Burger and Lobster – what’s not to love?

A late lunch on a Saturday afternoon in london is always one of life’s great pleasures. Particularly if you are lunching with the lovely Ellie. So, having put the world to rights over a glass of champagne or two, we never quite made the shopping that we had originally intended, oh well. Our main mission was to try out the much feted ‘Burger and Lobster’ restaurant in Soho. There are 3 restaurants now http://www.burgerandlobster.com/ as this interesting concept is clearly doing extremely well. Their premise is very simple, come up with a few things that you cook brilliantly and price it reasonably – and that’s exactly what they’ve done. In other words don’t go there unless you love either burgers or lobster!

When I say the menu is simple, I mean really simple, there isn’t one! All you can have is a burger, a lobster or a lobster roll all served with chips and salad for £20.00. Ellie chose the lobster roll and I had the grilled lobster. Being provided with plastic bibs was not the highlight of my lunch although the gloriously abundant size of the lobster definitely was. Ellie on the other hand embraced wearing her bib as the “must have” Burger and Lobster lunchtime accessory:

Her lobster roll was absolutely delicious, filled with really tender and moist lobster meat and lots of it. The fries and salad were also good quality. We had a bottle of house pink champagne to go with it and it was honestly the perfect lunch. Whilst we didn’t have the burger, plenty of people round us did and from the look of the quality and the quantity and also listening to the comments of people eating them, it seemd they were definitely of a very high standard and we heard no negative or disappointed noises at all. As for me, I was in lobster heaven. This was my kind of meal, a huge grilled crustacean, with lots of fun implements for cracking and picking. The lobster itself was cleverly served to maximise your ability to get the most lobster meat out of it and to stop you inadvertently flinging lobster claws at your neighbour’s table in feeble attempts to crack them (unless you wanted to, of course). Frankly, I loved it.The only minor down side is they don’t take bookings for less than 6 people, but there is a perfectly good cocktail bar area to wait in, so it is really no hassle at all. There are desserts, but they are not meant to be the highlight, and are served in little disposable cups, we had chocolate mousse but the lobsters and the burgers are definitely the stars of the show.