The World’s End Market

One of the worst dining experiences in a long time. Looks can be deceiving– the venue looked really nice from a décor standpoint however we would soon find that to be all that was decent.
Service was dreadfully slow. Some friendly, but could not cope.
Starters were average but extremely tiny. A bit of a rip off. Clearly «English» artichokes were used as I have never seen such a disappointment of a vegetable. (See my photo for size). Two bites and done.
Mains — burger was probably the only hit on the table. Other dishes to avoid, the stuffed corgettes, waterery tasteless matter, as if they had been frozen.
The cote de boeuf, what a disgrace. Asked for medium rare, came bleu, not exactly the most tender piece of meat but this, this was dreadful. Fatty throughout, with tough stuff, the bone had some meat but not enough to take off nor was the meat tender enough. (See photo posted).
Pure and simple, the meat was a joke. The manager excuse didn’t work for me.
After such a disappointment of a meal, we wanted to leave, although we would sit there for a while until service resumed again. Bill please! Let’s get out now!
Never again.

Visiting London on a cold rainy afternoon, we ducked in and found an unexpectedly stylish and welcoming restaurant /​pub on King’s Rd. We had a burger and lamb chops, and found each of them delicious and well cooked, as well as the salads and fries. Service was terrific… can’t wait to go back!

Came in for a drink during the day today. A bit quiet but fair service. Would come back at another time to try again.

Good:
Atmosphere, very cool that they are a «market» so they show you the cuts of meat and the fish etc. in the back. Seemed like families out to dinner and some couples (we did go on Valentine’s though) in the restaurant area. The have a bar in the basement which is really cool, we came early and had the place to ourselves for a while. The walls are lined with lights that change and sometimes flash to the beat of the music which seems to be controlled by the DJ station at the bar. Cocktail bar. Bartender was very friendly and made good cocktails which were all very well priced. Later into the night we were joined by some older couples/​groups in their 40 – 50’s about. Very trendy bar. All staff we interacted with were nice. Clean bathrooms.
Bad:
Bathrooms are a bit hidden and the bartender needs a pen! Haha… that’s literally it. This place was great.
Because we did get there during dinner hours it was quiet, however there was room to dance so I have very reason to believe that would happen later in the night and get busy. Not sure about the prices for the restaurant but the food looked and smelled good, but we were unfortunately just there for drinks.