Acorn House Restaurant
Acorn House Restaurant Summary
- Address: 69 Swinton Street, London, WC1X 9NT (Map)
- Tel: +44 (0)20 7812 1842
- E-mail: Click here to contact
- Cuisine(s): Modern
- Opening Times:
Mon - Sun: 12:00 - 15:00 18:00 - 22:30 - Avg Price: £40.00
- Reservations: Book this restaurant online
(Avg Price is the average cost per person for a full meal, drinks/wine and service/tip.)
Acorn House Restaurant Description
This extraordinary restaurant has been described as one of the most important events in London catering, and few would disagree with that. Set up by Arthur Potts Dawson whose cv reads like a roll of honour though some of the best restaurant names in London, he has taken as his theme Modern London. Try feeding that into the list of cuisines and see what happens. Backed by the Shoreditch Trust which delivers the training to the local community, the restaurant offers the staff of the Terence Higgins Trust glamorous fresh food in an eco-friendly way. The whole project smacks of a green approach to organised catering.
Acorn House opens at 8am with a wide range of good eating options, power shakes and smoothies, freshly baked bread, and hot dishes from a menu that incorporates the best of the season's ingredients. As you might expect the place is a paradise for vegetarians but by no means to the exclusion of those of us who persist in broadening the intake somewhat.
The dinner menu, for instance carries potato, porcini and chestnut soup, with starters of Dorset crab with grilled leeks, salsify and chives, a pasta of lobster linguini, followed by chargrilled butterfly mackerel fillet with cardamom and horseradish, or herb marinated sirloin steak, served with grated beetroot and sour cream.
The dessert menu kicks off cheese - nice reversal there - and positively encourages you go for the Somerset Calvados, before listing the "sweet stuff", which includes rice pudding, quince jam and almond milk.
A small, intelligent and reasonably priced wine list sounds like good news, particularly when supported by the rather terse "Alcohol spirits will be available on request". Isn't everything else?
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Your Reviews of Acorn House Restaurant
Stephen Emms (25 January 2008)
Splashing critics’ quotes on a blackboard outside may seem a good idea, but with one attention-grabbing scribe declaring this ‘the most important restaurant to open in the past 200 years,’ such a feverish sense of expectation can result in a sense of anti-climax. So whilst we admired the clean, simple café-like interior and the eco credentials such as sustainable-sourced food, and low carbon footprint, we felt, on a practical note, that the tables were a rather tight fit and the prices astronomical. Despite this, the menu changes every month and the food is undoubtedly good. Seared prawns, golden salsify and chilli vinegar were perfectly light, a wintry stilton and walnut risotto was top comfort food and rump of lamb with dragoncello sauce and borlotti beans seemed straight out of a Florentine trattoria. Best of all, were the puddings - a humble baked apple and white truffle ice cream, which were outright winners.
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Additional Info for Acorn House Restaurant
Children welcome
Groups allowed
Air conditioning
Outside seating
Reservations
Cover Charge
- House red: N/A
- House white: £13.00
- Service charge: 12.5%
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