New Street Grill (City of London)

• So you can be assured your food is being freshly prepared
• I would recommend the Black Angus burger with the Montgomery cheddar as a must
• 24.50) which was far too tempting to pass up
• I started with the venison carpaccio the expertly thin slices of sweet were perfectly sweet
• From there I was tempted by the braised daube of beef with creamed potatoes and red wine jus (which looked amazing) but went for the slightly more predictable pan fried seabass
• Very small sides of buttery new potatoes and baby carrots were nice accompaniments but the lobster macaroni was (unsuccessfully) calling my name
• Dessert was a mixed bunch I went for the iced brownie parfait which was a real disappointment
• Sizeable chunks of brownie but the accompanying ice cream was practically tasteless and left me hankering for the Colston Basset stilton and spiced pear chutney that the others had chosen
• The cocktail was pretty good Mount Gay Black Barrel rum
• Grapefruit juice with lime and sugar syrup
• Their Le Brunch menu is really great
• I opted for 'Le Duck Frites' pulled duck in a brioche bun with everything else in between
• All washed down with a couple of cocktails from the Old Bengal Bar menu
• There was little sign that anything was going to happen
• D group that I reviewed was The Angler in the South Place Hotel complex
• So when Fiona and I were invited to review the New St Grill in the Old Bengal Warehouse just off Bishopsgate in an alley throbbing with the energy of young city suits letting off steam
• As a contributor to this fine blog that is The Boozy Bunch
• A slightly later mealtime is now an even better excuse to combine brunch style menus with daytime drinking
• So much so that London restaurants have exploded with a plethora of boozy brunch offerings for us cosmopolitan socialites
• Those that are savvy enough to offer a temporarily unlimited supply of alcoholic sparkle are guaranteed to fill tables every Saturday &
• I do wonder how restaurants come up with their names
• We went for bottomless brunch at New Street Grill on a Saturday and were overall very pleased
• The service was attentive and very polite
• They made sure that our glasses were topped up consistently with water and prosecco and gave any advice we needed on the menu too
• I thought that the quantity was really lacking
• The starters of chorizo scotch egg and asparagus with mozzarella and olive oil tasted delicious but the latter was really tiny in portion
• The same went for the mains a fishcake with poached egg and a piece of grilled chicken with greens were again very small in quantity which is disappointing when you're hungry for a good brunch
• I really hope that next time we visit the quantity is a generous as the quality

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