Tonight's restaurant was somewhere I've been wanting to try for quite some time. The Boulevard Dining Room on Old Compton Street has had consistently good reviews from toptable and as it's just around the corner (practically!) from Haymarket where the theatre was, there seemed no better time to try it!
Although we booked in for the £15 for 3 courses and a Bellini deal - by the way to anybody who is reading this? GO. Go NOW - we arrived late and by the time the whole table was sat, we only had 30 mins until we had to leave to go and see Breakfast at Tiffany's. Because of this we went for a main meal and didn't have the wonderful deal. Alas!
The restaurant itself is pretty split up, there's several areas and it stops you from feeling crowded in. At the same time, it appears busy and there seems to be a careful seating arrangement to make sure that a happy, chatty ambiance is maintained at all times. It's very neutral; dark wood tables, beige leather boots, light beige walls with a smattering of terracotta. The staff were very patient with us and were happy to accommodate some of our needs, i.e. changing off of the toptable deal, getting one bill separate to the other diners, arriving late.
Food-wise I thought it was pretty good. Four of us ate and we had the following: 8oz Donald Russell chopped steak burger, Monterey Jack cheese with fresh cut fries; Texas three egg omelette with chorizo, sauté potato and red peppers with fresh cut fries; Californian chardonnay risotto with enoki mushrooms & Blackened tuna steak with a rocket and cherry tomato salad. It was all very nice but the burger - my meal - was nothing particularly special in comparison to Jamie's Italian which was around the same price.
I would go back there again with a friend as it's a central location, quite cheap and it's got a good vibe about it. However, I would definitely look for somewhere else to go first and fall back on it as a reserve if my first choice was booked out.
The Vitals
Boulevard Dining Room
57-59 Old Compton Street, Soho, London, W1D 6HP
Tel: 020 7287 0770
Website: http://www.boulevardsoho.com/
Toptable listing: http://www.toptable.com/en-gb/venue/?id=2361
Nearest tube: Piccadilly Circus / Leicester Square.
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