Old Compton Street.
This cafe/bar has a good french menu, the chips (thin and plentiful but slightly underdone) are £3 and come with a healthy supply of ketchup and mayonnaise. They have outside tables with benches facing the street so it is a great spot for people watching. They have a good wine list and heat lamps outside for when it gets cold. All these good points are what keeps the place going, as they obviously don't survive on the standard of their bloody marys (about £6)
We didn't watch them make it as we parked ourselves at a table outside and made use of the table service. It arrived with two wedges of lemon and a rib of celery. We could see that it had horseradish in it, and ground black pepper, and only a couple of cubes of ice... it looked almost promising (despite the 2 wedges of lemon). However on tasting it was warm, and not dissimilar to nailvarnish remover.
It was incredibly bitter, and you could definitely taste the vodka! (Not good if it reminds you of the night before...) The drink tasted very synthetic, the amount of lemon present made it very acidic, and we were soon cursing the lack of ice, because the drink was warm. Please don't. 2/10
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