Review: Steak & Lobster, Heathrow

Google Maps rather bizarrely calls Steak & Lobster an “intimate Mediterranean restaurant” which is wrong on both counts. It’s a jolly big dining room with comfortable tables, chairs and banquettes and a huge glamorous chandelier above the central bar. And the steaks and lobsters are apparently sourced from Northern Ireland.

The menu is very single-minded: every main course includes either steak or lobster or both, and every starter includes either steak or lobster or both. I’m fibbing slightly, I believe there was one vegetarian option at each course.

This would be great if the steak was top-notch but my rib-eye was a bit disappointing. Nice enough quality meat, yet cut very thin. This meant my medium-rare actually came out medium and even then didn’t really have any great searing on the outside. Maureen’s fillet was better, a chunkier cut and thus well seared without while nicely rare within. No idea why they’ve done the rib-eye that way. Others at the table had a half-lobster with their steak and pronounced it good.

The starters were okay. Steak and lobster croquette is a weird marriage, brought about no doubt by the need to follow the formula. The jalapeno mayo with them was good though. Crispy beef rolls – think of a spring roll, but just filled with shredded beef – were nice enough dipped in the chilli maple soy sauce/syrup they came with.

I finished off with a key lime cheesecake; decent texture, not limey enough. We enjoyed a decent enough family meal at Steak & Lobster, and were well looked after. Prices were fair for the quality. It’s a safe enough choice if you find yourself needing dinner and you’re overnighting around Heathrow.