Fire & Stone (31-32 Maiden Lane, London, WC2E 7JS) Decoration : industrial-look walls and 25 foot high concrete block ceiling : cold, unfriendly and industrial. And you can't even see the fire in the oven.
Drinks : Fruit juice (pear) watered down.
Pizzas : even the simplest pizza to make on earth (tomatoe base, mozza, basil, olive, artichoke) was utterly wrong : I had to send the first one back to the kitchen specifying "the tomoatoe base of the menu? Yeah, well I'd like it on my pizza…and the mozarella and tomatoes on top? yeah, well they need to see the oven at some point in the preparation, and the basil?…well just make the effort of spreading it over the whole pizza) : the base of a pizza is supposed to be bread dough. Not some sort of grainy dry crust. Cheese was raw!! not melted. I had about 2 bush worth of basil in a ball in the midlle of the pizza…the epitome of wrong for a pizza, which should put the chef to shame.
Side : “Tomatoe mozarella and basil in balsamic dressing” : sounds nice isn't it?…well imagine receiving a bowl with a 2-fist-big tomatoe cut in 4 quarter, with 1 (one, uno) slice of mozarella.
Shocking! A well done pizza is a delicacy, an art, a beautiful thing to make and eat. This restaurant is a shame, should be closed down or receive the visit of Gordon.
Praise to the staff for an acceptable service in such a place. ###Go to Maletti if you want the best pizza this side of Milan.###
Link to this reviewFebruary 2009 | 
Laurent R.30s, Male, United Kingdom