
316 St John Street, Clerkenwell, Greater London
'The Home of Halal Roast'. Located on St. John Street, Islington, a minute away from Sadlers Wells Theatre, The Great Chase is a fine eating restaurant and dry bar like no other. Here, passion for sublime cuisine meets the desire for a wonderful, welcoming ambience within which to enjoy it. Our contemporary culinary delights and expertly mixed alcohol free cocktails perfectly complement our traditional values, with innovative and sophisticated menus in a setting that's vibrant, yet relaxed. Creativity is at the heart of our exciting new restaurant's delectable food. Sumptuous offerings of premium meat, seasonal game, seafood and vegetarian dishes are carefully considered and lovingly created by our highly talented Head Chef. Our mouth-watering menus offer incredible taste combinations, made with only the very finest local ingredients. It's not just our exceptional cuisine we're proud of. Our sensational non-alcoholic cocktails, exquisite Rare Tea collection and our comfortable, relaxed surroundings all make for an unforgettable fine dining experience.
The menus clearly state that halal food is served. From the management: 'We've decided to offer a fully halal menu and alcohol free bar'
Score reflects a halal certificate on file.
We went there for my wife’s birthday and had the Ramadan seven-course tasting menu. Everything tasted absolutely amazing and the service was excellent. The waiters were always coming around to check if everything was okay and asking if we wanted our drinks topped up, which made the experience feel very attentive. There was also a prayer area outside which was really important for us and something we really appreciated. I do understand the price point. For the two of us it came to around £230, which reflects the premium quality of the food and the location. However, because of the cost, it’s not somewhere we would visit regularly. Still, it was a lovely experience for a special occasion.
Iftar Menu review: Service was great and atmosphere is lovely however the Iftar menu was extremely underwhelming. It was not nice! And I do usually really like their Sunday roasts etc and always recommend this place to others. Opinions on the Iftar tasting menu: - Bread + Date Butter w/ Stuffed Date, this was nice - Lamb Bon Bons, very meaty which is great but very dry. Could’ve had more sauce or something. 5/10 - Citrus + Fennel Carpaccio, interesting salad but what was this? I did not enjoy it. Was not nice. Once again dry and bits of random vegetables and grapefruit on a plate. - Black Garlic + Wild Mushroom Soup, this was tasty. Great flavour and warm however could’ve paired with some bread - Binchotan Grilled Beef Fillet (Served Medium), we upgraded to wellington beef and I was so excited to eat this but SOO EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. It was dry due to there not being enough sauce or gravy whatever it was they drizzled ontop. Pastry was very salty. Hard to swallow, genuinely I did not expect this and I had high expectations for this place. Presentation is nice ok but it did not taste appetising. Perhaps if I had more brown sauce or gravy with this wellington it would be better but no? Why soo dry! It was horrible. I did not enjoy it. - Passionfruit Sorbet w/ Lime Zest Lemon Brulee Tart, very basic boring dessert. It was alright. Overall the Iftar menu is NOT worth the expense and try. I do not recommend this. After a long day of fasting I’m not trying to eat dry food that’s overly salty. . Thank you for the experience though!
Review is combined in with my wife’s and my view. Compared to last year this year took a significant decline. Barely touched any of my food £79 hit💔. wasn’t a big fan of the salad tasted very tangy - the 3rd option on the menu, Mushroom soup was mid 2/5 compared to last year Grilled fillet was nice but again last year Sunday roast was filling and felt good to eat. 3/5. Sorbet didn’t taste too much like passion fruit and giving off some tangy flavour Lemon tart again if we are having something tangy and lemony before having it 2x in a row isn’t gonna help. Nice atmosphere, customer service was much better last year, had a lovely guy giving intros on what all meals were, especially the bread and dates some people won’t know what it means. (3 dates is sunnah to eat in iftar so u have one date, then two pieces of bread with date butter). If offering a service of 7 course I feel like you have to introduce the meals and explain what it is ect.