Brother Marcus - Angel

We had a lovely evening at Brother Marcus; the wait staff were friendly and easygoing and the food was amazing! I’m coeliac and was not spoilt for choice for yum gluten free options. We started with the tzatziki, baked feta, and baked cauliflower all of which had such interesting flavour combinations; before moving on to the burnt aubergine, pork belly and whitebait for our main meal. The pork was sweet, soft and crispy - everything you hope for from pork belly! Whilst the creaminess of the aioli and sharpness of the lime paired perfectly with the crispy salty whitebait.
Everything was very reasonably priced including the drinks and I would definitely recommend to a friend!

We had a lovely evening, it was our first time there and we will repeat for sure. Great taste and quality of the food for a good price (even without the discount), we loved the wine our waiter recommended and they were very friendly and attentive. We can highly recommend the place!

Really nice restaurant, food looked amazing but some savory dishes were a bit too sweet for me. Very attentive staff

We booked a table at Brother Marcus to celebrate our friends birthday, and it was the perfect delicious meal for a Monday night! All of the food was amazing, the house wine was delicious and the service was friendly and helpful. It’s got a great, casual atmosphere and I’ll definitely be back.

Brother Marcus - Islington.
Short review - Delicious sharing plates in a cute space with lovely service and not too loud music.
Longer one …
I nearly didn’t go out last night as I was tired and miserable, but the lure of a good friend who I knew would make me laugh, interesting food and a half price deal won me over.
The friend :
Amanda, the festival loving one who has more in common with my 19 year old son and a vocabulary full of words like fauxmosexual and trustafarian.
The restaurant:
Brother Marcus, surprisingly hardly mentioned on The Restaurant Club (except for by that terribly nice doctor bloke Aaron Vallance who always goes to good places). A Greek eatery with delicious sounding food.
The deal:
A website called First Table which, for a fee of £5, offers early tables with half price food.
I don’t see the problem with eating early. Firstly, I’m from Leeds, where, growing up, we would have ‘teas on knees’ in front of the telly at 5.15 while watching Happy Days or Mork and Mindy. (If that’s not the height of sophistication, I don’t know what is). Secondly, I’m always hungry. Thirdly, if you eat early, you can get into bed early too. It’s all good.
My day at work had been grim and I’d barely cracked a smile. However, there was one joyous moment, when a colleague, whose mother tongue is not English, sent round an email complaining that someone had been rifling through her things to find a key and entitled it “My Drawers”.
Camden Passage in Islington is a lovely street, perfect for strolling and coffeeing. Brother Marcus, with it’s laid back feel, foliage and bare bricks fits in there perfectly. When we arrived they were “getting our table ready” and we looked over to the bench facing the window with two places set next to each other, that was, in restaurant seating hierarchy, only one up from the table next to the loo. As Amanda commented, it would be perfect for sitting on alone, drinking coffee and peoplewatching, but hey, we were on a deal so we were bound to get ‘the s******t table in the house’. Actually, it didn’t matter, we swivelled round to face each other and her breath was fine.
Our waitress was well up for it and seemed genuinely delighted to help us make good choices. The first dilemma was deciding what to drink. Sadly, beverages, alcoholic or otherwise, were not part of the half price gig and we decided against cocktails as they would negate the husbandry of the evening. And anyway, they looked tiny. On studying the menu, I commented that £650 was a lot for a pint of beer, to which Amanda replied: “it says £6.50 love” and gave me her reading glasses. There were only two choices and our lovely waitress let us try them both, making it more fun by doing the Pepsi thing where we don’t know which is which. I had a 50/50 of making an intelligent comment, but I failed miserably proving that I just don’t know my Pilsner from my IPA. We weren’t that keen on either anyway, so moved onto choosing a red wine. Again, our still patient server, brought us two to try - the house and, her favourite (apparently), which was a few quid more. No prizes for guessing which one we were perfectly happy with.
The menu, in true 2019 style, is split into Nibbles, Land, Sea and Earth. There are no courses as such and one can order any combination. We started with the Lagana bread, hazelnut dukkah and olive oil together with fried feta with honey and sesame. Now how can that be bad? Believe me, it wasn’t. Have a look at the Nibbles section in my photos - I could have happily just had the whole section for my meal.
We hoovered up the fancy bread and cheese, necked the wine and caught up with each other’s lives. Amanda’s was far more exciting than mine, stating that she has a lot of birthday parties in November which must be due to our parents’ generation’s “Valentine’s shags.” (Yes, I had to think about that one too).
Choosing our next delivery of food was not easy. Again, I could have eaten the whole Earth section, but we settled on courgette fritters with whipped feta and chilli jam and whitebait with some fancy leaves. (Ok for those who really want to know vadouvan, samphire and watercress salad). I would have happily gone for the sea bream which is my favourite fish after haddock fish fingers, but hopefully there will be another time.
Dessert was slightly disappointing as I think we both compromised, Amanda not a lover of cardamon panna cotta and me not a cinnamon syrup fan. We made do with sticky toffee and metaxa pudding with dates which was very rich, shocker, and would have benefitted from some vanilla ice cream.
All in all though, a fabulous meal and a veritable snip what with the half price food deal. I had hoped that my daughter, who has now passed her driving test, would come and collect me from Edgware so that she could start paying back some of the 22 years of lifts, but she was in her jim jams when I called, so old faithful Tony had to come instead.
I’ve noticed the Brother Marcus has got a great daytime menu too and am looking forward to my next visit. A new one to try folks.

Loved our meal at Brother Marcus on Friday celebrating our anniversary. Great atmosphere, decor, music and staff.
This place has the best taramasalata we have ever had! The tatziki with fennel worked amazingly with the MUST HAVE fried buttermilk marinated chicken. Special mention for the sea bream for sharing, and dessert: cardamom and saffron panna cotta! The Mr opted for a dessert cocktail: spiced rum, tinctura espresso martini- Obvs!! All yummy. Thank you xx

Fab food and nice casual ambience.

Really good food and service!

Great food and great service!

great service and every dish was delicious

Great food, brilliant service. Will happily return again. Full review below:

http://fattykeo.com/2019/10/10/brother-marcus-angel/

Despite turning up 20 minutes before my reservation, the staff were happy to seat me while I waited for my friend, which was really appreciated. I really liked the ambiance of the restaurant, quite laid back but elegant, and the staff were friendly and efficient without being overbearing.
We shared a few dishes, most of which were really delicious; the lagana bread, beetroot hummus, fried feta and gnocchi. The only slight disappointment was the aubergine with 62 degree egg. I had been recommended this dish by a friend, and the server mentioned how amazing it was, but I wasn't too keen. I found it really salty in places and didn't really think the egg was anything special. It wasn't bad, just not as great as I was expecting.
Overall I really liked Brother Marcus and would happily go back and try more dishes..

This was my first experience of trying First Table and it was great!

The waitress wasn't weird about us having a voucher (which some places might be), she was super friendly and helped recommend some of the dishes to us. The pork belly is to die for, and for someone who doesn't like feta, the fried feta dish is an absolute must! The courgette fritters were exceptional as well.

When we arrived it was quite quiet, but soon filled up at the night went on, so it had a nice vibe to it. Drinks weren't overpriced either - we shared a bottle of house white wine and that was about £22.

All round - delicious with great service and I will most definitely be visiting again :)

Great small plates , friendly service, would go back anytime- highly recommended!

The restaurant's decor in Angel was nice and welcoming and we sat by the window where can people watch. We had the fried buttermilk chicken and muhammara, beetroot humous & pitta, smoked aubergine & tahini, tiger prawns & ouzo fregola, the heritage tomato & crustini salad and ended the meal with a saffron panna cotta dessert, between the two of us. They were delicious with our two favourites being the heritage tomato salad and the dessert! It was a tad expensive however, would definitely go back to try the other dishes!.

Food was absolutely fantastic! We had a really great dinner, so will come back here soon!

Loved it! Great food and good service! Definitely will go again!

Stylish green place with lovely atmosphere and sympathetic staff.
The food was super delicious! Beautiful presentation and sapid taste combinations.
Plus very reasonably priced. I would highly recommend this place for a date or friendly meeting - vivid gastronomic impressions guaranteed!

Really super supper. The grilled bream was lovely. Great vibe.

Amazing food and great venue. All round solid experience.

Great time, great food, highly recommended. Thanks

Excellent service, nice atmosphere and great food with a varied menu.

Nice!

My favourite restaurant on First Table so far! Love every dish I've tried, especially the gnocchi and aubergine. Perfect for a date night or catch up with friends/family.

Incredible food, we had the fried feta, aubergine, hummus, pork belly and roast cauliflower. All so delicious and amazing flavours, we were in heaven.

Incredible food - you can tell an immense amount of thought has gone into each and every dish that thy served.

The restaurant is in a great location. The food was great as was the service. Recommended!

Very very happy with our experience! Service was excellent from the moment we walked through the door.
The food honestly surprised us... we had six courses across the menu and could not pick a favourite!
The chefs really know what they are doing.
Thank you and continue making people happy.

The food was absolutely incredible, especially the cauliflower which is the best I’ve ever had. We also ordered the bread, pita, beetroot dip, prawns, lamb, okra, gnocchi and some desserts, which was way too much food but it was so good we couldn’t help but keep ordering more. Didn’t get the chance to try to cocktails but they looked delish. The location is also unbeatable in Camden Passage in Angel. 10/10, would recommend.

From the moment I entered Brother Marcus I was greeted by the most lovely waitress who was very helpful with food and cocktail recommendations.

Each dish was absolutely delicious, like mouth wateringly good! The ambience was fantastic and nice funky music played in the background which was a nice touch

The staff were very attentive to us and just so friendly, it really was a lovely experience, I am a real foodie and can be quite fussy but this restaurant has ticked all the boxes for me! I can't fault any of it and will definitely be back soon.

Friendly staff, nice food - the bread was great!

My boyfriend and I had a wonderful time at Brother Marcus, the food was absolutely delicious - especially the fried feta - and the service was amazing! Would definitely recommend.

Great food and really friendly staff. We ordered a few different dishes which were all cooked perfectly and tasted great. The staff couldn’t have been any better either. One of the best value meals I’ve ever had.

Flavours were really nice and quite varied. Definitely worth a visit.

Incredible food (one of the top 3 we have had in London).

The service was lovely too, when I told them we had a FirstTable booking they were very welcoming.

The ambience is good for date night and portion sizes generous. Will be going back for sure!

Amazing doesn't even begin to cover it. The service was impeccable, the food was delicious and the atmosphere exactly what we were after. There are 2 for 1 cocktails until 6pm, so make sure to get in and order a couple each before the deadline! We had; Roasted Squash (very fresh), Burnt Aubergine (taste sensation!), Chicken (all the right flavours) and Lamb (tender and textured). I would highly recommend all of these dishes. While it is tapas, the portion sizes are excellent. Easy to share, whilst being able to enjoy more than a mouthful each! To finish, we had the Honey Bombs, wowsers! Make sure you leave room for their "Heaven" dessert menu! Overall a wonderful experience, will definitely be back.

Really lovely restaurant, food was exceptional! A really good selection of dishes all designed for sharing. Will definitely visit again.

Amazing little spot with tasty food and excellent service. Environment is really warm and cosy. The lamb shish and farro pudding was delicious (skip the cauliflower). We’ll be visiting again. :)

It was our first time at Brother Marcus last night. The food was ace, and service was genuinely exceptional. It’s a type of a place you don’t get really often in London: the staff were beyond friendly, helpful, they served the plates in a perfect order while being very discreet and polite. They really care about the place, food, and the guests.

Oh and... make sure you try the gnocchi. And for pudding - the farro pudding is a game-changer.

It’s just an amazing place! Thank you.

Excellent veggie dishes with friendly service. Interesting flavour combinations (10/10 for inventiveness) but not all dishes delivered on flavour. Burnt aubergine, baked cauliflower & fried feta were superb. Black garlic prawns with caramelised yoghurt and fennel just didn’t work. Overall about 7/10.

We really enjoyed our meal at Brother Marcus, my sister and her husband had been to the restaurant when it was Elk in the Woods previously and I know that the menu has totally changed. The lamb shish was particularly delicious as was the bread and garlic prawns, portions sizes were generous and our waitress was great at recommending wine for the table. Would recommend.

Was there early for a table of 2. No fuss, was able to seat me immediately. Service was great throughout.

Food was delish! Only dish I'd skip is the fried chicken which was a bit dry. Must do their version of lamb shish (if it's on menu), okra fritters and cauliflower.

Lots of natural light inside, great atmosphere overall with vines and greenery throughout.

Bonus, happy hour 2 for 1 cocktails until 6pm!

Would go back!

Staff were friendly and attentive. Food was great.

Food was great but service requires improvement. Unfortunately the prawn dish was not great as it prawn was very mushy. For us it showed the prawn wasn’t fresh.

Staff didn’t explain the menu until we asked and we had to ask about the size of the food (tapas style for sharing), we had to ask how many dishes per person etc.

Staff didn’t come and ask if we enjoyed our food but just said “can I take the dish?”. Something I wouldn’t expect this to happen in a restaurant. This really let down the whole experience.

Great food great cocktails and wonderful staff! We had a fabulous time definitely recommend.

The food was fantastic. Despite it being "small plates" the portions weren't small at all.

Would highly recommend the chicken and roasted cauliflower.

The setting was cosy and the waiter was very friendly and helpful despite it being only his second day.

Really enjoyable early dinner! The roast cauliflower was the highlight - just delicious. Service was friendly and the atmosphere was cool and casual. We will be back soon! Thanks

Excellent, good food and vibe!

Great little find in Angel. Lovely atmosphere and food. Would love to try their brunch menu.

Loved this place. Had 6 dishes for the table and they were all delicious!