Medcalf is an ex-butcher shop turned restaurant. It’s a jeans place for serious eaters. In the past two years it’s climbed the ladder from good to very good and, at times, outstanding. Portions are generous. It specialises in old fashioned meat and two veg - but the meat is as you want (you can have it rare, rose or well done if you really have to) and the vegetables are often surprising and always good: there’s nothing English about this English fare. Puddings are English schoolboys’ dreams. Good wine list and ciders and beers. The chef has a real flair; the wine buyer is conservative and has got it right; staff are friendly; it’s bloody cold in winter - but so good you should go nonetheless. It's cheap for what you get. Try it.
