REVIEW: Sutton & Sons, Essex Road

I am chuffed to be reviewing the lovely Sutton & Sons again, and as I have been instructed by the manager to say - GO VISIT THE NEW LOCATION! Earlier this year Alex and I visited the original Stoke Newington branch of Sutton & Sons and the latest venture on the Essex Road does not disappoint. They have taken the delightful Stokey menu and simply moved it over to the new location, which I am sure will perfectly suit the semi-hipster crowd there. 

Where
Sutton and Sons, Essex Road
When
Saturday afternoon, from 12 noon
What we drank
4 mugs of tea, (because why not)
What we ate

• Butternut squash and goat's cheese pie with chips and gravy
• Lobster roll with gherkins and chips

Highlights

• Once again, my experience at Sutton and Sons was just delightful! I am a huge fish 'n' chips lover and Sutton & Son's are the best in London. I certainly hope the team intend to open more across North and Central London.
• My pie was full of butternut squash and goats cheese which made a lovely vegetarian alternative to actual fish or a meat pie. Don't get me wrong, until my change of diet I would have devoured a beef and ale pie, but I am very happy with this veggie version. 
• Both my and Alex's chips were lovely and not at all greasy. There was plenty of crisp to my chips and the flavour was delicious.

• Alex loved the lobster roll, which is incredible as he has never eaten lobster before and normally hates seafood. The super-soft brioche bun offered a change in texture against the gherkins and sweet lobster meat.
• I also love, love, loved the sweet and meaty onion gravy! My Northern friends have been teasing me since this visit about my love of gravy and chips. The gravy had plenty of sweet onions to amp up the flavour which worked well against the pillowly soft inner chips.

Overall, there's absolutely no reason that any north or east Londoner shouldn't visit Sutton and Sons. The new location has tonnes of seating with the downstairs area available for private parties. Alex and I had the though that we could host our wedding at the chip shop! Can you imagine. Definitely go visit the new location and let me know what you think. 

Thank you so much to Sutton and Son's for hosting us for this visit. Tweet to @elliemathews1