I don't ever go to the Canary Wharf area so it was a bit of a trek to get there, but a nice walk from the riverboat stop. The restaurant is actually in the Marriott hotel - I was dubious but willing to give it a go.
We were seated quickly by a pleasant person (a theme that continued the whole time - the staff were all really lovely). I had made a reservation but it wasn't needed, and he didn't ask my name when I said I had a reservation. I had informed them through the reservation system that it was my partner's birthday but there was no mention of it, probably because no one checked the reservation.
The menu is pretty straightforward, with about 8 starters, some steaks, a few main courses, and half a dozen desserts.
Both of us ordered the nearly the same - scallops with pea puree and chorizo to start, a USDA New York Strip cooked medium with bernaise sauce. For a side, my partner got a loaded baked potato, and I had mac & cheese. Neither of us drink alcohol but I could see that they had a nice area for wine as well.
Bread was brought to the table, but no butter - instead they give you a rather odd cream cheese. It was fine, but really, bring me some butter!
Neither of us liked the scallops - they were a bit rubbery and stringy, and very small. Edible, but just not any better than I could do at home. Plus the chorizo was really just too strong for a delicate scallop.
There was quite a long wait between the starter and main, especially as there was only one other table in the restaurant at this point. The kitchen is open to the restaurant, and they have a chef running the pass, so it's at least entertaining. We did hear them doing room service food as well, which might have accounted for the delay.
Our steaks and sides came and looked very lovely. The meat tasted good, but mine was overdone - a shame as it made it a bit hard to cut. It wasn't tough when I ate it though, so I wonder if the trendy knives just aren't quite up to the job! The other steak had some pink so maybe I was just unlucky. The menu quite clearly says that medium rare has a slightly cool red centre, and that medium had a warm pink centre, so I was expecting it to be pink throughout. My partner's loaded baked potato came plain, with a side of sour cream topped with bacon. He said there was a lemony taste to the sour cream, but he liked it and the potato was fluffy and didn't taste microwaved. My mac & cheese was very, very cheesy. I would have preferred it a bit looser/wetter but there's no denying that it tasted nice.
For dessert, I had key lime pie, and my other half had a warm pecan pie. The key lime pie was very, very tasty - a light lemon-yellow colour with slivers of lime zest, tart and delicious. It came served with a massive pile of clotted cream. I would have rather it had been ice cream! The pecan pie was tasty but could have used more of the squishy middle. He also would have preferred a scoop of ice cream instead of the clotted cream. To be fair, the menu did say clotted cream!
The bill for 2 with no alcohol (just 2 glasses of pepsi) and a tip was about £60 per person, so not a cheap night out. The restaurant was getting a bit more atmosphere as we left around 8pm.
To summarise, the steak was good quality, the service good and efficient, but the starter was a let down, and a bit more attention should be paid to the steaks - an overcooked steak can't really be saved and makes my carnivore self weep read more