View Full Version : What Brixton restaraunt is this?
ska invita
04-07-2007, 18:27
I cam across this line below in a thread on another board - anyone know what this is refering to... and is it any good?
the best restaurant in Brixton, which is a bit more expensive, is Upstairs on Acre Lane. it's above the Opus sandwich shop and serves French/Modern European food that you would expect to pay twice as much for north of the river. 2 courses with wine works out about £25-30 per head.
...sounds interesting - is it still there? the post was quite old...
The restaurant is itself called Upstairs. The entrance is on Branksome Road (off Acre Lane). It's very good - sittings at 7.30pm and 9.30pm. It's got a funky bar too if you want to check it out without committing to a meal. This tends to be busy before the two sittings but not at other times.
I had a freebie meal there a few weeks ago courtesy of an old girlfriend who's now a top notch food critic.
The food was good but not particularly great, and the menu options limited.
It is a nice, friendly kind of place literally built into an old house though, but too pricey for the likes of me!
... the menu options limited...
This is true - usually a choice of three starters/mains/puddings with perhaps a couple of specials and I think the menu changes only monthly. Bear in mind though that it's a tiny kitchen - they've made the right decision I think to keep the choices down in order to concentrate on quality.
And yes, it's not cheap, but better value than many places of that quality elsewhere in town.
gaijingirl
04-07-2007, 19:00
I had a freebie meal there a few weeks ago courtesy of an old girlfriend who's now a top notch food critic.
The food was good but not particularly great, and the menu options limited.
It is a nice, friendly kind of place literally built into an old house though, but too pricey for the likes of me!
Did they have a veggie option (I say "a" 'cos I assume it would be just the one!)
Not worthy of a thread of its own, but on the subject of top-notch nosebag in Brixton, does anyone else remember Twenty Trinity Gardens?
Detroit City
04-07-2007, 20:33
£25-30 per head works out to around $50-$60 per person. Thats not cheap!
Monkeygrinder's Organ
04-07-2007, 20:38
£25-30 per head works out to around $50-$60 per person. Thats not cheap!
It's not. But you can spend a hell of a lot more than that on a halfway nice meal in London easily.
Thats about average with wine isn't it??
(If it's any good that is!!)
ska invita
04-07-2007, 22:31
£25-30 per head works out to around $50-$60 per person. Thats not cheap!
Trust me DC - Britain has gone insane as far as costs go. Im coming to the US to visit family this summer, and im coming with an empty suitcase. Clothes are one of the things that I just cant afford to buy. Britain is heading for three times as expensive as the US on many things - plus as you know its now $2 to £1.
Anyhow, this still sounds like an expensive resteraunt. An average London resteraunt cost about £15-£20 a head, depending what youre drinking.
Mr Retro
05-07-2007, 08:05
Opus is cheap in the scheme of things.
If you discount ethnic restaurants which are still very good value, it's easy to spend £50 a head on an average meal in London
Mr Retro
05-07-2007, 08:20
We went to Chez Bruce in Wandsworth recently for a birthday. It's excellent and is considered to be pretty good value for what it is.
I kept the bill because we had been recently back from the states and I wanted to compare a supposed good value top notch meal in London with the cost for a top meal in the US.
Water, wine, 2 set dinners, 2 suppliments, 1 coffee, 1 whiskey and 1 desert wine and tip (automatically added) came to £158.63 exactly.
I reckon it would cost the same or a bit less in $. So less than half price.
Anyhow, this still sounds like an expensive resteraunt. An average London resteraunt cost about £15-£20 a head, depending what youre drinking.
Do you mean average in terms of price or average in terms of quality?
Could you give an example?
Not worthy of a thread of its own, but on the subject of top-notch nosebag in Brixton, does anyone else remember Twenty Trinity Gardens?
Yep - an institution. Became Versailles for a while then closed - now a residential property though always thought it must be a bit odd having that conservatory tacked onto the front of your house.
Did they have a veggie option (I say "a" 'cos I assume it would be just the one!)
Yes, one of the three I think is always veggie – so no choice (but that's not very unusual, and I'd always prefer one option of three than one of about 20, that's stuck grudgingly at the bottom of the menu and is probably rubbish overcooked pasta).
I've been a couple of times and the veggie options were very nice but not amazing – you probably wouldn't go if everyone you were with was veggie. The puddings were great (a really good creme brulee), but I always seem to remember puddings more.
quimcunx
05-07-2007, 11:45
Trust me DC - Britain has gone insane as far as costs go. Im coming to the US to visit family this summer, and im coming with an empty suitcase. Clothes are one of the things that I just cant afford to buy. Britain is heading for three times as expensive as the US on many things - plus as you know its now $2 to £1.
:confused: you can't afford £25 for suit from Asda, or £1 for 5 pairs of socks? clothes have never been cheaper!
Mr Retro
05-07-2007, 12:16
:confused: you can't afford £25 for suit from Asda, or £1 for 5 pairs of socks? clothes have never been cheaper!
I suppose cheap gear has never been cheaper. Decent stuff on the other hand is a rip off compared with the US. For example Urban Outfitters is about 1/3 to 1/2 the price in the US.
RushcroftRoader
05-07-2007, 13:54
A friend of mine was lucky enough to be taken to Wiltons near Green Park for lunch yesterday and she told me the bill for two (3 courses, water, bottle of wine to share, coffee) came to £257.
tarannau
05-07-2007, 14:04
I suppose cheap gear has never been cheaper. Decent stuff on the other hand is a rip off compared with the US. For example Urban Outfitters is about 1/3 to 1/2 the price in the US.
To be fair though Urban Outfitters in the US has slightly different positioning, or at least it did when I was there. The Seattle branch had a lot of cheaper brands and items that'd never make the London store.
Mr Retro
05-07-2007, 15:25
To be fair though Urban Outfitters in the US has slightly different positioning, or at least it did when I was there. The Seattle branch had a lot of cheaper brands and items that'd never make the London store.
I got a cardie in there for $90 and the exact same one was on sale on Oxford Street for £100.
Are you saying I'm not :cool:?
:mad: fucker :mad:
http://www.upstairslondon.com/
No menu nadda info at all
BUT
Looks very trendy
Publisher woman in Hoxton Sq today told me "Brixtons really chanhging, so much better etc..."
Maybe she does supper there lunch at the Hoxton Apprentice
My, what a life
ska invita
05-07-2007, 16:50
http://www.upstairslondon.com/
No menu nadda info at all
BUT
Looks very trendy
Publisher woman in Hoxton Sq today told me "Brixtons really chanhging, so much better etc..."
Maybe she does supper there lunch at the Hoxton Apprentice
My, what a life
This place is overspill from Clapham really isnt it... Dont think you could get away charging these prices down coldharbour lane.
ska invita
05-07-2007, 16:51
:confused: you can't afford £25 for suit from Asda, or £1 for 5 pairs of socks? clothes have never been cheaper!
Im not going around naked, but clothes are the last of my priorities when it comes to spending. I try and do everything in November (warehouse sales) and January (High street sales). I also try and avoid buying sweatshop clothes as much as is possible.
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