Porky's BBQ

Name: Porky's BBQ
Address: 18 New Globe Walk, London, St Paul's, SE1 9DR, UK
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8127 5120
Rating: 7.5

American Restaurant in St Paul's

8 / 10 from 2 reviews

Address
18 New Globe Walk
St Paul's
London
SE1 9DR

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History

Telephone
020 8127 5120

Cuisine
American

Region
St Paul's

Nearest Station
Mansion House
0.35 miles

Website
http://www.porkys.co.uk/

Opening Summary
Monday - Thursday: 17.00 - 22.00
Friday: 12noon - 23.00
Saturday: 11.30 - 23.00
Sunday: 11.30 - 22.00

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This is the second branch of the American BBQ restaurant (the original being in Camden and having opened 9 years ago), serving ribs and rib tips, homemade BBQ sauce, burgers, whole smoked chickens, and pulled pork that’s been cooked for over 16 hours in smokers imported from Oklahoma. This is as authentic to deep-south America as you'll get, certainly within a stone's throw of the Thames! The Memphis theme of the food is carried through to the decor and music, so the whole experience really takes you on a delicious journey...

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All In London Review

damn tasty fare with a flavour of the south

Porky’s may have been gracing Camden for a while, but it’s now brought its signature smoky BBQ atmosphere to the South Bank with a new outpost near London Bridge. The formula remains unchanged; an overwhelming range of bourbons and American-inspired cocktails to complement a menu of smoky southern classics; think American soul food, Memphis-style pulled pork, chicken wings – essentially a meat-lover’s dream.

A word of warning before your visit; make sure you’re properly hungry and wearing nothing too restrictive. The portions are pretty generous and we ended up so full we practically waddled home. I may have had to have a little lie down afterwards I was so stuffed…

The menu of starters was enough to bring out the piggy in me; crab cakes with chipotle mayo and pulled pork croquettes were perfectly crispy and crunchy on the outside but full of flavour. I wasn’t so keen on the cheesy corn hush puppies but they still disappeared pretty quickly. With main course offerings of burgers, hot dogs, ribs, catfish and pulled pork (plus the infamous Man v Ribs challenge…) there’s not too much of a choice to be overwhelming. I had a home-dog , satisfyingly American-tasting with a decent dollop of onions, which also comes with the option of a pulled pork, streaky bacon and jack cheese or chilli and cheese topping. Seriously, I wasn’t kidding about the portions.

My friend’s Porky Burger arrived with him not realising it’s not just the pulled pork, streaky bacon and cheese, but a burger patty with lettuce and onion as well. Add to that our sides of fries and coleslaw (proper, fresh, chunky, crunchy coleslaw. Yum yum…) and you’re probably beginning to understand why we left so well-fed!

In spite of all that, there was obviously room left for dessert – another tip; leave room for dessert! Three words for you: chocolate pecan pie. Does what it says on the tin. Lovely buttery pastry, dark chocolate gooey deliciousness, seriously generous helping of pecans and a huge dollop of squirty cream. If I lived in America I’d be the size of a house.

Porky’s probably isn’t the ideal location for a date; it’s not exactly tidy eating and you will leave overflowing with food and in desperate need of a post-dinner nap, but nevertheless it’s certainly up there if you’re in for damn tasty fare with a flavour of the south.

Reviewed by Laurel
Published on Jul 3, 2014

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As the name suggests the emphasis is on barbecued pork here, with things like pork ribs, pulled pork that’s been smoked for 18 hours and a burger with more pulled pork and streaky bacon. In addition there are southern specialities like spiced catfish and BBQ beans.