables are spaced out
• The ceilings are high and the music is softly played in the background
• It was really good and prepared with the best ingredients
• Ordered the Grilled sandwich with pork belly
• I ordered Eggy bread with apple compote
• One piece of toast (albeit one that has been soaked in beaten eggs and then fried) is not a full meal and after two hours I was starving
• Sam and Hannah shared a Poached rhubarb with vanilla yoghurt and rhubarb sorbet
• While Paolo and Mia tried the Chocolate stout cake with salted caramel and hokey pokey
• Tables in the restaurant are booked for 90 minute slots
• There must be a reason Hoi Polloi - Ace Hotel (Shoreditch) has proven to be so popular and it can't just be because of association with the uber trendy Ace Hotel chain
• So I arrived to this swanky East London hot spot with a healthy does of scepticism
• Expecting a mass of trendsters littering the dining room with their skinny jeans
• What I was greeted with was so much better
• Hoi Polloi - Ace Hotel (Shoreditch) is every bit the trendy hangout it is billed to be with attention being paid to even the most minute detail such as for example
• That sounds like the height of wankiness and that's understandable it's not everyone's cup of tea and is aimed to appease the younger crowd who spend their time in the Shoreditch area
• Probably thought Hoi Polloi was actually pretty awesome
• Hoi Polloi is set up to meet the demands of its customers whilst also keeping in line with their global theme of being quite hip
• To complain about them being too trendy is akin to complaining about the Ledbury being too posh it's a silly criticism
• One thing we will be able to all agree on is that if you want good food Hoi Polloi has that covered
• Fennel salad and the crab omelette with spring onion and coriander
• Both were top notch but also generous with the omelette I suspect being at least 4 eggs worth
• Hoi Polloi is everything a hipster would want it to be trendy
• Creative and brimming with and air of youth
• I would suggest moving on but that'd be a shame because the food is definitely worth the visit
• Even though they were the first ones I tried
• The egg was perfectly poached (there was just one time the yolk wasn't as runny as I like
• The hotel staff handled it with ease and sympathy)
• We came here for a late brunch one weekend the coffee was good and really strong
• I had the Ricotta pancakes with smoked salmon and then picked off the dripping chips and burger that Robin had ordered
• My sweet tooth was crying out for dessert
• So I ordered the date pudding with marmalade ice cream and forced Robin into getting the blackcurrant sorbet with lemon curd and meringue so I could pick off it too
• The ambience here is nice there's a string quartet playing Pop songs and being in the heart of ashore ditch you are surrounded by the creative and kooky
• Not one of the best brunches I've had but certainly one of the nicest looking spots
• Brunch at the weekend is a busy affair
• We arrived and were eventually seated
• Everything we wanted but they were happy to substitute the missing ingredients which worked out well
• Disaster came when all my friends were served and my order
• It arrived eventually cold but at this point I was too hungry to complain further and gobbled it down
• They took three items off the bill which was exceedingly kind of them
• If a little dark and the string quartet is an excellent touch
• The menu is very good with plenty of options from vegetarian and healthy to proper English breakfast
• I opted for avocado and chili on sourdough with poached eggs
• Was fine but the bread was pretty burnt
• My friend thought her naked eggs were not great at all
• Coffee is good and service is quick and professional
• I ordered polenta gnocchi which was rather disappointing very salty
• My husband's burger was slathered with celery mayo
• This is the best spot for Sunday brunch
• The music in between is also really cool
• Juxtapositions are great things
• Not everything vegetarian is what I used to term rabbit
• It no longer is up and coming but has crossed the line into being an established trendy (and upmarket) locale
• Re trying to do with the quirk and all but a restaurant exists for the food and drinks and deco
• We also had chicken which had a bit of blood inside and the risotto was a little bit confused of a dish
• T have a good experience at all with the food and wine

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