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Somerstown Coffeehouse

Address:60 Chalton Street NW1 1HS
Tel:020 7691 9136
Website: Visit Somerstown Coffeehouse website
Price: £36.00 Wine: £13.50 Champagne: £38.00
Opening Hours:Mon-Sun 12N-11pm (Sun -10.30pm)

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Eurostar may be round the corner, but save yourself some time & money & get a French fix at Somerstown – a ‘genuinely unpretentious’, attractively wood-panelled gastropub serving croques monsieur & rillettes with cornichons at the bar & heartier fare in the dining room. As well as three daily specials (meat, fish & veggie), expect the likes of home-preserved duck confit with orange sauce or Normandy veal escalope with creamy mushroom sauce. Cheese, butter & cream come direct from France, while easily priced wines stray further afield: bottles of white start at £13.50 & lead up to a 2005 Pouilly-Fuissé at £30. The welcoming atmosphere is boosted by charming staff, & the courtyards out front & back attract both smokers & summer swiggers.

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Reader reviews of Somerstown Coffeehouse:

Hannah S.
Reviews: 1

Hannah S. (30s, Female, United Kingdom)

A couple of us had a late bar meal, which is considerbly lighter than the next door restaurant. We both chose mousaka off the specials board, which came fairly promptly with a vibrant salad and some 'British' French bread which was more chewy and softer, but I prefer it that way. Accompanied with some Normandy butter, it was delicious to to mop up with. The Mousaka was, in my mind, a perfect consistency, well seasoned and had a cheesy topping as opposed toa thick bechamel. If anything, the potatoes were a lttle undercooked, but this was a minor point in an overall excellent value-for-money meal.

The french staff couldn't have been more helpful (perhaps a bit flirty?) and with a couple of bottles of excellent viognier we had an exciting catch up in friendly atmosphere.

11 September 2008
Overall:8
Food and Drink:7
Service:9
Atmosphere:8
Value for Money:7
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