Galvin's Bistro de Luxe
66 Baker Street
W1U 7DJ
Date of Last Visit: Sunday, March 1, 2009
The Victim: Stacey
The Damage: £25ish each
The Background: Stacey and I are headed to the Kinetica Art Fair in Marylebone. It's all about light and sound and movement. It sounds cool. The reviews are cool. And it IS cool. It's one of those random things you do in London where you have no expectations and WHAM…the thing is great.
But then BAM! They have no electricity. Yup. All the power goes down. All of it. Kinda defeats the purpose of an art show all about light and sound and movement, huh?
That's okay. I wanted to have lunch anyways.
The Entrance: I've rang up Galvin's from the Robert Dyas on Baker Street, which unfortunately for me and my new television, has no RF cables. Can Galvin's take two in 10 minutes? Yes! They can!
The Entertainment: They sit us at a great corner table in the restaurant next to a guy that had to be 50+ who was obviously having a little romantic rendezvous with a rosy-cheeked gal younger than me. Interesting. Maybe I really should widen my age range on all those online dating sites. It could fund my lunch habit.
The Food: We opt for the prix fixe. But here's what's happened, three weeks later. I sit around looking at the pictures I've downloaded from my phone and I keep thinking, "Where the hell was that? I don't remember eating that." Seriously, I must have looked at these photos at least five times before I remember that they were from lunch at Galvin's Bistro de Luxe. As you can tell, I had blurry orange soup. I also had this, which I vaguely remember was pork. It was blurry pork as well.
The Service: I remember that they were nice. But they really didn't want to bring me my glass of wine until my main was in front of me. This might be the proper French way of doing things. If so, I accept that.
The Verdict: I was surprised by how large and spacious Galvin's Bistro de Luxe was. I expected something very French-bistro-esque with tiny tables that waiters push you into. You know, the tables from which you cannot escape, even when you want to go to the ladies. But there was lots of room at Galvin's. That I remember. Now if only I could remember the food in order to write a proper review…
Oh, and we did get back to the art fair and they had power. It was a great show. Watch out for it if they do it again next year.
2 comments
Galvin Bistro de Luxe is currently one of my fave places to eat in London. I’m admittedly a francophile, but I really enjoyed the atmosphere and the classic bistro food. As for your photos, I hate when that happens (i.e., you spend time sneakily/quickly snapping photos and they come out dark and rubbish).
I’ve always walked by it on my way to the gym,(Fitness first is across the street) but I’ll definitely check it out. I can work it off at the gym after 🙂
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