Cookhouse Joe

I have been here a few times and absolutely love this place. It is an Lebanese restaurant but the rotisserie chicken is delicious. Everyone I have bought here have absolutely loved it. The service was great and the staff are very efficient. The meat was gorgeous as it just so tender and tasty. If you like Nandos, come here and check it out and you will prefer it.

£7 for half chicken and salad. Very moist chicken and very intense garlic sauce. For the money much better than nandos.

Nandos, who? Joe’s is a recent discovery of mine which may have just converted me from the Nando’s fan that I am. It’s a very simple menu set up, rotisserie chicken with your choice of sauces — you can choose from a full portion, half or quarter with fries and incredible homemade coleslaw on the side, along with corn on the cob — my favourite being the garlic chilli chicken.
The service is quick and the small but cool space has a buzzy, fun atmosphere to it. A great place to come along with a bunch of friends, share a few beers and enjoy simple but incredibly well done food.

Good value, well-​cooked chicken — but a bit bland.
I was very excited to order a whole chicken to share with a friend at Cookhouse Joe. We threw in some halloumi and chips to top things off. The halloumi in particular was great, though to be fair you can’t really go wrong — but the important things was that it was generous slabs of the stuff. The chicken was moist and cooked well, but not very interesting. Thinking about it, I’m surprised at the lack of choice in this area — would it be so hard (or so uncool) to offer some more flavoured rotisserie chickens, whether in the traditional garlic-​and-​lemon or BBQ vein, or something more exciting? The trouble is, I suppose, that I am capable of making a tasty roast chicken — and I’m not bragging here, it’s just something that is relatively easy to do. Therefore at a restaurant, I want a bit more to set it apart — otherwise it’s just eating somewhere that isn’t your house.
Meanwhile, nothing else was standout. Can’t really remember the service so I’m guessing it was discreet and no nonsense. I quite liked the feel of the place but it didn’t wow me.

This a great little place just off Soho Sq, particularly for lunch.
½ a roast chicken with chips or salad and with with either coleslaw or corn on the cob all for under £10 is great value.
Service is pretty good and the décor interesting, would suggest sitting upstairs in the winter months as it gets quite busy with people coming in and out often and there’s a bit of a draft when the door opens/​closes.
Special mention goes to the homemade chilli sauce.

Nice chicken, but a bit style over substance for me.
Went here on a Monday night at about 7.30 and it was pretty busy. We hovered by the door for a bit before being dealt with and while I usually wouldn’t mind that, there really isn’t space for it here and I was half in half out of some rubber ribbons (unsuccessfully trying to keep the cold out).
Once the group in front of us were seated, we sat at the bar which was better and then they took us upstairs to eat (definitely the better choice as it was way less crowded). Unfortunately even though there were only two groups upstairs and plenty of space they sat us right on top of each other, really annoying.
The service was good, fast and friendly enough. The chicken is tasty but they use the classic trick of not including sides in the price, which ratchets up your bill rapidly. Everything was delicious although the fries is a small portion compared to a whole chicken.
It’s a nice environment to eat in with soft lighting, good music at an appropriate volume and mismatched furniture but too crowded downstairs but the price of the sides just knocks it down to 3 stars for me.

My male colleagues at work kept going on about this place that the wraps are «really really good» and also «Serena, you would love it!». Somehow I failed to believe them because they had recommended some places before and it fell short of my great expectation.
Nevertheless, I did decide to try it. That week, I was craving Arabic cuisine but didn’t want to go that extra mile. So, I took their advise.
It is a cozy restaurant in a one way road, off Oxford street almost opposite «The Plaza». It is quite dim inside, with tables at the back and benches at the entrance.
I ordered the lamb wrap and it was amazing. It was the closest I could get to authentic Lebanese food, the garlic sauce hit the spot. Memories of home kept flooding my head.
Every table is treated to a bottle of something which at first, I thought was a bottle of wine! To my disappointment, it was just water… Good, keep customers hydrated!
Pros:
–Good for small groups
–Quirky
–Great food and lots of it!
–Close to the high street
-‘Green man’ pub just opposite
Cons:
–Slightly pricier meals on the menu but it’s London.
–There’s not enough space in my belly to finish the food.
–Can get very busy and packed.
Advise:
–Please do visit and try it yourself!

Been there a few times, they have great lunch deal during weekdays. The price is slightly bit more than the first time I went. The chicken is great. Good portion and reasonable price. Cozy atmosphere, friendly staff. When the place is busy, they’ll open the 2^nd floor as well.

Awesome, quant little place. The chicken was so tender and juicy, probably the best I have ever had. All the sides were amazing — my mouth is still drooling 2 months later. And the PIMS! I’ve never heard of it before but saw another table drinking it and had to order it! So glad I was introduced to it. (Light, bubbly sangria) Loved it so much I brought my two friends back the next day to try it.

At present, simply, the best chicken place in Soho, end-​of-​story. Fantastically tasty rotisserie chicken — as well as other options such as wraps and burgers — at extremely reasonable prices. Splendid sides and sauces. Cool atmosphere. Currently always busy at both lunch and dinner time. By comparison, bland chains like Nandos are worse than mediocre.
P. S. I hope you don’t all read this review and go because one day soon I fear I might not get a table …

Stumbled over this place while dodging the rain during a Christmas shopping excursion last Saturday around 2pm.
McD’s just around the corner on Oxford Street, but people going there are missing something much much better for not that much more in cost.
Decided against the half rotisserie chicken (£6) and went for the lamb kofta wrap — tasty tasty tasty. Served in a galvanised steel roasting dish with a similar styled bowl of fries — all food wrapped wrapped in grease proof paper. Quirky style, but well worth unwrapping the food.
Busy little place, mainly 25 – 35 crowd (apart from myself :-)), but try it. What have you got to lose at £6−8?

I’ve always been a big chicken fan (Nandos is one of my favourite cheap eats). When I stumbled across this little eatery in Soho I thought why not give it a try. This is a rotisserie restaurant, so I ordered the chicken, naturally. I also ordered a side salad whose name I can’t remember. We also ordered chicken wings and halloumi to start. The chicken wings were some of the best I’ve ever had, succulent, tender, dare I say better than Nandos. The halloumi was cooked perfectly. I was beginning to wonder why i hadn’t been here before! The main of chicken and salad was equally delicious. Rotisserie chicken can be dry but this one was really juicy. As the sister restaurant of Soho Joe it’s another hidden gem, where quality and price are on full show. Well worth a visit.