11 Stoney Street
SE1 9AD
Tel: 020 7403 9554
Date of Last Visit: Tuesday, June 6th
The Victim: Jose
The Damage: Approximately 78 quid total.
Jose says he’s been asking me out to dinner for a year and I keep putting him off. I’m not entirely sure if this is correct, because who wouldn’t want to have dinner with Jose? (Some might say he looks like Gabriel Byrne.) So after a leisurely flight over The Pond on Monday, I arrived at Wright Brothers jetlagged and cranky, but very happy to see Jose.
I wanted to go to Wright Bros because Kristi and I had wandered by the other weekend and everyone was drinking white wine and eating big platters of shellfish. It just looked very romantic and summery. Hence why I selected it–because the weather is FANTASTIC these days and well, Jose looks like Gabriel Byrne.
Service was really nice and friendly from the get-go. We started off with a bottle of champagne because apparently, Jose loves champagne. Now champagne on a Tuesday feels a little decadent, but that’s not a bad thing.
We split some Fitzpatrick oysters which were nice, but nothing to right home about. Jose was very sweet and let me have two while he had one (albeit a large one). And then we both went with the sea bream for our mains.
I appreciate Tunisia. I say this because man, could they debone a fish. I want to learn how to debone a fish so expertly. Not so at Wright Bros. I consider myself pretty advanced now when it comes to eating fish with the bone still in it, but they hadn’t even made the slit along the bottom. And the fish’s eye was very cloudy–always a bad sign. That being said, it was still delicious. It must have been drenched in butter.
Jose likes his too. And if I’m not imagining things, he mentioned the prospect of us getting married eventually, which was interesting. Very complex.
Bathrooms–I used the handicapped one because I don’t like stairs and the main WCs were down a spiral staircase. The Handicapped toilet was big, spacious, and clean. Always good.
The Verdict: Hmmm. I liked the atmosphere and the service more than the food. I would like to try this out on a weekend.
2 comments
A fish’s eye turns white when you bake it… Thats not a bad sign, it means that its cooking….. And i believe that its the will of the owners to have the food presented the way it is.,… very plain, and simple, to keep your eye on the seafood, not just eating….
Hello Adam and thanks for your note. I’m not entirely convinced that a fish’s eye turns white when you bake it. My Uncle George, a recreational Tuna fisherperson (preference being Blue fin), has always told me that the eye only goes white when the fish is old. I won’t say the fish is bad, I’m just saying it’s not fresh. Anyone else?
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