Hawksmoor Wood Wharf is housed in an eco-friendly floating pavilion in a new riverside neighbourhood in Canary Wharf. Gently rising and falling with the tide, the main restaurant at dock-level is joined by a 120-seat waterside bar, The Lowback. Both include terraces with views across the water (squint your eyes and you might just see the ghosts of great ships laden with mighty lengths of timber that used to swing in and unload there).
There's also a private dining room for up to 20 people named after the local legend Queenie Watts, a singer, songwriter, actor and self-confessed bawdy landlady (think Peggy Mitchell meets Joni Mitchell).
The menu revolves around the best British produce the country has to offer with grass-fed dry-aged ethically reared beef, sustainable seafood from the South coast and some of the biggest hits from the Hawksmoor New York menu.
Nommé en mémoire du Nicholas Hawksmoor Christchurch Spitalfields, juste en bas de la rue, Hawksmoor Spitalfields ouvert en 2006 à reçu des critiques dithyrambiques, consacrant l'histoire d'amour de Londres avec le steak. Hawksmoor Spitalfields est un steak house sans prétention, obsédé par la qualité, servant exclusivement du bœuf britannique de races traditionnelles, fournies par les bouchers récipiendaires de prix du The Ginger Pig. Le restaurant de 115 couverts mise également sur une carte des vins mettant en vedette des petits producteurs coup de coeur mais aussi de grands vignobles.
Mama's 480m2 restaurant and her huge 92m2 Greenhouse Bar invite both travellers and Londoners to gather around home cooked dishes and delicious cocktails.