Paradise by Way of Kensal Green

Rammed on the weekends, the best bar, club restaurant in the area by far. Notting Hill is dead long live Kensal Rise.

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One of my favourite hang outs in West London, it has a slightly shabby but truly beautiful interior and is generally full of a decent bunch of West London's hip crowd. The Sunday Roast is a winner there as well.

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Take me down to the Paradise sette, that's what the A board outside said when we decided to venture in. And guess what, the grass was actually green and the girls were quite pretty! But what was even better is the food! We sat in the bar on a lazy Thursday afternoon and had some really nice bar snacks, the scampi and grilled halloumi were gorgeous! I live on the other side of town and completely envy my friend who's local this is! She is going to see me a lot often now!

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Not good, just the best of a dilapidated suburb for those who are priced-out of living in Notting Hill, so consequently very overrated.
Queuing and paying to get into pub on a Sat night in Kensal is a concept no one needs getting used to. A fiver in a cab later & you'll have a choice of half a dozen places all equal in Portobello

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This pub was refurbished a year ago or so, and as far as I could tell - as a occasional visitor - it involved sprucing up what was there, making it a bit more flash, emphasising the restaurant, adding a dance venue on the 1st floor on Sat nights, and -- and here I will disagree with guys at Beer in the Evening - improving it.

As a pub I think it is a perfectly pleasant place to drink wine or lager, perhaps not bitter, in generally attractive surroundings. As a club, a place to dance, I've only been once (it was my birthday, so I wasn't too old for one day) it was great fun.

But most of all I like it as a restaurant. I've been twice, for the second time tonight, and both times the food has been brilliant. Tonight we had (main courses only) skate wing, lamb with clams, and cod. We all agreed it was lovely - my girlfriend's skate was 'pillowly', tasting of garlic and adorned with Morecambe Bay shrimps, and with the most fantastic mashed potato. My lamb was, unusually, served with clams, but I imagine much like Guinness and Oysters, it worked beautifully, with the sweet lamb (and a kind of potato Dauphinois).

I would also like to commend the staff. The - I am not sure what to term to use, but I'll use this one - Maitre 'd, both found us a table early (as he knew we were waiting) and gave us a running commentary on the source of the food, the chef and the ideas. He really made the evening. The waiter too was as good as you could imagine, and also a great laugh.

So I can't really recommend it highly enough for food. Prices are moderately expensive, say £12-£15 for a main course and £4-£7 for starters/deserts. An interesting and varied wine list starts from about £13.

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