Mac and Wild

«FOOD WAS GOOD BUT SERVICE WAS GREAT!»
Pros:
— The best service we had in London. Staff and bartendars were so chill
— Great vibe
— Great drinks (and scotches)
Cons:
— The Best Burger in London was simply ok.
Mental Note: Drink more eat less.

I really wanted to love Mac & Wild. I had been looking forward to it, and I probably had much too high expectations, but it just didn’t hit the spot.
The venison was ok, although not a patch on what you get in most restaurants in the highlands, and nothing special. Same goes for the cocktails. The gravadlax starter wasn’t very flavorsome, which I’d definitely expect from Scottish salmon, and just ended up being disappointing and unappetising. I might have just gone on the wrong evening, but it was a pretty expensive wrong evening.
The place is very cosy, and the staff were polite for most of the night, although they took forever to take our order or bring our drinks. It wasn’t the best end to the evening when despite offering us another round after our meal, in the 15 minutes it took to bring them, another staff member asked us to vacate the table (and no, we weren’t aware we had a time limit). Which meant we awkwardly rushed through our drinks because we were hyper aware that they wanted us gone.
Unfortunately, won’t be rushing back.

Om nom nom.
I had never heard of Mac and Wild, until my lovely Unilocal friends booked a table here for their book group. Now I am sooo glad we came. They serve truly gorgeous Scottish food, and have a large range of whiskeys to go with it (as well as cocktails and wine if you’re not a big whiskey drinker.)
— We started with haggis pops — they came with a gorgeous dipping sauce. This is probably the perfect way for haggis virgins to give it a try.
— Order the burger. You can have it with a layer of deep fried haggis in breadcrumbs and it is so, so good! If you’re not sure if you fancy it, take a peek at my photos and drool. You can also try in sans-​haggis if you not an adventurous eater.
— We tried ALL the sides (because they all sounded brilliant… and they were all gorgeous.)
— The Mac and cheese with haggis and truffle oil was really good, but a bit rich. I think it’s best shared, rather than as a main dish.
@Yelp HQ, I hope you make Grant, Linzi and Andrew Elite again… otherwise how will I find out about all London’s yummiest places to eat?!

Very good steak, very nice music good atmosphere. I was walking around and saw a place fully packed and it is that for a very good reason. Service was awesome too.

A new-​ish restaurant serving up quality venison and great whiskey. What a great vibe this place has — would come back again and again/​when payday will allow.
FOOD
Lots of quality venison that is priced really well. Also do beef. Sides are just as tasty — particularly the mash, never had mash so good before. I had the Veni-​Moo burger which, doesn’t need much description other than it deserves is best burger 2015 crown. So keen to come back and have a massive venison chateaubriand.
DRINK
Just had the Malbec which was awesome but they’ve also got some outstanding whisky brands too.
VIBE
Very cool but not over-​done or over pretentious. Same for their staff, just cool people who know their shit.
Could easily work for a work dinner, date, dinner with friends/​fam — anything.
Wouldn’t have changed a thing so that’s why the 5* — London needs more of these places.