Café Rouge – St Katharine Docks

I haven’t been to St Katherine Docks for several years and a lot has changed. There is now a Starbucks visible from all angles in prime position as well as a row of chain restaurants overlooking the West Dock. One of the latter is Café Rouge. Not the most exciting of choices, but my friend and I used to quite like the Putney branch when we first came to London many years ago. So we went for old time’s sake, more than anything.
It somehow doesn’t bode well when a restaurant by the waterside doesn’t serve the mussels & fries it is famous for. Oh well, this can just be forgiven on a Monday.
We both decided to opt for the salmon fishcakes. Unfortunately, these looked like McDonald patties, ie machine shaped patties straight from the freezer. They were as greasy as the fries which came coated in some weird spice mix (far too salty and again more fast food than remotely continental). The salad garnish was limp and not even dressed, the tartar sauce without much flavour.
The best thing going for this branch of Café Rouge is its location and we were happy to have secured one of the tables positioned on the walkway overlooking the million dollar yachts. Unfortunately, the kitchen fumes were pumped out over our heads and the impression of having visited an upmarket (as in overpriced rather than classy) greasy spoon was overwhelming.
Never again!

Das Café rouge an den St Katherine Docks habe ich während meiner London Trips öfter besucht und fand es jedes mal sehr schön dort. Mittags gibt es sehr leckere und günstige Menüs.