Le Bistro de la Gare

My first time here and it was a good experience. The staff were very welcoming and friendly and kept us informed, for example letting us know that a particular dessert would take a few minutes to serve. The food was good, although the portion size of vegetables and the desserts could have been a bit bigger. It was well presented. I had the house red wine which was not very good wine but the price was average for a London restaurant. The ambiance is quite unusual, it is highly decorated with all sorts of signage and artwork, and perhaps some people might consider it «kitch» but I rather liked it for being different and pleasant. It is quite noisy and a lively place because the bar area was relatively busy compared to the restaurant area. The menu is French in style and there is quite a wide-​ranging choice. Overall it is a nice, fun place with a warm inviting atmosphere and good food at a sensible price that I would go to again.

Bistro de la Gare offers a lovely patio and a quaint unassuming interior. The food tasted well enough and the value was spot on but the presentation was a bit lacking. I noticed they offered a nice organic Brunch and plan to return to give it a go.

Definitely one of the restaurants that have the best value for money in this area. Had a lovely dinner for four people at a hundred quid, service and wine included (in other places, this is usually the amount of money you need to invest in a decent meal, but for two people instead of four here).
Food was good and ingredients were fresh. I am a little disappointed by the crême brûlée but for this price range it’s ok.
Looks like they redecorated recently so don’t trust the reviews that say it’s kitschy.

My first time to this restaurant, it doesn’t look fabulous from the outside but such a great surprise inside. My friends and I pushed the door for a drink, we were 7, the staff welcoming make us stay for dinner, watch that Christmas
menu 3 courses £18.50 at this price I wasn’t expected much Smoked
salmon to start, beef medallion with foie gras sauce as a main and lava
cake for dessert, that was one of my best christmas meal so far. Good service, good ambience and I very like the deco.
Big time recommend it.
From Olivier Reed

Anywhere this close to newly fashionable King’s X, with only two tables taken on a Friday night, should ring alarm bells. From the get go it was clear we were in for a comedy, if not gustatory, treat. If John Cleese as Basil Fawlty and Gordon Ramsay were clustered in the kitchen with a video camera rubbing their knees and plotting some form of post-​divorce double act money-​spinner they couldn’t have done a better job.
The venue is cosy, kitschy and stuck in the 80’s. The bad 80’s. The middle class 80’s. When normal people with normal jobs had started to eat out semi-​regularly but my God you ate what you were given and didn’t ask questions.
And questions were verboten hier. A deliberately Teutonic phrase for a casual French bistro. And the two questions seemingly most verboten were «why has my main course arrived 40 minutes after everyone else’s?» and «could my food be cooked until not raw?».
Trust me, it’s a long time since I’ve been somewhere that has deserved a slagging off like Bistro de la Gare, but my God did they strive to serve (or not in one case) one of the worst dining experiences I’ve experienced this year.
Of the main courses; one was allegedly pretty good (but then I defy you to fuck up a Caesar Salad), two were acceptable, three were pisspoor and another, chicken based, meal failed due to being slightly bleedy in the middle… My pisspoor processed ham pizza, its semi-​raw base reminiscent of bad paratha, was only cleared because it was shared two ways with the poor soul deemed unworthy of dinner. I did mention we were one main down didn’t I? That’s slightly unfair, it actually arrived as we stood up to leave and so they tried to charge us for it anyway…
It could have been worse I mused, watching the elderly woman next to us gamely give a stiff upper lipped response as she struggled on with not one, but two fawlty racclette machines in a row. At least I’m confident I’ve got a good few years of dining ahead of me. Gamely pushing a curly slice of cheese round a lukewarm hotplate, she must have felt like a pained participant at the last supper.
I’m not going to describe it further. Suffice that others suffered so that you don’t have to

I’m impressed! This restaurant is located very close to King’s Cross station, making it easy to get to and from without being so close by that you feel the crush of people hurrying to their destinations. While the outside is nothing to look at, the moment you muscle open the door and wander in, you feel welcomed into its trendy-​without-​being-​TOO-​trendy arms. The décor is a little kitchy at times, but pulls it off. Waiters on this particular occasion were as yummy as the food and very polite, though sometimes challenging to flag down. There’s something for everyone on this reasonably priced menu ranging from more upscale options to a ‘snack’ menu. Everything we ate was beautifully presented with fantastic portions sizes for the price. The £6.50 margarita pizza I decided on was twice over the size of my head… and nobody’s ever called me pinhead, let’s put it that way! Similarly, my friend’s lamb was lovely and quite delicious. A starter and meal with two glasses of wine and two soft drinks came to a wallet friendly £40.00. I am certain that I will absolutely be back and encourage you to check it out!