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The Guinea Grill
• Gastropub• Mayfair
About the restaurant
The Guinea Grill is one of Mayfair’s oldest haunts, having been founded in 1888, but the site has had a pub on it for almost 500 years. Nowadays, it’s run by publican Oisin Rogers, under whose stewardship it has become a food-industry hotspot.
While there’s a modern approach to things like the cocktail list, walking into The Guinea Grill still feels like walking into a time warp, with mottled wood, comfy booths and bar stools immediately giving a sense of history. While there’s a great food menu, it remains a great place for a pre-dinner drink if you’re booked in for dinner at a restaurant nearby.
Alongside beautifully conditioned and carefully selected cask ales, there’s a focus here on grass-fed British beef, and an old-English feel to much of the menu – think sweetbreads on toast, beef wellington and dumplings. Pies here are especially popular, especially the steak and kidney.
Reviews from the Web
Critic reviews
Time Out
Prime Aberdeenshire Scotch beef is the speciality of the Guinea Grill, while the handmade pork pies (£2.75) should satisfy smaller appetites.
Standard
With a reputation for great steaks, the kitchen specialises in grass-fed Scottish beef, all served in a charming dining room towards the back of the building.
The Infatuation
People do come out of their way for the food here though. They serve a limited menu of pie and oysters in the bar, as well as sandwiches for lunch, but if you’re looking for somewhere more spacious, you should head to the very old-fashioned and sedate restaurant in the back.
The Guardian
Serving up perfect steaks for more than 60 years, this Mayfair restaurant has authenticity a hipster would kill for
- The Guinea, 30 Bruton Pl
- W1J 6NL
- London
- +44 20 7409 1728
- Visit website
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