St Germain 2

Back again because we needed to book something from Toptable. Came here because it’s close and cheap.

Food

I am actually quite surprised by how much better the food is when you are not in a group, or maybe we finally chose the right thing from the menu. We shared an entrée of Stuffed Baby Squid (£6) - chorizo, chick peas & sherry vinaigrette was really tender and tasty. For mains, we opted for King Prawn Spaghetti (£10) - garlic, parsley & chilli, which came with 3 generous prawns, suffering from UK seafood mushiness, but the pasta was bitey and the sauce was rich with seafood and garlic. Rib-Eye Steak (on the bone) (£18) - frites & béarnaise cooked to medium rare, really nice thick frites and beautiful creamy and tangy béarnaise. Because we had such a good meal, we went for dessert Crepe Suzette (£5.50) - vanilla ice-cream was satisfying enough but not anything special.

Rating - 6.5

Atmosphere

As usual, the bar was packed, but the restaurant slowly filled up to about half full. We left early so don’t know what happened after that.

Rating - 1.5

Service

It seems like the service also improved when you are not in a big group. Our waiter was very nice and explained things well, and all our food arrived promptly – I think it’s a combination of the day of week and the amount of people, and from experience, everything is better on a Monday.

Rating - 3.5

C-factor

Mondays and Tuesdays are 50% off, so it was cheap as chips.

Rating - 1.5

Brownie Points - 13

Info

89 - 90 Turnmill Street
London
EC1M 5QU
Phone +44 (0) 20 7336 0949
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