Hide & Seed

3 Reviews on “Hide & Seed”

• Teddy Holmes

  From first sight, both outside and in, it is clear someone has thrown a whole bucket of cash at this place and the result is a suitably elegant boutique hotel.To begin, we chose the pork belly (served with a couple of swooshes of sauce and very little else) and the octopus (tapas style with baby potatoes and a generous dusting of paprika). The ingredients were clearly top-notch the pig had obviously been allowed to wallow with abandon, and a very contented cephalopod had given up its tentacles for my enjoyment. Both proved triumphs of succulence and simplicity. Someone in the kitchen has a mercifully light touch.Moving on, both the special cod with cabbage and sugar snaps came very close to fitting its billing and the 24-hour lamb with sweet potato and celeriac was also in a similar league.Dessert, as seems to be becoming more standard the older I get, was one dish shared the chocolate arrangement which basically did exactly what it said on the tin, but remained unfinished not a total success.All three courses were washed-down with a decent medium dry Picpoul de Pinet.Sofood: good.But heres the thingHide and Seed seems unfortunately very good at hide and seek. For the duration of our sitting, only three other people were dining. For the last half-an-hour we were there on our own. It felt necessary to talk very quietly. This was on a Saturday night. We didnt take another drink at the end of the meal because heading to another bar down the street or even home appealed that much more.I thought it may have just been one of those days, but a quick online search shows other people have felt like this too. Its all a bit head-scratching. This is a decent place with good food and service in a pleasant environment. Ok, its in Putney, but surely not everyone feels the same way as me about this so why is it so quiet?I hope I can do my bit here by saying go, youll like it. ladylovescake.com

  June 25, 2015, 7:30 pm

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• Love And Limoncello

  Love and Limoncello Foodie Points1. Excellent fresh food. My favourite dish was certainly the pork belly starter. Great portion size, super moist and packed with flavour.2. The mains were also really good in quality. The beef was so tender and packed and cooked well. Perhaps a little bit too medium on the medium rare side. I did struggle to finish the dish as it was quite a big helping but better than leaving hungry! 3. The restaurant is in a hotel so it is a little bit quiet. At one point we were the only diners.4. Great undiscovered gem in Putney.

  May 5, 2015, 2:02 pm

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• Rina Gioia

  If you want to have a calm lunch or dinner on a Sunday, this is the place. I and my boyfriend went to Hide and Seed in Putney on a Sunday afternoon and had the place just for us. The decor is pleasant and the service is ok. It was a bit frustrating that none of the Chef Specials was available on the day though. The explanation was the restaurant was very busy the previous evening. Fair enough. But, this was compensated by the rest of the menu that we had the chance to taste. The presentation was really good and the taste equally good. We definitely will come back. Maybe in another day of the week.

  January 23, 2015, 11:01 pm

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