Dinner around Canary Wharf

[ambuletz]

Got a dinner coming up with colleagues after work* ( end of next week). Suggestions of somewhere to eat in/around the Canary Wharf area welcome (and possibly along the DLR route at a push).

Top on the list is Big Easy (that gives an idea of price, lets say £20 for a main).
I'm fine with this as I've been to the covent garden one twice on their all-you-can-eat days.
we're not all powerfully built company directors driving a a TVR as a daily, so it's all coming out of our own pocket.

Open to all suggestions as I'll look into them and offer them up to everyone.
It might be benificial if it was halal or offered some vegetarian options (as a couple of people are muslim). But these people are happy to eat something vegetarian.*

Suggestions to rule out (as I have eaten there so don't need the reccomendation, unless stated).
- nothing italian...that's just boring.
- wagamama
- nandos
- wahaca
- Jamie Oliver (never been,but man is gonna be boring).
- cafe crouge, frankie & bennies, garfunkels, chiquitos
- byron

.*yes I'm aware you can't please everyone.

thanks!

[CookieR32]

https://www.goodmanrestaurants.com/location/canary...

Goodman? Not sure on the vegetarian front...

[Big Pants]

A bunch of us took clients to Giant Robot a couple of weeks ago and we were all quite impressed. It's not gourmet but there's loads of choice on both food and beverage fronts, and it's very relaxed, if a little noisy. Book a table if there's a bunch of you as you'll need a "home" to return to after you've checked out the offerings.

http://canarywharf.com/eating-drinking/directory/g...

[EarlOfHazard]

Chai Ki is nice; a fusion of Indian and Asian. There are two menus: the toddy bar; and restaurant. Both are very nice, however I prefer the bar menu. Plenty of veggie options (such as paneer cheese nom nom). And I think the chicken is halal.

[essayer]

Rocket
Wildwood
Gaucho
Boisdale

[NewNameNeeded]

Hazev (which is halal)
Zizzi (cheap)
The Grapes (lovely pub with fab food, but not suitable for big groups)
Boisdales
Chai ki
Sri Nam
Sticks n Sushi


... you're spoilt for choice, really.

[ambuletz]

cheers for the suggestions guys.

having looked at all of them I'm quite keen on Sri Nam and Hazev.

[NeilB12]

Been to Hazev 2 or 3 times although not for a few years. Food and service was good and price was so cheap we thought they had made a mistake !

[matrignano]

Sri Nam is really nothing to shout home about

For that sort of budget, Big Easy, Sticks & Sushi and Iberica would be my choices

[NickXX]

The Gun has always been superb when I've been. Bit of history too which is rare for C Wharf .

[EarlOfHazard]

NickXX said:

The Gun has always been superb when I've been. Bit of history too which is rare for C Wharf .

Lovely setting, and is very old. Apparently Nelson himself used to knock boots in the attic. On the food front though, not a great of choice for vegetarians.

[Angrybiker]

Is there still that Tapas place on the 'Via Fossa / Bar 38' stretch? That's a great evening out - drinks and nibbles.

The Parlour is good if you can get a table, though maybe a bit loud sometimes.

Or the places just down the steps from Wesfterry roundabout - Chinese, Gaucho and a nice bar if I recall.

Man I've not been out in the evening here for a long time lol

[Shaoxter]

I know you said no Italian but Amerigo Vespucci by Cabot Square is really nice, slightly more upmarket than the other suggestions.

[Angrybiker]

Shaoxter said:

I know you said no Italian but Amerigo Vespucci by Cabot Square is really nice, slightly more upmarket than the other suggestions.

yeah that's a nice place

[C70R]

Big Pants said:

A bunch of us took clients to Giant Robot a couple of weeks ago and we were all quite impressed. It's not gourmet but there's loads of choice on both food and beverage fronts, and it's very relaxed, if a little noisy. Book a table if there's a bunch of you as you'll need a "home" to return to after you've checked out the offerings.

http://canarywharf.com/eating-drinking/directory/g...

The single most plastic thing in the whole of London. Horrendous, IMHO. A pretend 'street food' market, in a brand new building, filled with braying tw*ts drinking on expenses. I quite literally couldn't think of anywhere I'd less like to eat.
I love proper street food markets (take the one on Goulston St in the City), but Giant Robot is as fake as fake comes!

Plateau is my favourite spot at CW, and you can eat on the set menu for around your budget.

[Angrybiker]

Yeah Plateau - OH and I just remembered - One Canada Square has an upstairs and downstairs eating section and looks nice and fancy. Relatively small place so probably won't get too noisy.

And if you want real budget then there's always the Wetherspoons near the canon workshops

[ambuletz]

Some closure

After all of that it looks like we're going to go to somewhere called Browns in West india quay.

Edited by ambuletz on Friday 10th November 17:39

[Murph7355]

NickXX said:

The Gun has always been superb when I've been. Bit of history too which is rare for C Wharf .

This for something different and British.

Sticks and Sushi is pretty nice Japanese food (much to my surprise).

Not convinced about the Big Easy. It's OK but nothing more.

If you like curry, maybe head up Commercial Road and go to Lahore Kebab House (byo booze).

Royal China at Westferry for Chinese.

[Type R Tom]

Really cheap end I'd recommend Noodle Street, excellent food

https://noodlestreet.co.uk/

[ATG]

Murph7355 said:

If you like curry, maybe head up Commercial Road and go to Lahore Kebab House (byo booze).

This is always the correct answer. You should go there in an MX5.