Frontline Restaurant

£68 per person for a micro starter (£12), micro main (£19) and dessert with 2 bottle of wine for 6 people. The «main» was composed by 2 tiny pieces of lamb, nothing special. If you like to go to a restaurant to eat, this is not the place for you. The food quality does not not justify such a high price. And I keep ask myself why pretentious restaurants like this should serve such a small portions. Is there any intrinsic reason?

Broad and interesting menu, and a creative range of cocktails. Easy to get to from Paddington. Went with a larger party and everyone was happy — look forward to going again!

I must have eaten at this place a dozen times. My most recent visit was just a few days back and even though I turned up at 10pm on a Tuesday night, I was served an excellent lamb rump. One of the few places where I have never been disappointed by a course. The menu is always diverse and makes picking very tricky, but fear not, you can pretty much guarantee great food, a healthy portion and excellent value for money. This is a must for anyone staying near Paddington station.

A pleasant, buzzy venue — great, knowledgeable, and attentive staff. I’m not wholly convinced about the claimed journalistic credentials; Paddington is a long way from Fleet Street, and a career broadsheet journalist of my acquaintance (40 years in the biz) claimed never to have heard of it. Don’t let that put you off, however — artifice aside, this is comfortably one of the best places to eat should you find yourself in this end of town, journo or no.

Went here on a busy Friday night. Tucked away from the Main Street very close to paddington this is a very nice yet affordable place for great food. Started with the chicken on potatoes. Not expecting much but the flavors exploded in my mouth. By far the best chicken I have had. The dessert of bread pudding was flavorful as well. Will have to come back soon.

Great find close to Hilton Paddington Hotel. Excellent simple menu with moderate prices.

The place is a bit hidden behind Paddington and you have to know it to be able to enjoy the fine atmosphere and delicious food inside. There are also friendly staff and nice, quiet music thrown in the package.

Gute Küche (moderne, englische Gerichte) mit guter Weinauswahl und freundlicher, kompetenter Bedienung. In unmittelbarer Nähe zum Hilto London Metropolhotel. Die Karte ist außergewöhnlich, aber die Preise noch OK.

Upscale café but still relatively informal. Great artichoke entrée, excellent venison, attentive staff.

This is one of those restaurants that I’ve passed by a million and one times but have never even thought to go into nor try out. I’m in a running group in London that runs literally right by this restaurant every Saturday morning. So, when a visiting friend from college and his wife were coming into town and staying in the neighborhood, they decided to choose to reserve a table at Frontline.
The décor is simple, but a little dated, but the service was good, attentive and the staff really knowledgable. I was a little late for dinner, because I had to bike from Old Street to here, but had to run right to the restrooms downstairs to freshen up (and check out the facilities before I checked out the food).
Anyway, we start with a bit of bread and some cocktails. The bread was not warm nor cold, and not quite toasted, which left a slight distaste in my opinion. The cocktails were well made, but nothing to write home about. I ordered the hanger steak with black pepper sauce and a cauliflower purée along with a green salad on the side. The hanger steak was cooked to perfection, but the pepper sauce a little runny and not spicy enough. However, the cauliflower purée made up for the loss of flavor with the steak. The green side salad was green, but really otherwise, rather blah for a top rated restaurant touting modern British cuisine.
I think a place like this used to be at the top end of the ever-​improving modern British cuisine revolution, where the quality was amazing in comparison to what used to be around the area and what used to be called British cuisine. However, a growing number of restaurants have very quickly surpassed this in quality, price and innovation. I’d say if you were to be in the general vicinity, I’d take a short walk across Edgware Road to Vinoteca for a wider range of wines, better steak and sauce and a much more innovative salad selection. 3.5* (and sadly rounded down because I really couldn’t justify 4*). I’d come back to Frontline if I had friends who were staying in the area and couldn’t /​didn’t want to venture across the great schism that is Edgware Road.

Frontline is the classy restaurant attached to the Frontline Club, which is a haven for journalists and home to many journalist related events and film screenings. Worth checking out if you get the chance to see something there.
The restaurant is equally worth seeing if you like well presented, fancy meals with white linens and attentive service. And I do.
We went for lunch (make a reservation, it can get crowded) and our sever was never far from our side, which I liked. The menu is made up of a selection of classy English meals and sides, including capers and mash. I got the braised ox cheek and it was so tender it fell off as I pulled it a little with a fork. Yum.
We also got the olives to start and they were a bowl of the biggest olives I’ve ever seen in my life, Monster things they were.
The décor was simple, but with pictures of famous scenes from history, taken by journalists throughout the ages.
It was a very satisfying lunch in Paddington indeed.

Headline: a bit of British Foodie Heaven
Location: less than a half mile from Paddington station, so sorry if I seem a little raving on this place. It’s good — really good. The walls are adorned with photographs that are iconic — the tiananmen square photo showing a guy standing in front of tanks; st Paul’s cathedral during the London bombings; and others. It’s a history of journalistic photography. White table cloths and a nice quiet interior give this place class.
The food was great as well. The chef sources from their own farm daily! And the stuff you can’t get on a farm tastes equally fresh. I’m starved of seafood, so I opted for the special grilled skate with mashed potatoes, which was well prepared (although I did not like the excess of bones). The mashed potatoes were silky and buttery.
For dessert, try the warm pistachio pudding with dark chocolate sauce and ice cream — simply divine.
If you happen to be staying in this part of town, make a point of going here.

Very reasonably priced regular menu, with some of the best food I’ve had in London.
The early bird dining specials are extremely cheap for the quality and quantity of food, but be aware that you need to vacate your table by seven. I found that a bit unusual, as generally as long as you’re seated before seven you’re included in the early bird specials.
The wine selection is decent, and prices are also average. The service is good.
The flavors are tasty, health and farm-​fresh, and the desserts are really good. Excellent quality meats, that are apparently all small farm raised.
This is one of the few places I loom forward to trying again on my next London trip.

Frontline is a great place for the best of independant journalism. They hold talks & screenings. The audience can participate in discussions and debates too.
There is also a really nice restaurant there serving British type cuisine.
The great thing is that you don’t need to be a journalist or even be in the industry — it’s open to the public — who are interested in such topics.
Prices are reasonable too (around £10 for a screening).
Worth checking out if this is your thing!

I recently dined here last week and I am a fan! It’s a romantic and classic restaurant. It has booth seating along the walls. Their décor is very classic with historic portraits lining their walls. The lighting is dimmed. The size of the restaurant is enough to seat about 30 to 40 patrons.
I came with a huge group and we got to choose from a special menu. Three course meal for £25. They served us bread with butter before we ordered.
I ordered:
Appetizer: Minted Pea Soup & Ham Hock Croquettes
Main Course: Roast Chicken with Garlic Mash & Chanterelles
Dessert: Raspberry & White Chocolate Pudding with White Chocolate Ice Cream
Drink: Appletini
The soup came out very hot and I had to wait for it to cool a bit before eating. It was served in a very antique-​like container. The soup was served with three ham hock croquettes. In an American’s mind, these look like miniature croissants with ham inside or pigs in a blanket. The main course was my favorite part of the meal! The chicken was so succulent and it made it easy for me to cut into bit sized pieces. The brown and light sauce that was served with it accompanied it very well. The garlic mash was amazing. The only part of this dish that I did not eat was the chanterelles because I have never seen anything like it. I believe it is a type of vegetable. The dessert was okay. I was more excited about the ice cream than the pudding. I’m not a big fan of raspberry. I was expecting pudding, but it was actually more like a muffin stuffed with raspberries. This «muffin» was drizzled with white chocolate sauce served with vanilla ice cream. My appletini was superb. I loved it and wanted to order more. The Appletini was not part of the three course meal deal, but it just cost £7.50.
Overall, if I’m ever in the area again, I would definitely visit it again. Definitely the best meal I’ve had in London.

Great find near work, just annoyed I didn’t go sooner. The dishes were simple and delicious, with most of the vegetables and meat direct from their farm.
We (2) had 2 courses for £15, great bottle of wine and it came to £55 with service.
The room is interesting, with photos from important times in history. I understand that some of the money from the restaurant goes towards, Frontline Charitable Trust, set up to promote independent journalism and provide training in the safety and health of journalists and other media workers in areas of conflict.
Dropped one star as service was not very attentive.

I didn’t find it noisy at all but I went on a sunday afternoon and it was fantastic — good service (it wasn’t too busy) and I was waiting to see a film upstairs so I had a coffee and an incredible icecream! Lovely atmosphere and good service!

Lovely food, even if inaugurating a new chef. Wines are well chosen but do ask for recommendations. They turned me on to Redfin Shiraz. Enjoy!

A bit rough, on the whole. Noisy but quite interesting place, nasty part of town. Notably good and cheap wine list. But the food … plentiful but boring and in a couple of cases poor. Great starter of shredded pork and black pudding and leaves in a mayonaissey dressing. Dry old steak and those annoying chips which, in proclaiming that they are cut from a potato rather than emptied out form a freezer bag, are TOO chunky. In fact they’re sauté potatoes done in a deep fryer. Not very nice spring greens. Extremely poor puddings, overpriced and minuscule. So all in all, hit and miss. Best place around, but that’s not saying much.

Un bon repas anglais, ça change de la world food de Londres
Pour ceux qui recherchent un restaurant qui sert de la cuisine locale, le Frontline peut être l’adresse qu’il vous faut. Les plats sont simples, bons et plutôt raffinés (ici les fish and chips né sont pas servis dans du papier journal ;o) et le service y est de qualité. Comme le nom du restaurant le laisse deviner, les murs sont recouverts de grandes photos de grands reporters. Si vous êtes du côté de Paddington, à essayer absolument.

If you’re interested in the cutting edge of journalism, the Frontline Club is a good place to add to your diary. It was set up by reporters and cameramen in memory of journalists who died in action. You don’t have to have seen the world’s conflict zones to get on the mailing list of media-​focused talks and debates, however. Most events cost £10 (but are free to members) but there tend to be free film screenings on Sunday afternoons.
There’s a great bar — lots of wood — with interesting memorabilia along the walls. The restaurant downstairs offers a discount to members.
This is a cool place, handily close to Paddington Station.

I can’t remember the last time I ate Brawn! That combined with pickled marrow, and followed by fish pie and curly kale was a real surprise in an area like Paddington, just as the reviewer above said! Lovely photographs on the walls, huge windows and enormous lampshades, a very friendly waiter (in a nice way) and a good looking menu. The Brawn was £6.00 the fish pie £15.00 and the half bottle of red £9.00. I was given a 12.5% service charge on top, which seems the norm these days, but I didn’t quibble.