<![CDATA[Greater London - Brent - Brondesbury Park - Reviews]]> http://www.welovelocal.com Reviews from welovelocal.com en Local Star http://www.welovelocal.com/en/london/brent/brondesbury-park/italian-restaurants/the-small-beautiful-nw67qb.html#r42002 This is a we love local star and deserves to do well. This is a small chain taking on the big boys, offering top notch food and drink at exceptional prices.

There aren’t many places that offer a fresh and varied menu at these prices - you’ll struggle to pay over £15-£20 a head including wine and service. I’m not sure how they manage to survive but it must down to filling the restaurant every night.

]]> Thu, 29 May 2008 17:56:53 BST Cool joint http://www.welovelocal.com/en/london/brent/brondesbury-park/pubs/north-london-tavern-nw67qb.html#r16900 I like it here. Probably the first choice barin Kilburn. Its small the crowd is cool and the staff are pretty trendy. Good choice of beers and nice outdoor seating for summer. Start a night here. Unfortunately, its an early closer.

]]> Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:53:52 BST Good local http://www.welovelocal.com/en/london/brent/brondesbury-park/bars/brondes-ages-nw62qn.html#r16899 Despite the riff raff outside this bar, inside is a mix of normal people having fun. The back room is great for chilling out in on the couches. The staff are fast and theres often sport on the big screen. A top option if for some reason youre out in Kilburn

]]> Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:51:22 BST Local favourite http://www.welovelocal.com/en/london/brent/brondesbury-park/italian-restaurants/the-small-beautiful-nw67qb.html#r16886 Dare I say this place is almost worth making a trip to awful Kilburn for. Its so cheap, especially before 7pm.. and the quality of the food is great. Its warm cosy and an absolute oasis on the horrific high road. Try the mussels and the duck pastry. The staff are local and friendly. Go here for a date or with a small group

]]> Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:20:34 BST Perfect winter warmer. http://www.welovelocal.com/en/london/brent/brondesbury-park/other-restaurants/the-bronze-age-restaurant-nw62qn.html#r15670 The look of the place is none the different to the places around but the interior is not what this place is about, it is the outside that counts. It's just a stones throw away from the tube which is perfect and a good place to start your evening. Winter time is so nice as they have a stupid amount of heaters outside where you can sit in a T-shirt and it feels like you are on holiday! Excellent! It's almost like reality passes you by! Come Summer time, they do serve a lovely brunch that is not pricey at all! Get in!

]]> Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:35:03 BST Reliable? http://www.welovelocal.com/en/london/brent/brondesbury-park/taxis/reliable-cars-nw67rr.html#r9059 I'm not sure irony was what Reliable Cars had in mind when they named themselves, but that's certainly the effect they created. I got a call at the time my taxi was due to arrive saying that my driver was waiting outside, but when I emerged onto the street he wasn't there. A call to the office revealed that he was on the wrong street. When he did arrive - almost five minutes late - he stunned me by asking for directions to my intended destination, despite the fact it's a tube station in Zone 2! After mumbling the name of the station to himself a few times he gave in and called the office, had a brief chat with the person there and then resorted to his GPR device. We arrived on time, but it was not the start to my day I had been hoping for.

]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:00:12 GMT Just like the name! http://www.welovelocal.com/en/london/brent/brondesbury-park/italian-restaurants/the-small-beautiful-nw67qb.html#r3192 I really do like this place and not just because it's a stones throw away from me. It really does fufill its name perfectly. I have been there a few times now, the staff are always helpfull, the food is unbelivably cheap and always plentiful and delicious. The menu changes often, apart from a few staples such as tiger island- a huge bowl of mussels, prawns and squid, and also puffy duck - a great staple dish of theirs. My partner once had some amazing frogs legs their and last time I went I really enjoted the crab in filo pastry to start. Their is also a resturaunt in Willesden called little star, run by the same people. you can get meals at both for as little as £5 for 2 courses. but I'd go for the specials and the al a carte each time as its still so cheap yet you get good size portions. I have yet to try the sunday roast there but it is worth pointing out that kids eat for free at sunday roast.

]]> Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:03:34 BST Spicy Sichuan in Kilburn http://www.welovelocal.com/en/london/brent/brondesbury-park/thai-restaurants/angeles-nw67qf.html#r3118 And I mean spicy. REALLY spicy. So spicy that at one point in the meal when I accidentally inhaled a chilli that had been idling on my prawn I got an intense coughing fit, followed by streaming tears (which I swear were spicy too - they burned!) and temporarily acquired a breaking voice not unlike your average pubescent boy. But it was good! And I went back for more, ate loads more chillis and peppers and cried a little bit but left Angeles proclaiming - that was good! I'll go back there again!

Angeles is in Kilburn, London, on the Kilburn High Rd to be specific. I have walked past it almost daily for the last 3 years but I'd never been. It doesn't look that enticing from the outside, there's a buffet on display with lots of pre-cooked food sitting under seemingly endless rows of nightlights which is very popular but not my thing so I've avoided it. Recently, however, I have heard & read some good things about Angeles. The clientele is primarily Chinese also which, in itself, is a great recommendation. Sichuan is becoming quite a big thing in London with Bar Shu in Soho & now Snazz Sichuan opening in Euston. However, it's said that Angeles and Sichuan Restaurant in Acton are the originals. Now, I haven't been to Bar Shu or Snazz Sichuan (yet!) so I can't compare, but I've read that Angeles represents more of the home-cooked style Sichuan Food.

So, we had a look at the menu in the window and it really did not look like a sichuan menu, it was more like the cantonese menus you see in Chinese restaurants all over London. We thought we'd go in anyway and have a look. We were promptly approached by a friendly waitress asking if were here for the buffet or the restaurant. We said restaurant and were directed to the restaurant, but what surprised me was that the restaurant is actually two restaurants dicided by a wall, one for the buffet and the one we were now about to try. We were given two menus each, the cantonese one in the window and a bamboo one - the sichuan one. Now, this looked to be authentic sichuan food. I was very happy!

The restaurtant itself is nice, the tablecloth and tableware all white & posters of chinese leaders on the walls. There was a range of items on the menu, lots of offal (beef stomach anyone?), lots of meat in general, seafood and vegetable dishes. There was lots of things that I had never eaten before so it was difficult to choose. We decided in the end on Dumpling Soup with Hot Chilli Oil, Stir Fried Double Cooked Belly Pork, Hot & Delicious Stir Fried King Prawns and steamed rice. The food and drinks arrived promptly. The prawns were delicious and numerous, very generous portions, cooked briefly and not overdone as you see in so many places. They were drowned in chillis and oil but the flavour was very good. It certainly had the renowned sichuan "hot" spicy and "numbing" spicy. The dumpling soup was minced pork dumplings in chilli oil which were tasty but not spectacular. The pork belly was quite greasy but flavoursome.

Throughout the meal I couldn't help watch what everyone else was eating. The waitress indulged me by telling me what the various dishes were. Steamed sichuan bread & bean tips really took my fancy and I will go back to try them.

The meal came to a total of £35 for the two of us with 3 drinks & service (which we added) included. The service was really efficient and friendly, they were super helpful even with all my annoying questions and promised to remind me to order the steamed bread next time I go back, which I will, as there's lots more to try there and for the price it's good value.

]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:38:06 BST Spicy Sichuan in Kilburn http://www.welovelocal.com/en/london/brent/brondesbury-park/thai-restaurants/angeles-nw67qf.html#r3118 And I mean spicy. REALLY spicy. So spicy that at one point in the meal when I accidentally inhaled a chilli that had been idling on my prawn I got an intense coughing fit, followed by streaming tears (which I swear were spicy too - they burned!) and temporarily acquired a breaking voice not unlike your average pubescent boy. But it was good! And I went back for more, ate loads more chillis and peppers and cried a little bit but left Angeles proclaiming - that was good! I'll go back there again!

Angeles is in Kilburn, London, on the Kilburn High Rd to be specific. I have walked past it almost daily for the last 3 years but I'd never been. It doesn't look that enticing from the outside, there's a buffet on display with lots of pre-cooked food sitting under seemingly endless rows of nightlights which is very popular but not my thing so I've avoided it. Recently, however, I have heard & read some good things about Angeles. The clientele is primarily Chinese also which, in itself, is a great recommendation. Sichuan is becoming quite a big thing in London with Bar Shu in Soho & now Snazz Sichuan opening in Euston. However, it's said that Angeles and Sichuan Restaurant in Acton are the originals. Now, I haven't been to Bar Shu or Snazz Sichuan (yet!) so I can't compare, but I've read that Angeles represents more of the home-cooked style Sichuan Food.

So, we had a look at the menu in the window and it really did not look like a sichuan menu, it was more like the cantonese menus you see in Chinese restaurants all over London. We thought we'd go in anyway and have a look. We were promptly approached by a friendly waitress asking if were here for the buffet or the restaurant. We said restaurant and were directed to the restaurant, but what surprised me was that the restaurant is actually two restaurants dicided by a wall, one for the buffet and the one we were now about to try. We were given two menus each, the cantonese one in the window and a bamboo one - the sichuan one. Now, this looked to be authentic sichuan food. I was very happy!

The restaurtant itself is nice, the tablecloth and tableware all white & posters of chinese leaders on the walls. There was a range of items on the menu, lots of offal (beef stomach anyone?), lots of meat in general, seafood and vegetable dishes. There was lots of things that I had never eaten before so it was difficult to choose. We decided in the end on Dumpling Soup with Hot Chilli Oil, Stir Fried Double Cooked Belly Pork, Hot & Delicious Stir Fried King Prawns and steamed rice. The food and drinks arrived promptly. The prawns were delicious and numerous, very generous portions, cooked briefly and not overdone as you see in so many places. They were drowned in chillis and oil but the flavour was very good. It certainly had the renowned sichuan "hot" spicy and "numbing" spicy. The dumpling soup was minced pork dumplings in chilli oil which were tasty but not spectacular. The pork belly was quite greasy but flavoursome.

Throughout the meal I couldn't help watch what everyone else was eating. The waitress indulged me by telling me what the various dishes were. Steamed sichuan bread & bean tips really took my fancy and I will go back to try them.

The meal came to a total of £35 for the two of us with 3 drinks & service (which we added) included. The service was really efficient and friendly, they were super helpful even with all my annoying questions and promised to remind me to order the steamed bread next time I go back, which I will, as there's lots more to try there and for the price it's good value.

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