Boom

Standing out against many of London’s bar/restaurant hybrids, Boom fairs moderately well.

The surroundings are stylish, with cool blue lighting radiating from large glass blocks and exposed stonework in a sophisticated minimalist style. Various booths for privacy and comfy leather sofas soften the mood creating an atmosphere cries out for cocktails and gossip.

Although more bar than restaurant, there’s a lack of pretension – and decent prices – which makes it easy to forgive the routinely populist nature of the menu. Salad of baby spinach, blue cheese and crispy bacon (£4.25) was pretty good and Plum tomatoes, avocado, mozzarella and fresh basil (£3.95) was fresh and flavoursome.

Somewhat predictably, pizzas are a large percentage of the menu. Stop yawning at the back though; these are crisp-based and decent, with toppings that happily deviate from the usual margherita with olives, and range from £4.95 to £6.95. The Vegetarian Pizza - roasted Mediterranean vegetables, with tomatoes, goats cheese and fresh basil – was surprisingly good.

Boom gets another thumbs up for its solid, sensibly-priced sub-£20 wine list. Solora Australian Shiraz certainly impressed at a reasonable £11.50.

While not what you’d call a destination venue, as a kick-off for a night out, Boom does what it does with efficiency and value.

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