Tucked away from the busy Upper Street this is a classical looking upmarket pub with a quite minimally styled interior. The staff were friendly and you got a good mixture of couples and families sharing the space easily. Nursing a bit of a sore head today wasn't a drinking day for me but they had reasonable ale selection with Harvey's Best and Wandle standing out but really more geared up for wines here and I thought it looked like some decent bottles for around twenty quid.
Plaice, Mussels, Baby gem & aioli
A really top salad to start, dressed generously which I always love in a salad the aioli was rich and light so didn't overpower the fish. Both the mussels and the plaice tasted of fresh and were lightly cooked just enough. Nothing amazing just a good simple salad.
Roast Old Spot, beetroot & potato salad
An enormous hunk of pork with an amazing surface of crispy crackling, the flesh was superbly moist and a satisfying dribble down the chin when biting into it was so fulfilling. But serving this great bit of meat with pink potatoes... no that's just not right, they added nothing to the dish except making it look like a thrown together mess, would of worked better with simpler potatoes and something else rather than the beetroot. But the pork was proper good.
Black pudding hash, fried egg
Slight disappointment that this didn't come with duck egg as I'd seen on their website before coming and the egg was a bit over cooked so you couldn't break up the egg and let all the york seep through the hash as the bottom of the egg was crispy. This would have added more moisture to the hash, which it needed. Also for this to cost more than the old spot main course just doesn't add up, this is gonna be a cheap dish to produce so why so expensive - my initial reaction was that it must be bloody good, but it wasn't anything special at all and let rest of lunch down a little bit. Overall I liked what they were trying to do and would go back as they seem to be constantly changing the menu which is always good to see.
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