Eating out in London, particularly during the early week day nights, doesn’t necessarily have to be expensive, especially with websites such as Top Table and London Eating which, at the moment, seem to be offering lots of discounts and deals. Tonight Sandra and I were meeting to plan our upcoming weekend at the Isle of Wight which of course was just an excuse to have some yummy nosh. We ended up at The L Restaurant near Kensington High Street. I’d told Sandra that I had to cut back on my spending for eating out because it has gotten a little out of control lately but when I looked at the menu during the day I already knew that I was going for 3 courses if I could fit it in! Luckily there was a 50% off a la carte food offer we were able to take advantage of.

We got to the restaurant just near 6.30pm tonight and it was fairly empty. Not entirely unexpected on a Monday evening though it didn’t take long before the restaurant became pleasantly filled. The restaurant section of the, well, restaurant was long bright and airy with a glass roof and basically a wall of mirrors down one wall so it gave the illusion of being larger than it was but also allowed the light to bounce around.

The service was very friendly the whole evening though I must say that after we’d finished our meal we were sort of left alone which was nice and we never felt like we were being pressured to leave. During our meal we never had to wait very long for each course to arrive. Here are our selections for our starters and mains:

	Sandra’s Selections	My Selections
Starters
Mains

My starter of Seared King Scallops with Granny Smith & Dandelion was nice and fresh if a little unchallenging to the pallette and, although disappointed that the Half a Grilled Lobster with Tagliarini, Chilli, Parsley & Garlic published on their online menu (sounds divine right?!) wasn’t available, I was more than happy with the gigantic rib eye steak I had for my mains. The sides of Sauteed Potatoes and Spinach were also quite delicious. I think Sandra was fairly happy with her tuna and veal carpaccio though she really couldn’t tell the difference between the two taste wise and she said her monkfish and shellfish stew was tasty though she wasn’t quite game to try the Sambuca sauce that came with it.

Finally as a dessert Sandra and I both just could not resist the Creme Brulee. We were not disappointed in flavour or side but it might have been nicer if it hadn’t come out lukewarm – either hot or cold would have given it a nicer texture.