Sophie’s Steakhouse & Bar

Good steaks, but that’s about it. We waited 25 mins for drinks, another 30+ for food, only to be served inedible /​undercooked fish & chips (along with 2 good steaks). I get that it’s a steak restaurant, but don’t offer other dishes if you can’t cook them.
After contacting Sophie’s to express our thoughts, we were told there was only one member of staff at the bar, who was in training, the chefs were told about the fish and chips, but the cooking temperature was satisfactory, and we’d be sent vouchers as an ‘apology’. These never arrived, despite chasing. Standards have slipped. We won’t be going back.

Boy o boy is this a great place! Came here for an event and had a fabulous time with so much delicious food and good drinks and most of all the friendliest staff. To start we shared the artichoke (which was a little weird), smoked mackerel pâté and beef salad. All were ok however none of the starters particularly tickled my fancy. The mains however were amazing — we shared tbone and sirloin that came with gravy and peppercorn sauce. So good! T bone was medium rare and chateaubriand rare — both cooked to perfection! With tonnes of aides. Their onion rings are great, chips not bad and salads pretty good but the best sides were the Parmesan courgettes and the mint broad bean salad — so good with the steaks! A bottle of house red washed it all down plus a lovely Apple cocktail to start. To finish we shared some desserts and I can highly recommend the cheesecake and brownie. Eton mess and the crème brûlée were good but nothing to shout about. Highly recommend this place for a big meal out with a group of people!

Note: I’m reviewing this restaurant as part of a Unilocal Elite Event– so I ended up with a lot of very tasty food and a lot of wonderful drinks! I would probably give this place 4.5 stars if I could as there are a few food things I would change, but overall the experience was magnificent.
I didn’t have any of the starters, but I heard the prawn cocktail and calamari were both wonderful. Instead, I went straight onto the Porterhouse and Chateaubriand steaks– which were both amazing and done between medium rare and medium. These were served with horseradish and bearnaise sauces, alongside fries, onion rings, and both blue cheese and ranch salads. I didn’t think the blue cheese salad dressing was that flavourful, but the ranch was quite nice! The onion rings were basically perfect– the crisp on them was divine.
I’m very fussy about my meat, and I must say that the steaks themselves were very flavourful. I don’t think they require any sauce, though the horseradish was pleasant for a bit of a kick. The main thing I would have changed with the steaks would be to improve the rendering of the fat (or lack thereof in many of the pieces I tried). A bit of the steaks were surprisingly tough as well, leaving some of my table with wonderfully tender meat and others with very tough meat. I was fortunate to be in the former group, which left me with the most flavoursome meat I’ve had in quite a long time. I can’t imagine having a whole steak to myself– I’d definitely recommend sharing one.
Dessert was wonderful, featuring the best cheesecake I’ve ever had (white chocolate), as well as a very nice chocolate brownie, eton mess, and my own customised Rum-​Raisin ice cream hardshake with Bourbon. The latter was divine, and the entire table was so pleased with the cheesecake that we had to order a second.
In all honesty, however, the real highlight of my meal were the drinks. The porn star and the chili martini are both two of the best drinks I’ve had in all of London. The urban womaniser was wonderfully refreshing. The hardshake they customised for me was out of this world. The prices for drinks are a bit steep, but they are certainly very generous with the alcohol.
Staff were lovely and attentive, bartenders were delightfully talkative about the artistry of the drinks they were creating– everything was just splendid! I can’t wait to go back and try the artichoke appetiser, the other steaks, and more of their wonderful desserts!
Definitely come here, even if it’s just to have a quick drink!

Honestly, you just need to know what to order here. That’s the difference between a 3 star and 5 star experience. For a 5 star meal, my pick would be calamari for starters, courgette for side and the porterhouse but share it with a friend. Creamed spinach as a side has been dethroned by courgette but is still a good contender. For the steak sauce, I recommend the horseradish.

Well, what can I say, my first Unilocal Elite Event and what a place to have it
Things started off with a lovely cocktail, I had the Kiiki Mojito (Rum, raspberry and mint) followed by a varied selection of starters (mackerel pâté, gazpacho, prawn cocktail and the biggest artichoke heart ice ever seen).
For mains we had the Porterhouse (medium) and Chateaubriand (medium rare)?with a varied selection of sides including fries, onion rings, salads, jackets and greens. Easily the best steak i have had for a long time.
Staff really attentive and informative giving us a potted history of Sophie and her husband and the thinking behind the concept.
After a decent break we were presents with the desert menu from which we selected Crème Brûlée, Chocolate Browny, Eaton Mess and proper American style cheesecake.
Can honestly say this is the best Mel I’ve had for a very long time — thanks guys will defo be back

Good steak and good wine. We ordered the Chateaubriand which was yummy. I had the goat cheese mushroom appetizer which was so good, as well as the sides we had (onion rings, mashed potatoes). Only thing that was strange is 1) they told us they had Guinness on tap and then they told us the tap broke. 2) they ran out of the Malbec we were drinking. Just a bit strange for a steakhouse to run out of red wine. Otherwise good food and good service!

According to my friend, who used to lived around the corner for many years, service has always been a bit hit and miss here. It seems to be the sort of place people flock to for the atmosphere with the food being secondary. Call me old-​fashioned, but …
If you call yourself a steakhouse and boast a butchery in the basement, it is just not acceptable to overdo a medium-​rare order — TWICE! Not even on a Monday lunchtime … from the set lunch menu … I actually started off with one star but just added the second as the offending item was taken off the bill.

Amazing casual place for meat lovers!
The steaks are great, but also the burgers are amazing. Outstanding is the shredded beef bun, get it you BBQ lovers!

Dining while traveling alone is always difficult, but Sophie’s made my dinning experience perfect. I decided on an earlier dinner and was glad I did since it was starting to fill up when I left. I decided on the calamari for starters and within moments it was in my table, the table service was impeccable, fast and efficient. Because I just had to try the steak I decided on a nice 6oz Sirloin. Cooked perfect to my medium rare likening. Their in house sauce was a great condiment to a really tasty meat. As the saying goes if you don’t finish your meat, you can’t have any pudding ;) so I finished it all off with some pudding which I have to say was one of the best presented plates I’ve ever seen!
So the cost… Yes it’s expensive. but only if you keep converting everything back to USD. Stop doing that! A vacation should be enjoyed not penny picked! I will be coming back here next time I am in London for sure!

I popped in here at the right time (a weekday, after 10pm. Also available Mon-​Fri 12−7pm) to take advantage of their steak express menu (approx £10 for one course, £13 for two and £16 for three) and I was pretty happy with it. I can’t comment on the value or quality of the their a la carte menu, other than a friend’s mushroom and goat cheese which I tried and was excellent.
The food and drink I had here all fell in an above-​average category, helped by the good prices: the medium-​rare steak, the chips, the huge cheesecake dessert and the glass of cabernet sauvignon. Not spectacular, but good for the prices charged. Service was friendly and quick, and the kitchen is open until 11:45pm — very unusual and certainly welcome.
I’d definitely return for more of the same.

If I could give 2.5 stars I would. I’ve had to round down because it’s probably a little over priced for what it is. 27 GBP for a steak ($ 47), and it was really average… not bad, but not a $ 47 steak.
The service was okay, nothing special. The waiter handed me my plate instead of putting it down, I’m not sure why.
The fit out is probably the best thing about the place. I’ll be hunting elsewhere for a good steak in London.

Really don’t get that anyone would give more then two starts… Steaks were just average. With a £ 30 bottle of very average wine our total bill for two came to £ 120. For great steaks I recommend spending a bit more and trying Goodman’s or going cheaper with Big Easy. Would not go back there…

We decided to try Sophie’s for a quick bite before seeing a flick across the road. We were able to walk in off the street and get a table straight away. It had a decent atmosphere, relaxed service, and instead of bread, they brought out free sausage, which I am never going to knock back.
The ribeye steak was tasty, which is a good start given it’s a steakhouse. However the accompaniments and sides were disappointing. And unfortunately the glass of pinot gris I had was pretty lacklustre as well for the price — but I may have ordered badly there (I suppose it’s my own fault for not ordering red with steak).
While Sophie’s didn’t stand out from the steakhouse herd for me, I think it’s still a good choice for a relaxed and (I suspect) reliable dinner out if you’re in the neighbourhood.

What did you do tonight, Lauren? Oh me? I just dined with Prince Harry, nothing big…
Okay, okay maybe I didn’t dine with Prince Harry exactly but he was sitting at the next table! It was actually really nice that he was able to dine without anyone bothering him, though the staff we notably more active with making sure all service was going to plan.
I love the simple, warm décor here with the exposed brick wall, candlelight and the bare low watt bulbs hanging from the ceiling.
We ordered the 10oz fillet of beef and the Welsh lamb steak with chips, creamed spinach and red skin mash. The fillet was trimmed of fat and 3 inches thick of perfectly cooked beef. The lamb steak came with a lovely red berry jus and was perfectly cooked as well but a little fatty. The lamb tasted more like beef than lamb but it was still scrumptious. The chips and mash were delish but the creamed spinach didn’t have much flavour. We also watched another table being served a round of prawn cocktails that would make anybody smile.
We were a bit too full for dessert but the selection was so devine it was hard to turn away. Next time I come back I will definately try the sticky toffee pudding. We only had soft drinks but I have been here for cocktails before and they are top notch.
Our waitress was outgoing and really enthusiastic when telling us about the specials. She was always around if we needed her, even though the place was full. She did hang over our shoulders when we paid the bill and watched as we typed in the tip, which was a bit weird but whatever.
Next time I think I might try the vegetarian peasant’s pot, ya I know it’s a steakhouse but it just sounds fantastic!
If it’s good enough for royalty, it’s good enough for me!

I have been to Sophie’s a few times in the last five or so years. It’s a Fulham institution — drinks are great, service is always fantastic and the restaurant itself is lovely.
For a restaurant with ‘Steakhouse’ in the name, I would have expected my £25 fillet steak to be cooked exactly as I specified last weekend. Sadly, it wasn’t to be.
I asked for it medium and when it arrived it was perfectly, sizzingly brown on the outside. When I cut into it though, the blood began to ooze out and I saw that apart from a pink layer around the outside — the fillet was mostly raw and bloody. Not medium. Like I ordered.
Sophie’s had just forced me into being a fussy customer who returned their steak.
It came back after a few minutes and I chose to believe that the steak had no special ingredients added to it by the chef. But now it was well done and dry and I didn’t enjoy any bite of it.
Not good enough for the prices they charge.

Having only been here once for brunch, and given the fact that I don’t eat steak, it may be unfair to fully review Sophie’s but I was fairly disappointed in every dish I tried. I had high expectation of this place, and perhaps that’s why I was let down, but the food just wasn’t good.
The house salad is a coleslaw — okay, interesting choice. It was very bland blah, had a few bites then pushed it aside. The swordfish skewers were dry, small and boring and the «salsa» it comes with was a few small pieces of tomato and onion. Unimpressed. The side of creamed spinach had no taste, was very small, and blah. My friend had the lobster avocado club which sounds excellent, but in reality is also very bland. And the bloody Mary’s were obviously made with an artificial mix and were far too intense/​spicy.
I do like the décor though — the raw lights are cool, and the train style coat racks are cool, if unpractical. The crowd was chic and the place seems to always be busy, but I don’t think I’ll be coming back.
Oh, and it was FREEZING in there, what’s up with that?

The steak at this place is top notch, simple as.
I’ve dined here twice and I really like it. The service is relaxed and friendly, the ambience is nice, the food is reasonably priced and (most importantl) the red meat is excellent.
If you’re in Chelsea and you want some good red meat then this is very good place. I’d thoroughly recommend the rib eye.

I had the best time here last Saturday night .
it was a 45 minute wait for a table which is fair enough. The bar has no room for moving or drinking, so I have to remind myself about the lack of personal space in London and we went to the nearest pub to wait for our table. On return with drinks from nearest pub ssshhhh.
I had the best steak ive had in a year of living here and an enormous baked potatoe with a blue cheese salad on the side. My steak and spud were a tenner. cooked to perfection. The shared dessert of a banana/​biscuit/​pie was amazing. Service once at the table was so efficient and friendly. Great ambience, great red wine.
great night out.

Beautifully presented steak, chips and a glass of wine for the special deal price of £9.95*? Yes please!
People-​watching my fellow diners — posh Chelsea people in for supper (definitely not ‘£9.95-ers’)? Yes please!
Efficient, friendly service from obscenely beautiful, thoroughbred girls with thick blonde hair (who normally irritate me enormously when I encounter them braying on tubes)? Yes please!
Soft lighting, dark wood, candles? Yes please!
A tenner well spent.
* Everything outside of the deal was over-​priced.

A step above Sizzler (a terrible US chain), ha ok I admit it’s not that bad. The ambiance is stylish and the chap serving drinks at the bar was cool. However, when we sat down for our meal things went south in a hurry. First off there was no bread, it was fresh out. Oh and most of the fish dishes were out too, sorry. «Two of you want the tuna?» Yeah, only have one it’s Sunday after all. The two ladies in our party had to arm wrestle to see who was most deserving of the last precious tuna, I figured survival of the fittest was the only fair way to decide (if you pardon the pun).
I myself had the ribeye. It was a thinner cut than we cowboys typically get in the States, and they either didn’t understand «medium rare» or just heard «rare». My steak practically walked off the plate, but I caught it and put it in my belly. Not particularly flavorful, but I kept it down and the calories haven been successfully absorbed.
Guess I’d say I was unimpressed.