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Grill On The Market was a bar and grill just south of [[Locale Smithfield|Smithfield]] Market, previously known as Smithfield Bar & Grill. It [https://confidentials.com/manchester/grill-on-the-alley-next-restaurant-set-to-close closed down in late 2018] due to insolvency problems in its parent group Blackhouse. The information below is retained for historical purposes. <div class="old_info"> A bar and grill just south of [[Locale Smithfield|Smithfield]] Market, previously known as Smithfield Bar & Grill. The restaurant area is at the back. Toilets are downstairs, in the basement. [[bob]], [[elvum]], [[billy]], Steve and Phil visited on a Thursday evening in January 2009. The bar and restaurant were full when we turned up at 8:30pm. Thankfully we had booked a table, so we could take advantage of the January 50% off sale on food. When we visited, there was a musician playing live, which contributed to a very noisy atmosphere. Since it is also a bar there is quite an extensive cocktail list. [[Billy]] had a Manhattan (£6.95) which he described as almost as good as the ones he makes himself. Steve had a 750ml bottle of Duvel (£10.50) — one of only two or so non-lagers — which he found to be quite good. We also had a decent enough bottle of Malbec for £18. They brought us two jugs of iced tap water when asked. We had some acceptable bread (£2.75) and olives (£2.75) while deciding what to have. [http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/reviews/13619.html Another reviewer] expressed dissatisfaction at the manner in which these high-markup extras were offered, but if you're reading this review, you probably won't be disagreeably surprised... [[bob]] had some really good calamari (£6) to start. The flesh was cooked was just right, and the batter was light. Tentacles are always fun. Phil and Steve had the chicken satay (£6), quite a large piece of chicken with quite a decent spicy peanut sauce, although a little dry for Steve's taste. [[Billy]] had beef carpaccio (£7.50), while [[elvum]] had a warm mushroom salad (£6) with shredded bacon and bread which was really excellent. For his main [[bob]] had an 11oz fillet steak rare with chips (£25) and peppercorn sauce as an extra (£1.75). The steak was really good, charred on the outside and red and warmed through on the inside. The chips were fine. The peppercorn sauce actually tasted strongly of peppercorns. [[Elvum]] didn't seem too impressed with his 10oz sirloin (£18.50), which was slightly overcooked and a little bland. The accompanying horseradish mash was excellent though. He also had a small avocado side-salad (£5.50). Phil had a chateaubriand (£39) to himself. It looked somewhat small but the bone had been removed, and Phil seemed happy with it. Phil also had some roasted beetroot (£3), which was good. [[Billy]] had a lamb steak (£15.95). [[bob]] was happy enough with his apple crumble (£9.90). Steve had sticky toffee pudding (£5.75) which came with ice cream and was very good without being overly sweet. [[Elvum]] had melba mess (£5.50), while [[Billy]] had lemon sorbet (£3.50). [[bob]]'s verdict: It was really good at 50% off. It would have been fine at full price too, even with the considerable background noise. [[elvum]]'s verdict: It was good value with the 50% food discount, although little things like the facts that bread was an expensive extra and that the 12.5% service charge was calculated on the undiscounted bill left me with the impression that the proprietors had a passion for profit more than they had a passion for food. See also: * [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjw1/sets/72157613234390108/detail/ bob's photoset on Flickr] * [http://web.archive.org/web/20100119072057/http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/reviews/13619.html Time Out review] * [http://www.arbuturian.com/2009/smithfield-bar-and-grill The Arbuturian review] * [http://fatcc.blogspot.com/2010/01/smithfield-bar-grill.html Gluttonous Sins review] * [http://web.archive.org/web/20170224194810/https://tastyfever.com/2012/12/27/where-theres-a-grill-theres-smokey-old-fashioneds/ Tasty Fever review] <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[bob]], [[elvum]], [[billy]], Steve and Phil, January 2009. Prices verified at that visit (and shown above before the discount was calculated).</div> </div>
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