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Eyre Brothers
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The news has got around: Eyre Brothers does everything exceptionally well. Hence, it took us three attempts to reserve a table. The interior is framed by dark wood on the floor and ceiling. Clean lines of chic leather furniture, designer lamps and divided dining areas create an aura of sophistication. It’s a labour of love for brothers David and Robert, who evidently spend as much time crafting the frequently changing menu as fashioning the decor. Authentic Portuguese dishes reflect the brothers’ upbringing in Mozambique, while Spanish and French flavours add range and luxury. Superior duck foie gras came with a sweet port and Madeira reduction, chive oil and crisp toasted almonds. The grilled pigeon breasts couldn’t have seen the grill for long, arriving magenta-rare, tender and flavoursome. A main of slow-roasted duck breast was perfectly pink, served with rich garlic mash and an uplifting parsley salad. The wine list is similarly Iberian-slanted, containing fairly priced bottles and a number of wines and sherries by the glass. This is the sort of place that doesn’t seem to lack anything, except a second branch.
Time Out Eating & Drinking Guide 2009
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- 70 Leonard Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 4QX
- Area: Shoreditch
- Tel: 020 7613 5346
- www.eyrebrothers.co.uk
- Book online
- Category: Mediterranean
- Travel: Old Street tube/rail
- Times: Lunch served noon-2.45pm Mon-Fri. Dinner served 6.30-10.45pm Mon-Fri; 7-11pm Sat
- Price: Main courses £15-£25
- Credit cards: AmEx, DC, MC, V
- Services:
- Child facilities: Babies and children admitted
- Disabled: toilet
- Function room: Restaurant available for hire
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Ate there last night with a group of friends.
Positives - nice decor, large tables and well spaced out dining room.
Negatives - starters served cold, beef seved rather than pork, manchego cheese served rather than goats cheese. Avoid the crepes at all costs - cold flavourless and chewy. Service was slow and took ages to clear away our plates.
The wine list aside, this place is over rated and expensive. Perhaps people are beginning to realise this as it was on the quiet side for a saturday night.
consistently the best food in the east. re comment below, i love the honest service and the manager drinks with his customers if he likes you. great place, amazing food, great atmosphere, great wine. love it.
fantastic! food was really very good. clean, crisp fragrant. great service. Best restaurant I have eaten at in the east end.
Shocking! Overheard the front desk Manager arguing with a customer - shocked at this behaviour in such a nice venue. Manager was also sitting at the bar having drinks in between customers coming in. Inappropriate. Food was good but there is no excuse for that sort of attitude. Treat your customers with respect or they won't be back.
Great restaurant with an excellent atmosphere. The food is earthy and more than interesting, the wine selection bang on and hosted by the best host in london. Rob. Thank you
Everything was good, from the fois gras starter to the Jamon de Jabugo meet, and the tarte tatin with porto...
I ll definitely come back there!
3 diners
GOOD:- delicious olives on the table; wine, good for the price; service, excellent...
BAD:- rabbit hunter's stew arrived barely warm, sauce actually cold at the outer edges of the plate, the rabbit itself was dry (overcooked) & tasteless; medium lamb chops were good; medium-rare lamb chops were very rare i.e completely uncooked (& cold) in the middle; double expresso was somewhere between cold & barely warm