November 2023 by Spencer Rutherford
Honestly disappointing. It's the restaurant equivalent of that "cool" guy who shows up to the party and decides to leave before midnight.I was expecting an exciting, innovative and experimental dining experience. The first dish was great - prawn toast and raw beef with lots of Asian flavors. Delicious. The flatbreads are good, but nothing better than your average trendy food truck offer. The main was boring - pork and mash, very well cooked, but again, a bit tame and lazy. Dessert was the worst bit, a deathly sweet chocolate mousse that you could find in the frozen food section of waitrose.The food was decent - individual dishes were good but there was no thread linking them together. Why have a set menu if you're just going to cook whatever leftovers you have in the kitchen?The killer was the bill - nearly £200 after tax for the set menu, a bottle of wine, and an extra flatbread. Not nearly worth the price at all and we only had 1.5 hours for table. Come on mate!The decor and vibe of the restaurant didn't go far enough. It clearly wants to be the enfant terrible of the London restaurant scene, but just comes across as an angsty teenager who just discovered Nirvana.
November 2023 by James Queay
I came here with my partner for our aniversary, and while it isn?t the cheapest place for a student my god does it deliver on everything. Especially since I only heard about this place because the owner came axe throwing at my work place.I ate the regular menu and my other half ate the veggie menu and both of us had an amazing time. We couldn?t stop smiling at how cool the food looked half the time, and it all tasted amazing too. Our waiter Sam was a legend, there just enough that you never felt like you were waiting, but without bearing over the table. Not to mention we had a couple of laughs with him.The experience is perfect for anyone looking for intimate, friendly fine dining without the pressure traditional fine dining restaurants put on customers to be something they aren?t.It was a perfect anniversary dinner.Vegetarian options: The veggie options were good, though a little rigid with the set menu (that?s what you sign up for though. The quality of all courses was about on par with the standard menu, which is a very high standard to be fair. The only dish where one was notably better was the main where my other half would have loved some of the spiced prunes from my dish
October 2023 by Tracy Y.
Holy shit it was almost £100 pp and we only had two drinks each. You can see it in my pictures, most of the dishes are just "filler" like the flat bread, cheese bread, and the salad. The main thing is the entire roasted chicken but really a roast chicken doesn't cost me £200. Drinks are ridiculously pricey too. The entire place is tiny and everyone is cramped together. It was especially uncomfortable because the chair was so small. Staff barely notice us and it was so chaotic we didn't enjoy it.
September 2023 by Robert Lawrence
A couple of weeks ago, my friend and I had an incredible meal at Black Axe Mangal. We were able to get a walk-in table and sat at the front by the kitchen. The meal (off a prix fixe menu) was much different (in a good way) than what I would normally order and challenged me to try new dishes. The owner, Katie, also went out of her way to make sure we were welcome and had a memorable experience.Reviews have said the music can be loud, and as someone sensitive to loud noises, I did not find that. I also dug the old school beats they were playing.Highly recommend trying this spot.
June 2023 by marcus zakrzewski
Nothing too much trouble for fantastic waiting staff. Don?t expect fine dining - it?s better than that. Borscht back will change your life (& I don?t like vodka). Sea bream, crab, ox heart, Adana, asparagus - all fantastic.
June 2023 by Mr Gaius C
I Love Everything am seeing now and i Believe That one day everything will be good and nice freedom is what will all need and justice cannot be handle
April 2023 by Staying_fat-fat
The food was even better than last time I visited. Crispy as hell hash browns with beautiful smoked cod roe. Melt in the mouth chicken wings. A filthy take on the St JOHN classic bone marrow with oxtail that should be illegal it was so good. Mackerel with Malaysian high tea slaw was our favourite, just bursting with flavour. Staff are the friendliest bunch you could meet and manage a busy buzzing restaurant so well. The man Lee Tiernan is an absolute class act humble genius and it?s a privilege to eat at his restaurant. Till next time.
April 2023 by ian r
Outrageous food as to be expected. Highly recommend. Make sure to grab a negroni as was one of best have had.
March 2023 by Michael Cassis
Have been wanting to go to this place for so long! Although it started with a bémol by us having to wait outside beyond our reservation time, the staff quickly made the situation better by saying sorry many times and offering them free drinks.Going inside, we realised quickly that it is not a conventional place. The seating and table set is different and kind of ?boho-chic?. There was very loud metal music playing which was bothering us at the beginning but soon after it stopped everything was better.The food was the big shock though. It is a fixed menu, that has a vegetarian option. All dishes were very interesting but what definitely stood out was 3 dishes. First the squid ink flatbread is definitely worth trying with beautiful bread and great ?tarama?. Secondly the smoked chicken over rice was my favorite dish. Finally, the deep fried apple pie was out of this world. The extra lamb flatbread was interesting but not something I would re-order.Conclusion, this is a great address with an interesting take on Middle Eastern cuisine, working with ingredients that you wouldn?t find there. Definitely go there on an empty stomach because.
March 2023 by 488trishd
Food and service was great but absolutely rinsed my bank account. £90 a head for a 3 course SHARING menu and two bottles of wine. I wanted to cry over my deliciously overpriced rabbit croquette. Don't go here if you are on a budget.
February 2023 by Ilaria Barbon
Great service and a really neat menu. The pork belly and the trifle were definitely winner dishes. Atmosphere is really cosy and welcoming and the staff is just a gem.
February 2023 by Lyllah
Amazing tasting menu for dinner. Stand out was the squid ink bread with yolk woooooweeee. Super interesting/quirky menu that makes you try stuff you wouldn?t normally on a London menu. Would return!
February 2023 by Richard C
Myself and my wife at at b.a.m in 2018 and 2019. Once for brunch and once for dinner. Let me tell you f**k it was good, I mean seriously good. So we managed to get a table for Saturday night with the knowledge that it's a set menu now( totally cool with this, you need to turn tables, lots even, to make any bloody money nowadays more so than ever due to cost of basically everything being ridiculously expensive!) So we shoe horned ourselves in, made small talk with the guys sitting next to us and made some orders, we started with cocktails, the whisky sour was lovley but no whisky, my wife hates whiskey and she couldn't taste it at all, shame. Margarita, banging! Just not enough! Food... prawn toast, stunning, hash browns tasted nice, creme fraiche was watery and caviar was not up to par flavour wise especially for b.a.m as everything punches you in the face! First course, delicious but not as I remembered it, just didn't meet up to how it used to be. Second course flat bread was stunning! Third course the pork was not soft enough crackling wasn't as good. Flavour was on point. Trifle was incredible, perfect end. Over all we loved it, but the menu didn't flow enough or it was just abit too heavy for the amount of flavour profiles going on, maybe a couple more courses? I loved the old b.a.m and I know that you can't sustain a buisness like that, but it felt like it is loosing its charm.
February 2023 by 76kitb
It?s a small bustling restaurant with as many covers crammed in as they can manage. Quick turnarounds mean there?s no chance to relax over a digestif. It?s a 3 course set menu. The food is good. What they?re trying to do is interesting. A fusion of Turkish, Szechuanese, salads which have a Vietnamesey twist and then a New York Reuben thrown in. Unfortunately they didn?t quite hit the mark on any of the dishes, their signature dish.. they?re take on a lamachun was nice but the flat bread was too chewy, the pork belly was a bit dry, I hate it when chefs zig-zag sauce over a dish, it looks childish and lazy. we tried a wine which we hadn?t before and it was so dull. The pudding was an immature attempt at a trifle with sprinkles and cheap white chocolate drops. The best thing was the beetroot pickle back! It?s way too expensive for what you get. My tip would be: if you want this kind of food then head over to Acme fire cult where the food, and the price is way better.
January 2023 by YG Chow
Overall: this place is cool. Expect really flavorful food. You'll love this place if you're cool with whatever and down to just go with the flow. If you're not chill and cool. You'll hate this place, but I really enjoyed it.Food: everything was delicious, but there was no cohesive theme to how the menu of the day. One dish could be Mediterranean and the next an asian soup. It's just a bunch of yummy food thrown together.Drinks: only canned beers to my knowledge. My friend ordered a cocktail and she didn't enjoy it all that much.Service: everyone who works here is lovely.
