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- Full Bar
8 reviews for Sophie's Steak House & Bar
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The steak at this place is top notch, simple as.
I've dined here twice and I really like it. The service is relaxed and friendly, the ambience is nice, the food is reasonably priced and (most importantl) the red meat is excellent.
If you're in Chelsea and you want some good red meat then this is very good place. I'd thoroughly recommend the rib eye.
I had the best time here last Saturday night .
it was a 45 minute wait for a table which is fair enough. The bar has no room for moving or drinking, so I have to remind myself about the lack of personal space in London and we went to the nearest pub to wait for our table. On return with drinks from nearest pub ssshhhh.
I had the best steak ive had in a year of living here and an enormous baked potatoe with a blue cheese salad on the side. My steak and spud were a tenner. cooked to perfection. The shared dessert of a banana/ biscuit/ pie was amazing. Service once at the table was so efficient and friendly. Great ambience, great red wine.
great night out .
Beautifully presented steak, chips and a glass of wine for the special deal price of £9.95*? Yes please!
People-watching my fellow diners - posh Chelsea people in for supper (definitely not '£9.95-ers')? Yes please!
Efficient, friendly service from obscenely beautiful, thoroughbred girls with thick blonde hair (who normally irritate me enormously when I encounter them braying on tubes)? Yes please!
Soft lighting, dark wood, candles? Yes please!
A tenner well spent.
* Everything outside of the deal was over-priced.
Very good drinks and the service was pretty good but they get 2 stars for the food...not sure why are they are called a steak house, Outback has better cuts of meat (insane I know).
I would go back for cocktails when I am back in London, it had good vibe.
A step above Sizzler (a terrible US chain), ha ok I admit it's not that bad. The ambiance is stylish and the chap serving drinks at the bar was cool. However, when we sat down for our meal things went south in a hurry. First off there was no bread, it was fresh out. Oh and most of the fish dishes were out too, sorry. "Two of you want the tuna?" Yeah, only have one it's Sunday after all. The two ladies in our party had to arm wrestle to see who was most deserving of the last precious tuna, I figured survival of the fittest was the only fair way to decide (if you pardon the pun).
I myself had the ribeye. It was a thinner cut than we cowboys typically get in the States, and they either didn't understand "medium rare" or just heard "rare". My steak practically walked off the plate, but I caught it and put it in my belly. Not particularly flavorful, but I kept it down and the calories haven been successfully absorbed.
Guess I'd say I was unimpressed.
The dangerousness of a friday night on vacation, cocktails, red meat, wine, butter it's a potent and excellent recipe for an evening. Sophie's is pretty good, kindof overpriced but quite solid cocktails and way too crowded bar area. As a yank I can say that the steaks are smaller than your average steakhouse in the colonies, but my compatriots felt it was in line with London. Well prepared flavorful beef, sides that cut to the chase of what you want and a reasonable wine selection. I do take offense at the wine glasses which weren't up to snuff. Décor is fine in that generic upscale with minor flair sort of way and the service was quite respectable, the check however did some damage.
When visiting my brother in London we went here with a group of his college mates. Lucky for us one of the girls was friendly with the server so he set aside a table for us, so no waiting. Before the meal we ordered about 3 bottles of wine and they brought out salami for us to snack on [that was so delicious]. We also ordered onion rings which were really good as well.
I had a rib eye, my brother had the filet, and a few people had the tuna. Everyone was really satisfied with our entree. For dessert I had the chocolate tart. The tart was pretty tasty, but my favorite was the huge raspberries that topped it.
Whenever I make my way back to London I'm definitely coming back to Sophie's.
Perhaps I've only been at peak times, but Sophie's is always packed. And they don't take reservations, which makes the tiny waiting bar area more packed. Annoyingly, they also seat people - singles or couples - in the bar area for their proper meal (this is presumably because the tables pleasantly face the few large windows...and perhaps it is quite pleasant when there aren't a stack of hungry people hovering in an adjacent mass...)
That said, the food at Sophie's is solid. It's hearty Anglicized American food, served accordingly in hearty portions, and I think their steaks are some of the best in London (the burgers less so). The menu is extensive enough to please anyone, particularly families.
The staff is good as well. Weirdly, four of us decided to share an entire roast chicken with garlic mayo as a starter and one of my friends wanted his eggs benedict on the same plate as his "in between rare and medium rare" steak (it was a late lunch and we were hungover, ok?) - the waitress didn't blink and brought out everything quickly and exactly as ordered.
Nice touch note: the small bowl of chopped salami (or some sort of Italian sausage) they bring to each table.
