Manson

676 Fulham Road, London, SW6 5SA - View on a map
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Manson Restaurant In London
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Overall 4.5
Food 3.0
Service 7.0
Atmosphere 7.0
Value 1.0
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Metro

Andy Lynes - 2/5

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - A nicely presented rump of Elwy Valley lamb is so severely undercooked that any collie dog worth its salt could have herded it back into the kitchen. An accompanying potato rosti would also have benefited from more time in the pan. A veal chop has been nicely grilled but is presented artlessly on top of some sprouting broccoli and comes with a pat of anchovy butter that tasted far more of butter than anchovy...A delicious bottle of Pouilly Fuisse from a concise, fairly priced and interesting selection raises our spirits but we struggled to find anything else about the experience that would draw us back.

The Independent

John Walsh - 10/15

Saturday, April 10, 2010 - It's a warm and welcoming interior, as embracing as a favourite pub. There's nothing pubby about the food, though. Presiding over the kitchen is young Gemma Tuley, who trained as a chef under Gordon Ramsay at Claridges Hotel and in Paris...A main course of stone bass was a triumph, the fish so toastily charred, fresh and delicious, the polenta so unexpectedly creamy, the beetroot and salady leaves so full of aromas of spring. My braised pork belly was a revelation...It was a wonderful lunch. For all its naive rustic charm, the Manson has a star of real urban sophistication in its midst.

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Nowhere near good enough, I'm afraid. We were very disappointed with the standard of the food at Manson, following the breathless reviews it's been getting since it opened. We had one decent course out of four - the other three were in turn undercooked, seriously bland and finally overcooked, one of which was bad enough to send back.

At the end of the day I suppose it's only a local restaurant and shouldn't be judged too harshly, but their pricing and their aggressive marketing of their head chef (who was in the kitchen when we ate) sets them up to be judged against high standards. At the moment their food is absolutely nowhere near the level it should be to justify either the price or the hype.
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Martin
Overall rating 5 stars
Food 3 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 1
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Ate there last night for the first time - I live very close and it is always packed, unlike the last couple of restaurants that have been on this site.

Service was quick and professional - if I had to complain it's that they need a second door on the front - everytime the door opens a blast of icy air came in!

We shared the pigeon breast salad to start - excellent, perfectly cooked pigeon. Then moved onto mains - my stonebass, polenta & beetroot was brilliant - a fantastically cooked piece of fish. My friend has the tuna loin, which I didn't get a chance to taste as it disappeared pretty quickly - she said is was great though!

Wine list wasn't bad, although it could be improved at the top end. A bottle of Pinot Blanc from Trimbach went very well with our food.

The place is realy buzzy and atmospheric - everybody seemed to be having a good time, and despite almost every table being full, food arrived promptly and hot!

I will definitely be going back.
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Tom
Overall rating 8 stars
Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 7
Thursday, March 11, 2010

We were lucky enough to get a table on Friday night and loved this new restaurant. The atmosphere was buzzy and upbeat and within a few minutes of our arrival the restaurant was full. Go for the banquette seating along the mirrors - great for people watching and the odd celebrity. Simple and effective decor that balances chic 1900's Paris against a rustic country feel. The service was swift and our waiter was well informed and charming in that rather attractive French manner (much to the delight of the girls). The menu is original and not too pricey, starters at £6-7 and mains at £12-16. The moules were excellent especially the sauce of which there was plenty left over so we could all dip chuncks of the homemade bread into. The fois gras was equally filling with home baked toast and brioche.

The mains were enormous and we felt we were never going to finish them. However we did! The Ox cheek on a bed of risotto was divine. Leave room for the deserts. We had several bottles of wine (Albarinio from Spain was good) so bill was jumped up a bit but nevertheless a reasonable £45 per head to include service. Nice to see an ex-Gordan Ramsey chef branching out on their own.
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Lou
Overall rating 9 stars
Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Monday, January 18, 2010

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Cheese and Biscuits

Cheese and Biscuits - 6/10

Friday, January 13, 2012 - It wasn't that the food at Manson was bad, exactly - most of it was fine, some of it was good, and it did all look the part - but it was occasionally quite...odd. Take my starter of turbot with pigs trotter sauce; the sauce very well executed in that classically-trained way, being perfectly reduced and rich in flavour and colour, it just didn't sit very well with the fish - it felt like a sauce meant for a bloody hunk of rare venison or aged beef steak. And the fish itself was the strangest texture, not dry exactly but dense and congealed - fresh fish should break into moist flakes, but this split apart like meat jelly and I really missed a nice crispy skin. Caraway-cured sea trout though, paired with lightly pickled vegetables, was a more successful experiment and the pretty coils of Romanesco broccoli made for a very attractive plate of food.

Dos Hermanos

Dos Hermanos

Saturday, March 27, 2010 - Two small Scallops were decently cooked but sans roe and came on top of a Crab Gratin. The latter tasted fine but needed a pepping up to make it more interesting - a little chili might have helped here. The gratin was in a scallop shell which sat inside yet another shell. It was ambitiously priced at twelve quid and took about a minute to eat...Good-tasting Denhay Ham came with a pile of nicely made Celeriac remoulade with Pommery mustard but the potato croquette added nothing. Veal Chop was ok meat, cooked competently with a pat of anchovy butter on top which resolutely refused to melt.

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