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