Our Clerkenwell cafe has evolved into a thriving destination for coffee, food, beer and wine lovers alike. While our focus on serving great coffee has never faltered, we have now added breakfast, lunch and weekend brunch services to our offering. We've been voted Runner Up Best Independent Cafe Europe (Allegra Symposium), Best Vegetarian Breakfast (Observer Food Monthly), and 'a great day-time cafe, becoming a major point of interest' (TimeOut).
We've recently extended our repertoire into the evening, opening late to include the service of beer, wine and a range of delicious bar snacks downstairs, and informal a la carte dining on the first floor, Tuesday through Saturday.
Workshop Coffee Co
Brasserie in Clerkenwell
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Brasserie
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All In London Review
A trip back is a must
In an area full of ad agencies, designer houses and architect firms, the venue is aptly inspiring. Think bare brick walls, a faintly industrial theme and informal bar seating. This is spacious, aspirational dining with integrity. Some might choose to visit for the first floor restaurant in the evening, but the bar feels so at one with the layout of the place that it calls out and gets the guy.
Workshop’s menu is a concise collection of small plates, large plates and grazing dishes that explore a British take on tapas. From grilled quail to the potato, leek and gruyere tortilla, the small plates are a mix of bold, but accessible flavour. The pork belly sums up Workshop’s mentality. Three hunks of mushy meat covered by a crackling shell and smeared with oakwood apple sauce. Delicately arranged, yet a chunky morsel. Both salty and sweet,; balanced immaculately.
Look around and the rough edges carefully left to jut and crack by the considered design are clearly evident, but at Workshop the style doesn’t seem to be contradicted by the substance. A main of haddock, ginger and lemon grass fish cake has a deliciously crispy shell, but could have allowed a little more thought for the moisture inside. However, the poached egg crown put pay to those murmurs of discontent as the yoke ran to meet one of its finest combinations - haddock.
Bio dynamic wine is the buzz at Workshop and a tasting will tell you why. At £32.00 a bottle the Catherine Bernard red appeared (almost) to be a snip – the presence of zesty, blackberries fighting its case.
A dessert of warm ginger cake, raspberry mascarpone and toffee sauce was to be the one regret – in that there was no room for it. A trip back is therefore a must, and at around £70.00 for a meal for two with wine, it will be soon.
Reviewed by T.A.O
Published on Jun 25, 2012
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