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The newly re-opened restaurant is amazing! I would highly recommend to anyone in the area. The new owner is very friendly,along with his staff and mak…
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When you get offered the chance to eat dinner on a red London Bus, there is only one answer HELL YEAH! And thats exactly what we did on Sunday!Wnderlu…
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There was a boisterous kid's party going on in the bus, so we sat on the pleasant covered terrace. I liked the cool, laid back, alto vibe. Reminded me…
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7 Reviews on “Big Red”
The newly re-opened restaurant is amazing! I would highly recommend to anyone in the area. The new owner is very friendly,along with his staff and make you feel very welcome. The ambience is very chilled and the food is amazing, the new menu has something for everyone. I would definitely go again!
When you get offered the chance to eat dinner on a red London Bus, there is only one answer HELL YEAH! And thats exactly what we did on Sunday!Wnderlust is a new pop-up restaurant that is housed in The Big Red on Deptford Church Street, and will be there for the next three months, hopefully longer!We were greeted by owner Mark, who is part of Fleisch Mob and this is their newest venture! Mark oozed enthusiasm for the food, venue and made us feel so at home we didnt really want to leave! He even let into some secrets about how they made their carrots so good, so watch this space, Im about to become Queen of Carrots!As expected when I said we dined on a red bus, we were sat upon old bus seats in front of a classic bus table looking out of bus windows onto the courtyard, and we so loved the novelty!The wine list had four or so fabulous choices for each section, and we opted for a white wine as were going through a bit of a white wine phase! There is also the option of local craft beers but more on that later!The menu had a small selection of divine sounding meals, and snacks, but with it being Sunday we obviously ordered the beef with all the trimmings, and we were so impressed! Just look at this delightWhat you cant see under the beef is the most amazing carrot I have ever eaten. Ok, that sounds crazy, but I am SO fussy when it comes to cooked carrots and these were beyond words! I was even eyeing up the chaps portions, thats how good they were!We were so full up, so we chatted drunk our wine and had a little catch up with Helen, Marks partner in crime, who was such an amazing woman! She told us how they had gone from market stalls all over to wanting to own a place of their own, and here they are serving epic foods on a super quirky bus! I think theyve done pretty well to be honest!After finishing up our wine we departed the bus and headed out into the outdoor seating area to try some of the local beers they serve. I opted with a Four Pure from Bermondsey and we got ourselves settled. How cool is the decor!Being the wally that I am I left home without a jacket fooled by the sunshine so Helen wrapped me up in a blanket, hows that for good service?!
There was a boisterous kid’s party going on in the bus, so we sat on the pleasant covered terrace. I liked the cool, laid back, alto vibe. Reminded me of the casual beach restaurants near my native Amsterdam, with dogs and children wandering around. Service was informal but very attentive.I ordered the gnocchi with lamb ragu, my companion had the ham and mushroom pizza, and we shared a green side salad. The salad arrived first and displayed great attention to detail. There were plenty of different leaves, with a good helping of rocket and some thinly sliced spring onion. The vinaigrette was tasty and slightly sweet–probably made with white balsamico and garlic infused olive oil. Altogether delicious.My ghocchi were homemade. There was none of that tell tale taste of ascorbic acid I always notice in factory made gnocchi. However the lamb ragu was too overpowering a sauce for the subtlety of a good potato gnocchi.My companion’s pizza had a remarkably good crust. Very thin, and not at all greasy. I don’t like it when pizza crust tastes oily and pastry like. This one was beautifully bone dry. He did complain that the toppings were a bit dull. The quality of the olives garnishing the pizza were terrible. My companion pulled them off and left them in a little pile on his plate. When the waiter asked about our food, we mentioned we didn’t like the olives. To my surprise he reached over, and popped an olive into his mouth. He agreed to tell the kitchen that they indeed weren’t nice.A good meal, but not as spectacular as the fantastic side salad led me to anticipate.
Good for novelty value but the pizzas in my experience have a tendency to be soggy. Haven’t been there since the last soggy event but may be worth a revisit based in some of the reviews here
Amazing little gem! Fab live jazz music the night I was there, and delicious cocktails. Well worth going to, the novelty of eating on the red bus also added to the charm of this lovely place
When fabulous London food blogger, Inher30s invited me to a blogger evening at The Big Red Pizza a seriously cool establishment on a stationary red bus in the offbeat and arty neighbourhood of Deptford, South East London, I accepted faster than you could say the word Routemaster.Upon arrival, you can opt to sit inside the bus itself or in the restaurant area that faces the bus and this was where we were placed as fun as I think it would have been to be served food inside the bus, I quite liked being in dimly lit restaurant with the vantage point of being able to look at the bus and see the diners inside it. The lighting is dim and any apprehensions regarding pretence, gimmickiness (is that a word?) or it being too staged are rapidly allayed when we walk in and see rows of pinned pictures of London buses drawn by local children, as we are welcomed with smiles and drinks a good array of mocktails for me (their Virgin Mojito was so zingy and refreshing) First impressions? There is a sincerity and warmth to this establishment. It is family friendly and it is cool but clearly not too cool for school. Well-fed is not the word to describe how things were to unfold over the next couple of hours. With an array of sample dishes from both their lunch and dinner menus, the feast commenced with grilled chicken skewers served with lemon and rosemary these were so light and perfect for spring with a burst of citrus tang but I just loved the Caponata (roasted aubergine with herbs and spices), which took me back to my first night in Rio, where I tried Caponata for the first time. Lentils arent normally my thing but I took a couple of generous spoonfuls to throw in a dose of health to the proceedings and must admit, I was ;pleasantly surprised. The beetroot salad though was strangely moreish with very understated but earthy undertones of flavour, But this was a working day and I was starved – salads and proteins werent going to cut it. GIVE. ME. CARBS. And thats exactly what they did. A selection of pasta dishes including Bigoli pasta with Italian sausage and pesto spaghetti featured but the pasta highlight for me, in fact the overall highlight of the night, had to be the fresh ravioli with chervil and lemon butter it was just so beautifully seasoned, presented invitingly and with such a creamy filling. I would have happily just eaten this all night. I managed to squeeze in just a couple of slices of pizza (both of which were gluten free), one with artichoke hearts and capers, which was pizza of the month and the other with anchovy, garlic capers and buffalo mozzarella. I particularly liked the pizza of the month but ironically, it was the other dishes of the evening that stole the show for me. I would be interested in trying some of the other pizzas on the menu, especially the Flamenco.I was so full, which I certainly wasnt complaining about but the problem with having a sweet tooth (or in my case, sweet teeth) is that there is always room for dessert. And here, we were spoilt rotten with three of them: chocolate brownies (which were in handy bitesize chunks, an alcohol-infused knickerbocker glory and a banoffee pie with a luxuriously sweet toffee sauce.The service is genuine, attentive and welcoming and whether you are coming with a group of friends to celebrate an occasion, a family or just a couple looking to avoid the cooking on a Friday night, you will fit in fine and you will leave full. They also have a room with a stage used for live comedy and film screenings, including free childrens films at weekends. And if you want a unique, quirky party venue, you cane even arrange private hire for parties and weddings. Another relatively local South London find that Ive only just discovered. And so the charm of London life continues. whywasteannualleave.com
I wonder whose genius idea it was to have a bus as a restaurant, because it captures everyone’s attention. The interior is more spacious than is seems and much cleaner than typical public transport. I opted for the veggie Gardinera which was delicious and didn’t take too long. My only concern was the tipsy people tend to get a little rowdy in the smoking area outside.