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Fish and meat restaurant in [[Locale Croydon|Croydon]]. It's run by Malcom John, who also has [[Le Vacherin, W4 5LF|Le Vacherin]] in Chiswick and Brasserie Vacherin in Sutton (and used to run [[Le Cassoulet, CR2 6PA|Le Cassoulet]] in South Croydon, now sadly closed).
 Fish and meat restaurant in [[Locale Croydon|Croydon]]. It's the third restaurant in Malcom John's expanding empire, the others being [[Le Vacherin, W4 5LF|Le Vacherin]] and (the now sadly closed) [[Le Cassoulet, CR2 6PA|Le Cassoulet]]. This one is a very much more relaxed affair than the others; your menu is your place mat, for example. The food has a French influence, and the menu basically consists of fish dishes and grilled meats. They also serve breakfast and brunch from 10am on weekends (as of June 2012).
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Like Brasserie Vacherin, this one is more relaxed than his Chiswick restaurant; for example, the menu is a single unbound sheet of paper. The food has a French influence, and basically consists of fish dishes and grilled meats. They also serve breakfast and brunch from 10am on weekends (as of June 2012).
 [[bob]], [[elvum]], [[Martin]], [[Northern Steve]], and Bethan visited on a Thursday evening in April 2009. While the restaurant was moderately busy, they easily found a table for us.
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[[Kake]], [[bob]], and several others visited on a Tuesday evening in October 2012 as a pre-booked group. [[Kake]]'s starter of tuna tartare was overly mushy, but another diner's potted mackerel was pretty good, served at just the right temperature and incorporating just the right amount of butter. [[Kake]]'s main was one of the day's specials: pollock with fennel fronds. The fish itself was great, with a lovely crispy skin, but the sauce had too much acidity (even for [[Kake]], who has been known to drink vinegar neat) and the fennel fronds were rather too plentiful given they appeared to be either almost or completely raw. A side dish of sea vegetables (seaweed) had good flavour but was rather chewy and could perhaps have benefited from longer cooking. Service was good — welcoming without being overly familiar, and solicitous without being hovery — though they were a little slow to replenish water glasses towards the end of the meal. Music was playing throughout our visit, perhaps a little louder than ideal for conversation.
 [[bob]] had the yellowfin tuna tartare (£8.25) to start. It was made of good quality tuna, but I felt it lacked flavour. There was wasabi on the side but not nearly enough for my taste (that may just be me, though). For my main I had the cassoulet with octopus and ham hock (£12). This was really good; the octopus was succulent and tender, and the ham hock was pretty good too. A side order of sprouting broccoli (£3.50) was fine. Apple crumble (£6) to follow was adequate.
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[[bob]], [[elvum]], [[Martin]], [[Northern Steve]], and Bethan paid an earlier visit on a Thursday evening in April 2009. While the restaurant was moderately busy, they easily found a table for us. [[bob]] had the yellowfin tuna tartare (£8.25) to start. It was made of good quality tuna, but I felt it lacked flavour. There was wasabi on the side but not nearly enough for my taste (that may just be me, though). For my main I had the cassoulet with octopus and ham hock (£12). This was really good; the octopus was succulent and tender, and the ham hock was pretty good too. A side order of sprouting broccoli (£3.50) was fine. Apple crumble (£6) to follow was adequate. The wines we had were fine. They offer several by the glass or carafe. We were brought two large jugs of tap water without any fuss.
 The wines we had were fine. They offer several by the glass or carafe. We were brought two large jugs of tap water without any fuss.
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Accessibility: A tiny step and then a ramp to get in. There is an accessible toilet, but like the other toilets it's located up one step and then down another.
 Accessibility: Toilets are down a step. No obvious sign of disabled toilets.
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], [[bob]], et al., October 2012.</div>
 <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[bob]], [[elvum]], [[Martin]], [[Northern Steve]], and Bethan, 3 April 2009.</div>

Fish and meat restaurant in Croydon. It's the third restaurant in Malcom John's expanding empire, the others being Le Vacherin and (the now sadly closed) Le Cassoulet. This one is a very much more relaxed affair than the others; your menu is your place mat, for example. The food has a French influence, and the menu basically consists of fish dishes and grilled meats. They also serve breakfast and brunch from 10am on weekends (as of June 2012).

bob, elvum, Martin, Northern Steve, and Bethan visited on a Thursday evening in April 2009. While the restaurant was moderately busy, they easily found a table for us.

bob had the yellowfin tuna tartare (£8.25) to start. It was made of good quality tuna, but I felt it lacked flavour. There was wasabi on the side but not nearly enough for my taste (that may just be me, though). For my main I had the cassoulet with octopus and ham hock (£12). This was really good; the octopus was succulent and tender, and the ham hock was pretty good too. A side order of sprouting broccoli (£3.50) was fine. Apple crumble (£6) to follow was adequate.

The wines we had were fine. They offer several by the glass or carafe. We were brought two large jugs of tap water without any fuss.

Accessibility: Toilets are down a step. No obvious sign of disabled toilets.

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Last visited by bob, elvum, Martin, Northern Steve, and Bethan, 3 April 2009.

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