Union Street Café (Southwark)

• The latest Gordon Ramsay venture is Union Street Café
• The 99 seat restaurant is a departure from the usual Ramsay formula in that it is serving Italian food
• Its head chef is Davide Degiovanni
• Example wines were Terre Giumara Grecanico 2012 at £
• Bread was bought in from a nearby Borough Market bakery (that was as much as a clue as our waiter could give)
• The white slices were fresh and had reasonable texture (13/20)
• 8) with red and yellow peppers were notionally flavoured with saffron
• Though that was far from obvious
• The sardines were pleasant enough if a little oily
• The food I tried was fairy basic
• I went here with a timeout voucher (1 x assaggini bar and 2 x cocktails for £
• The friend that joined me was outraged that I had plumped for the mixed nuts (£
• Over the meatballs/ arancini/ chicken wings for our assaggini but hey it was 5pm and meatballs just aren't on my agenda at 5pm
• The bartender was obviously bored because he advised that we let him experiment with our cocktails big mistake because they sort of tasted like dirty dish water
• The mixed nuts were pretty great
• The second round of cocktails were far superior
• Not least because the way the tables are arranged make for great people watching
• The most of the people here are on dates a great show to accompany your dirty dishwater
• The restaurant is located between Union Street and Great Suffolk Street in an old Warehouse
• The oldies are the best Parma ham and parmigiano reggiano cheese (£
• Both starters are really delicious
• Me pasta is one of those meals that in my view is a signature dish in any Italian restaurant
• Mussels and chilli I am pleased to report is nice with the right amount of Chilli to add to the dish without overpowering it
• This however was seriously fowl
• The venison and pasta was overpowered by a phenomenal amount of salt
• Overall a very disappointing meal and with much better Gordon Ramsay offerings at hand I most definitely would not bother with Union Street Café
• The main restaurant has the ambiance of a school dinning room with excessive noise and staff literally looking down on you all the time
• Me Union Street has been designed with the staff in mind and not the customers
• Had the 3 course deal with a free cocktail on arrival
• The concept behind their Pranzo Sunday lunches are slow lunches with lots of courses and we had the option of choosing between 2
• It has quite a casual interior but add in the free flowing Prosseco for another ten pounds and you'll feel like you are brunching in New York
• The rest of the group all went for a pasta dish or gnocchi dish and then a meat dish but I decided to try the Sraciatell with bell pepper anti pasti
• Drizzled with some oil and served with delicious roasted soft peppers
• I did taste a forkfull of the gnocchi with peas and each little piece was so soft and tender that I was a little envious
• Was cooked perfectly with a fresh crispy skin and a lovely relish and sauce on a bed of chard
• There was a reasonable wait between courses but this is not a restaurant to come to if you are after a hurried meal
• The ethos of their Sunday lunches is slow dining and we were thrilled to have been able to spend nearly 4 hours in there
• The highlight by a miel though was the dessert
• Gelato of the day which was white chocolate and a type of chocolate panna cotta in favour of their cake of th e day a tart with chocolate ganache and covered in Piedmont hazelnuts
• The hazelnuts were packed full of that beautiful flavour and gave the rich decadent chocolate a perfect crunch
• I would definitely return here for a Sunday lunch and it is ideal for a group brunch or lunch with fresh ingredients
• Great flavours and if you are vegetarian
• Both of my visits were at lunchtime where there is a lunch menu as well as a limited à
• We arrived and were asked to sot downstairs in the bar area
• We got seats and were not sure if anybody was going to take our order
• I adored my starter but my Rabbit pasta dish was a let down
• T get my act together until Top Table sent me an email last week with an offer of an early evening spring menu for £
• Mains we both went for Homemade Egg Rigatoni with Spicy Sausage&hellip
• We have been here quite a few times since we live nearby and we'd be coming even more often if it was dog friendly
• The food is good not amazing and the staff is also professional
• I started off with a 5 cheese platter
• Some servings were generous of the cheese but they differed in size and I was not given enough crackers
• The real disappointment was the pasta dish
• Seabream and spicy lentils which I paired with one of my favourite Spanish
• The zesty freshness of the wine was perfect with this fish
• Portions were decent and I was bursting at the seams afterwards
• The pea soup was bitter and too salty
• Friend's salted cod was not salty enough

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