The Greedy Cow 2 Grove Road Mile End London E3 5AX

The Greedy Cow has been open for aproximately 1 month at the time of writing. Essentially it is a Gourmet Burger type of operation selling a range of predefined burgers and allowing you to make up your own burger of choice. There are beef, fresh fish, chicken, veggie and lamb burgers to choose from and you can add your own toppings in a similar way to building a pizza.

Lamb chops, steaks and chicken are also available along with a range of salads and a small selection of starters and desserts. Smoothies milkshakes soft drinks beers and wines are also available.

I had the Chorizo Salad as a starter which contained plenty of cherizo but I would have liked some onion as well as the cherry tomatoes, lettuce and rocket that was on the plate.

As a main I had a lamb burger with a topping of sausage. The topping was a quite generous portion of reasonable quality english sausage. I had pepper sauce with this which was pleasant though it could have had more pepper corns in it. I also had onion rings which were fresh and probably home made as they contained propper rings of onion in them. I also had a home made lemonade and a coffee..

Over all the quality of ingredients was quite high but that lot cost me £20 and if I had been hungry I would have probably wanted a dessert.

Prices and quality are pretty similar to those available from chains such as the Gourmet Burger Kitchen so if you like that you will not be disapointed. Personally I get a bit bored with burgers though they will swap a bun with salad which could be a good option if the salad is interesting.

Staff were quite friendly though the music that people call R & B today is not my favourite music by any means but it was fairly quiet so not intrusive.

The staff do seem to be quite professional and ingredients are of high quality. If it can survive in the East End of London at this price point then I see no reason why it should not prove to be a popular option. It is certainly a refreshing change from the budget greasy bangladeshi chicken shop which so dominates this part of London though it is pricey for a burger joint.

I give it 6.5 out of 10

For more information visit www.greedycow.com
This site is currently under construction but you can download a menu fromhere.