Jack's Place

Fantastic and we are already planning to go again soon!

Great food - the fillet mignon was sublime, the owner (angela?) so friendly, she even popped to the shop for us when I said I'd run out of cigarettes! One of the best steaks I have ever had. It's off the beaten track, but I have a feeling it will be one of my new 'hidden treasures'. Definitely worth a visit, just don't get put off by the decor which is a bit dated.
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Morgan
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Thursday, February 17, 2011

Absolutely the best place to eat in London! Incredible value for money and, although their steaks are excellent, on my last three visits I have had sole which cannot have been better in any swish West End venue.

From the outside it does look like a bit like a poor "greasy spoon", but don't be misled!!
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10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Monday, December 13, 2010

Absolutely love "Jack's Place"

Sadly Jack is no longer with us but his family, mainly his Daughter Angela have maintained everything that made it so special.

The food is amazing, the service is excellent but never hurried, and a visit will not break the bank.

Jack's Place is in its own little World away from the false flash bling of the city but its highly thought of by many celebrities.
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Carl
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Thursday, September 23, 2010

I was in a party of 9 for a birthday celebration last night and this was my first visit to Jack's Place...and I would definitely recommend this restaurant! The food was excellent, the wine was good and the atmosphere was fascinating...I spent most of my time looking round at the years of history and memorabilia. The staff were really friendly and made sure all our glasses were topped up throughout the night. I went for the potted shrimps then the T bone steak followed by bannoffe pie and I could not ask for better food. This has to be one of the best places to go for a steak, although others did have the Sea Bass and said it was excellent too.

I will tell everyone I know to try out this restaurant, it's only a 10 minute walk from Clapham Junction train station and I cannot wait to go back!!!
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Hayley
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Sunday, September 19, 2010

Absolutely the best steak in london! Very friendly staff.

You simply cannot have enough! Highly recommended
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9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 10
Monday, December 14, 2009

By far the best steak in London...and good value! - you have to go for the rib on the bone or the T-bone - it blows every other more chain-like steakhouse (Black and Blue, Sophies etc) out of the water for flavour, size and the quality of meat. I live just round the corner from Jack's place and have grown very attached to this lovely little restaurant. It's family run and has been going since the 60's. In its pomp it has entertained Ronald Reagan and a host of other celebrities who ventured South of the river in search of the simple, but delicious food on offer. The family have been through a tough time recently, Jack (the founder and a real character) died last year aged 80 after a slight fall down the stairs and then got MRSA and Si Difficile in hospital. His daughter now does the cooking and does a great job while the granddaughter does the waiting.

Trade appears to have been a bit slow recently what with the credit crunch and the exterior doesn't exactly entice the passing trade, but inside it's a lovely little restaurant. Don't expect lavish table decoration and soft furnishing, it's no frills on the furniture and the decoration comes from the walls being adourned with an amazing collection of Jack's memorabilia and hundreds of cut-off neck ties (Jack used to cut them off people who wore them in his restaurant and hang them up!). The decor is all part of the charm though. Admittedly it might not be the most buzzing place in London, but the service is always attentive (despite one review I read) and when all is said and done I challenge anyone to find a better steak in London... and at the price it's worth every penny!
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Alastair
9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 10
Monday, August 03, 2009

Great food, great value and great atmosphere. I love this place.
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Paul
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Thursday, July 30, 2009

This is a good old fashioned steak house.

Food is well cooked and the restaurant is characterful. Staff friendly.

Don't judge it from the outside, appearances are deceptive
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Pete - View all reviews by this user
8 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Thursday, July 16, 2009

Quirky, friendly family run restaurant with probably the best steaks in London.
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grahamsgirl - View all reviews by this user
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Monday, March 23, 2009

Very disappointing. Having read all of the wonderful reviews, my boyfriend took me to Jack's Place for my 30th birthday meal. It sounded perfect - small, family run business with excellent, well priced food. Service was a bit slow and no one even asked us how our food was. The wine however was topped up whenever we got low. We were however the only people in the restaurant when we arrived and when we left around 9pm there were only 3 other tables.

The starters were uninspiring with the pate suspiciously similar to prepackaged mediocre (at best) pate with white toast (Kingsmill) and the meat in the stuffed mushrooms unidentifiable, served with sliced bread (standard medium sliced wholewheat).

The steaks were fresh, but cold, the veg was horribly overcooked and the chasseur sauce had tinned sliced mushrooms, when we would have expected fresh for a restaurant where food has had such great reviews. We left without dessert as we didn't feel it was likely to be worth the wait. Very disappointing for a restaurant that sounded like such a gem! Particularly when my boyfriend had mentioned on booking it was my 30th and it wasn't even mentioned on the night!
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Toni
4 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 4
Friday, March 20, 2009