Goodman

If it's meat (and steaks in particular) you're after you will come to the right place. In my view up there with hawksmoor in terms of best steaks in town. Very good service and a buzzing atmosphere at this city outpost

The City branch is the best of the 3 London venues for Goodman (Mayfair & C Warf), as it has the best blend of an American bar atmosphere with window booths, along with the slightly more formal table arrangements in the larger dining space. The steaks are exceptional quality (USDA Porterhouse especially so), with more flavour and melt in the mouth texture even than the much lauded Yorkshire sourced beef on offer in rival, Hawksmoor.
The truffle chips also add a special something to the menu, and help to justify the worrying trend in most London steakhouses of charging £4.50 for a small bowl of chips.

• If you are on a budget, the burger is the best in town (the kitchen uses off-cuts from the USDA steaks to make them), and for £15 (including chips) is worth every penny, especially if washed down with either something from the excellent wine menu, or a glass of Greenwich Meantime ale from the bar.

Never strayed away from Gauchos before for the total carnivore experience and I'm glad we finally did. From walking in the door the meet and greet was fantastic. Very friendly and welcoming, the waitress was super passionate and knowledgeable. The bar staff were very happy. The food…OMG… and I never use this but it was magnificent. I recommend the Rib Eye cooked to their liking and recommendation. All 4 of us ordered the same and not one of us was dissapointed. It was just heavenly. Also try the simple things with it. Mushrooms were fabulous but the best side in my opinion is the carrots. Chives and butter, very simple but delicious.

It's as pricey as Gauchos but I'd give it a little better on value for money. It's efficient so if you're in a hurry it doesn't have to be an epic lunch.

Couldn't wax lyrical enough about this little gem. Glad we strayed from the normal path and we carnivores are all converted.

Thank you Goodman and all of your terrific City staff. Big smile that I certainly rarely get these days with food. I almost want to go back today.

This year I have lunched nearly every week at Goodmans and every time it has been great.

From the warm welcome at reception, you get fantastic and friendly service throughout your stay.
The steaks are of the highest quality and cooked to perfection. A great venue for a business lunch.

I have been here for lunch on a couple of occasions and found the service excellent and the food was flawless. A place that is difficult to leave which makes it a very comfortable place to be for an afternoon. Lots of City types in a very “masculine” interior with a dark and cosy atmosphere.

I was at the soft opening of this Restaurant and tried the meal then with my family. The food was excellent and staff was very attentive to our needs. The USDA beef was excellent and we all ordered different cuts. It was a very good night and good value. I had so much confidence of the food and service I recommended the same restaurant for our management team Christmas dinner and it went down a treat to everyone. As per usual the meat did not disappoint doubled with a very good service and wonderful atmosphere. I highly recommend Goodman to any meat lover out there who wants excellent beef and service!

Well I doth my cap to Goodmans. Mid week evening meal. We booked for 7.45 – 8 pm…Warmly greeted on entry. Great little bar to the left as you walk in that was buzzing …but not too loud !. We had a booth and were escorted immediately to our table. We were presented with the board of meats and the waitress described each cut in turn , gave recomendations and answered all questions. We all ordered different cuts of meat. I had the ribeye ( which is always a gamble in the UK ) Well it was the best ribeye I've had in a long long time. …and tasting eachothers cuts I can safely safe everyone's meat was TOP NOTCH. The wine list was extensive enough and had some quality bottles. The service was perfect. Not too intrusive ..but then not that distant. You only had to raise you head away from your guests and someone was there…even with it being fullto capacity ..the staff were very attentive. I will not hesitate to book here again. Downside ? . Like The Palm… this place is not cheap. …but worth every penny. It is without doubt ‘up there’ with the best steaks Ive had. Just go…try it for yourself…you wont be let down !

What an amazing place. I visited for the first time yesterday, and had the most fantstic Xmas lunch, the food, service and atmosphere were all faultless, we were made to feel like we were the only people at the restaurant despite it being full, and the food was truly fabulous. Can't speak highly enough of this place and desperate to return. Amazing experience.

Having been somewhat underwhelmed by the Maddox Street branch, it was without too high hopes that I visited the City branch of Goodman. Now I don't know if it is becuase it is the City rather than Mayfair, but this place is in a different league from the one out west.

The setting is very similar: brown leather, brown wood and a more casual bar. The menu too is identical: huge great slabs of prime Irish, US, Canadian and UK beef and the odd nod to chicken and fish thrown in. Service too is of a similar high standard, friendly French waiting staff (is that a first?), knowledgeable about the different cuts and happy to let us take a late, long and very relaxed lunch.

The difference was the cooking: my complaint with the west end version was that the meat hadn't been cooked at a hot enough temperature, so was not properly charred. No such problem here: the 1kg bone in rib-eye (shared between two of us, I hasten to add) was one of the finest peices of steak I have ever had – not as rich as the kobe beef at Steak Ron, but brilliantly cooked to perfection, by somebody who knows their steak. A big hunk of meat, seared and charred to the point of burning on the outside, that dark shade of red that Alex Ferguson goes as the hairdryer treatment is meted out to some hapless official who has the temerity to award a penalty against his sinless charges at Old Scumford on the inside, dripping with juices.

WE didn't make deserts, nor did we bother with a starter: with beef this good, what would be the point?

This place is a carnivore’s heaven!

Being a big fan of the Maddox Street branch I was hugely pleased that they opened a City branch and as soon as I heard about the opening I made the booking here, for comparison purposes obviously :)

We (group of 5) went there on 20th August for lunch and were seated by the kitchen at the back of the restaurant. While I do not usually like being in this spot it was really nice seeing the food being cooked.

The meat was cooked to absolute perfection and the cuts of meat were fantastically huge and so soft they cut like butter with a hot knife – PERFECT! I think between 3 of the guys they consumed near on 2kg of beef and had absolutely no complaints – the waitress even suggested a doggy bag so that they could take their T-bones home for the “dogs”…

Desserts were lovely, the waitress was very clued in about what to recommend and made a couple of personal suggestions to the group that were immediately ordered and devoured. The Hot Fudge Sundae was a massive portion and I could only manage about half of it but I have no complaints about the flavour, it’s just a little disappointing to leave dessert…it always makes me feel a bit sad leaving something so yummy!!

Anyway – I will be going back as soon as I can stomach that much food once again and I would recommend anyone who appreciates a good steak to try it out – AMAZING!!