Bangers Restaurant, only a few steps from Moorgate station on the Metropolitan line, turn the corner and it's on the next corner across the road.
In a basement, but surprisingly large, with lots of rooms and nooks.
Service
Warm and friendly staff. They serve wine and food until late at night, starting with breakfast at 7.30 am with free coffee.
Decor
One of the main rooms has white walls, black ironwork and wooden floor, tables and dining chairs. All brightened by the electric lights, and small and large candles.
Want red to wake you up at breakfast time? You can have that.
Just want to stand at a bar? They've got that? Plus a barrel or two.
English Food
Bangers and mash is the traditional English comfort food of sausages with mashed potatoes. They have two side rooms using the name Cumberland, which is a kind of sausage.
But we ordered much grander food for dinner in the evening. We were a wine society group enjoying a dinner where we were allowed to serve our own wines. I presume there's either a room hire or a corkage fee, not sure.
Starters - Smoked Salmon, Crab
My starter was a very tasty and smooth smoked salmon enhanced with thin slices of radish. I'd never tried radish before. It looks pretty and adds a refreshing bite. Others in my group had crab starter. Two of our group of about twelve were allergic to crab and chose smoked salmon instead.
Main Course - Duck
The main course was duck with potatoes - and watercress and green beans.
Cheese
Our dessert was the cheese board. Two generously large slides of cheese, with octagonal crisps biscuits in three colours, dark, light and medium. The cheeses were tasty a softish blue cheese which I made the mistake of eating first, because after it the other yellow cheese seemed like a tasteless cheddar. I would have preferred portions half the size and three cheeses or better still four cheeses.
Looking at my picture I recall that the cheese and biscuits came with three grapes and some tasty sweet chutney.
Water, Service and Loyalty Card
Our deal included water, sparkling or still. Staff were always around. Somebody to point the way to the ladies. Somebody to fetch toothpicks. Somebody to get me still water instead of sparkling. Somebody to find me a loyalty card.
Coffee and Chocolates
The restaurant was able to provide a decaffeinated coffee.You might expect this everywhere. However, during the last year I was at a restaurant which did not have decaffeinated coffee.
With coffee we were served orange flavoured chocolate segments.
In case you are curious as to what we drank, two sparkling starter wines, one from Tesco, perfectly acceptable, and another which most people thought was even better. After several Saint Emilion reds, provided from the collection by our wine club group organiser, far too much to drink, we ended with his own port wine.
Prices
I was going to give you a section of prices, then I thought, I don't have time to type all this. So I took a photo of both sides of the menu.
In addition to the Bangers menu which you can read on line, they have a daily special written on a board.
Eldon House |
2-12 Wilson Street, London EC2M 2TE, England
Tel:020 7377 6326
http://www.davy.co.uk/wine-bar/bangers/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangers_and_mash
Toilets And Amusements
A trip to the toilets revealed more decor. I saw one downstairs toilet for Ladies where the cubicle door has the amusing line: Take a seat. It is a framed advertisement for their restaurant, but an amusing location for it.
Every time I turned a corner I found something new. It wasn't until late at night when most people had gone that I noticed these creatures, fish, birds and animals.
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author, researcher, speaker.
In a basement, but surprisingly large, with lots of rooms and nooks.
Service
Warm and friendly staff. They serve wine and food until late at night, starting with breakfast at 7.30 am with free coffee.
Decor
One of the main rooms has white walls, black ironwork and wooden floor, tables and dining chairs. All brightened by the electric lights, and small and large candles.
If you want to snuggle up on a sofa, they've got that.
Want red to wake you up at breakfast time? You can have that.
Just want to stand at a bar? They've got that? Plus a barrel or two.
Private Side Rooms And Alcoves
English Food
Bangers and mash is the traditional English comfort food of sausages with mashed potatoes. They have two side rooms using the name Cumberland, which is a kind of sausage.
But we ordered much grander food for dinner in the evening. We were a wine society group enjoying a dinner where we were allowed to serve our own wines. I presume there's either a room hire or a corkage fee, not sure.
Starters - Smoked Salmon, Crab
My starter was a very tasty and smooth smoked salmon enhanced with thin slices of radish. I'd never tried radish before. It looks pretty and adds a refreshing bite. Others in my group had crab starter. Two of our group of about twelve were allergic to crab and chose smoked salmon instead.
Main Course - Duck
The main course was duck with potatoes - and watercress and green beans.
Cheese
Our dessert was the cheese board. Two generously large slides of cheese, with octagonal crisps biscuits in three colours, dark, light and medium. The cheeses were tasty a softish blue cheese which I made the mistake of eating first, because after it the other yellow cheese seemed like a tasteless cheddar. I would have preferred portions half the size and three cheeses or better still four cheeses.
Looking at my picture I recall that the cheese and biscuits came with three grapes and some tasty sweet chutney.
Water, Service and Loyalty Card
Our deal included water, sparkling or still. Staff were always around. Somebody to point the way to the ladies. Somebody to fetch toothpicks. Somebody to get me still water instead of sparkling. Somebody to find me a loyalty card.
Coffee and Chocolates
The restaurant was able to provide a decaffeinated coffee.You might expect this everywhere. However, during the last year I was at a restaurant which did not have decaffeinated coffee.
With coffee we were served orange flavoured chocolate segments.
In case you are curious as to what we drank, two sparkling starter wines, one from Tesco, perfectly acceptable, and another which most people thought was even better. After several Saint Emilion reds, provided from the collection by our wine club group organiser, far too much to drink, we ended with his own port wine.
Prices
I was going to give you a section of prices, then I thought, I don't have time to type all this. So I took a photo of both sides of the menu.
This was for May 2016. For seasonal items and updates check out their website.
In addition to the Bangers menu which you can read on line, they have a daily special written on a board.
Eldon House |
2-12 Wilson Street, London EC2M 2TE, England
Tel:020 7377 6326
http://www.davy.co.uk/wine-bar/bangers/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangers_and_mash
Toilets And Amusements
A trip to the toilets revealed more decor. I saw one downstairs toilet for Ladies where the cubicle door has the amusing line: Take a seat. It is a framed advertisement for their restaurant, but an amusing location for it.
Every time I turned a corner I found something new. It wasn't until late at night when most people had gone that I noticed these creatures, fish, birds and animals.
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author, researcher, speaker.
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