Goodmans

Goodmans is one of the newer wave of steak restaurants replete with the ever present Josper Grill which, paired with Hawksmoor and the daddy of them all, Gauchos, leads the charge for well grilled cow in London and forms part of a regularly visited trio on my part.

The urge for me is not strong however to sample every steak restaurant in town. It is, in my mind at least, a simple meal, dominated by the quality of ingredients and a careful hand at the grill that should remain straightfoward. Despite waiterly attempts to add "sides" at every opportunity I wave it all away and limit the choice to cut, size and then order it medium rare with chips and a bottle of wine.

I see that I nearly scrawled a post last April on this venue, but failed as there is little to say other than;

Good steak - check
Good chips (not fries!) - check
Reasonable wine list - check
A modicum of mustard - check

This is all that matters so and all of the above meet these requirements with ease but beware Broadgate Gauchos which differs a little on the atmosphere which is a little lively, aimed as it is no doubt at the younger city gent with its glass bar, Bond villianesque lift and background music so if this will may interfere with your your ability to concentrate on the matter at hand, choose the Picadilly branch and be prepared for one of the great gustatory pleasures.