Oldroyd

Oldroyd restaurant. Islington, London

OLDROYD

http://www.oldroydlondon.com

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Oldroyd | Tom Oldroyd's New Restaurant In Islington

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Oldroyd | Islington Restaurant Tom Oldroyd started out in life, like many others do, as a baby.

After growing up he cooked in the Bocca di Lupo kitchen; became Chef Director of the Polpo restaurant group; and then, most recently, left in order to pursue the lifelong dream of opening up his own restaurant.

However unlike many successful chefs his age he decided to ignore the temptation of raising lots of money for his new venture, instead deciding to team up with his mum, dad and fiancée… in order to open the restaurant that he really wanted.

You can reserve a table upstairs either by emailing [email protected], calling 020 8617 9010, or going online HERE.

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Review of London British restaurant Oldroyd by Andy Hayler in May ...

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Though he is notionally executive chef, Mr Oldroyd was not around tonight, and nor was his head chef Louis Lingwood, who previously worked at St John Bread and Wine and Quo Vadis.

Norfolk asparagus came with brown crab rouille, white crab and chervil.

The bird was served on the bone and perched precariously on its tiny plate, cooked correctly with garlic and white wine though rather lacking flavour.

Service was harmless enough, the manager on the night being friendly though our waitress seemed visibly bored and managed to bring the wrong red wine from the vast selection of five on offer, despite my saying the name and pointing to it on the list when she looked confused.

The cooking here is actually quite good, and the place was packed out even at a late sitting, though the décor, wine list and service did not add much to the experience.

Oldroyd, restaurant review: 'A dining space is almost as tiny as the ...

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Yet while the space is small, the kitchen smaller and the menu and wine list tiny, the ambition is big.

We arrive on a Monday night a few days after Oldroyd's opening, to find the upper, main dining room booked out by a group.

There is no chance of my sneaking in under the radar in such a small space (I got to know the chef from his days at Polpo), but equally there's none of that "smart seats for critics, Siberia for civilians", either.

Oldroyd has assembled a team of enthusiastic, charming staff, too, who work the two floors with gusto and advise on the dishes, which vary from the very small to the hearty, with prices from £4 to £15.

The pasta dish (£9) has a pool of rich brown-crab rouille that has us begging for yet more bread, for mopping.

Fay Maschler reviews Oldroyd: Upper Street class | London Evening ...

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Before buying, renovating and launching his own business, Tom Oldroyd was chef-director of Russell Norman’s Polpo restaurant group.

In his own place Oldroyd’s menu roams Europe — snubbing Germany, Alexis Tsipras and I are pleased to note — with dishes in sizes and modest prices that encourage sharing but also invite self-fulfilment.

Squid, confit rabbit and broad bean paella (picture: Daniel Hambury/Stella Pictures) Vitello tonnato made with cured Welsh veal, which I really want, is sadly not available.

Squid, confit rabbit and broad bean paella served with a dollop of aioli has the rather odd inclusion of melted cheese as if it is a pasta dish rather than a rice-based one.

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Michael Deacon reviews Oldroyd, London: 'an exceptionally good ...

The political editor of this newspaper went to school in Glasgow.

Every lunchtime, for the entire six years he was there, it offered a choice of only two dishes.

For the entire six years he was there.

I appreciate you probably have a number of questions, the foremost of which is, 'Boiled pizza?’

The answer is: yes.

Oldroyd | Restaurants in Angel, London

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Now that I’ve been there, I would say it’s worth two visits so you (and a couple of pals) can eat everything on the brief menu.

The menu isn’t the only diminutive object at Oldroyd, which is located a couple of minutes away from Camden Passage market.

It’s a dinky place (40 covers), with space downstairs for just a few tables and a kitchen that’s smaller than many a domestic kitchen.

Best of all was deeply flavourful paella of squid, rabbit and broad beans, at £11 the most expensive dish we ate.

People facing the side walls will feel the presence of the passing waiters, and their chair might bump that of the person sitting behind them.

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