Monday 22 February 2016

OXO Tower, Southbank


Hi guys, hope you’re having an amazing day. I thought I would do another restaurant review for you. For those of you who watch made in Chelsea, I am sure you are familiar with the OXO Tower @ the South bank.  From what I can remember the girls are often seen bitching about each other in this fancy restaurant.


Picture Taken from http://www.oxotower.co.uk/about/
The OXO tower from what I understand is owned by Harvey nick’s (correct me if I am wrong). I have always wanted to go to this restaurant, along with 20 Fenchurch street, and sushi samba when it comes to those view the whole of London while you eat type of restaurants. You may have noticed Shard isn't on the list, I don’t know why but I was never really excited about it when it opened, I still am not excited, I really couldn't really tell you guys why it doesn't appeal to me. 

Picture Taken from Londoniscool.com
So that in mind, I’ll have to tell you about the amazing deal I got. Places like these are quite pricey, when it comes to food I never mind paying a lot but due to working part time I have to budget my money if I want to continue to save up. This is the reason why I love set menu’s. Although the menu is limited. You know how much you will be paying before you even get there which is great because then you know to keep that money aside.



So last month I was on Facebook and you know you have those sponsored posts these days. Well there was one for the OXO Tower for £30 for a three course meal + a cocktail. I was like WHAT??? NO WAY!! So I clicked on the link and searched through and through to see if there were any catches or small prints. The only catch was it ended on the 11th of February and that you could only have this deal between 3-6pm and then 9-11pm I think. £30 for a three course and a drink I can’t complain. So I messaged my friend and convinced him to come with me and booked the table for 5.30.


As we arrived we walked up to the desk, the lovely gentleman at the desk was so kind and welcoming he checked our reservation and took our coats. He then asked another lovely lady to show us our seats, and explained what the cocktail had. I asked if there was a non-alcoholic version and she immediately said she could arrange that for me and it wouldn't be a problem. Another waiter then came and took our food order, he was also very nice.

The menu was as follows

STARTERS
*Roasted butternut squash soup
* Goats Cheese, honey roasted figs, walnuts, bitter leaf Salad
*Braised oxtail and pearl barley

MAINS
*Risotto mushroom, Bean curd, chestnut, beetroot puree (vegan)
* Roasted Cod, Cuttlefish and butter bean stew, parsley aioli
* Slow-cooked duck leg, lentils, winter vegetables.

DESSERTS
*Sticky toffee Pudding, Rum Sauce, Clotted Cream
*Rhubarb, baked custard, ginger nuts
* Dark chocolate Tart, Peanut butter ice-cream

COCKTAIL
* I can’t remember; it was something to do with cranberry’s or some berries, some vodka maybe. I'm not sure. I had the non-alcoholic version, but I think it had raspberry’s in it. Below L-R Winter cocktail and winter mock-tail




I have to say, the food was lovely. I had the roasted butternut squash soup, roasted Cod, the dark chocolate tart and peanut butter ice-cream.


Mains: Roasted Cod

Dessert: Choc Tart with Peanutbutter Icecream

My friend had the braised oxtail and pearl barley, I have to say it looked delicious. He also had the slow cooked duck leg, which I love duck I know I would have loved it. Lastly for Dessert he had the sticky toffee pudding (Below), to me it didn’t look appealing but he said it was really nice.


The customer service was AMAZING… well it had to be anyway but I still have to add this. In my job I always give customers 110 percent so I expect the same when I go to places. 
Lastly I have to say it’s an amazing place to go, the view is so pretty. Of you have been here before it would be great if you could leave comments below so other readers can see you experience. 

What I Wore to this Restaurant


Top - Primark £10
Skirt - Apricot £ 29


Foundation - Illmasqua Skin base
Eyeshadow - Makeup revolution iconic Pallet 3
Lipliner - Primark no.9 (Mac Soar Dupe)
Lipstic - Primark no.11 velvet matte lipstick crayon L.Brown
(Although its called light brown, I feel as it is almost a dark lilac colour)

Thanks for reading guys xXx



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