I've never been to any other Meat & Shake, and I've been to this one twice since it opened (plus a takeout feast via Deliveroo) so I feel I am ready to review this.
First time we went, we did so with the intention of trying the Tomahawk, for which unfortunately we need to give at least 48 hours notice so that the chef can book the cut with their butcher. So we decided to go for the TBone, but alas that evening they had sold them out already.
Were we going to give up? NEVER.
I finally had the pleasure of trying Fried Chicken & Waffle, which is a lot tastier than I had imagined. Two big pieces of chicken, deep DEEP fried (seriously, the breading was so thick) and served on a round big waffle. It comes with Maple syrup, which you can pour on top of it yourself to your liking. Very tasty.
My other half had the Von Longhorn burger, which, to this day, I regret not trying because it looked incredible (and he swears by it). As sides we had truffle fries, corn on the cob (very nicely steamed albeit a bit bland, as it is) and the most crunchy and flavourful onion rings.
One piece of advice, don't touch the sauces on the cutlery rack that's on your table. You THINK you like hot sauces, you don't know how wrong you are.
You have been warned.
We topped it off with dessert: oreo fried doughnuts. Unnecessary, Martina. Unnecessary. But tasty (there's five in the portion, I only managed to eat one and a half).
That same evening we booked a Tomahawk for the weekend after.
So there we were, 7 days later (during which we doubled the order above as takeout), we entered the cosy and stylish little restaurant, our bodies were ready.
No Tomahawk, their butcher didn't have the cut. They did however reserved two TBones for us and MY SWEET LORD how delicious they were. And because you can never have too much meat, we accompanied them with their Bone Marrow shafts, which I was a bit sceptic about and turned out to be pure deliciousness. Smear those buggers all over your steak and you're in beef heaven. Guarantee it.
The poor chaps at the restaurants had to face a neighbourhood-wide black out which meant closing down before 9pm on a Saturday night, and yet instead of charging us for 2 TBones and 3 sides (1 Tbone + side comes at £35) they charged us for 1 Tomahawk (£55) because that's what we had asked at the beginning. We were happy to leave a good tip for their generosity and top notch service even during kitchen panic.
Will DEFINITELY go back again. read more