Mirela’s time in London is quickly drawing to a close so we are trying to cram in a few things into her schedule in the middle of her packing up her flat and researching for her dissertation due in a couple of month’s time. She was asking me where we could go for dinner that was something a little bit different (for some reason people think I know all about food in London … ha ha) but I couldn’t really think of anywhere off the top of my head which wasn’t ridiculously expensive and/or busy on a Saturday night. We tried Rainforest Cafe but as we got there for just before 9pm they had already closed the restaurant for the evening in preparation for turning it into a club for the night! So, instead we headed over to Sugar Reef.

I’ve been to Sugar Reef once before for a work Christmas do and I was pretty impressed with the food then. Tonight the restaurant was fairly busy but mainly with hen do’s. I felt a little left out! 🙂

Our waitress was very nice and quite patient with us despite the many questions we had and indecision we had over our menu choices … especially when we found out that two of the things we wanted had run out for the evening! The only problem we had was that Sugar Reef seemed a little under-staffed so getting the attention of our waitress at the end of the meal proved a little difficult.

Sugar Reef have a set menu option which is actually priced differently depending on which evening you have it – Mon-Wed I think its something like £15 for 2 courses, then £17 for the same thing on Thus-Fri and then £20 on a Saturday night (I can’t remember the exact pricings)! What a premium! At least the food is of high quality – I really liked the salmon I had on a bed of pesto mash and bell pepper salsa. Our starters of tempura prawns and duck spring rolls were delish too.

I love taking the bus home late in the evening and for once we managed to score the front seats of the bus. Our bus driver was a bit of a maniac though cause he cruised through Oxford Street just barely stopping on time on most occasions and really taking the amber lights aggressively. Definitely made for an adventurous ride home.