Outlaw’s at The Capital - London

We had a nice time here and the service was perfect. enjoy the Caesar salad and garnel with an amazing diving sauce. the rib was delicious and I also enjoyed my sole. the young were all super friendly and we felt welcome.

Had a wonderful lunch at The Capital. Very attentive staff and the food was exquisite, very modern we started with ceviche scallops served with beautiful clean tasting sauces and microherbs. My friend had pork belly for main, which she said was very moist and well cooked. I had the salmon with mushroom sauces, which were light and delicately flavoured all beautifully presented. Whilst the portions were not very big, there were lots of little additions like amuse bouche and bread, which were certainly enough. We had the Bookatable deal and it was very reasonable, as it included half a bottle of wine each, which we finished off with our cheese at the end of the meal!

I came here with my family and we had the tasting menu. The menu was different to that shown on the website which was not marked as a “sample menu” so we were disappointed to see the changes. We were assured by the waiter that all the ingredients would be “fresh and beautiful” and were then served white asparagus from a tin. The other dishes were mediocre at best which was disappointing. We had our coats taken to the cloakroom and when they came back, my brother discovered that the 25 in his pocket had gone missing. Daylight robbery followed by more robbery.

We have been to these restaurant several times for special occasions over the years, and we have always enjoyed the food and the dining experience. Today was however another story. On arrival, we were shown to the bar, and asked 3 times by 3 different people whether we had a reservation, during which time we were asked to enjoy a drink in the bar (for which we were of course charged). We were finally shown to our table 30m after we arrived, and when we received the menu, we were told 'it had changed' so only 2 options were available, either gamemushroomceleriac, or take the game out and you have the veggie option. The starter and the main tasted the same both were covered in mushroom sauce, and the main was the size of a starter (a piece of guinea fowl 6cm long, and 1 wide), served with (I counted) 10 4mm square cubes of a root vegetable. Arrive petite 4 courtesy of the restaurant, and here we have 4 gellies coated in sugars. Now all of this would have been borderline acceptable had we not booked through a website a lunch deal, which included half a bottle of wine. The first bill to come included the wine charge apparently when we were presented with the wine list and asked to pick (and we chose one of cheapest wines anyway) nobody thought to mention the wine included in our deal was not on the list. We were also charged 55 for a bottle of prosecco, most of which we took home (to the disgust and mockery of the staff, who thought us cheap), where a glass was 9. I will leave you to do the maths. All in all we paid over 170 for 2 dishes that had the same mushroom taste, and Prosecco I can find in Tesco for 10. So, the verdict is, we will not dine at this restaurant again, and if you are in the area, I suggest you avoid it too.

I have been on a two week long gelato hunt in hopes of finding the best gelato in London.