Maltby Street Market - London

Fantastic place with wonderful food and incredible wines! Would be nice to have a few more wines on by the glass, but what was there was great, and plenty of bottle options. Lovely staff too.

40 Maltby Street is quite fashionable at the moment, and we did enjoy it but it wasn’t quite what we expected. The food was on the whole good (with the exception of the tomato jelly which we really didn’t like) but the seating was a bit weird- we were sat on a high table directly facing the wall instead of towards the kitchen. The service was friendly but was a bit hard to get at times. It was pretty expensive to have a full meal, as with all small plates restaurants. The wine was really nice but wish they had had a few more by the glass options

Forget the photos shown above, the food here is NOT boring meat and two veg with gravy as illustrated. Choose interesting dishes from the blackboard you'll need several each, as they are small platefuls but good for sharing) . Be aware that your choices will not all be served together, but as they are cooked, neither do they come with salad or vegetables. All delicious and unusual. Recommended for something different.

The food here is seriously well worth the visit. Forget the other small plates along the street and in Hackney which are overhyped. This is the real deal. Each of the 6 plates we had were really tasty and the only one that we did not finish was because we realised ox tongue as not our thing. The menus are up on a chalkboard but are also on their instagram for those who don't like craning their necks. Wines by the glass are limited in selection but staff are happy to recommend you off menu ones. Staff here are lovely they actually close at 10 but on the night we went they were making an exception for all the groups of people clearly enjoying themselves, and never once did we feel like we were being chased out. Will definitely visit again.

Often when visiting a restaurant for the first time I only look at the bad reviews, and one person said the waiter was grumpy and gave this place 2 stars!! Imagine being that sort of person! LOL (as my nephew would say without irony) Rather you than me mate (grumpy reviewer not nephew). This is one of the best bars and indeed restaurants in London without a doubt. A cracking menu full of game (as it is the season) and interesting dishes backed up with a really impressive wine list (as one would expect, they're wine traders). There is nothing not to recommend about this place, the waiting staff are charming, the food is really well conceived and it was busy all night (we arrived at 6pm when it was not too busy but 30 mins later it was full). Bravo to all involved, a really impressive venue.