Londoners - Pitt Cue has closed! Help me find an alternative please!

[Wiifitmama]

I tried to book yesterday for my ds1's 18th birthday and they emailed to say they went into administration. I need something just like it for my son's 18th birthday dinner. Any suggestions please??

have a look at big moes diner (aldgate branch). the decor is amazing and the food/service was really good too.

alternatively, have a look at flamingos in fulham x

One of the meatliquors?

Thanks for your suggestions! Fulham is way too far for us sadly. We are NW London and looking for something more central or even over towards shoreditch. Big Moes looks like a great diner but it does not have the wow pf Pitt Cue...pig jowls, etc! I want some interesting meats beyond great burgers or even great steaks. Yes, I did think of Meat Liquor but although I know their meat is supposed to be amazing, it is still burgers. I am looking for sometime a little ore out of the ordinary I guess.

How about a Hawksmoor?

Hawksmoor looks just like a steak house from what I can see- a lovely steakhouse but still a steakhouse. No pig jowls or other such interesting things!

No! Oh that’s such a shame!

St John? Not barbeque but weird animal parts aplenty. It is absolutely wonderful.

St Johns looks very interesting - thank you! I will have to run the menu past ds. It may be just a step too far! However, a certain possibility.

Still happy to take other suggestions! Pitt Cue was literally the perfect place for this dinner.

If it specifically bbq type food you are after then Smokestak in Shoreditch is as good, if not better than Pitt Cue. Dirty Bones are also pretty awesome (there are 3 or 4 in London), food not quite as good as Smokestak but they have great cocktails. The decor in the Shoreditch branch is also pretty cool.

Oh and if you go to Smokestak, get the crispy Ox cheek stater, it is one of the tastiest things I have ever eaten!

Smokestack was one of the first places I found in my search and looked great. But when I looked at recent reviews, there were pretty bad. I wondered if it was one of these places that opened well and then went downhill? Have you been recently?

How about Temper in Soho? BBQ food, tacos, open kitchen, whole animal etc

Big easy in Covent Garden?

I love bodeans but I don't think they do pigs jowls. Smith at Smithfield's used to do an amazing pigs cheek but I'm going back about 10 years

I last went to Smokestak a couple of months ago and it was great still.

What about that trendy Thai place that does lots of offal in soho? Can’t remember the name but looks really cool

It’s Kiln.

Can also recommend St John. Much more accessible in reality than the menu suggests! (And I'm not a massive offal lover)

Blacklock food is good but not sure if it’s interesting enough for what you want

It’s a shame about Pitt cue, loved the tiny restaurant behind Carnaby street but never liked the shoreditch one as much

Bodeans?

Theo beef rib is amazing

Their* ffs

Smoking Goat is the Shoreditch version of Kiln - both are great!

Smokestack is amazing (last visited about 6 months ago). I’d say if it’s the most similar option to Pitt Cue (so sad about them closing btw, I’ve loved them since they were a little food truck on the Southbank).
The Temper places are also meant to be good although I’ve not been.