Ergon London

We were looking for a place to grab a small bit of food, and on a wet and cold night, Ergon seemed to fit the bill.
It’s a nice place, but a little cramped. There’s a deli downstairs, where you apparently buy a lot of the ingredients for the menu items, and I would definitely pop back to check that out, as the quality of the ingredients in what we had seemed very good.
I opted for a plate of spreads and bread, at £10, and my other half got some odd-​sounding meatballs, for £9. One of the spreads was salmon, so I requested to have that removed and get more of the more-​appetising-​sounding spicy feta spread. There was a bit of a language barrier (ie, I only speak English, and the waiter thought he did, too) so ordering was a bit tricky but got it in the end.
My plate came out first, about 15 minutes before the meatballs. It was served on a very heavy slate with 5 slices of bread — 2 a farmhouse style, and 3 a bit artisanal-​y. I had 2 scoops of the feta, a splodge of aubergine stuff, and red tzatziki. I’m not sure what made it red — well, more just not-​white really, but it was my favourite. The aubergine was nice, but I didn’t like the spicy feta spread. It was really heavy on the smoked paprika, which I don’t like (and wasn’t listed as a main flavour) so I didn’t really have much food, to be honest! Plus we didn’t have enough bread (and why wasn’t it pita?).
I didn’t have any of the meatballs, but my husband enjoyed them (but not really very much until he started using some of the leftover spreads from my food to enhance them).
The service was fine, the ingredients good quality, but the value for money was bad, and the food just wasn’t really exciting enough for that 4^th or 5^th star. A fine place to go, though, and I think would be more suited to a group of 4 people. The menu is pretty limited — less than what shows on the website — so go with people who aren’t picky, share some meze, and you might enjoy it a bit more than me!

Following the wonderful Elite event nearby, we wandered off to find some food. We had been looking for a Lobster Bar after reading Alex’s review of it, but I misread the map and ended up down near here. We were going to go into Ping Pong, but it was full — and then spotted a Greek restaurant which was only nearly full.
Now I’m sure that many of you have been to Greek restaurants — well this is much more modern (with the exception of a complete lack of mobile phone reception inside!!), although it might try a little too hard in places. For example, our cokes arrived in jars.
The majority of the menu are sharing plates, and we opted for two between the two of us and that was plenty. We had the spreads and bread selection and the meatballs. There was no trouble substituting one of the spreads, swapping out the salmon spread for more feta. Of course the ironic thing was that while I liked the feta spread, the missus didn’t because she’s not a huge fan of smoked paprika. The cold mezze came first, quite a while ahead of the meatballs. There were two types of bread, one quite soft and the other harder and more rustic.
The meatballs grew on me — firstly they’re not balls, they’re more of a Turkish kofta size and shape but obviously Greek in flavour. Plus they went very well with the lovely spreads. The texture was interesting, as there were raisins in there, and the flavours too as they were covered in a hard Greek cheese and crushed pistachios.

Great restaurant near Baker street! It’s a bit pricey but after having gotten a little homesick, it was surely a very good choice. Reservations recommended.

Cant wait to go back, totally great food and brilliant atmosphere. Can’t believe there are no reviews yet, possibly best place to eat in marylebone