A big hand for Alex S, our esteemed London Yelp community manager who organised a CMYE at B.O.B…read more (never did find out what the acronym stands for) Lobster van We headed there on the last day that the van would be in residence at Borough Market. There was a party atmosphere with balloons up and a big crowd, no doubt wanting to get their last fix of seafood We lucky Elites were fortunate to get a free signature lobster roll, which would usually cost £11 and a glass of bubbly (I got homemade lemonade instead). I've been holding off lobster roll as my US friends in New England have asked me not to partake until I visit them and they would take me for the best lobster roll in the world However, when free food calls, I'm there! The lobster roll was delicious. I was expecting a plain soft roll but B.O.B's have toasted their bread to give added texture, buttered it generously and filled it with a good portion of sweet soft lobster bound together with mayo. Great taste and flavour but perhaps not the largest sandwich in the world I didn't try their lobster mac n cheese and lobster bisque but they did smell fantastic Bye bye B.O.B. and hope to see you back next year. Thanks to Alex for a fun evening

So this Sunday I went along to the pre launch of London's only (as far as I am aware!) lobster roll…read morejoint. Excited to sample the whole menu I did not leave disappointed! The lobster roll is obviously the signature dish and is more than expected in the construction. Months have gone into perfecting the recipes and the buttered brioche roll is light and compliments the sweet lobster meat (a good amount of lobster in the rolls too unlike most crayfish sandwiches that you get at stores) For me. the ahi tuna tacos are the star and a must have. The glorious crispy taco shells are filled with delicious tuna and a wonderful fresh and vibrant salad. The wasabi dressing is great too (and I don't like wasabi!) Mac n cheese is al dente, creamy and rich with lobster pieces and the pickles are great (even though the liquor that they are stored in looks like a witches pot!) Open every evening Tuesday to Saturday this summer I am sure the queues around Borough market will be for BOB's Lobster. Get yourself down there

Loved the name and the place. Oysters were wonderful, so clean and fresh tasting! A tourist's…read moredelight!

Delicious, fresh, delicate dishes. Scallop ceviche and seared tuna were favourites, truffle oil…read morelittle gem salad was also gorgeous. The food arrived over the course of an hour to the cute barrel we were sat around and went down perfectly with some nice wine. We had a bit of an issue with them having no record of our booking but fortunately there was a table free upstairs which had a much nicer atmosphere, very quirky. There was something slightly off about the atmosphere though, it just didn't feel that relaxed or intimate? The experience wasn't quite there for the price - £80 for five dishes + salad + wine

Cocktails: The Richmond Fizz, Nefertiti Starters: Oysters,…read moreCrab + Muffin Main: Beef rump with Creamed Kale and Potatoes The muffin was buttery and the beef was perfectly cooked. The potatoes were crispy on the outside and soft inside. I have high hopes for this new restaurant, and I'll be back for the seabass tartare and more raw food. Staff was nice!

Fantastic oysters and £5 cocktails. The staff were great and couldn't fault it. The reason I don't…read moregive it 5* is that they had a few options of oysters but when I visited they only had one and I did think this wasn't a good start as we had arrived just after it open so they couldn't have sold out but just didn't order any which is great. However, what I did order was great

Adore this restaurant! What a luxury to live so close to such great food, people and atmosphere!…read moreEverything was excellent!!

From the owner: Festac Seafood Restaurant is set on the mezzanine level of a premises with a bar and a nightclub on…read morethe ground and basement floors known as Festac Bar and Festac Groove, respectively. Located at 148 Holloway Road, London, it is a stone's throw away from the London Metropolitan University and a ten minute walk to the iconic Emirates Stadium - the home of the great Arsenal Football Club. There are other attractive sites you may wish to discover and explore. A visit to the neighbourhood is worth the money on its own. However, you are invited to check out, arguably, the tastiest seafood in the City, prepared and cooked with remarkable attention and consideration given to the well being of customers as very little oil is used to garnish and cook as a matter of course.

You know how they say that if you want to go to a Chinese restaurant, you should make sure that you…read moresee other Chinese people eating there. I've applied the same method to this Turkish restaurant near Newington Green...in fact, I've taken it one step further: first, I asked a Turkish person living in London where they would go if they wanted to have a proper Turkish meal. Then, once I'd ventured to the suggested place, I peeked through the windows and made sure that there would be other Turkish people sitting in there...turned out, that I would be the only non-Turkish person ;-) Sariyer Balik specialises in seafood, so if you came here craving a döner or kebab, then you might leave feeling rather disappointed. However, if you like seafood, then you're in for a treat. I have to admit, I'm not big on eating whole fish, as I'm always bothered by the many bones. But - the sea bass that I ordered was grilled and seasoned so wonderfully, that I almost enjoyed sucking off the meaty bits of even the tiniest fish bone. As an appetizer I had the green beans, which I thought were not so great, but I received a freebie appetizer, which was aubergine in chili-yoghurt (Patlican Ezme) and that was just delectable...finger-licking good! Apparently they also have a downstairs and during my visit I could hear a band playing traditional folk music and people clapping and singing excitedly - which is probably just another hint as to how authentic this place is... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When the person who recommended this place to me, read my review he sent me a note saying this: "The tradition is that you order around 5-6 appetizers before the meal with a side of Raki (similar to the Greek Ouzo) and then start singing :)"

I attended a friend's birthday meal at Sariyer Balik, which had been booked in good faith, in view…read moreof the mostly positive reviews. Unfortunately the experience was a huge let down, with the restaurant clearly cashing in on catering for a large group by providing bad food, bad wine and bad service. My friend had pre-negotiated a fixed price and was promised a generous Mezze meal with fresh fish dishes (the restaurant's speciality) featuring prominently. While the usual bread, hummus and yoghurt were all provided (albeit nothing special), the real disappointment lay in the abysmal fish dishes which were served. The kings prawns wrapped in filo pastry were so stodgy and devoid of flavour that they could have only come from a frozen bag. The calamari were the same. The deep-fried mussels were so deep-fried that it was like chewing on rubbery bullets. The prawns in tomato salsa were of the tiny, anaemic, watery variety which you could not even pretend were fresh! I had hoped that redemption might have arrived in the grilled fish, however this was dry, overcooked and rubbery. Overall this dismal food offering was such a blatant attempt at cutting corners it was insulting. Not only was the food bad, but the staff were shamelessly dishonest with serving drinks. One of our friends was blatantly short-changed and had to protest forcefully to get the money back. Furthermore, the quality of wine progressively diminished as the night went on (but the price did not!) to the point that one of the later offerings was virtually undrinkable. In summary, the extent to which Sariyer Balik cut-corners and tried to cheat us was offensive and very upsetting. I would be extremely wary about giving them your custom.

Unless you have religious excuses, I dare you NOT to eat the gorgeous tiger prawns and succulent…read morecalamari served up by Lee's every Sunday when you visit the Columbia Road Flower Market. What's that? You've already eaten them? I thought so... most of London must've dipped a small tub of Lee's seafood in a dab of their thousand island at some point in their life. It's a Columbia Road rite de passage. Lee's has diversified to cumberland sausage rolls and what not, but it's the tiger prawns and the A++++ calamari that are the old school stars and have kept a hungry queue by Lee's window every Sunday for 15 years.

This little window is by far my favorite thing about the Columbia Road flower market…read more Grab a coffee from one of the countless trendy cafes in the area, order some tiger prawns (don't forget the delicious home made thousand island sauce) and post up on the curb for a true East London experience. Seriously, it doesn't get much better then hearing the flower vendors yelling 'two for a fiver' while munching away.

THIS is seafood. A lunch for the ages. Getting straight…read moreinto it... Cornerstone is in the painfully cool Hackney Wick - first time I'd been to the area and I can see why it's got its rep. Reminded me a bit of Bushwick. The decor - very much of the area. Understated but classy. Comfy chairs! Which I never expect in such hipster places like this - you generally get a bench (which they do also have) or something industrial. Service - attentive and friendly without being OTT. Bread course - I love a bread course me, and this delivered big time. Fresh out of the oven with a delicious charry taste which was almost a little fishy smelling weirdly (keeping with the overall theme of the place). Grey mullet tartare - an explosion of flavour: the sauce - oh man. The fish was tender and perfectly seasoned. An incredibly well balanced plate of food - sour, umami and delicious, the yolk added a different texture. Crab crumpet - I had literal chills when I took the first bite. Not often that that happens. It fully lives up to the hype. Their flagship dish and an absolute steal at £16. The crumpet itself was perfect foil for the sweet, creamy brown crab and rarebit topping. Next level delicious. In my top 5 dishes of all time, swiftly followed by.... Curried hake - another in my top 5! The crunch of the crispy potato, the softness of the creamy succulent fish, offset with a zingy, slightly spicy katsu style curry sauce (which I wasn't expecting) which was thick and rich and perfect - an absolute fucking riot of flavour. There was plenty of sauce left so of course I used the remaining bread to mop it up - judge me if you will, frankly idgaf as it was fucking delicious. Peach Melba tart - what a finish! All going along very nicely until I get the crunchy, salty almond brittle in the middle - that's when the party got started boiiiiii! Turned what was already a lovely, creamy, fruity dessert into a world beater - adding crunch and a different depth of flavour. On drinks it was their summer special cocktail Cider Collins - an absolute buzz of a drink, perfect for summer. Zingy af, the cider really shone through but it felt like a traditional Collins. Total winner of a drink. This lunch will stay with me forever. Believe the hype with this place beautiful people!

Chosen by a friend who I always trust on food but he outdid himself here. Met for lunch, about a…read more15 min drive from ExCel Centre. They do small plates, primarily seafood. Everything was excellent but the Scotch Egg was amazing. I asked what it was and the waitress responded Scotch Egg, truly the understatement of the century. It was made with hake and another fish, breaded perfectly and everything came together brilliantly. Other stand-out dishes were an oyster with a great sauce, smoked gurnard which was a unique white fish, mackerel pate (which did have a very strong mackerel/fish taste) and fantastic scallops in a buttery sauce. Definitely recommended.

Two separate meals. Takeout fried fish and chips with onion gravy was excellent…read more Dine in: grilled fish very nice. Mushy peas ok. Service was a little spotty.

For some really fresh fish and fun staff, head over to Sutton and Sons in Stoke Newington. This was…read morethe freshest tasting fish that I have had in a long time. I ordered the haddock and chips and it was amazingly tasty. The croquettes are good, but really recommend the fish and chips. I saw a beautiful oyster and cold seafood platter that some other customers ordered that looked divine. I kicked myself for not ordering it. If you see the oysters and seafood cold appetizer-- definitely try it with Prosecco. Great staff, a really fun bunch that make you feel like you are eating at a friend's home.

This place is amazing!!!! This is some of the best food in London. I'm not normally even a big…read moreseafood person, but given the reviews and the fact it has a nice outdoor patio I thought we'd give it a go. So happy we did and can't wait to go back! We started with the cod croquettes. They were light and fluffy and the aioli was delicious. Next was the mozzarella and raw courgette. I was skeptical about the raw courgette but I loved it and ate more than my fair share. Next was the star of the night for me- the ricotta gnocchi. It was one of the best pastas I've ever had, and I wish I could recreate the sauce at home! Next was the second star- the baked cuttlefish pasta. Super skeptical here again because I normally don't like inked pasta, but my husband wanted it. It was sooooo good. We ended with an eclair and I was stuffed and happy! Can't recommend enough!

Had a very nice meal here after hopping over the pond for an English football trip with a mate…read more Had the chance to see Arsenal v Liverpool at Emirates Stadium. Luckily, the food at Westerns Laundry was better than the outcome of the game. I really enjoyed all the food. Salad with vinaigrette was great. Baked ricotta was yummy. Oyster of the day amazing. Anyway, almost did not come because of the negative reviews on the 'natural' wine. My conclusion: avoid the wine. Not sure why a great restaurant (who is on notice about the wine disaster) is dedicated to serving kombucha instead of having a solid list. Stick with the excellent beer and cocktails (the white port and tonic is amazing). Better luck for the Gunners in the future, but Westerns Laundry is worth the trip regardless.

Had some massive cod goujons and chips. Swift service, great food, good price. Batter perfect,…read morefish great.

On our last day in London we went searching for a fish and chips spot that was close to our hotel…read moreand had the local feel to it. Upon walking in we were greeted by friendly faces and sat down by the windows at the counter. The menu is pretty simple yet delicious as it has vegan options too. My husband and I ordered the cod and chips, and I ordered the black tea and he had the fizzy lemonade. Both portions were large enough that I had leftovers. The fish was crispy on the outside and flaky on the inside and the chips were perfectly crunchy. The staff there were quite friendly and made sure everyone was happy with their choices. For the two fish and chips, tea and lemonade it came up to £38 which was reasonable for the size of the food portions. We'd definitely come back here.