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Went for breakfast. And the place was packed. My server clearly was very busy but she tried her best. The food was good, not great. And the view/locat…
Tal
Darwin Brasserie
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My friend took me to Darwin Brasserie for dinner and to see the view of London. I was visiting for a week from Dubai and I was happy they gave us a ta…
Therese Malilay
Darwin Brasserie
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The venue is the main attraction. On a clear day the sky garden is lovely. Ordered a hot chocolate which wasn't nice. Especially for the extortionate …
Gone Sun Where
Darwin Brasserie
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8 Reviews on “Darwin Brasserie”
My friend took me to Darwin Brasserie for dinner and to see the view of London. I was visiting for a week from Dubai and I was happy they gave us a table with a view! I ordered the pork and I remember it tasting like a posh version of Philippines’ lechon kawali. The drink I ordered was both cute and delicious.
The venue is the main attraction. On a clear day the sky garden is lovely. Ordered a hot chocolate which wasn’t nice. Especially for the extortionate price. Service received wasn’t great either. I went during the day time and it was really busy. Might be nicer for an evening meal. gonesunwhere.com
Good service . The food was very good : pork terrine ,Codfish and duck burguer as main dishes . The waiter that had our table(Luigi) was very efficient and he is a good professional . I would recommend for a special occasion . The view is amazing .
It was best breakfast for me so far.View was great. Weather was cloudly with clear weather it could be better.I enjoyed English Breakfast. I can’t wait for next one.
Amazing breakfast (buffet and hot dishes) with an incredible view! Great variety of hot dishes to choose from and great quality fresh food in the buffet. Very highly recommended for a special occasion!
The view is spectacular, of course. Food is a little uneven. Some dishes were really excellent, but a couple of others were just meh. Very much a classic brasserie menu, so success depends on perfect execution rather than invention.We started with sour dough bread and tasty olives marinated in oil, garlic and parsley. For starters the four of us had two orders of chilled pea, mint and buttermilk soup, one crab salad and one chicken liver parfait. The parfait was the standout. Quite a large portion of rich pate, served in a jar topped with meaty jellied consomme. Accompanied with griddled brown bread and an onion and port marmalade. Nice balance of flavors. The pea soup was pleasant, but a bit too sweet for my taste. I would have preferred more stock and buttermilk and fewer peas. I liked the garnish of pea shoots. I only had a tiny taste of the crab salad, which was nice enough but didn’t particularly excite me.For mains there was one order of the roast chicken for 2 to share, my confit duck burger and a lamb rump. We also had some vegetable sides. The meat of my confit burger was very tender but a little under seasoned. It did come with homemade ketchup that I ate with the excellent crunchy fries. I probably should have used some on the burger, because it needed a hit of something sweet and sharp to offset to richness of the duck and fried egg. The addition of a crunchy element, such as raw shallot, would have improved the dish. I made the mistake of pulling off the top bun, where all the truffle oil was. Omitting it upset the balance of flavors. So if you are trying to cut carbs, skip the bottom bun instead of the top bun.The best of our mains was the roast chicken platter for two to share. The meat had been brined so really juicy and well seasoned. Crispy skin too, which can be hard to achieve on a brined bird. Black pudding and balls of mushroom-y bread stuffing that had been deep fried were flavorful compliments. The chicken came with two sides. Mash had a nice acidic tang of creme fraiche. A dish of peas and corn kernels looked boring but tasted amazing. They had been sauteed in butter with a strong hit of diced mushroom and onion.The owner of the lamb rump was disappointed. Meat was ordered medium, but came rare, and was still surprisingly tough. Potato terrine was under seasoned. I liked the cloves of baked confit garlic that he didn’t eat. From the sides, I loved the charred hispi cabbage. It had been braised in quite of lot of butter and then blackened with a blow torch along the cut edges. A side salad garnished with avocado and cheeses was a little dull.Big portions on the mains so we didn’t have room for dessert. I would come back for the brined roast chicken, which is much better than anything I can make at home. Also the charred hispi cabbage because I don’t own a blow torch. The cheapest bottle of red is 27, which is quite a big spend. Heineken lager is 5 a pint, so average for Shoreditch and the City.
I’ve had a few oysters in my lifetime but I got to admit, the oysters here are the best! So fresh that it melts in your mouth. Also the olives for the starter was amazing! The mains were nice as well but loved the oysters and olives most. For the desert I had the mulled wine jelly with ice cream. Something different but worked so well. The venue at the Sky Garden has a good ambience and being 36 floors high you get a good sky view of London.