I had every intention of writing about it, so here goes. Before arriving we were warned to expect bad service and good food. In any event I took pictures of the venue and of the food. This was a big place, decorated like the most glamorous of gastropubs. Indeed very nice. However, on it's site it describes itself as the city's secret garden. I can't quite see this, other than the colour theme being green and some pots of basil and mint. I looked around to get a feel of the people there. Twenty-something city workers out looking to meet people in what they would probably consider 'cool' surroundings. In their opinion, no doubt boozy dinner in a bar come gastropub is cool. I overcame this phase two maybe three years ago. My boss overcame this over thirty years ago, I'll leave it at this, he may be reading!
Our starters were good. Pints of prawns, whitebait, satay chicken. Our mains: let me put it this way, they were ok. I mean this, we all went for different options and when I asked everyone, they nodded positively replying 'yes it's ok'. I had the fish pie. It was also ok. Let me decribe. There was alot of mash, good mash and good fish. However too much mash and too little fish. It was ok. In spite of what we warned the service was efficient, even though the two of us who ordered the fish pie had to wait an extra five minutes.
I think I would conclude that if you are over 27, ok is not good enough. You are looking for good. I don't like reviewing places which I wouldn't recommend. However although I wouldn't recommend this to, say my boss who passed the 27 mark longer than he'd care to remember, I highly recommed this to anyone under 27. Great place to see and be seen and chat to some 'cool' people.
Expect to pay around £30 per person with wine.
The Folly Bar, 41 Gracechurch Street, London EC3V 0BT Tel: 084 5468 0102 http://www.thefollybar.co.uk/
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