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Boro Bistro review – date of visit Saturday October 2025

Boro Bistro review

Under the bridge and down the steps, en-route Borough Market, a perpendicular swivel to your right finds you enface an alleyway. There you find a courtyard leased out to indoor crazy golf and Boro Bistro. I would say, follow the fairy lights but they’re everywhere now.

The snails with garlic butter were tough. Chewy was my first bite. At £9 a plate I reserved my judgement. Not a bad idea as, like a camp symphony that teases, my second twist into the shell pulled out more snail meat that bit like wagyu married a fat Gordal olive. Earthy. Nutty and happily married with garlic butter.

The main snails eaten in France are the Helix pomatia (Burgundy snail), although Bulots – i.e. sea snails or whelks are commonly found on restaurant menus in Brittany and Normandy. The Burgundy snail is consumed in this way, as is presented with garlic butter. A Bulot is eaten as a steamed head-on grey or pink Crevette or prawn, with lemon and a side of mayonnaise. I assume its got more crunch and salinity.

The menu at Boro Bistro

It’s not easy to find Ricard or a Pastis in London on a menu. It’s a an aniseed heavy drink that is not too sweet. Good for digestion and typically consumed in summer months. You have to ask for how you want it served if you find it on a menu in London.

The service is lacklustre here Boro Bistro but I’m late to my reservation and it is a Saturday night where I can see most first dates or Friday night date dissections (over a glass of white wine) are well underway.

The French have a way with alliums. Shakespeare convinced us that good and evil are interchangeable; elopement; familial estrangement; murder and all those fun things are all about nothing.

The French convinced me that garlic, even raw and stripped down to only unpeeled white noise – is good.

If a dish corrupted my character that night, it was the roasted leeks with pistachio & mint pesto and hazelnut.

Taken, this review is mostly beautiful images (as the truffle fries were soggy and far too truffle forward for me and the salad was OK but too ingredient heavy for my liking) I would say that was some corruption.

I will come again and try out more dishes, if I’m in area, although there are a lot of other restaurants round the corner I’d like to try first. 6.8/10 for experience. Overall….

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Overall French food in London France

Taste: 6/10

Service: 5.2/10

Value for Money: 6/10