The Rising Sun is a pub that serves a wide selection of drinks and also boasts an upstairs restaurant which has previously been home to the much acclaimed Thai House, 61 Above the Sun and City Thaicoon. Currently Disco Bistro has taken up residency.
The Rising Sun
Pub in The City
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Opening Times
Monday |
Open 11:00 - Closes 23:00 |
Tuesday |
Open 11:00 - Closes 23:00 |
Wednesday |
Open 11:00 - Closes 23:00 |
Thursday |
Open 11:00 - Closes 23:00 |
Friday |
Open 11:00 - Closes 23:00 |
Saturday |
Open 11:00 - Closes 23:00 |
Sunday |
Open 12:00 - Closes 22:30 |
All In London Review
Serving top-notch food, The Rising Sun is a star in the making
Upstairs is a cosy, rustic-looking dining room with a fireplace, which up until December was home to a Thai restaurant. The new chef at the helm, Jane Collins, has great credentials, having previously worked at The Waterside Inn in Bray, Chez Max with Marco Pierre White, and at Holland Park’s picturesque The Belvedere.
Dishes are scrawled on a large blackboard (minus prices, which is a slight irritation however this is temporary until printed menus are available), and the menu comprises Anglo-French cuisine of the hearty, comforting variety.
A plate of warm, cakey bread arrives, baked freshly on the premises. A starter of beef is home-cured, redolent of cumin, paired with a sweet balsamic dressing, caramelised mushrooms and aged Parmesan shavings. Seared Orkney scallops are presented in beautiful conches; they are meaty and taste of seawater, with a carrot puree that has just enough sweetness to enhance their mineral quality.
The cassoulet has slices of tender pink-in-the-middle duck, crispy duck leg, chipolata-size sausages, plump haricot beans and lardons; it’s a warming dish full of good meaty flavours. The steak and kidney pudding is also superb, with chunks of meat and offal bursting out of a vertical tower of golden pastry.
Dessert is similarly top notch, a chocolate pudding oozes rich chocolate sauce, balanced by a dollop of crème fraiche and a slab of hard, fashionably salted caramel.
The Rising Sun is already giving London gastropubs a run for their money - on our visit only two other tables were occupied, a mere week later a friend went along to find a packed dining room. A three course meal for two with wine is around £90.
Reviewed by Leila
Published on Mar 26, 2012
User Reviews
Geoff
from Ealing
from Ealing
Mar 26, 2013
Excellent service, brilliant atmosphere, good selection of drinks and a fantastic restaurant upstairs.
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