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Red Sea

382 Uxbridge Road, W12 7LL Full details & map

Restaurant: African

Time Out says Rate it

By Time Out Editors Posted: Jan 28 2010

The Red Sea is one of those London secrets you almost don't want to share, lest it should shed the ramshackle appeal of its MDF tables and workman caff aesthetic for mainstream respectability. The menu offers an intriguing mix of Eritrean, Ethiopian, Somali and Yemeni cuisine, plus the odd bit of Italian (African spag bol anyone?), and the food is an eccentric delight. Here you'll find one of the broadest Horn of African choices around, at almost unreasonably good value. Our selections of spring lamb served with a special pilau rice, and lamb stew with okra and onions, were two of the more conservative options. The four-page menu (a whole page of which is dedicated to 'Abyssinian' cuisine) offers innards in spiced butter, among other delicacies. Customers are a blend of young, urban expats, veiled women of various nationalities sipping on refreshing lemon milkshakes (like a creamy freshly squeezed lemonade), and single men enjoying the hearty cooking of home. Service is languid, the decor a kitsch collage of Eritrean landscapes and London skylines, and there's no drinks licence (but many non-alcoholic options). Still, at such prices these are minor grumbles.

Tags: African, Late night, Something different, West, Shepherd's Bush, Budget, Restaurant

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Red Sea details

Address

Red Sea

382 Uxbridge Road W12 7LL

Transport Shepherd's Bush Market tube

Telephone

020 8749 6888

Meals served 11am-11pm Mon-Thur, Sun; 11am-midnight Fri, Sat.

Main courses £5-£7. Unlicensed no alcohol allowed.

Credit cards MC, V

Local Authority food hygiene score
2 out of 5 stars

Facilities

Tables outdoors ( 2, pavement ), Babies and children welcome ( high chairs ), Takeaway service, Vegetarian menu

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By Sumita - Oct 31 2011

I have been going to this restaurant for years- and love it. The service is excellent and very friendly. Concerned to see the hygiene rating but I have to say, I have never fallen ill after eating there!