8 Hoxton Square (Hoxton)

• 8 Hoxton Square was on my list of places to visit once it had opened
• A tweet on Wednesday announced Thursday was their first day
• I booked a table for Friday night dinner with E and M (they&rsquo
• 8 Hoxton Square is the second site from the people of 10 Greek Street
• The beautifully green swiss chard and ricotta malfatti (a little gnocchi like) were delicious in their brown butter with crispy sage perched on top (£
• Tender and pink on top the headily spiced carrot puree with sprouting broccoli and anchovy (£
• Super salty and came with a little bowl of aioli (always welcome)
• The wine list is all really affordable (if only I could actually remember what bottle of red we had &ndash
• 8 Hoxton Square is in the same ownership as 10 Greek Street
• Its head chef is Australian Cameron Emirali
• This hand written list is rotated monthly
• Mouton Rothschild 1995 was listed at £
• The ravioli was just a touch softer than idea
• Though the peas and morels were good (13/20)
• The scallops had quite good sweetness and the pea puree is a classic flavour match
• This one was nicely seasoned and had more flavour than I was expecting (14/20)
• Only because we over indulged with the lovely wine list
• Overall 8 Hoxton Square was a very enjoyable experience
• House wine and house prosecco was well priced at £
• I had the pomegranate iced tea which was pleasant and not too sweet
• We only had a couple of little dishes as well as the complementary bread studded with bits of deep fried rosemary
• The fried baby squid was really very good
• The charcuterie platter was of good quality and sliced paper thin
• The white bread was redolent with olive oil and topped with sauteed onion
• Brown bread was dense and salty
• I had the trout tartare as a starter which was lovely and fresh
• Nice surprise that the accompanying fennel and radish was was very lightly pickled
• My companion's starter of bruschetta with wild mushrooms was stunning
• Intensely flavoured and the burrata was a lovely foil
• We did eat it with a tinge of sadness as the woodsy taste of the chanterelles and porcini reminded us that summer will soon be over
• My companion had the lamb served with peas and anchovy which had a distinct undercurrent of mint
• Accompanying alioli was a little mild for my taste both in terms of acidity and garlic
• My only complaint would be that although the dishes were all lovely and well balanced
• The mushroom bruschetta was very gutsy
• The other dishes were more subtle
• Seated at a table for four (each with our own numbered chair)
• Fresh bread was brought to the table with beautiful olive oil to dip into
• We shared olives and the fried goats cheese with pomegranate
• Asparagus and mint which was perfectly salty
• So opened a bottle of Cabernet Merlot (although the Valpolicella we tried was very good too) and chatted to the friendly waitress
• The staff here genuinely care and are more than happy to chat
• 8 Hoxton Square is now on my top five places in town that I could eat at every day and tell everyone to do the same
• 8 Hoxton Square was a surprising restaurant in this part of town
• Eschewing the stereotypes that are evoked whenever Hoxton is mentioned
• The vibrant London restaurant scene is as much a curse as it is a blessing
• It's not uncommon for places to be forgotten soon after they were the bell of the ball
• The initial social media presence was relentless with everyone from Marina O'Loughlin to social media darling Clerkenwell Boy gracing it with their presence and offering extremely positive praise
• 8 Hoxton Square was always going to be a small sharing plates affair and so it was on this night
• Chorizo on sourdough and jamon croquetas got us off to a roaring start with every dish seemingly out doing the last
• Flavours were vibrant and moreishly addictive with the jamon croquetas proving to be an incredible oozy
• Plates of sardines with black beans &
• Guanciale and hake with sweet corn
• A cocktail of contrasting flavours were together were harmonious leaving me licking my plate
• Even side of fries and aioli seemed too good too be true with an impossibly crunch exterior giving way to an incredible fluffy and smooth interior
• 8 Hoxton Square is another one of those restaurants that I&rsquo
• T get a booking last minute or it was the holidays and they were closed or someone just wasn&rsquo
• T exactly sure when he was going to be finished
• T tried the famous Tequila con Verditas that we of the Boozy Bunch are so very fond of

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