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Menus
Our chef uses only the highest quality
ingredients, with vegetables seasonally adjusted, to ensure freshness, to
complement our extensive wine list.
We offer a good
value fixed price menu and a short a la carte menu with occasional specials.
PLEASE NOTE The menus change monthly and sometimes more frequently, so it is
wise to check the current menu.
For larger groups we
recommend our Party menu, whilst at Christmas we provide a festive choice of
dishes and price options. A
vegetarian option is always available and we are happy to discuss any special
dietary requests that you may have
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What the critics say:-
2010
The Good Food Guide – RSJ -
Well-supported South Bank veteran
The unprepossessing frontage may not stop you in your tracks but persevere.
For many, a meal here is a ‘real treat’ with one regular singling out first
courses for special mention. Especially risottos which can be, and often are
outstanding. Contemporary crossover dishes such as seared tuna with guacamole,
gazpacho and crostini, and tandoori
poussin steamed with okra provencale
and mango relish reveal plenty of original ideas and novel presentations, but
the focus is on sound culinary principles and traditional techniques. The
cooking may not always be consistent, sometimes getting the timing or balance
wrong, but on the whole reporters are happy.
When it comes to wine, RSJ’s heart is in France. The list, concentrating
almost entirely on the Loire, has been put together with something like evangelical glee, with
realistic notes and prices from £16.50
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2009 Time Out – RSJ
RSJ is the place to go in London to learn about Loire wines. Sure the
grey and wood dining room is slightly weathered, but the personally friendly
and polite staff hit just the right note, making this the perfect place for a
leisurely meal or a pre theatre quickie. The great tome of a wine list offers
dozens of interesting bottles, or you can choose from a regularly changing
wine specials menu, which offers ample by the glass options. A 2004
Savenniers Clos de Coulaine and a Chateau de Villeneuve Saumur Champigny 2005
were interesting and priced around £20. The seasonal food more than stands up
to the fine-wine list. A typical starter of steamed scallops with clams and
rocket was fresh, pure and sweet. Roast quail with rocket and endive was
perfect. The only time the menu disappoints is when it goes off piste in a
fusion direction, as in the steamed Cornish monkfish in Asian broth. Look out for special wine-tasting/food
pairing events and special pre-theatre dinners
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2008 Zagat Survey –
RSJ
“A
solid choice when in eye-distance of the National Theatre”, this “nifty spot”
is most famous for its wines (“the Loires are the real attraction”); but
“staff are warm”, the Modern British fare is “reliably good” and the “pre-and
post-theatre menus offer excellent value”
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