Time Out rating:
<strong>Rating: </strong>3/5
Time Out says
Tue Aug 2 2011
The Somers Town Coffee House is a huge place, imbued with a French sensibility. It’s divided in two – a spacious front bar, and a restaurant – with additional space on the front terrace, in the back garden and in the rear room (complete with fireplace).
Nothing seems too much trouble for the excellent staff, whether you’re here for food or simply a drink. If you’re in the latter category, you’ll find ales (Wells Bombardier, Wadworth 6X), lagers (Red Stripe, Kirin Ichiban) and, best of all, a good wine list, organised into descriptive categories by the two sisters from Normandy who are behind the enterprise: ‘dense and concentrated red, oak ageing’, for example.
Authentic French food runs from fish soup with all the trimmings to magret of duck with orange sauce, golden beetroot and glazed turnips. The bar menu tempts with such savouries as own-made crab beignets with salsa verde.
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