Gastro

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67 Venn Street

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Tue Dec 15 2009

If you want somewhere more French, take the Eurostar. Everything – the dark interior; the classic cuisine; the smouldering, shrugging staff – is straight out of central casting and gloriously, uninhibitedly Gallic. Such bustling brasseries used to be all over France, places to eat croissants before work, or steak frites before visiting the cinema opposite. The cooking makes no concessions: start with snails, moules, fruits de mer or a chèvre salad; follow with bavette steak, andouillette sausages, magret de canard, salade niçoise or a lobster whisked straight from the tank. The menu enfant does indeed feature steak haché or escalope volaille; desserts bring you mont blanc and crème caramel – or maybe strong cheeses from the mesh box on the zinc bar. Spread across the two dark rooms are rickety tables (and a very large communal one), the lobsters in their tank (and their plastic brethren on the ceiling), French adverts on the walls, and a phalanx of strong liqueurs behind the bar. OK, the chips were lukewarm on our visit, and the salade verte rather gritty; but grilled entrecôte was done to a turn, and a lovely syrah house wine came in a Duralex glass. Vegetarians can, it seems, eat frites.

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Address:
Gastro 67 Venn Street
London
SW4 0BD

Phone:
020 7627 0222
Opening hours:
Breakfast served 8am-3pm, meals served noon-midnight daily.
Transport:
Tube: Clapham Common tube
Price:
Main courses £12.95-£16.75. Set lunch (noon-3pm Mon-Fri) £9.95 2 courses incl coffee.
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1. Gastro
  - 67 Venn Street
    London
    SW4 0BD
  - 020 7627 0222
  - 51.462630,-0.137803

Facilities:
Restaurant and bar facilities. Reservations required. Brunch. Accessible facilities. General facilities. Private rooms. Outdoor facilities. Tables outdoors
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Parties

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(11 ratings)

Hello , the Gastro is one of my favourite French restaurant in London , been there many times for the past 2 years. The food is so good , very tasty , succulent and very nice presentation ..The staff are very nice and they leave you time to eat ..The terrasse is so good during summer time !!!! Go there for Lunch menu or diner time you will never regret it !!!! Book your table before as the restaurant is quite busy during evening and week end

virginie Sat Sep 1 2012
Rated as: 5/5
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We used to love gastro about 10+ years ago, but since then it has got WORSE and WORSE and WORSE and more and more EXPENSIVE! Such a shame. It used to be a good neighbourhood haunt, but it's just an arrogant second rate cash machine now.

ben Thu Jul 26 2012
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terrible food, poor service1 not worth it pay for it i can get better steaks at home and french fries came saggy and burn!

samantha Mon Jul 2 2012
Rated as: 1/5
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"À LA CARTE" a bit pricey, but the set menu was v. good value and rather tasty. House (red) wine was nice, steak cooked to perfection. Cheese very smelly, staff pleasantly cheeky. Encore!

SarahMGBrown Thu Feb 9 2012
Rated as: 4/5
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We went to Gastro one last time as the decor is nice and we're local but the food was absolutely aweful! I had no idea that it was possible to turn seafood into such a bland, tasteless slob of mud.. I'm afraid it was just disgusting! We also witnessed the manager being quite rude to some French clients a while back, he seems to think that being a guest is a privilege.. Ridiculous! From the outside it looks just like a bit of France in London but don't be seduced to go in there! These people need to get a grip, being rude doesn't quite cut it. Instead, try learn how to cook and be hospitable and accomodating to people. I've never bothered to leave reviews but I feel people need to be warned about these loosers. Somehow there still are people around who think that to be a French waiter you have to snort at people and get offensive if your customers complain. As my French friend said to me when we left "Ohlala!!!"

cookiemonster Sat Jan 14 2012
Rated as: 1/5
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I ve been to gastro recently and I can tell you I ve been really disappointed. We went there one thursday night, there was nothing left! It was like 8.30. Each time we asked for one main course, they told us it was out of stock. The waiter and the manager were quite rude "french style" (I can say it.I m french!) I used to go there with pleasure, i won't go anymore. It's pricy and the quality of the food (not even talking of the service...) is not as good as it used to be! Go for the restaurant "the chardon" in clapham south! Iwon't go back to gastro definitely...

tantan Sat Nov 12 2011
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Pricey but excellent steak and breton cider. Make sure you seat in the bar area - much better atmosphere.

Daniele Thu Jul 14 2011
Rated as: 4/5
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