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Even writing about this place makes me feel ill. This was the worst meal I've had in a long time. In fact it was so wrong that I gagged three times while trying to consume what they call food.
Big Easy is advertised as an all American BBQ and Crabshack, a place to get a hearty 'home-style' meal. It's not. Firstly it's situated in one of the most fancy parts of London, secondly it's expensive, and thirdly who drinks margaritas in what's meant to be an old school 'home-style' joint? None of these things remotely resemble the idea of taking in some grub after (as they state on their website) 'a hard days fishing, shopping, or plain ol' hard work'.
The atmosphere is loud, partly because they have a bar downstairs with live bands playing til 10pm on weekdays, but also because the place is constantly packed. I just can't understand why.
We researched their menu by looking at their very basic website. We'd also walked passed a few times and thought the vibe looked good. I popped in one evening to asked the maitre d' if we could have a table and she said the wait would be around 2 weeks. It didn't turn out to be the case when I looked online.
The ambience was ok. It was busy but not overwhelmingly so. The decor was ok, a bar on one side and the restaurant on the other. Nothing special though, just quite themed. They try to be funky in decorating in such a way, this is compounded by the fact they think it cool to call the downstairs bar a 'speakeasy'. They also pump out relatively loud music in the bathroom. Probably to mask the sound of people throwing up their overpriced dinner.
So we started with the Calamari which was deep fried and came with Tartar Tartar sauce (£6.95). It was ok I suppose, but again nothing special. I then had the 2lb lobster for £19.95 (you can order a variety of sizes that are all priced accordingly). The Lobster came with a salad, chips and a choice of either a beer or margarita. It was awful. It was tough as old boots and smelt too. They boast their lobsters come from Maine in America, I just wonder how long it took them to get over here. The salad dressing was terrible (and I love salad). The chips were chips.
My husband had the BBQ Ribs and Chicken which came with Coleslaw (a good portion at £15.95). The ribs were tender, if not a little too sweet. The coleslaw was bland, and the chicken average. My husband didn't rate it either.
I think the best part of this experience was watching a large man walk in and have the waitress bring out a 4.5 lb lobster for him to look at before ordering. He then ordered an entire bottle of wine and sat there gorging with a shiny bib around his neck. He really didn't mind that people were staring. Sadly that was the best part of this shambles of a meal. I sincerely regret spending nearly £70 on this mistake.
The only good thing I'll say about the Big Queasy is that the staff were nice and service was good.
Big Easy
3/10 (and that's mainly due to the company, not the food).
3/10 (and that's mainly due to the company, not the food).
332-334 King's Road
London SW3 5UR
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