Vinoteca Kings cross - 15 March 2015

I managed to snatch up a table at Vinoteca Kings Cross during their soft opening stage where they had 50% off all food and drink. We got a couple of friends to join us for lunch on the Sunday.. which happened to be Mother's day and our friend had forgotten to book somewhere for him and his family so we saved the day! :-)

Soft openings can be chaotic and confused which is why you get a discount of course - but I have to say that the lunch went really smoothly. A couple of minor mistakes but hey, that can happen in established places too. We spent over 3 hours lingering over food and drink and enjoyed every moment.


What I love most about the menu is that each dish has a recommended glass of matching wine as optional - rather affordable too. From about £3.50 for a small 125ml glass - bargain.

We started off the meal with a bottle of prosecco to toast mum..and some nibbles of olives and catalan almonds (love those almonds).

I then had a starter of Orecchiette pasta with sage, butter, garlic and parmesan. A very tasty bowl of pasta with good flavour.

I then had the grilled Cornish mackerel with warm pickled vegetables, pine nuts and capers. The pickled fennel &  carrots were lovely and pickled just right. The guys had Sunday roasts with beef and Yorkshire puds. They tucked in too quickly for me to take a photo but it looked really good and I am told it was!

 I shared desserts with my friend, first some lovely cheese and then one of the best pannacotta's I have ever had - soft, super wobbly and very light with pink moscato poached rhubarb - lovely!

We had a great afternoon with lots of food and wine and I would happily go back again paying full price.