Fire & Wine by Boxcar — Restaurant in London

My partner and I love going out and trying different places. We adore a good steak and cocktails, so I decided that I will pick the location this time. It was a special ocasion as it was his birthday a few days ago. Because we are both busy and we live apart, we do have to plan thing beforehand, and this makes everything extra special. I booked a table at Boxcar in Marylebone and honestly I was very excited to try it out. Looked very cosy and romantic and had amazing reviews, but unfortunately for us wasn’t what it seemed. We had the very corner table, which wasn’t a problem at all, but because of it, we had to glase over the table next to us often to grab the server’s attention. The drinks arrived fairly quickly, but the starters and mains took a really long time. My partner worked, and I currently am working in hospitality, so we both know the service steps and timings. Just as an example, our table was booked at 19:30 and we left three hours later with no desserts or digestives. The starters were good, flavourful, as well as the big sharing steak. I asked the waiter if he can grab us a couple of steak sauces ( the peppercorn and the red wine jus) but unfortunately my partner finished by the time we got it. I choose to wait for it, and when I asked the second time it was brought extremely cold. Definitely was left at the pass station and forgotten. I did planned on a quick surprise bday dessert but unfortunately we had to grab the bill and paid on the spot. We never complaint, as we both know that sometimes the restaurant business can be challenging. In the end the waiter asked if I can pass him the plates and I found it to be a bit cheeky. If we had knew the we will have to clean the table ourselves after each course we would have been gone to a different place. Overall, it was a pretty...

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Mouthwatering and Sophisticated.

Boxcar, nestled in #marylebone delivered a top notch evening for myself and four friends. An intimate and modern setting, located on an up market residential street a stone’s throw from the hustle and bustle.

Excellent service from start to finish. A special thanks to our server, Federico, who was utterly charming. His recommendations were spot on, as was his attentive service.

To start, I enjoyed the scallops and chorizo: a buttery and smoky classic combo done well. Secondly, I opted for the Duroc pork chop with a side of spring onion mashed potato and upon Federico’s recommendation, a tomato salad and red wine jus. Tangy apple sauce, the natural richness of the Duroc and the salty tomato salad was a tastebud tingling sensation. Not to mention the addition of the red wine jus, which was perfection. My friends, who all ordered steaks, were equally pleased with their choices.

Everything was washed down with a couple of bottles of Nero d’Avola. This smooth and leggy red is dangerously good. A prefect companion to our meat.

How did I come across this restaurant? Via my new best friend @thefork_uk app, booking through which netted us a 50% discount off food, knocking off £125. What. A. Bargain. Thank you to @boxcarlondon for honouring the deal and to @thefork_uk for the...

We came for food on Friday 23nd of December. As we were tourists to the area, we wanted to enjoy a nice meal close to Hyde Park. We came in with our autistic son, who will only eat certain foods. All 3 of us really enjoyed the meal. The food was outstanding. However, when we firstly entered the restaurant and asked for a table of 3, the waitress pulled a face as if they were to busy. There were only 2 tables there on arrival. She turned to her colleague and then agreed that we could sit down. My husband also seen this face, and we both thought they must have been expecting further guests. Later on, another family came in and were literally treated like royalty and then it clicked - they thought we were low class! The bill came to £135 and when we got back home, I worked out what we had ordered compared to what we had paid. They had charged us a service fee which on the menu says is optional. Unfortunately, we were not given this option. As we are not from London, and where we live we do not have service charges, we feel we were taken advantage of being tourists. As mentioned above, food outstanding and the staff were friendly enough but wouldn't return based...