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Smiths Of Smithfield London

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English in London - Clerkenwell
67-77 Charterhouse Street , Clerkenwell, London, EC1M 6HJ
+44 (0) 20 7251 7950
http://www.smithsofsmithfield.co.uk/

Runners up in the Evening Standard Pub of The Year Award 2001, Smiths Of Smithfield has four floors. On the first floor, they have a champagne reception area as well as a private function room. The second floor consists of a brasserie dining room serving a variety of modern English dishes and the third floor is a specialist restaurant serving a wide range of dishes. Downstairs in the basement area is a lively bar and cafe serving a variety of snacks.
Tags: bar, Big room, brunch, english, industrial, meat, vegetarian dishes


Smiths Of Smithfield London Reviews


comfortable industrial - I liked the vibe of the place - the big, industrial style was actually quite airy. We ate on the top floor (i gathered that each level has a different menu).
A Very meat based place, as they get their meat from the Smithfields meat market next door, a beautiful, old structure, mind you.
There were some, i guess minor, complaints. I felt that my risotto had probably been sitting there for a while before it came out, as the top was already a bit dry. It was cooked well though. My foodie boyfriend had the salt-beef, a classic that, he thought, was missing its classic pickle accompaniment, but again - well cooked. My other two friends ate their entire respective burgers (and I know that at least one of them can be a bit fussy.)
The bill was actually less than expected, between 4 people - two bottles of wine, a couple of starters, couple beers, it came out to 35quid a head.
The staff were friendly and cheery, and I liked them a lot.
The lounge on the ground floor seemed like it would be loads of fun to hang out in, but unfortunately we were there late and were getting kicked out.
I wouldn't go out of my way, but if I were in the area, I would go back to hang in that big, industrial wood built ground floor - as, overall, it was a pleasant dinner.  
Tags: , Big room, industrial, meat

Rating  3

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Industrial Chic - This is the sort of place I've coined with the term "industrial chic." SoS is a three story bar/resaturant that has adapted well to its surroundings.

A couple of friends and I went to watch the Spain vs. Sweden game there. They had a very nice large screen that comes down over the kitchen. It meant that no one could get in the way of your view, so you'd never miss a shot. It's a shame that they had the music up so loud. Though we tried to ask someone if we could turn up the game, they kept telling us to look for the supervisor... who just wasn't around. It was a great game though... just kind of funny to hear it to the sound of house music.

I had a pint of their SoS beer which is a Czech lager. It was pretty good. It had a sweet finish.  
Tags: bar

Rating  3

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Sending out an SOS - We ended up at this kind of bizarre, but mostly serviceable bar/restaurant/etc. beside the train tracks for drinks, but hoping for food as well. As it happened, the large downstairs bar area had only just stopped serving food, and the dining room upstairs was a bit more of an ordeal than we were prepared for, so we decided to have a sit and drink instead.
You can tell that they feel pretty good about themselves at SoS, and why shouldn't they, I suppose? They have an impressively long bar packed with fancy booze bottles behind, although the bartender was stumped when one of my colleagues asked for an ever-so-obscure cocktail: a Manhattan. Although he was quite polite about her first effort, he later said out of earshot that it was terrible. Oh well, I go for pints of beer myself normally, and the house Czech lager, SOS, went down nicely. The downstairs bar has many smaller tables as well as two big communal tables and a large square of comfy-looking leather couches.
So what of this place overall? I guess it was nice enough - we had a good place to sit at the communal table and although it was a bit noisy, we carried on with good conversation for a while. Upstairs there is much more to explore, including two floors of dining and one that is apparently geared towards wine tasting. All that said, I got a sense of the after-work element of SoS kind of limiting its ambition, and I don't know how likely I am to run back there again.  
Tags: after work crowd, brunch, house beer

Rating  3

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