Review Guy's American Kitchen and Bar New York

Service just does not exist, left for over 20 minutes before even a drink order was taken, then waited another 20 minutes for someone to come and take my food order, site was not even that busy!!


Food order was eventually taken some 40 minutes after being seated. If i had not been on holiday or so knackered i would have walked out long before this and gone elsewhere.

When my meal was finally delivered, everything came at the same time 2 appetizers and main course no rest, no break, no check back, rush them in rush them out and just count the dollars, such a shame when the food is so good, really ruins your night. Would not take the burger away and let me eat appetizers in peace. Dreadful customer service all round.


Somewhere not to return! Come on Guy make the whole experience worth while or repeat business will just fall away


The only saving grace for you was the joyful guy on the door, who sees you in what a character !!

Review Barbecoa - London

Second visit here and had I been paying I would have been very annoyed

Arrived nice and early for drinks in the bat, Virgin Mary very spicy but good, all wine very good. We sat about 30 minutes late as one of the party was late.

Pork scratchings and smoked nuts tried in bar, both ok although scratching needed salt

Orders taken all ok so far, pre meal bites ie breads delivered after starters not my idea of a pre lunch bite

Sweetbread starter very poor sauce too sweet and sweetbreads were tough
Pâté very good
Crab salad seen better in seaside restaurant this just looked like a plate of mess
Chicken wings and ribs all ok

Chateaubriand tender but absolute no taste, same for fillets, T-bone steak no better

All steaks were either over or under cooked, if they truly are aged then someone is doing it wrong because there was nothing different with these steaks than a standard supermarket one

Sides very poor- mac cheese no cheese and no sauce, mushrooms awful,Brussels sprouts even worse

Come on Jamie If you are selling yourself on the best steaks in London you have to do better than this- aged I am not so sure and if they are then they don't taste like it

You can get better for a lot cheaper

Katz Deli - Long waited dream visit!

Finally after many years of wanting too made it to New York, landed found hotel and went straight to Katz's Deli

Self service restaurant queue up order what you want at various food stations, see it all made in front of you, collect then go and enjoy. There are also some waited on tables

So worth the wait, not cheap but not too expensive although I did manage to pend over 50 dollars after my first visit, one soup, salt beef (corned beef) sandwich, pastrami sandwich, sides of pickles.

You could not go hungry here, look at the pictures, see the stack of meat wow I was in heaven, I looked over my shoulder to see a picture of Adam from man versus food, I think I did him proud.

Met the owner who also posed for picture and told me all about their practices, could not get better.

So good had to return before I left for home

Norma's @hotel meridian in New York

So much choice on the menu, this is one place to visit if you find yourself looking for a great breakfast joint

Very busy so expect quite a wait for a table close to an hour for me but it was worth it

Perfect fresh squeezed Orange juice, a free taster smoothie, very good

So many things tempted me, however one look around the diner and seeing the plate sizes I had to opt for one meal and not two, those hat have already seen my NY posts will know this came on the back of 4days of non stop eating.

My choice made banana and macadamia nut flapjacks with whipped brown sugar, looked scrummy tasted even better! I wish someone could shared with me then I could have tried so much more!!!!

Sandwich test

Lunch gets better

Seeded roll filled with sautéed mushroom and onions with Cajun spice and ground porcini mushroom powder, a great little find, this sauté mix sitting on washed watercress and spinach.

Then topped with warm roasted beef soaked in rich red wine gravy with horseradish and mustard, finally topped with shaved Gouda cheese

Eat as good as it looks!

Ice cream experiments

So been playing around trying to find best recipe for base, so far more custard to cream ratio seems to deliver the best results

Fresh shop bought ice cream or homemade is also better, as is using a thick double cream or even better clotted cream

Recipes so far:

Chocolate flavour, chocolate coated raisins, popping candy and pistachio

Banana based with marshmallows, honey roasted nuts and fresh strawberries

Vanilla based, popping candy, skittles and dried cranberries

Sorbets also work well, Cointreau and lemon sorbets tried so far

It's the base recipe I am still working on, will keep you posted