Paradise Garage

This was my first tasting menu in a long long time. Like more than a decade. And the cool thing is that I tried a bunch of things I’d not normally try thinking I’d hate them, and they were great. Bad thing is the other stuff was not so great. In short I’d have done much better picking at random than picking the things I’d thought I’d like. So recommendations… The chocolate crème brûlée. The apple sorbet. The pigs head terrine. And the staff, they were lovely, I mean lovely service, I didn’t eat them.
My only complaint is that we didn’t find out about the set lunch (£25 for four courses) till at the very end when we paid. We just got the a-​la-​carte menu and the £45 tasting menu. So if you have less than three hours for lunch (unlike me mid-​vacation) then ask for the set lunch, they may not tell you about it.

A very hip place to vit at the moment! I took my wife here for a birthday dinner and we were both very pleased.
They have a choice of meunus but we chose the tasting option, several courses accompanied with drinks. The food was really good and made up of English in season ingredients, well prepared and reasonable portions. The accompanying drinks were ok, but I would recommend grabbing some wine that you will actually like as some of the drinks arent for everyone.
Venue is nice but some of the seats are undesirable, we had to ask to be moved from our original seats that were too close to the window. The staff arebrewlly great and took the time to make us feel at ease and make a special effort for my wife’s birthday

Super friendly waiters and nice environment. Maybe a little too bright. I tried the rabbit, and it was very good. For dessert, I recommend the beer ice cream, it was super nice as well! Too bad the kitchen closed at 4pm and opened only at dinner time.

I’ve heard so much about The Dairy but it’s too far west for me so when they opened this place in Bow I had to go. We went for lunch for my husband’s birthday. It is very quiet on a Friday lunch being sort of out of the way a bit but don’t let that worry you as the food is fab. We decided not to go for the tasting menu (we aren’t huge fans of fish. though big fans of seafood… and there were a few too many mackerel type ingredients in the taster menu). Portion sizes were quite small but they told us it’s really about getting to share & try several plates so we did as told. At the end of the meal I would say portions were perfect especially as we still had room for dessert. And my dessert was AMAZING. Baked figs — it was one of the best desserts I’ve had in a while. This means I might need to assess how far west The Dairy is… I think it’ll be worth it!

My evening at Paradise Garage totally lived up to my expectations, plenty of fresh flavours and good ingredient combinations, all nicely presently in a simple and eye catching way. Sometimes less is really more, the cooking isn’t overly complicated or trying too hard and The Dairy/​Paradise Garage’s formula is just spot on, in fact I think it is one of the very best modern British restaurants in the East End and I would highly recommend it if you live in East London but are seeking a quality trendy restaurant without wanting to travel to central London.

The Dairy in Clapham remains one of my best meals in London to date, so when I heard Robin Gill was opening a restaurant in Bethnal Green, I knew I had to try it out ASAP (this had the added benefit of their soft launch promo of 25% off the bill and a complimentary cocktail to boot)!
Ambiance:
Tucked under one of the railway arches on paradise row, the space is perfect. Bright, airy, lots of greenery (particularly around the bar), quirky ish lighting fixtures and basic furniture give it a casual and relaxed vibe.
Food:
We opted to order a la carte instead of the tasting menu and were pleasantly surprised to still receive the amuse-​bouche (pea purée with radishes and homemade vegetable crisps) and bread (worth a mention because it follows the same format as the dairy namely being an incredible homemade sourdough served with mind-​blowing butter — I think it was a smokey whisky butter in this instance).
Food wise we went for a crab dish (served in a light and refreshing foam), venison tartare, heritage tomatoes with an eel jelly (my favourite dish! The plate looked so summery and vibrant and the eel jelly was such an unexpected twist), and finally a fish and steak for the mains (I found the mains a tad overly rich and a bit heavy generally). Finally for dessert we went for the apricot tart with milk ice cream (too sweet for my liking but with 20% less sugar, it would have been excellent).
Other:
Service was friendly and attentive without being overbearing and there was a pretty good drink selection. I’m not sure I’d go back until they change their menu since we ordered half of it but I’d definitely return a few months down the road!