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Crocker's Folly | Maroush
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After years of living in London the Grade II-listed building is a literal hidden gem – its twinkling chandeliers and polished marble (no less than fifty types) concealed behind heavy wooden doors and frosted glass.
Many say that the building is haunted and still see Crocker’s ghost.
But step through the heavy red curtains at the entrance, and the restaurant is a sensory overload – it’s more like walking into the Vatican than a London pub (a slight overstatement, but you get the point).
We ordered two Folly in Love (£9.50) cocktails – a floral and fruity mix of rose essence, lavender bitter, raspberry and champagne, and to eat, opted for the Soujok sausages (£8) and Aubergine and Pomegranate Kibbeh (£8.50) to start, and although a little on the small side, the sausages were a winner, coming in a thick tomato and lemon sauce.
The additional sauces and dips that came with the main courses were great to dollop on torn-up flatbread – these plates are made for sharing.
Crockers Folly - Pub with Disabled Access - London - Euan's Guide
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This visit included a person who uses: Walking Aid Very decadent and glamorous Victorian restaurant and pub that has been lovingly restored in North London.
The Restaurant serves lunch, afternoon teas and dinner with adjoining pub/ bar room.
The restaurant is in St John's Wood and located between several tube stations.
The pub and the other 2 rooms which serve as the restaurant are all on the ground floor and inter connecting.
The 2 restaurant rooms are very spacious and would accommodate a large group easily.
Crocker's Folly | Harden's
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From the (Lebanese) Maroush Group, a beautiful relaunch of a mega-grand St John’s Wood hostelry; despite the best efforts of the charming staff, and food which was at least satisfactory, the overwhelming impression from our visit was that the initial formula just does not ‘work’.
The Mr Crocker of our day is the Maroush group – established restaurateurs, you might think – who have clearly spent a fortune rescuing this potential gem.
The second problem, one may guess, is that the Maroush group is Lebanese (specialising, as it happens, in high-traffic west London locations) and this is their first European venture.
What you actually find is a slender menu – so physically insignificant we originally overlooked it – which offers just four starters (or three if you exclude the beef tartare, regarded as unacceptably odd by many English people), and not many more main courses (if you exclude the steak options).
Yet this extensive list is bizarrely devoid of year-of-origin data: not something we can ever recall (not) seeing before, at least at these sorts of prices!