Ramsay does pubs? F***ing Brilliant

I did go to The Narrow, Gordon Ramsay's first pub, last week and promised to report back. The food was stunning. The location not so much.

Foodwise - very reasonable as promised on the tin. £47 for two people who both had starters and mains and 3 glasses of booze between them is pretty good value I thought. And for such high quality food as well.

For starters: the homemade pork pie's pastry was wholesome and everything pastry should be. Even the usual stodgy filling, seemed light, flavoursome and full of goodness (as opposed to fat). My partner's thick white onion and garlic soup looked and tasted the part. Both thick and creamy, it went down as smoothly as a warm sorbet.

After such a fine start we were pretty stuffed but with resolute determination we mustered up the energy to prepare ourselves for our hearty mains. Mine was battered monkfish, hand cut chips and peas. (note the menu doesn't say that the monkfish is battered but I was happy all the same) The beer and vodka(?) batter melted with a drop of saliva and the pure white meaty fish treat inside, flaked beautifully with each bite. And I don't even usually like peas, but with some of his fresh tartar sauce, even they were irresistible.

The man's slightly strange-sounding lamb-neck pie with a buttery mash was equally as delicious. Well so his empty plate and gravy smattered tash seemed to say as I did not sample his food for fear of not being able to finish my own.

Unfortunately we were beaten by the time the dessert menus came round - but the cheese plate did look very tempting to finish my wholesome posh pub grub eating experience off.

The Narrow is situated on the quiet banks of the Thames just down from Canary Wharf - that eerie patch of land which is so redeveloped that all the housing looks like it is from a Barratt Homes advert- a sort of dull post modern version of Pleasantville. You either get the DLR there or drive - as there is a wonderful private car park. And although the outside part would be lovely on a summer's Sunday, it just felt a little cold and isolated. The restaurant itself isn't huge and lacks the flair of its chef's character - or anyone else's for that matter.

My advice? Go for the warmth and perfection of the food but not the building or location.